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One Pucked Up Pack by Sarah Blue

34 reviews

scoutingforbooty's review

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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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liliana_b's review

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emotional funny lighthearted 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


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kat7794's review

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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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a_libra_library's review against another edition

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

4.75


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kaitlynkenny's review

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3.0


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ashley_est1988's review

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emotional lighthearted medium-paced
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  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes

4.0


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taylynnmazz's review

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The first half of the book had me hooked. As a first time reader of the Omegaverse, I loved reading about their relationship and the spice was great! 

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And then the big twist happened, which was rushed, and everything just came tumbling down for me. Considering the main event that marks a huge turn for the book was rushed, it didn’t have as much of an emotional impact as it could have for me. I sympathize with depression, especially when grief is at play, but instead of showing us this difficult time, it was a lot of telling and repetition.  

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One thing I hate in romance is miscommunication, and that was the main driver in the packs break up for the whole story. While I can understand both sides to a degree, the Charlotte become petty and unapologetic, even when one of her love interests presented very clear and reasonable counterpoints to justify his own emotions. Personally would have preferred to see Charlotte own up to her own mistakes with Mikael (and have Mikael own up to his as well), instead of the direction it went after the whole journal debacle 🙄. 



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stuffandwhatnot's review

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emotional funny

4.5

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a romance about hockey players must have a 'stick' or 'puck' based pun in the title. (While omegaverse romances only have 'knot' or 'pack' based puns about 50% of the time.)

While on winter break from college, Charlotte and three college hockey players with NHL dreams meet on a frozen Vermont lake and get hit with the ultra rare fated mates matching smells whammy. None of them want to settle down yet: Charlotte wants to finish college and take care of her aging mother; the boys know they'll likely end up playing for three different teams across the country and not be able to devote the time to an omega/pack relationship. But the sexy yankee candle scents of fate don't lie. 

Mostly sweet and cozy with some hot sexin', some deep angst, some dumb actions born out of guilt and grief and fear of abandonment, and ultimately some lovely groveling on all sides.

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hellxriver's review

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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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shaykay's review

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emotional funny hopeful medium-paced
  • 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

5.0

My favorite book of February! I could not put this one down, and since it's a newer release, I have yet to really see that much about it. This is an omegaverse book, I've never read a book with that in it, and I didn't even know what that meant. But at the beginning of the book, there is a short explanation of what it is and how Blue uses it in her book. But I wanted to read the book because of the reverse harem element; it was so good in this one! I loved how Charlotte's story went. I also really loved the hockey element because I've never read a hockey romance before. This one deals with a lot of heavy things because Charlotte has older parents. One was gone before this book happened. The other has a lot of health issues, so she is always worried about her mom. We have the whole omega thing going on, and it was crazy and opened up a whole new world for me. Then we the alphas. I loved how different they all were. So we have one that's all happy and lovey-dovey and wants to be that way, but he wasn't raised in this life, so this is all new. It was adorable, and then we have the stubborn one who is determined to fight their feelings and stay away from her because he wants to focus on his dream of playing professionally, which is all three of their goals is to play professionally. It got super intense, and I could not put the book down. Plus, Charlotte has a Newfie! A book can never go wrong with a Newfoundland in it! I have two, and I love them so much; they are just the best! I need the next book ASAP! The next book is going to be focused on Charlotte's best friend, who is an alpha herself, so it's going to be interesting to see her story play out. I hope we get to see Charlotte and the boys some. This book set up her story some, and it sounds like it will be so much fun!

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