šStick Lessons (For Puck’s Sake 7) by Crea Reitan -review tourš
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ABOUT THE BOOK: Release Date June 13, 2024
Everyone should learn how to handle a stick.
Atty
High school sweethearts, dream wedding, exotic honeymoon, white picket fence, two and a half kidsā¦ thatās the dream. My prescribed future. Except, I donāt want any of that. When me and my on/off girlfriend of fifteen years finally call it quits for good, I decide that Iām ready for a new beginning.
I didnāt expect that new beginning to be a dude.
Toby
This man is perfectā¦ he obeys like a marionette, lets me bend him and choke him until my heart’s content. He lets me dress him up, breed him, and refuse his pleasure as if he were built specifically for my needs.
But Atty isnāt who I thought he was and heās struggling to find his new identity while Iām freefalling for him off the face of a cliff. Iām not used to needing a safety net in life so thereās a very real chance Iām going to hit the ground like a pancake.
Is love always this tragic?
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REVIEW:Toby is a play acting knight. He puts on a show a couple of times a week, he enjoys it, but his real love is his platform on social media?! He predicts hockey scores, he also does reviews on the players (they arenāt always popular, but they are honest in his opinion) he also likes his sĀ£x a certain way! He makes no apologies and he certainly isnāt looking for long term commitments yet.
Hector Atlas (or Atty to friends and family) is an ice hockey player, not great, but certainly not in any danger of being transferred. Heās stuck in a rut, heās changed his appearance, stopped dating his on/off girlfriend, but nothing excites him anymore, that is until his friend takes him to a jousting event! And yup, you guessed itā¦. Eyes meet across an arenaā¦ and Toby and Atty end up going home together!!
Is Atty gay? He doesnāt think he is, and when heās not around Toby heās sure, and heās not interested in other men. But when Toby calls, all bets are off! Atty just canāt get enough of this choke holding, throw me around and call me good girl time that he has with Toby!
This one did my head in! š but in a good way. I got a little confused with the āgood girlā and ābaby girlā I thought I was reading an M/F and then realised this was just Toby and his way.
Itās funny how we give labels to male and female, and then rebel when the labels are turned. But I loved how the author made me think about these labels and how we need to change our way of thinking.
And then it hit meā¦. Itās Tobyā¦ the guy who worked with Vulcan (who I still absolutely adore) he has a story that you need to read (For Your Forever) we see a completely different side to Toby in this book.
Anyway I digressā¦.. Back to Toby and Atty (who I think has come to terms with his sexuality, heās definitely only gay for Toby) Itās becoming apparent to Tobyās roommates that heās spending more and more time with just one man, and the same man! Toby is certain it will wear off eventually, heās not worried.
But when Toby finds out that Atty isnāt gay, and has only ever slept with one man, (that would be him!) it freaks him out a little. Heās also freaked out that heās sleeping with a hockey player and didnāt recognise him (heās only ever seen Atty with long fair and a beard!) Heās also aware that Atty is engaged to a woman!!
Atty is beginning to fall for Toby, and that has his slightly concerned. They havenāt talked about being a couple. They havenāt even gone out on a date! His friends and family are still assuming he will go back to his girlfriend at some point!
So where do they go from here? To find that out, youāll need to read this book.
We also get to see other couples from this series. And possibly new couples that could happen š
Still not what i would call a āhockeyā story. Itās jam packed with smut š„µ š but I thoroughly enjoyed it. š¤š»
Canāt wait to read the next one in this series.
Reading Order and Previous Reviews
Shiver
Starting Line
Lucky Shot
The Crease
Wingman Score
Coach Stare Down
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Reviewed by Julie Bš¦
Crea lives in upstate New York with her dog and husband. She has been writing since grade school, when her second grade teacher had her class keep writing journals. She has a habit of creating secondary, and often time tertiary, characters that take over her stories. All of her RH relationships end up being heavily polyamorous ā meaning itās not just all the men for one woman. Thereās also some M/M action going on. When she canāt fall asleep at night, she thinks up new scenes for her characters to act out. This, of course, is how most of her meant-to-be-thrown-away characters tend to end up front and center ā and utterly swoon-worthy! Donāt ask her how many book boyfriends she hasā¦
When not writing, Crea is an avid reader. Her TBR pile is several hundred books high (donāt even look at her kindle wish list or the unread books on her tablet). Sometimes, she enjoys crafting; sometimes, exploring nature; sometimes, traveling. Mostly, she enjoys putting her characters on paper and breathing life into them. Oh, and sleeping. Crea loves to sleep!
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