For Puck’s Sake Book 7: Stick Lessons by Crea Reitan

 

For Puck’s Sake Book 7

Everyone should learn how to handle a stick.

Atty

High school sweethearts, dream wedding, exotic honeymoon, white picket fence, two and a half kids… that’s the dream. My prescribed future. Except, I don’t want any of that. When me and my on/off girlfriend of fifteen years finally call it quits for good, I decide that I’m ready for a new beginning.

I didn’t expect that new beginning to be a dude.

Toby

This man is perfect… 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 isn’t who I thought he was and he’s struggling to find his new identity while I’m freefalling for him off the face of a cliff. I’m not used to needing a safety net in life so there’s a very real chance I’m going to hit the ground like a pancake.

Is love always this tragic?

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My Review: 4/5 Stars

Atty has decided to make changes in his life. It starts with months earlier, finally calling it quits with his long time on and off again girlfriend, the two have finally realized that they couldn’t let their families keep pushing them and they couldn’t be together because things were easy. They weren’t in love. Not the way they were supposed to be, so they are done for good. Then it goes to giving himself a sort of makeover that means chopping his hair and give himself a clean shaven look. Something no one has ever seen on him his entire hockey career and even before that. The great news is that he is entering summer and the off season being unrecognizable to the point that the paparazzi can’t even find him. As he starts this new chapter in his life though, he never expects Toby. One look at Toby and Atty begins to question everything about himself and who he was raised and told to be. One look and suddenly he is agreeing to a hook up. Something he has never done with a man before, but he finds himself oh so willing to with Toby. And it will change him forever. And lucky for Atty, Toby is the same. One look and he knows things are different. And one hook up will never be enough. Not even for Toby who is someone who just likes to hook up and not do attachments. These two seem to be breaking rules and discovering a whole new side to themselves. Atty and Toby were a great pair. They had plenty of surprises for one another, like when Toby realizes weeks into their fling who Atty actually is. And Atty coming to terms about who he is. I loved Atty’s journey. It was this slow burn journey of figuring out who you are and it took time for Atty. Sometimes that exactly what happens. There is no right or wrong answer and there is no obvious answer. Atty may not be sure but it came down to knowing that Toby was different for him and he was someone Atty wasn’t going to let go. And Toby knew he wouldn’t be able to let go of Atty either. Just so sweet! Another great addition to this series. I always love seeing characters from past books appear and meeting a lot more new ones! I always hit a point where I am like I need book about you and you and you! You definitely don’t want to miss this newest addition to the series!

I received an ARC in exchange for an honest review.