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allingoodtime's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Moderate: Abandonment
Minor: Bullying and Suicidal thoughts
tarnaflake'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
3.75
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Abandonment
cassie12_21's review
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
3.25
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Violence and Abandonment
Minor: Homophobia, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment
andeng'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: Alcoholism, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Violence, Medical content, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Drug use and Eating disorder
Minor: Cancer and Death of parent
giannareadsromance's review
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Rachel motherfucking Price is the definition of badass, and my favorite female main character of all time. The otherworldly connection and love she shares with Ilmari, Caleb, and Jake is everything. Her role in helping all of them not only find themselves, but stay true to themselves is one of the very best parts of the story all together.
And don’t get my started on the extra curriculars 🥵😅 A cocky defenseman, a brooding bear of a goalie, and their daddy-dom of an equipment manager…. what more can I say?
Also as a side note: I actually really enjoyed the look into the inner medical workings of a sports team, ngl lol.
Additionally, I’m definitely glad I read the prequel to this book (That One Night) before diving in as it really set up the story well, and showed just how deep and fated Rachel’s connection with Jake is moving into Pucking Around. Not to mention it peppers in some background on Caleb and a few other little things as well. (Hi Poseidon 🐾)
This woman can WRITE. From the plot with all the detail, to the toe-curling spice this ticks every single box for me. I can’t wait for the next book in the series (Pucking Wild) which centers around Rachel’s best friend Tess!
If you were debating, take my advice and read the damn book.
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Outing and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Homophobia, Blood, Medical content, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Alcohol
lilyemmaaa'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
3.75
Graphic: Sexual content, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Cancer, Drug use, Self harm, Death of parent, Outing, and Abandonment
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
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
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: Cursing, Sexual content, and Outing
Moderate: Medical content and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Alcoholism, Biphobia, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Homophobia, Abandonment, and Alcohol
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.alexleigh20's review
- 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
2.0
Graphic: Sexual content and Abandonment