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Pucking Around by Emily Rath

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knl0819's review against another edition

1.5

I tried. I really did. But this book was absolutely garbage. I read That One Night a couple months ago and enjoyed it. I went into this book excited to see how things would play out. Now I have to say I was very surprised when it was discovered that Jake was going to be her patient. Thankfully that didn’t end up happening which allowed for Jake, Rachel, and Kaleb to boink each other ethical violation free. HOWEVER when Illmari came into the picture as a love interest and that plot armor HR contract was never brought up. I was uncomfortable! Not only is this a dual relationship but she shared his medical information with Kaleb and Jake! Has this bitch never heard of HIPPA!!! I was a Registered Behavior Technician, no where near and medical doctor but we had to do extensive training on ethics and HIPPA! With my bachelor’s in psychology… I had to learn about… you guessed it… HIPPA AND ETHICS. If that was beat into my head it had to have been into hers. So the fact that she continued in a dual relationship with Illmari made my skin crawl! I know that it’s fiction it shouldn’t matter. Especially since her entire job is fake considering that Doctors of physical therapy/physical therapist who work with professional hockey teams are not permitted to provide stitches or emergency care! That is the job of the medical physician also employed by the pro team. This book should have been marketed as high fantasy! But hey, who am I to talk since I’ve enjoyed boss x assistant tropes which come with their own ethical violations. Now my next issue is still with little miss Rachel. Oh how I wish it stopped at being annoying. She is manipulative and abusive! She engages in this poly relationship which started with Jake and Kaleb. She begins to have feelings for Illmari but doesn’t tell her partners. Now I’m not an expert in polyamory but communication and trust is the foundation of EVERY type of relationship. The guys confront her about it and decide to play “sudden death” where they share all of their feelings. Jake and Rachel start confessing their love for each other which was weird considering it had barely been a month but whatever. Kaleb on the other hand wasn’t saying anything, which is normal. Some people need more time or show love in different ways. How did little miss Rachel handle this situation. She throws a bowl of food at him, forces her bare breasts on to him, kiss him, and then slap him across the face. Now if they had a conversation about wanting to engage in pain play or they had a clear discussion of their comfortability with CNC. There would be no problems BUT there was no such conversation. Which means that this was abuse and SA. From there everything she did was wrong and disgusting. So to get to the epilogue and the first paragraph is people cheering for her… and saying that their relationship is love or Price is love! Get fucked! Thank you!

The best thing about this book is the fan fiction ending I’ve created! Jake, Kaleb, and Illmari all realize that Rachel is toxic, abusive, and manipulative. The three of them leave her! Jake and Kaleb stay together, eventually getting married. They decide to make a foundation/hockey program based on inclusivity in the hockey. It provides kids from all different backgrounds (race, gender expression, economic status) an opportunity to get into the collegiate hockey programs or NHL. Illmari helps with the program as well. Jake and Kaleb who are happily married use a surrogate to have children. Illmari who is trying to get over Rachel, falls in love with Kay and Jake’s surrogate!! In my head the surrogate is a tall black woman who is the Pom/dance coach at UNF or whatever in world college equivalent.

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ladynavalon's review

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funny slow-paced

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

Let's be honest. This book is for what it is, period. To read it with your favorite toy at hand and not give the plot too much thought. Porn with (bad) plot, that's all. Don't take it seriously... because if you do.... well, it's a book with some pretty toxic characters. Rachel is a whiny (actually, she whines all the time), manipulative spoiled brat who at no time thinks about anything but her brown pussy. Jake is an insecure little boy who has a lot of self-esteem to work on, the author says he's a golden reteiever, but perhaps he's the most toxic. Caleb could have been an interesting character if he had accepted his sexuality and communicated more, (as it looked like he was going to). And Ilmari... look, the guy is possessive as fuck and has monumental trauma. But hey, they're all possessive as hell and carry their traumas with them. If I dig deeper into the plot, I get more pissed off: their (the boy's) sexuality is specifically misrepresented, because they never admit that they like boys; the relationships between them.... (I think it would all make more sense if Caleb and Jake had something going on before Rachel arrived, if Ilmari had entered the relationship through Jake or Caleb, not Rachel). And worst of all, how toxic and unrealistic relationships and sex are, and that this is available to young impressionable girls. Zero judgedment if you read it as an adult with a head in orden to have a good time, but making it available to young girls seems very dangerous to me and normalizes horrible and super toxic things.
Not LGTB+ friendly at all!!!!!!!!!

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