Pucking Wild by Emily Rath on August 21, 2023
Genres: Fiction / LGBTQ+ / Gay, Fiction / Romance / Contemporary, Fiction / Romance / General, Fiction / Romance / Sports
Pages: 634
Format: eBook
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“I don’t have to say it. Our communication goes so much deeper. Souls can speak with more than words, and mine is crying out for him. It’s almost like I can hear his, too, calling to me, begging me to come home. Come find him. Come set his world back on its proper axis.”
Tess Owens is a confident, 33-year-old plus-sized divorcee daring to start her life over in a new job in a new city. In the process, she meets Ryan Langley, starting forward for the NHL’s Jacksonville Rays. Sure, he’s cute, in a puppy at the beach kind of way. But he’s ten years younger than her, and they have nothing in common. But to Ryan, Tess is his dream girl. He’s ready to do anything to show her that age doesn’t matter, our pasts don’t define us, and just sometimes, two wrongs can make a right.
After Pucking Around (which was a solid 5 star read for me), my expectations for this book was extremely high. But I’m gonna be honest, this book felt different than Pucking Around from the start, and it took me a minute to get into it. I didn’t really love Tess when I was reading this, I thought for a 33 year old lawyer, she seemed to be lacking a lot of critical thinking and people skills. She was also extremely immature to me. Ryan, on he other hand, was the saving grace of the book! He is so sweet and I absolutely adored that man! Many people have commented on the fact that he seemed more mature emotionally than Tess, and they found it strange considering he’s 22 to her 33. I think his emotional maturity made sense considering how quickly he had to grow up in order to provide for his family.
I gave this novel four stars. In the end, while this was a different experience than Pucking Around, it still brought the heart, the spicy smut and the endearing characters. Overall, this book is fine, but if you weren’t obsessed with the first one you’ll probably be lost in this one (or at least annoyed). I am excited to read on with Poppy’s story though!