The head coach of the Seattle Kraken has chosen to resign from his position in response to his wife’s disparaging statements.

The head coach of the Seattle Kraken has chosen to resign from his position in response to his wife’s disparaging statements.

The Seattle Kraken‘s head coach has decided to step down in reaction to his wife’s derogatory remarks. According to Bloomberg, romance books are more popular than ever. NPD Bookscan said that print sales of the genre rose by 51% in 2022.

A significant portion of that expansion can be attributed to TikTok, where users celebrate romantic novels in the BookTok section of the app. The #romancebooks hashtag has been used in over eight billion videos on the platform, and TikTok producers have suggested romance books in a range of subgenres, including fantasy love stories, small-town romances, and even cowboy rom-coms.

Books about hockey players that are romances went viral on the app in 2023. On TikTok, the hashtags #hockeybook, #hockeybooks, and #hockeybooktook have been used a total of 64.4 million, 52.5 million, and 23.3 million times, respectively, thus far.

After diving into the genre, some readers’ love of books about hockey players seems to have transformed into a passion for the game itself, with many becoming supporters of teams or players.