Scan barcode
hijinx_abound's review against another edition
3.0
2nd chance story with a hockey star widower.
Not the best book ever but a solid romance.
Not the best book ever but a solid romance.
leisaann's review
5.0
Loved this book!! All the feels.....laughed, cried, happy, mad... lol....great read!!
excel_spreadsheet_book_nerd's review
emotional
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
michellesantiago's review
3.0
Rating: 3.25 stars
I liked this one more than I did the first. I complained the book 1 (Hot as Puck) didn't have much substance, and Sexy Motherpucker (I REALLY HATE the titles of these books lol) had a lot more meat in its plot and characters. I really like the hero's daughter--she was cute. I like the bond that she had with the heroine. I liked that the hero's in-laws were cool (one of my pet peeves in books is in-law drama and this one was basically free of that).
Sexy Motherpucker was a fun, short read and entertaining at the moment. I really enjoyed it, but like the first book in the series, I don't think these characters and their story will stay with me in the long run so that's why I'm only giving it 3.25 stars. (The extra .25 is to show that I enjoyed this book more than I did Hot as Puck.)
I liked this one more than I did the first. I complained the book 1 (Hot as Puck) didn't have much substance, and Sexy Motherpucker (I REALLY HATE the titles of these books lol) had a lot more meat in its plot and characters. I really like the hero's daughter--she was cute. I like the bond that she had with the heroine. I liked that the hero's in-laws were cool (one of my pet peeves in books is in-law drama and this one was basically free of that).
Sexy Motherpucker was a fun, short read and entertaining at the moment. I really enjoyed it, but like the first book in the series, I don't think these characters and their story will stay with me in the long run so that's why I'm only giving it 3.25 stars. (The extra .25 is to show that I enjoyed this book more than I did Hot as Puck.)
clem_mathieu's review
3.0
I loved seeing a bit more of these characters (every single one of them). I love Laura, Chloe and Brendan. Their little family is so cute! I was confused for a while, because the timing wasn't explained very well. The story takes place a little before Hot as Puck and between the last chapter and the epilogue of the first book. I felt like the love connection could be developed a little more too. I wanted to learn more about how they were as a couple.
girlwithhearteyes's review
3.0
3 stars
The good: I liked the fake dating + mutual pining tropes. The MMC does something early on which he regrets, so is in pursuit mode, and I’m always here for that.
The not-so-good: the story felt a bit uneven, and both characters had monologues/diary entries that felt more juvenile than their late 20s/early 30s ages. Also, I’m usually ambivalent about the single parent romance, but this went into “how hard is to parent” territory and I tuned out.
I’ll keep reading other books in this series (as I really liked the first book), but this one didn’t hit for me.
The good: I liked the fake dating + mutual pining tropes. The MMC does something early on which he regrets, so is in pursuit mode, and I’m always here for that.
The not-so-good: the story felt a bit uneven, and both characters had monologues/diary entries that felt more juvenile than their late 20s/early 30s ages. Also, I’m usually ambivalent about the single parent romance, but this went into “how hard is to parent” territory and I tuned out.
I’ll keep reading other books in this series (as I really liked the first book), but this one didn’t hit for me.
elenajohansen's review
3.0
I enjoyed it, but it was a bit of a letdown compared to my experience with the first book in the series. Call it 3.5 stars.
The humor is still there--I clearly jive with the style. And I'm totally down for a good single-parent romance, especially when the kid isn't a perfect, unrealistic angel child that never causes a single plot disruption. Chloe sounds like a wonderful kid in most respects, but clearly isn't perfect, and her presence does cause friction in some places.
Our hero, however, is not the greatest. He's not a complete trash fire like I sometimes run into, when I seriously question how anyone could possibly find the sort of on-page behavior those heroes engage in acceptable, let alone attractive--but let's face it, Brendan is a user. A user who is partially aware of it, and does have deep-down good intentions because it's for his kid, but a user nonetheless. And he's pretty terrible at respecting boundaries, which is certainly a flaw carried all the way through the story--the flashpoint at the climax is a natural extension of that.
He may be handsome, he may be the sexiest thing between two hotel sheets, he may even be sweet in some ways. But he's a user, and it makes him harder to like than I prefer my romantic heroes to be. When he screws up and inevitably apologizes, those apologies are sincere, but only bring him back to square one in terms of reasonable behavior.
It doesn't help that Laura, who seemed like such a firebrand as a supporting character in the first book, has devolved into an "I'm so in love with this apparently unattainable man that I'll completely enable his user behavior while calling it friendship" pushover. As paired flawed characters, these two line up perfectly, and I see why the plot happened exactly the way it did--I'm not slamming the structure, just questioning what happened to turn Laura from wise and self-possessed older sister to simpering fool.
Okay, this is starting to sound like a less-than-three-star review. Yes, I'm less than happy about some aspects of the characters and that made some of the plot conflicts seem both predictable and frustrating. But I did still like the book overall! I was laughing my ass off at several scenes, because the banter is either adorable or hilarious or cheesy as the mood calls for. I was even laughing at the "naked mole rats" scene that I see other reviewers generally cringing over, because I, too, have said incredibly random/stupid things when under the influence of mind-altering substances, so I get that it's weird and kind of gross, but that's why it was so funny to me! (As always, humor is deeply personal and I'm not criticizing anyone who didn't enjoy that bit--I see you, I get it. But I was cackling, myself.) And Chloe was cute, Diana was an excellent new supporting character, as were Brendan's in-laws from his first marriage. Libby and Justin were great in their limited roles as former leads who are still friends/siblings with our current main characters. The sex scenes were still graphic, and the whole story was still full of swearing, and I am still totally okay with both of those things.
I'm willing to forgive a lot in a rom-com that I actually find funny, so while this didn't live up to the five-star ticker tape parade of a review I gave the first book, it's a stumble, not an unforgivable drop off a cliff into the pits of despair. Still moving forward with the series.
The humor is still there--I clearly jive with the style. And I'm totally down for a good single-parent romance, especially when the kid isn't a perfect, unrealistic angel child that never causes a single plot disruption. Chloe sounds like a wonderful kid in most respects, but clearly isn't perfect, and her presence does cause friction in some places.
Our hero, however, is not the greatest. He's not a complete trash fire like I sometimes run into, when I seriously question how anyone could possibly find the sort of on-page behavior those heroes engage in acceptable, let alone attractive--but let's face it, Brendan is a user. A user who is partially aware of it, and does have deep-down good intentions because it's for his kid, but a user nonetheless. And he's pretty terrible at respecting boundaries, which is certainly a flaw carried all the way through the story--the flashpoint at the climax is a natural extension of that.
He may be handsome, he may be the sexiest thing between two hotel sheets, he may even be sweet in some ways. But he's a user, and it makes him harder to like than I prefer my romantic heroes to be. When he screws up and inevitably apologizes, those apologies are sincere, but only bring him back to square one in terms of reasonable behavior.
It doesn't help that Laura, who seemed like such a firebrand as a supporting character in the first book, has devolved into an "I'm so in love with this apparently unattainable man that I'll completely enable his user behavior while calling it friendship" pushover. As paired flawed characters, these two line up perfectly, and I see why the plot happened exactly the way it did--I'm not slamming the structure, just questioning what happened to turn Laura from wise and self-possessed older sister to simpering fool.
Okay, this is starting to sound like a less-than-three-star review. Yes, I'm less than happy about some aspects of the characters and that made some of the plot conflicts seem both predictable and frustrating. But I did still like the book overall! I was laughing my ass off at several scenes, because the banter is either adorable or hilarious or cheesy as the mood calls for. I was even laughing at the "naked mole rats" scene that I see other reviewers generally cringing over, because I, too, have said incredibly random/stupid things when under the influence of mind-altering substances, so I get that it's weird and kind of gross, but that's why it was so funny to me! (As always, humor is deeply personal and I'm not criticizing anyone who didn't enjoy that bit--I see you, I get it. But I was cackling, myself.) And Chloe was cute, Diana was an excellent new supporting character, as were Brendan's in-laws from his first marriage. Libby and Justin were great in their limited roles as former leads who are still friends/siblings with our current main characters. The sex scenes were still graphic, and the whole story was still full of swearing, and I am still totally okay with both of those things.
I'm willing to forgive a lot in a rom-com that I actually find funny, so while this didn't live up to the five-star ticker tape parade of a review I gave the first book, it's a stumble, not an unforgivable drop off a cliff into the pits of despair. Still moving forward with the series.
jzkeen32's review
hopeful
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
hijinx_abound's review
3.0
2nd chance story with a hockey star widower.
Not the best book ever but a solid romance.
Not the best book ever but a solid romance.