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Pucking Sweet by Emily Rath

7 reviews

garbage_mcsmutly's review against another edition

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

📚 Ugh why is this series so good??? And why isn't there more of it to read yet??? This book did a good job of bringing in events from books 1 and 2 in the series and putting them in a different context, so even if you knew what was happening from the previous books' MCs' perspectives, it felt familiar but still felt fresh.

📙 This was a great story. There was emotional vulnerability, there was rivalry, there was love and discovery and tons of sex. And I really liked all three of the MCs in terms of personality.

🎧 All three of the narrators (1 female, 2 male, all first person POV) did an excellent job with the material.

🌶️ 5/5 it didn't get into like deep/hardcore kink but other than that, this book (like the others in the series) is constantly on.

🏳️‍🌈✊ We of course have the diversity in sexuality involved in a 3 way relationship (and it is truly 3 way). There are also other team members who are queer (some from book 1 and some others). One of the MMCs is biracial: Black and (I think) white. This is a hockey romance, and it does seem like most of the side characters are white. There's diversity in backgrounds: one of the MCs grew up alone and basically on the streets, one had a loving middle class family, and the other comes from a powerful and moneyed (but cold) family.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Sexual content, Medical content, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Chronic illness, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Violence, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Biphobia, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Blood, Vomit, and Death of parent

nanastradamus's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny fast-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

3.5

gooped and gagged tbh!! in all seriousness i rly need to know more about that

violet and olivia

situation 👀 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Confinement, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Child abuse, Physical abuse, Violence, Vomit, Medical content, and Death of parent

Minor: Racism, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

skb163's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful medium-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Medical content

Moderate: Blood, Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Death, Homophobia, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, Lesbophobia, Outing, and Abandonment

bergha1998's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective 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

4.5

I cried, laughed, and enjoyed the spice throughout this whole book. Novy is going to be my fav character of the month, I’ve already called it. His journey throughout this book cause so much laughter and tears for me. And I loved Poppy and Colton, too. Enjoying an accidental pregnancy plot was not on my bingo card for this year, but it happened. Wrath can do no wrong. 

MMF Romance, Enemies to Lovers and Friends to Lovers, 4 🔥

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Homophobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Medical content, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

antidietleah's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted fast-paced

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

3.5

3.5 stars, a bit of a let down after Pucking Around. There just wasn't enough relationship development for me. "Well that escalated quickly" was uttered multiple times. This book takes place at the same time as Pucking Around and kinda makes me want to go back and read it again to pick up on the crossover. 

The characters were great, lots of dirty talk that got a little repetitive, slow burn on the MM side of things. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Violence, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Child abuse and Infidelity

tguccione's review against another edition

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Blood, Pregnancy, Gaslighting, Abandonment, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Minor: Alcoholism, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Terminal illness, Violence, Vomit, Grief, Death of parent, and Sexual harassment

brittanylee0302's review against another edition

emotional fast-paced

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

5.0

Emily Rath does it again! I started this book at 9 am & wrapped up around 10:30 pm. The characters this woman writes just suck you in and don't let go. I've been waiting so long for this release and am not disappointed. Poppy's story was so cute and so emotional and I loved that Emily chose to write it on top of Rachel and Tess' story. I loved the little replays from the first two books and how knowing Rachel's story helped poppy figure out her own. I can't wait for the next book. I'm so obsessed with all of these characters!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Death of parent, and Pregnancy

Minor: Violence and Medical content