Reviews with content warning for Addiction - Pucking Around (includes That One Night)

Let's be honest. This book is for what it is, period. To read it with your favorite toy at hand and not give the plot too much thought. Porn with (bad) plot, that's all. Don't take it seriously... because if you do.... well, it's a book with some pretty toxic characters. Rachel is a whiny (actually, she whines all the time), manipulative spoiled brat who at no time thinks about anything but her brown pussy. Jake is an insecure little boy who has a lot of self-esteem to work on, the author says he's a golden reteiever, but perhaps he's the most toxic. Caleb could have been an interesting character if he had accepted his sexuality and communicated more, (as it looked like he was going to). And Ilmari... look, the guy is possessive as fuck and has monumental trauma. But hey, they're all possessive as hell and carry their traumas with them. If I dig deeper into the plot, I get more pissed off: their (the boy's) sexuality is specifically misrepresented, because they never admit that they like boys; the relationships between them.... (I think it would all make more sense if Caleb and Jake had something going on before Rachel arrived, if Ilmari had entered the relationship through Jake or Caleb, not Rachel). And worst of all, how toxic and unrealistic relationships and sex are, and that this is available to young impressionable girls. Zero judgedment if you read it as an adult with a head in orden to have a good time, but making it available to young girls seems very dangerous to me and normalizes horrible and super toxic things.
Not LGTB+ friendly at all!!!!!!!!!

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mammut's review against another edition

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funny hopeful lighthearted slow-paced

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

3.0

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thirdeyeangel23's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny 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

Pucking Around is a why choose poly-am contemporary romance. Our anchor characters are Rachel , the newest team doc for the Jacksonville Rays, and Jake, the golden boy for the Rays hockey team. After a steamy night in Seattle (read That One Night) the two once again cross paths and can’t let each other go, but their relationship evolves into more than they could ever imagine. This book really highlights hockey while giving heavy doses of spice and feels. A fun read for all my why-choose girlies.

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backitupmoony's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional funny lighthearted tense fast-paced

3.25

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onelia's review against another edition

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emotional hopeful relaxing sad tense 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? It's complicated

5.0

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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? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This book has been everywhere! I have become obsessed with Emily Rath's TikToks for this series. This book is a reverse harem meets hockey, and I could not read this book fast enough! It's a 700+ page book; I read it in about two days! I just could not put it down because it was so good! I loved Jake and Rachel in the previous novella. I was just so curious how they were going to reunite and how they were going to become a part of a harem because they seemed pretty obsessed with each other! So it was interesting to watch them reunite and then become a harem. I loved all of them, but even though I love Ilmari, I don't think he fits into this relationship.
First, Ilmari doesn't get involved until the book's last third. Until then, he's just one of the hockey players that Rachel is trying to help. The two are attracted to one another, and we get some banter between them pretty early on in the book; however, they only go past that once she starts trying to help him. Ilmari, Jake, and Caleb have a tense relationship. They never get along outside of being involved on the same hockey team. But he and Caleb have an understanding and are kind of friendly towards one another. Caleb is an equipment manager, and Ilmari doesn't really have any relationships and is really all on his own here.
Meanwhile, Jake and Caleb are besties. Those two are super close, and honestly, those two and Rachel are adorable together. Still, they will always have something between each other that doesn't include Rachel, so that is how Ilmari fits into this relationship. Even though I initially felt like he didn't fit into this relationship and that he was being forced into it, after reading the rest of the book, and especially the second novella, I think he is exactly where he's supposed to be, and I love this harem so much. They are all adorable and fun, and I can't get enough of this series. However, I'm curious where this series will go since the next book has no harem. Instead, it focuses on a different teammate.

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