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Sincerely, The Puck Bunny by Maren Moore
DID NOT FINISH: 40%

**Most of my reviews contain detailed CW/TW sections, which may include spoilers.  I have tried to mark them appropriately, but please use caution.** 

Audio (Emma Wilder/Alex Kydd)

Summary: After a period of being wild and out of control due to a personal conflict/betrayal, the MMC has started to get his life back together and refocus on hockey (there is very little hockey in this book as far as I can tell), troubled by a nasty blogger who seems to have it out for him. He has a vacation fling with a young woman who disappears, before they run into each other about nine months later... and she has some surprising news.

Stats: CR - sports (lite), M/F, part of a series but stands alone, open door.

Notes: I DNF'ed around 40% for three reasons: 1) Alex Kydd's sections have a lot of "added noise" - heavy breathing, gasping, tons of giggling, retching... I really did not enjoy that. 2) I could see the set up for the likely final conflict very early and just wasn't feeling it. 3) I'm so sick of male characters who act like changing a diaper or any basic baby care is unbelievably complicated, and I'm so sick of female characters who act like this is acceptable/normal.

Incomplete, but still spoilery, Content Warnings (CW) and Trigger Warnings (TW)
mentions of foster care/parents with substance abuse (not MC), family estrangement, alcohol, family tension, friend tension, infidelity by past partner, uncomplicated pregnancy, secret baby, "crazy/insane" talk, uncomplicated labour and delivery, brief descriotions of blood and gore/hockey injuries, fainting, infant, breastfeeding.