Rating: 4.5 🌈
The Puckboys series have been such a great fun sport’s romantic romp from the beginning story! Now with Foolish Puckboy, it’s so wonderfully entertaining and appropriate that authors James and Finley bring the entire Queer Collective into the story at the very beginning, just as Alek Emerson has come out as pansexual, transferring to Seattle’s NHL team, and starting anew!
“The guys file in, Oskar, Ezra, Ezra’s boyfriend and teammate Anton, Tripp and his husband Dex from the Vegas team, and trailing behind them are Ayri Quinn and Asher Dalton from Buffalo—the two other newest recruits to the Collective alongside me. Ayri’s been playing for a few seasons already, but Asher’s a rookie this upcoming season. I nod at them. “Asher. Ayri.” Asher wears a stoic scowl,”.
And the party is on.
And wild enough to prompt a call to the local firefighters when the rooftop is set ablaze during the night.
The reaction of a drunken Alek to the gorgeous firefighter Gabe is hilarious and sets the tone for the rest of the book.
“As soon as I get him to the couch, he flops face forward onto it. I turn to go help Sanden with the others when Aleks grabs my thick work pants. His bicep pops beneath his tattooed skin, and I swallow and drag my eyes away from it and up to his. In the soft light inside, his eyes look … blue? Green? A nice color. He doesn’t look away. Just stares. And this shivery sort of awareness runs through me. “Zing,” he whispers before passing out.”
— Foolish Puckboy (Puckboys Book 4) by Eden Finley, Saxon James
That comes after a meetup to end all meetups!
Aleksander Emerson, newly divorced and newly out bisexual NHL hockey player has just met gorgeous gay firefighter Gabe Crosby, and the fireworks are exploding.
But both men have a multitude of reasons not to get involved with each other. For Alek, he’s been in a longstanding monogamous relationship that turned into a heterosexual marriage, and only now is he able to explore his bisexuality without having a commitment or need to settle down.
For Gabe, it’s the money, the lifestyle that professional players make and live that’s contrary to his values and need to have a family and stability.
Eden Finley and Saxon James give us great characters and a dynamic relationship that overcomes both of their personal goals each time they meet up and continue to get to know one another better.
The conversations go from hilarious to deeply sexy to personal to profoundly moving. Especially when each is at their most vulnerable.
My issues with the story and relationship kick in towards the end when that one element seems to always arise, a lack of communication. There’s a misunderstanding, and instead of asking questions, or communicating, that lack of talking to one another becomes an issue.
Yes, it makes for a dramatic moment but for me it lessens the adult factor and pulls me out of the storyline. It’s just didn’t work for me.
The authors, of course, turn it around, and there’s a terrific ending. But that narrative wobble had me asking more questions about the ending than being totally satisfied.
This is still a good couple in a highly entertaining series. One I’m definitely recommending.
Puckboys series:
✓ Egotistical Puckboy #1
✓ Irresponsible Puckboy #2
✓ Shameless Puckboy #3
✓ Foolish Puckboy #4
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Foolish Puckboy (Puckboys Book 4)
Description:
ALEKS
After my divorce, I’m ready to have fun, date around, and not get into anything serious. Then I meet Gabe Crosby, superhero firefighter and a disgrace to the Crosby name. He doesn’t even like hockey!
Yet, there’s a draw to him I can’t deny—something I haven’t felt since my teens. But that’s the problem. I have no idea what dating is like, let alone how to do it with another man. He makes me flakey and nervous, and I’ve never been that guy.
Gabe turns me inside out and upside down in the best possible ways. I only recently became single, but if I continue to chase after him, I might not stay that way for long.
GABE
When I meet Aleksander Emerson during an emergency call-out, there are three things that catch my attention: his sexy tattoos, his kind eyes, and his drunken offer to have my babies.
He’s new to Seattle and recently divorced, so I take him under my wing–and under my sheets. I’m showing him what the world of hookups is like, only those hookups turn into sleepovers and dates and public displays of jealousy.
Aleks is in his casual era, and I’m working my way toward settling down and starting a family. What the two of us have is fun, but not a good idea permanently.
Scattered Thoughts and Rogue Words 