Ultimo libro della serie con protagonisti Randy, compagno di squadra di Alex e Miller, e Lily, la migliore amica di Sunny.
Una lettura sempre piacevole e divertente anche se leggermente sottotono rispetto ai due precedenti.
Una serie che mi è piaciuta molto, maliziosa e spiritosa che consiglio a chi vuole divertirsi in tutta leggerezza. ( )

Ah, Randy and Lily. In this third book in Helena Hunting’s hockey players series, which is one of my favorites, our couple decides they will just be FWB, and don’t expect feelings to develop. Little do they realize! Very steamy times in this one and I love HH’s snarky funny voice. I liked the tension with Lily’s past, as well as the drama with the ex-boyfriend, oy! But I think best of all was the theme of emotional honesty and how you can’t hold back in a relationship if you want things to get real. This was one of my favorite couples. Cute!

Please excuse typos/name misspellings. Entered on screen reader.
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I am writing to inform you I need to terminate our agreement (as author and reader) for the following violations:

1.)Incredibly awful language about casual and consensual sex.
I get my dramatic flair from my mom. I hope I’m not this bad. “Brainless hockey slut? I’m not a puck bunny, Mom. We’re hanging out
This isn’t the worst, but it is all over the damn book. Women who like casual sex are also women. Thanks.

2.)There’s funny, raunchy dialogue and there’s…this. And this doesn’t stop.
“I have not lost it, Char! That’s a totally legit question.” She looks to me as though I’m going to confirm the legitimacy of having a reaction to jizz on my face. At my silence, she continues her explanation. “Sometimes, when Alex eats too many suicide wings, his jizz makes my chest red.”
I have yet to meet women who discuss anything at this level. Yes, Violet is supposed to be a bit of a disaster, but this kind of talk is not limited to her.

3.)When I first read Pucked, I was kind of smitten. Alex was a great hero. Good pairing. Now I wonder if that was my younger years of romance and I missed something. after having just read Hooking Up, the tone and content felt so similar,I’m can’t find a reason to read anymore. I’ve read a good portion of the catalog, and nothing’s above a 3: It’s not me, it’s not you, it’s us.
4.) Weak character development. No character development?
At 85% Randy talks to his mother and I feel like I literally just learned he had a sister?

5.)A silly silly subplot on disfigurement
Not even sure what to say about this one, it was such nonsense.

6.)These are too long for the subject matter. Dare I say much of the page space is taken up with too much sex? Or talking about sex. Or thinking about sex. They did some skating. They ate once. Even hanging out with friends, it’s all sex all the time. I’d rather chill with the “puck bunnies” at least maybe they talk hockey or something? If 4 females are going to hang around discussing my current fling’s junk for 50 minutes, I would start to think I need better, more interesting, more sensitive friends.

7.) Protagonists who believe the actions of their parents who have had little influence on their upbringing have sealed their fate.
That’s just dumb.

I will perhaps miss the good old smut. Because I do like some of the sex scenes quite a bit, just not enough. Honestly, more of the friendship between Miller & Randy. It was kind of endearing.

Disclaimer: I’m in a bit of slump and attempting to do just this: eliminate reads like this from my TBR. I honestly don’t know why I finished…but I did, and so now this termination is fair. ( )

4 stars

Yet another great book in this series. There is a lot of snark, humor, and great interactions between all the characters that have made this series fun.

My biggest complaint with this book and the series has been the HFN endings. Since communication has been such an issue with all these couples, I need to see they aren't going to screw up again in the future. ( )

Review Pending
5.0 out of 5.0 stars

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