aashnuhh 's review for:

Three Pucks and a Baby by Katie Ashley

1.0

fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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I was soooooo excited to read this from The Nerd Fam because the premise sounded really fun but im kinda disappointed by the characters. They were all cringey in their own ways-Bennett with the way he spoke to his sister, Grayson with the whole "im a cinnamon roll/golden retriever", Vivian constantly calling herself a nerd and old ("older and cynical" I don't know a single person who constantly calls themself old at 30??) and Theo with his 'im the one in charge, you don't get to dump me' energy. The dialogue as well was hard to read at times. The characters lacked consistency and depth, for example they didn't want to open up and two seconds later, they shared their entire life's story or they wanted to get to know each other outside of the bedroom and then we never actually get that. Everything just moved so fast, any sort of discourse was resolved within the chapter. Overall, the idea was good, but the execution was shallow.