Pucked by Helena Hunting | Summer Quickies
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Book Review at a Glance
Heroine Rating: Violet
Shani: 🍑🍑🍑
Bridget: 🍑🍑
Hero Rating: Alex
Shani: 🍆🍆
Bridget: 🍆
McDreamy to Mc Steamy:
Shani: mc puck me now!
Bridget: Supposed to be McDreamy? Or McSteamy cause of the big dick? But I found him McStalkery
Classy to Nasty:
Vanilla
Romance at a Glance Reviews Pucked by Helena Hunting
AKA Our first sports romance left us unsatisfied
BRIDGET WAS SO MAD. She’s from Chicago, she’s a Hawks fan, she has lusted over hockey players and this book was SOOO not it for her.
Some major points we discussed:
Loved the beginning - orgasm to start the day, downhill from there
Smoking to get outta something
Confession - 1st time we read through we thought that she had been seeing her stepbrother before the parents got married! HAHA
He won’t leave her alone. Gets her work email? Shows up there!
She dresses up his dick.
On Romance at a Glance, we discuss and review all genres of romance novels, as well as get into the nitty-gritty of real-life romance, relationships, and sex... while cracking each other up. Expect some spontaneous singing, funny anecdotes, honest reviews, and naughty language.
Quick Guide Review of the Book and Notes
Book Title: Pucked
Author: Helena Hunting
Author Fun Facts:
Her husband played hockey when they were dating.
She’d Canadian
She chooses all the covers herself and “scours the internet for hot guys” le swoon.
Audio Narrator: John Mclaren, Muffy Newtown
Part of a Series: Yes, the Pucked series which has 5 books, however, they’re all standalone and you don’t have to read them in order.
Genre: Sports Romance
Cover Art:
Shani: Muscles!! That back!
Bridget: Hawtness. The biceps, the back, the hockey stick. Into it!
Synopsis: 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 or his pretty, beat-up face and rock-hard six-pack abs. But 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 face 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 - and quirky - gifts. Suddenly he's too difficult to ignore and nearly impossible not to like. The problem is, the media portrays Alex as a total player, and Violet doesn't want to be part of the game.
Heroine Rating:
Shani: 🍑🍑🍑 Violet.
Bridget: 🍑🍑 I did not care for her at all. I liked her at the beginning of the book basically before she goes with him to the hotel room. She is super immature, I get she’s 22, and annoying and always thinks the worst of him and her internal sex monologue was not my jam.
Hero Rating:
Shani: 🍆🍆 He gains a point cuz he’s hot but loses for his lame denial of dating her without communicating.
Bridget: 🍆 Stop showing up at people’s work dbag. You don’t care AT ALL that she doesn’t want to talk or see you anymore.
McDreamy to Mc Steamy:
Shani: mc puck me now!
Bridget: Supposed to be McDreamy? Or McSteamy cause of the big dick? But I found him McStalkery
Classy to Nasty:
Vanilla
Favorite Lines in the Book:
Shani:
Bridget:
Favorite Review:
Shani’s from Goodreads:
Anonymous- Narration
Before purchasing this book I read the reviews and thought that the male reader couldn't really be that terrible. WRONG! It was dreadful! If the reader makes or breaks a book for you think strongly before giving in to this. I loved the female reader and the story though.
Bridget’s from Goodreads:
✿kawehi.reviews rated it did not like it · review of another edition
Shelves: arc
☆I received an ARC via the book's publicist in exchange for an honest review. Thank you!!☆
I'm so sorry readers, please don't raise your pitchforks at me!
There was basically no story, no character personality inkling or development, and no romance growth at all.
I just don't get it. I LOVE and ADORE hockey romances but this one was painted with a male protagonist who had nothing going up there except his libido; and a female who is supposed to be an intelligent accountant but acts nothing more than an obnoxious bimbo/adolescent teen.
I mean, if you're into hearing about a:
*snuffie
*Super MC ("monster c*#k")
*beaver
*yeti
And
*CONSTANT boob and d*ck oogling and groping
*As well as "mouth f*#king"
A billion of times throughout the book, with an overload of sex references, then hey this book is for you.
I just wish it had more actual content as I was actually enjoying the first 5% and then it turned upside down into a baffling circus show.
I'm sorry, I'm usually more lenient and not harsh and critical on my reads but this one had hit a point of no return for me...
Worth the Read?
Shani: No.
Bridget: Let’s Go Hawks! But also Hell no
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Full Podcast Transcript
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As hosts Bridget and Shani review books and interview some of romance’s biggest authors, they explore the breadth of the genre, openly embracing the sex, diverse couplings, and taboo in order to create a safe space for listeners to be exposed to different lifestyles, fantasies, and to pique their naughty curiosity.
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