I’ve never been
into dating athletes. Most of my
ex-boyfriends have been artists in one way or another, but then I met my
current husband who is an avid water polo player and did myself a romance cliché. The nerd married the jock. Insert
gasps here. But I, like many other
women, don’t mind reading about hot, buff men once in a while… if I have to, you know? Hockey romances are my absolute favorite, so
one-clicking Pucked was no hardship.
Blurb: With a famous NHL player for a
stepbrother, Violet Hall is well acquainted with the playboy reputation of many
a hockey star. So of course she isn’t
interested in legendary team captain Alex Waters of his pretty, beat-up face
and rock-hard six-pack abs. When Alex
inadvertently obliterates Violet’s misapprehension regarding the inferior
intellect of hockey players, he becomes much more than just a hot body with the
fact to match.
Suffering from
a complete lapse in judgment, Violet discovers just how good Alex is with the
hockey stick in his pants. Violet
believes her night of orgasmic magic with Alex is just that: one night. But Alex starts to call. And text. And email
and send extravagant—too quirky—gifts.
Suddenly he’s too difficult to ignore, and nearly impossible not to
like. The problem is that the media
portrays Alex as a total player, and Violet doesn’t want to be a part of the
game.
Review:
I think my
favorite part about sports romances is that they focus so little on the actual
sport. I much prefer focusing on the hot
men, big dicks, and huge biceps. And Pucked gives you that and so much
more. It should properly be classified
as a sports comedy romance because it was really a hoot and a half. I read this book while babysitting (after the
kids had gone to bed of course) and had to stifle some major laughs to keep
from waking up the kiddos.
Pucked is quirky
with a capital Q so if that isn’t your thing I’d steer clear. Both characters struggle with a strong case
of word vomit and some major relationship awkwardness which I found to be
absolutely adorable given that Alex is supposed to be some sort of sex God, but
he’s really just a nerd in a buff dude’s body.
Best of both worlds!
Violet reminded
me a lot of myself with her ill-timed jokes and inability to shut up when she
needed to most. I liked her willingness
to express her emotions, her strength, her desire to stand up for herself, and
the way she was confident in herself.
Sometimes her words and actions had me cringing, but that only made
Violet a more real, more fabulous character in my eyes.
Alex is a wonderfully
strange man. The things that came out of
his mouth sometimes were utterly bewildering but then they were also hot as
hell. I’ve never read a romance novel
with a man who asked permission nearly every step of the way and you’d think that it would be a little
dramatic, but oh my god, it wasn’t. It
was so freaking sexy. Alex was so real
that he didn’t seem completely unattainable.
He seemed like someone you could find in a bar down the street.
Helena Hunting
has a very interesting way of writing that puts you directly into the character’s
minds. It felt a little like stream of
consciousness and took a small bit of time to get used to, but once I did I was
totally engrossed in the read.
I started
reading Pucked because it was first
up on my Kindle and I wanted to read something that wouldn’t be too much
trouble to put down if my babysitting parents came home and I had to pause my
read for the drive home. I ended up
reading the entire thing before they got home.
I didn’t expect to love a random one-click for my Kindle as much as I
did, but I’m so, so, so glad that I gave it a chance. It was a beautiful thing, this book. You can pick up Pucked here!
Disclosure: Pucked
is no longer free on Kindle, but I think it is totally worth a
purchase. I’ll be scooping up the rest of
the series ASAP. Also, the Instagram
user who recommended this book is @tweezyreads.
She is always sharing free or very cheap one-clicks, so if you’re
looking for someone to follow I’d check out her IG!
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