Thank you to NetGalley for the advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.

Three Pucks and a Baby is a fluffy, sweet read with an endearing premise and plenty of heart. If you’re looking for a cozy romance with found family vibes and a feel-good atmosphere, this book delivers on that front.

That said, while I enjoyed the lighthearted tone and easy pacing, the story ultimately fell flat for me in a few key areas. The characters lacked depth, and much of their development seemed to happen off-page, which made it hard to feel truly connected to their growth. I also noticed several plot holes and inconsistencies in the timeline that pulled me out of the story. Some dialogue felt unnatural or out of sync with the character dynamics, which made it harder to stay immersed.

This book has real potential, and I did enjoy reading it—but I couldn’t rate it higher due to the structural and character development issues. I’ll be curious to see what this author does next, especially with a bit more polish.

This was light, chaotic, and kind of exactly what you'd expect—three hot hockey players and one surprise baby. It had sweet found-family moments and some fun banter, but everything stayed pretty surface-level. The characters didn’t feel super developed, and the plot leaned more silly than satisfying. Still, if you're in the mood for low-stakes, tropey fluff, it does the job.

I’m new-ish to the why choose romances so take this with a grain of salt. Overall I am a big fan of hockey, surprise pregnancies and MMCs who are obsessed with the FMC. I also enjoy MM so this was right up my alley when I requested this book on netgalley.

The storyline is interesting and it’s easy to keep up with the major plot line, Grayson is a charming cinnamon roll jock with sex on his mind, Theo is kind of an asshole who loves being in control and Bennett is a sweet man with a hot accent. Vivian on the other hand is a mature woman entering her 30s with the goal to be more adventurous and live her life while enjoying her work as a librarian and a historial nonfiction author.

I thought Vivian’s character reflected her state of mind in the sense that she is well balanced and what she thought was often reflected by her actions. Maybe it was the obvious age gap between her and the men but Grayson and Theo came across as immature college guys who only had sex and hockey on the brain, which is true and thankfully there is emotional development with these two, while Bennett clearly gave off emotionally mature older brother if you know the type.

The reason why I’m not ranking it higher is because the plot line seemed to have too many things going on at once, which I get happens with so many main characters but it also felt like nothing really got a deeper sense of working out, everything was wrapped up too nicely for the complexity of a polyamorous relationship between 3 men and a woman, with dealing of homophobia, sexual identity crisis, the clash of older generations/parents finding out about the poly relationship, the lack of empathy from Theo’s family who cut him off emotionally but not financially, the bigotry from Bennett’s dad as well as the joint homophobia from his parents and the way Bennett’s mom dealt with the reconciliation at the baby shower among so many other scenarios.

We all want a happy ever after romance and this was clearly going to be one, however, I feel like when dealing with such complex emotional situations, there has to be more depth to how your fix/move on from these issues. I will praise the acceptance from the rest of the team as well as the mental health rep in the team when suggesting Theo get help and go to therapy.

I enjoyed the book but I’m giving it a 2.5 star rating because I felt like it could have faired better with a better ratio of plot to smut.

*** a technical issue I found in the book is during the scene where Theo and Bennett talk on the phone after Bennett confesses his love for Theo and Theo rejected him is a mistake in which Theo calls Bennett Grayson my mistake and the scene continues.

*arc review*

Was a fun read! I enjoyed the dynamics between the quad couple but did feel like some of it was a little strange. I wouldve liked to see more about the baby and that day to day life but overall it wasnt bad! thank you for the arc & i would love a book on carlee *hint hint*

ARC Review

-Multiple POV
-Accidental Pregnancy
-Why Choose
-Hockey
-Reverse Age Gap

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Spicy: 🌶️ 🌶️🌶️

I enjoyed reading this book, a librarian that ends up with not one, not two but thee college hockey men?!?
Overall it was a good read. Grayson is such a golden retriever. I would have wanted more of Theo and Bennett’s relationship side of things. I felt like it skipped through their character development.

thank you netgalley for a copy of this book!

i was a little disappointed reading this book because i thought i would’ve liked it more. the characters felt lackluster and their chemistry slightly forced. the relationship between them all felt very quick as well since she had only seen them each 2-3 times before deciding to date them. it also felt as if they all only started dating because she got pregnant and they all thought the sex was good. the romance between theo and bennett only felt as if it was there for the MM smut. theo hadn’t expressed any interest in bennett or men in general even after they had kissed. i liked grayson since he was a sunshiny happy guy. i thought him and vivian were the only ones with chemistry and i enjoyed reading their parts. this book also felt like majority smut which i don’t mind but it didn’t hit since the characters didn’t feel like they actually liked or loved each other

I think the book had great potential. It was written in a casual and approachable style, light and funny at time, but unfortunately it was riddled with spelling and formatting errors that were quite distracting. There were some really heavy topics that were just glossed over, which I think was a missed opportunity to add depth to the plot and characters. A few of the hockey facts were unclear/boarding inaccurate.

I’m going to be honest here. I downloaded this for one reason alone: the title. Hockey AND three men and a baby vibes yes please. The story was cute, but the writing of the characters did seem to a bit emotional stunted at times, especially when someone is like no no and two seconds later is like okay. Overall, it delivered some spice and some overprotective males.

3.5🌟 I really enjoyed this, was very fast paced. Why choose with bi awakening... Right up my alley. I liked all the mmc's and the FMC, my main wish would have been a deeper connection but the spice was great

3 ⭐️ Not what I expected?
First of all, a huge thank you to Net Galley for the eARC! I adore getting early copies of books and even though I'm so busy irl I could start crying, books are always a safe haven to come back to.

This book gave be whiplash, but in what felt like a slightly more emotianlly mature way than I expected. It's reverse age-gap, which translates to inmidiate extra brownie points in my book, and the whole surprise pregnancy... is it really a surprise if it's in the title?

Anyway, I had a fun couple of days reading this book, but Theo... I think if he wasn't part of this book, I may think about bumping it up to 4 stars. Seriously, I kind of hate the guy. This would've been a lovely MMF book without him in it lol.

It's steamy as hell, and Vivian has a lot on her mind, and a lot of choices to make. The writing wasn't my favourite and I think there were sections that could benefit from some editing. Overall, good but not great.

It’s a good concept, but I sometimes found myself losing focus. I gave it a 3 star rating cause of that and because that led me to have trouble connecting with the relationship.

Thank you Net Galley for the opportunity's to read the eARC!

Found at: Goodreads and Fable.

Thank you to NetGalley for this book.
Unfortunately, DNF @10 percent
I did understand the premise of this book and it’s just not for me because the characters and especially the plot did not do it for me.

I requested this book because I thought it would get me out of a reading slump and it did! Everything felt so natural and I love a hockey romance and so I flew through this

Overall, I enjoyed the book. However, some parts felt really rushed and others seemed entirely unnecessary. It was almost like we needed every hardship to hit them. They couldn't have one thing go right.

The story was good, the spice was supreme, and the HEA was worth it all.

Thank you for the opportunity to read and review!

This was a great pallette cleanser! Grateful to NetGalley for the ARC, I loved the dymamic pf the relationship and the natural progression throughout! Some bits of the story felt a tiny bit muddled with the guys names being mixed up but overall a wonderful lighthearted read!

Vivian 30th birthday was quickly approaching and she was trying to determine what to do to celebrate her birthday. But then she got caught in an encounter with two college hockey players.

This book was a solid 3-star read for me.

The spice? Spicyyyyy. There’s no doubt the spice was off the charts, and if that’s what you’re here for, you won’t be disappointed. But for me, it sometimes felt like the steamy scenes overshadowed everything else.

I picked this book up because I love a good hockey romance, and the premise of surprise pregnancy and the mystery dad sounded like a fun, chaotic ride (which it absolutely was).

That said, the romance didn’t fully land for me. The characters seemed to be more in lust than love without ever really knowing each other. I didn’t feel the emotional connection, even though they were declaring their love.

Still, I appreciated the sweet ending. Finally confirming the father and seeing the group stay close gave the story a heartwarming wrap-up, and I liked the nontraditional family dynamic it leaned into.

Overall, while this book didn’t completely hit the mark for me, I do enjoy a spicy hockey romance with a pregnancy trope, so I’m glad I gave it a shot. I’ll be posting my full review on Fable as well.

Pucking Around by Emily Rath is one of my favorite books ever and when I got the opportunity to read what sounded like a college version of that, I was thrilled. Unfortunately, the similarities ended with the general premise of the book. This was so poorly written and the characters had zero depth. The insta love just didn't make sense, this was all lust, they knew absolutely nothing about each other.

Thank you to NetGalley and Victory for the ARC

📚Three Pucks and A Baby📚
Arc review
Rating 4🌟
Release date: 29th May 2025
I was so happy to be accepted to read this book before it came out
This was a nice quick read, but with a lot of spice and fast paced
Kinda hard at the beginning to try and keep trying of the different people, but u get there in the end 😂(I'm only used to 2 Povs)
Like how the guys are all different but Vivian is like 'why chose' 😂

3.5!
Thank you NetGalley for providing this ARC

This book was so cute and fun. The relationship between all 4 of them was so thought out and well done.

However I do wish the build up and development of Bennett and Theo was more drawn out but overall I loved this book.