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ladynavalon's review
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
1.0
Not LGTB+ friendly at all!!!!!!!!!
Graphic: Gaslighting, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Torture, Vomit, Addiction, Alcohol, Chronic illness, Sexual harassment, Biphobia, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Stalking, Cursing, Homophobia, Toxic friendship, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Medical content, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexism, and Toxic relationship
Moderate: Death of parent
mammut's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
Graphic: Sexual content
Minor: Addiction, Drug abuse, and Medical content
bookishlyyemma's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Sexual content and Cursing
Moderate: Blood and Violence
Minor: Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, Suicide attempt, Sexism, Drug abuse, Blood, and Addiction
This is a hockey romance so the violence and blood is contained to on the ice. There are brief mentions of drug abuse and suicide attempt in the FMCs past.briochebun's review
”It's as if his aura takes up so much space all on its own that he compensates by making the other pieces of himself smaller.”
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This novel combined two of my favorite things: hockey & why choose romance. Unfortunately — it still wasn’t able to live up to my expectations.
I admittedly wasn’t the biggest fan of the prequel to this novel — ”That One Night” — but I’ve heard <b>amazing</b> things about ”Pucking Around” so I still wanted to give the novel a go to satisfy all of my curiosities.
One of the main issues that I had while reading ”Pucking Around” was in regards to Rachel’s characterization (which was a bit confusing at times). It felt as though she was all over the place most of the time — there was no consistency to her character.
In the beginning of the novel Rachel stated that she cared about her position too much to risk anything with Jake + Caleb, but not long after that she ended up sleeping with them & forming a relationship with the pair. I understand that she had to cave at some point (it is a romance novel after all), but I did expect her to hold out for at least a little bit longer than she did…
Another issue that I had with this novel was that all of the relationships seemed to lack healthy communication (at least up until the 62% mark — which is where I stopped). I was more of a fan of Rachel + Ilmari & Jake + Caleb as separate couples rather than the MMFM that they were in the process of forming because there were moments where I couldn’t feel the chemistry between them / it didn’t feel like a true why choose MMFM romance to me.
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It’s possible that I’ll attempt to give this one another go in the future — but for now I will just say that I’m glad that others have read and enjoyed this novel & leave it at that. ♡
Graphic: Sexual content, Outing, Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Abandonment, Medical content, Violence, Fire/Fire injury, and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Homophobia
Minor: Biphobia, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Alcoholism, Pregnancy, Drug use, Addiction, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Death of parent, Bullying, Sexism, and Alcohol
erkietheturkey's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Cursing, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, Sexual content, Violence, and Medical content
Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders
Minor: Addiction, Alcohol, Pregnancy, Cancer, Death of parent, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, and Outing
lizrosereads8's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Sexual content, Cursing, and Outing
Moderate: Medical content and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Alcoholism, Abandonment, Eating disorder, Alcohol, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, and Biphobia
two-, three-, four-person sex scenes, impact play, choking, voyeurism, bondage, double penetration, double vaginal penetration, toy use, degradation, dom/sub, spit play, snowballing, breeding kink.fromthefoxhole's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail and Sexual content
Minor: Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Alcoholism, Eating disorder, and Dysphoria
tab_reads's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
5⭐️ 4🌶️
MOOD: lighthearted, funny, emotional
TROPES: instalove, instalust, friends to lovers, lite dom/sub play
FAV QUOTE: I groan. Just slather me with butter and jam because I am so f*cking toast.
I really enjoyed Whiskey & Sin so I figured I'd probably like this MMFM/poly story.
THE GOOD: I could not put this down. I did not read the prequel novella That One Night and was fine navigating the story and characters. There is a lot of character depth and growth and the overall story is interesting. Also, lots of spice.
THE NEUTRAL: It's over 700 pages. Not my length of choice. On the plus side, the story moves along nicely and it doesn't feel that long.
THE MEH: I was sad when I finished cause there wasn't more.
CW: From the author: mentions of addiction, substance abuse, bullying/homophobia, harassment, suicide, and eating disorders. Detailed sex scenes with multiple people including elements of impact play, choking, voyeurism, bondage, double penetration, double vaginal penetration, toy use, degradation, spit play, and breeding kink
Graphic: Sexual content
Minor: Drug abuse, Homophobia, Addiction, Alcoholism, Suicidal thoughts, and Bullying
laura_rheads_too_much's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Graphic: Sexual content
Minor: Injury/Injury detail, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, and Addiction