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Those Three Little Words by Meghan Quinn

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acethirtynine's review against another edition

medium-paced

Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

The banter even between the hockey players wasn’t as good in this one - often the dialogue felt unrealistic and even though I know it’s written by a woman the dialogue between the female friends sometimes felt like a male fantasy of female friendship.

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ambercunningham's review against another edition

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funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

2.75

This book has some of my fav tropes but it was a miss for me. Maybe it’s because this was my first Quinn book and I’m not used to her writing style but…the dialogue in this was so cringe that I couldn’t get over it even though I liked the story. I hated Penny. Like girl get a grip damn

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dkgreads's review against another edition

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emotional funny lighthearted 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? It's complicated

4.0

This was pretty funny, but also had a more emotional side. Penny’s pregnancy neurosis was fairly comical. I kinda wish we’d’ve spent a little more time unpacking Eli’s feelings though.

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brandee_cook's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful lighthearted 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

4.0

Good storyline and fun to read. Love the comedic relief throughout.

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beckyyreadss's review

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challenging emotional medium-paced

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

3.0

I wanted to read this book because I loved Meghan Quinn’s Cane brothers’ series and was wanting to read more of her work. I loved hockey romances, and I enjoyed Pacey and Winnie’s story, but this book was so frustrated and just damn annoying and long for no reason.

This book has two points of view. The first is Penny Lawes, she is the baby sister of Pacey Lawes who we met in the first book. She works for the same hockey team as Pacey as the social media executive and she posts and makes Tiktok edits for the hockey team. Pacey has made it clear that she is untouchable – none of the hockey players can have her. Everyone knows this. But Pacey has especially told playboy hotshot Eli Hornsby to stay away from her. However, one night Penny is dragged on a night out by her best friend on Valentines Day and ended up leaving early. Eli asks Penny to stay out and to hang out with him on his birthday, Penny being slightly intoxicated gives in to her feeling that she’s always felt. However, she is determined not to sleep with him after she has been told in the past that she is bad in bed. Eli makes her confidence plus with a bit of liquid courage, she ends up sleeping with him and five weeks later, she finds out she’s pregnant. The second point of view is Eli Hornby, we met him in the first book. His family is his team, he doesn’t have any family. So, when his best mate’s little sister is pregnant, he will do anything to be in his child’s life. Once Pacey finds out he has knocked up his sister, threats were made, friendship were revoked and then he was marched up to her apartment, suitcases in hand and forced to live with her so he can take care of her every need. What Pacey didn’t know was that Eli had been wanting this girl since her first day and that the sex they had blew his night and he hasn’t stopped thinking about her. Eli wants to get his friendship back with Pacey, but with every mood swing, every pair of pants that don’t fit right and every late-night run to find the perfect donut, he is finding it harder and harder not to fall for his best friend’s sister especially when she kisses him again.

Again, as with the first book, I loved the bromance between the boys, and I would die for any of them. I love how they all call out each other’s bullshit and make sure they are responsible for the shit they do especially when they aren’t communicating correctly. I love how the boys came together to help them through the pregnancy and everything. I love that both Eli and Penny’s friends are like we are here to support you, you tell me what you want to do, and I'll do it. That was about it. I liked the lads. Eli’s trauma was so well-handled, and I loved his story and his arc.

I hate the pregnancy trope, especially one-night stand pregnancy. Penny drove me nuts, I wanted to punch her – pregnancy or not, she was a bitch, and she didn’t deserve the sweetheart that was Eli. She was extremely immature and pretty much just wanted to throw her rattle out the pram when she wasn’t getting her own well and then just winding up Eli for no good reason. Like Eli did everything to help her and she still wasn’t happy about it. Like be a single mum then, leave Eli alone. I hated the miscommunication, and the third-act conflict wasn’t needed at all. This book did not need to be so long for Penny to be such a pick-me and a child. This book should have been smaller than the first book and I would have preferred that compared to whatever the hell this one.

The boys in the cabin and the little snippets of what I hope the next book is saved it, otherwise it was going to be two stars. Poor Eli deserves better.

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katharina90's review against another edition

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funny lighthearted medium-paced

Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No

2.0

The writing was better compared to the first book in the series, but the main characters were bland. I just wasn't invested. Also, the book was too long.

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shaykay's review against another edition

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emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.0

Overall this one wasn't my favorite follow-up. I really wanted a lot for Eli because he was one of my favorites from the previous book, and I could not wait to see this one play out. Plus, it has a surprise baby angle, and that's my freaking jam! I loved seeing the tension between Eli and Penny. We got the extra layer because of everything with Pacey, but it took way too long for Pacey and Eli to make up.
Even though I loved the banter in this one, and I loved seeing how these two were going to makeup, I hated how Penny handled it. She knew how Eli felt, and he told he how hard it was for him to open up due to his abandonment issues, but she still just did the whole third-act breakup crap, and it just crashed and burned for me. I wanted more for them. Plus, I'm just tired of the miscommunication and third-act breakups.

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hmb86's review against another edition

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emotional sad medium-paced

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

2.5

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linnea_tornblom's review

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emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

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

5.0

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jesuu__'s review against another edition

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funny lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

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

3.0

I had so high expectations bc I tend to like her books and the first one in the series was really good and I loved Eli there, but I'm sad his story isn't as good.

I hate Hate HATE to say this but OMG I can't stand Penny, this book could have been sooo much better if she was different.

The way that she couldn't not even for a microsecond stop thinking about herself and try to understand what Eli was going through OR COMUNICATE what se wanted and not play stupid games.
She was very boring and all she did was complain and talk about sex, like it was fun the first couple of times, but the book kept going and that was still all she did, and then she could be so mean to him.

Honestly, Eli deserves better.

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