Possessive Puckboy

Eden Finley - her books are quite similar, but she rarely puts a foot wrong - this is written with Saxon James - say no more.

Once again Finley has created two charming irresistible characters with Parker Duschene (narrated by Iggy Toma) and hockey star Connor (Alexander Cendese), who made fun of nerdy Parker in high school.

In part, Parker has bought Connor's hockey team to make Connor's life hell - payback - and in part to honour his father.

I'm happy to say, Connor isn't nearly so bad as he seemed in the past. Both of the MCs grow, into the light, so to speak. Beginning with Connor, he'll do anything for Parker, initially to save his job, but then for...love!

Parker's fantasies come true when Connor starts to woo him, no other words show more for it. Fun, delicious. show less

Maybe if I kiss him long enough, I’ll find the answers I’m looking for on his tongue.

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Story: 3/5
Spice: Medium
Characters: 4/5
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Overall reco:
Parker and Connor.
Wow, talk about chemistry. It was highly enjoyable watching these two figure it out and be super freaking complicated. I had started to sort of dislike Connor a bit in the other book. Like I understood (as an oldest child myself) how if can feel when you kind of have to be a weird sibling parent to your younger siblings. Watching Connor grow in this book definitely made me like him more. Hard to had a guy that's putting in the work and really trying to understand just why he's the way he is.
I'm actually sad that we don't get to see what happens to show more them in the long run, but I'm sure we'll get to see more in the next book. If you are this far into the Puckboy series, this is an easy next read. show less

2.5 stars.

Parker is the oldest of 3 brothers and has always been responsible for them. When he has a falling out with his middle brother (and teammate) because of who he is in a relationship with, he starts to re-evaluate his life. This is helped (or hindered) by the new team owner: Parker, a guy that he helped bully in high school. With Parker and Connor being thrown into each other's presence, they have time to come to terms with their past, and maybe look to a future that neither saw coming.

I don't know. I didn't really like this. It felt kind of bland and pointless. There was this whole bullying plotline, which I'm all for. I don't think bullying is a good thing, and I know that it can take so many forms, rather than just the show more oft-portrayed person taking lunch money and maybe physical violence. And I also know that standing by and doing nothing can also be a form of bullying, or at least owning some culpability. But there was so much made about how horrible Connor was (maybe he was? I don't know.) and how much of a bully he was, and then it just... went away. It mostly became a non-issue. But if it affected Parker so much that he wanted revenge on Connor ... ahem! I mean wanted to honour his father and if revenge was a side benefit, great, why did it go away? Why did he let it go after all those years, when Connor didn't have a good reason or answer for him? It kind of felt like "oh, we're dicking now, all forgiven!". And why weren't his parents held responsible more for Connor and his need to control things? I mean, his personality was a direct result of their actions. (Ask me how I know.) Anyway, I didn't really like the story, felt like there actually wasn't much of a story, and didn't like the characters.

Note: I *may* have been missing some of the nuances because I haven't read Easton's book yet, but if I can't like Connor in his own book without reading his brother's book first, that's a fail. show less

This wasn’t the most memorable puckboys book for me. I forgot plenty about the one that came before this and they were heavily intertwined.