Violet isn’t interested in his pretty, beat-up face, or his rock-hard six-pack abs. That is until she meets the legendary team captain-Alex Waters. She’s smart enough to steer clear of those hot, well-built boys with unparalleled stamina.

If you like books with outlandish humor (personally I felt like it read like a 12 year old girl’s attempt at wattpad humor), three dick jokes a page, with a hot and book smart love interest, then you’ll enjoy this book.With a famous NHL player for a step-brother, Violet Hall is well acquainted with the playboy reputation many hockey stars come with. It had me rolling my eyes more than actually laughing. I liked Violet’s word vomit, but her inner-monologue was just full of dick and beaver jokes. It was trying so hard to be funny it didn’t feel organic. I mean a lot of Violet’s jokes were raunchy or could be offensive but usually they were dick jokes and more word vomity nerves-related so why the hell did the author feel the need to add in a transphobic one?! But that’s not enough to save this book from being boring.Īlso there was a page long gender reassignment surgery joke which was in poor taste. Can you understand where he is coming from? Yeah, totally. Also is hockey really that big of a deal? Are any sports big enough of a deal to have paparazzi following them around?! When you get to Alex’s backstory and why he made certain choices regarding his career/handling the media they all make sense for him. I wished we had more of his POVs because I was interested in the team dynamic too. I liked Alex (even if he does come across as a total stalker). All I wanted was to read books about the side characters instead. By the end of this book every time I saw her name it took another year off my life.

At times her reactions seemed reasonable (e.g., hat trick) and other times it seemed outlandish and over the top.

She has no filter, but it’s always sexual, at the worst time, and never consistent.

She call’s Alex’s penis “Super MC” and wants to dress it up (there literally is a scene of her putting a cape on his dick?! I just…why did that make it past editing?!). She’s 22 and refers to her vagina as a “beaver” unironically. My Review: I have never in my entire life met a character as fucking insufferable as Violet fucking Hall. What Violet thought was a one night lapse in judgement turns into Alex calling and texting and sending gifts and overall seeming sweet, unlike what the media portrays him as: a total player. Violet meets the swoon-worthy captain of said team at an after dinner game. What’s this about? Violet’s stepbrother is an NHL player on a new team.

Pucked by Helena Hunting