Reviews tagging 'Grief'

One Pucked Up Pack by Sarah Blue

16 reviews

tiffany_reads_books's review

4.5

This is a great omegaverse & hockey combination. Just know that (content warning)

grief

plays a large role in the later story. I thought it was handled well, but I still wanted to mention it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Death of parent

clioreads's review

challenging emotional lighthearted sad tense medium-paced

• 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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Death, Mental illness, Sexual content, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Car accident and Sexual harassment

Minor: Drug use, Violence, and Alcohol

readwithria's review against another edition

emotional tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

One Pucked Up Pack was honestly better than I thought it would be!

I knew that this was omegaverse going into it, but I think I was expecting more hockey and less omv. It was definitely beginner friendly, and did a decent job of explaining all of the trope hallmarks.

Read this book if you love
- Why choose/reverse harem
- Omegaverse
- Hockey romance
- Second chance romance

This book has a lot of time skips, especially around the 50% mark and in the epilogues. I found that I wanted more character time that was skipped over, but I also don’t think the book needed to be longer.

The one thing that I really didn’t enjoy was the lack of healthy communication around the conflict. I definitely found some of the resolution to be annoying because the blame and guilt gets shifted to people in the relationship who I don’t think deserve it, and other people get forgiven a bit too quickly or have their actions brushed off.

I’ll probably read the second book. 3 stars.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Sexual content, Car accident, and Death of parent

Moderate: Grief and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Vomit, Pregnancy, and Alcohol

scoutingforbooty's review

dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Absolutely loved this book! All the characters had wonderful development, learning from their mistakes and the coming together in the end was just chef’s kiss. I really don’t have anything bad to say about this book besides wanting more before the epilogue!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Grief, and Death of parent

kat7794's review

emotional

• 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

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Sexual content, Grief, Car accident, and Death of parent

a_libra_library's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional funny inspiring lighthearted reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Sexual content, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail

hellxriver's review

challenging emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

Okay, so I started this because I thought this would make me really unhappy. It didn't. It was fucking cute and sweet and adorable.
The blurb makes it seem like the breakup is a huge part of the book which it really isn't - so don't start the book if that's what you want. There also wasn't that much groveling because the guys didn't really do much wrong. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Abandonment and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child abuse and Physical abuse

caitlinemccann's review

adventurous emotional funny tense medium-paced

• 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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Confinement, Sexual content, Violence, Grief, Car accident, Death of parent, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Alcohol

Minor: Kidnapping and Classism

Context on kidnapping:

heroine is taken to another room, confined, and left to be assaulted. The assault does not happen but the threat of it is an important part of the story

theblacklodgebookshelf's review

emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

 A hockey themed Omegaverse. Sign me up. 

Omegaverse in general is such a comfort read for me and One Pucked Up Pack has easily joined some of my favourites from the genre. 

I loved all the MMC’s. I think my favourite has to be Anders although Mikael comes a very close second. I will be thinking about the hot tub scene for a long time to come. 

I would ask you to check TW/CW though as this book does deal with parental loss (on page) / child abuse (off page) as well as grief & depression. 

Overall I had a great time with it and can’t wait to read about Piper! 

4.5 stars 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Grief and Death of parent

Minor: Child abuse

erkietheturkey's review

emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Mental illness, Sexual content, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, and Death of parent