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Pucking Around (includes That One Night) by Emily Rath

22 reviews

books_hay's review

adventurous slow-paced

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

3.0

When I started this book I thought it would end a five star. It did not. This book dragged on and dragged on and then became unrealistic. She said this dude was her soulmate and love of her life but by the end of the book she was hardly speaking to him. It was just bonkers and felt like word vomit at the end.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Minor: Violence, Blood, Medical content, and Outing

shinyfox's review

emotional funny 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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual content, Violence, and Medical content

Moderate: Homophobia, Misogyny, Outing, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Addiction, Drug abuse, and Pregnancy

miwi1010's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective medium-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Cursing

Minor: Homophobia, Sexism, Violence, Medical content, and Pregnancy

mad1son1111's review against another edition

lighthearted medium-paced

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

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Minor: Violence

peachani's review against another edition

emotional hopeful 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

4.0

The page count had me stuck – why would a romance need to be damn near 800 pages?? But damn if I didn't enjoy nearly every page. (There were 1 or 2 bits of dialogue that repeated.) Overall, I liked this way more than I thought I would. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Sexual content, and Medical content

Moderate: Ableism, Misogyny, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Cancer, Drug abuse, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Blood, Medical trauma, Death of parent, and Abandonment

sha's review

adventurous hopeful tense fast-paced

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

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual violence, Violence, and Medical content

tyras_bookshelf's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny tense slow-paced

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

3.5

It’s nonstop sex from the very first page, so if you’re here for that, you’re in the right place. The consent was dubious at times which threw me but whatever. 

The story is actually kind of sweet to start out with; a sweet, wholesome man in a bar, helping out a hot lady from some jackass, making a jackass of himself, and they come to know each other in this really intense and elemental way. Then they go separate ways.
It takes an incredibly kinky turn when we realize that our main character not only has her one night, stand soulmate man, but also his best friend, and then about a third of the way through the book, she also picks up a giant Finnish man with no words for anyone but her. 

The writing was okay, very simple and certainly not the star of the show but the characters felt distinct and the conflict was realistic. The saving grace from the annoying main characters (annoying as in pushy, lacking boundaries) it was that the communication was on a 10. These people talk about their crap, that’s for sure. There’s a lot of sexual repression and denial which everyone works through with a major moment of reconciliation. Although there were several occasions when the dialogue felt like it was trying too hard to make some great philosophical statement, and more often than not some of the dialogue and inner commentary felt like they should be coming from supernatural characters because then all of this, “you’re mine” talk wouldn’t have felt so cringe. I don’t know…different strokes for different folks I guess. It was all pretty dramatic and drawn out for too long but no great grievances. 

This book is straight  p-🌽on page, and a lot of it, which is the point so, well done Emily Rath.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Violence

immovabletype's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Ableism, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Blood, Abandonment, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Vomit, Pregnancy, Outing, and Alcohol

There's a lot of behavior from various players toward the FMC in the capacity of her job that is meant to be cute but would absolutely be sexual harassment irl.

wildatheart1339's review against another edition

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Cursing, Violence, Medical content, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Alcoholism, Cancer, Drug use, Panic attacks/disorders, Blood, Vomit, Suicide attempt, Death of parent, Pregnancy, and Abandonment

futureofmydays's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted relaxing 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? Yes

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Mental illness, Misogyny, Sexual content, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Addiction, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Panic attacks/disorders

Minor: Alcoholism, Cancer, Death, Eating disorder, Violence, Death of parent, Gaslighting, and Alcohol