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meat_muffin'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: Cursing and Sexual content
Moderate: Bullying, Pregnancy, and Alcohol
Minor: Eating disorder, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, Outing, Dysphoria, and Injury/Injury detail
erinl4'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
3.0
That being said, i did love all the characters and enjoyed seeing how they connected (p.s. jake is the best)
Graphic: Sexual content and Medical content
Moderate: Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Sexism and Pregnancy
onelia'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
Moderate: Cursing and Violence
Minor: Addiction, Biphobia, Drug use, Homophobia, Misogyny, Sexism, Medical content, and Pregnancy
kat7794's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Cursing, Homophobia, Sexual content, Medical content, Pregnancy, and Outing
cassie12_21's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
3.25
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Violence and Abandonment
Minor: Homophobia, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment
kotahlotah's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.5
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Misogyny, Medical content, Pregnancy, Outing, and Injury/Injury detail
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, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Fire/Fire injury, Outing, Abandonment, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Homophobia
Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Biphobia, Bullying, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Alcohol
bryelle'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
5.0
Graphic: Sexual content and Sexual harassment
Moderate: Medical content, Medical trauma, and Pregnancy
alybeth'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
4.25
Graphic: Cursing, Sexual content, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Homophobia, Sexism, Medical content, and Outing
Minor: Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicide attempt, Pregnancy, and Abandonment
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, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Medical content, and Fire/Fire injury
Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders
Minor: Addiction, Cancer, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Death of parent, Pregnancy, Outing, and Alcohol