Review Blitz: Stick Around: A Punk as Puck Novel (Legends and Fury #1) by E.M. Lindsey

STICK AROUND
E.M. Lindsey
Release Date: April 1

Buy Link:
https://mybook.to/lafstickaround
Available in KU

Why you need to #ONECLICK this book…
🔥Enemies to Lovers
🔥Found Family
🔥Hockey bro banter
🔥Age-Gap
🔥Enemies with Benefits
🔥Disability Rep
🔥Praise Kink
🔥Hurt/Comfort
🔥MM Romance

Blurb
"Would you slap a teammate for twenty-five grand?"
"Uh, yeah. There are a few I'd slap for free. Just point me in the right direction."

Problem number one: My personal life is falling apart.
Problem number two: My public life is also on thin freaking ice.
Problem number three: The ridiculously hot NHL D-man with the inability to remove his head from his ass has decided I’m his number one target.

And that last one is a bit of an issue since his idea of targeting me is to have absurdly hot hate-hookups with me in the locker room. Which I don’t necessarily mind…

Except there’s one tiny snag in his plan: I don’t like guys.

Or, well, I didn’t think I liked guys.

But when Alexio Zeki drops to his knees and, uh, gets to business, I realize my very narrow view of my own sexuality needs some adjustment.

And that’s ironic coming from a blind man.

Admitting I’m bisexual is the easy part.

Admitting I’m kind of, sort of, ridiculously into the man I claimed to hate is something else entirely. But the more he insists that I’m worth keeping, the more I start wanting to believe him.

Stick Around is the first book in the Punk as Puck spin-off series, Legends and Fury. It’s a high heat, enemies to lovers rom-com with a snarky NHL goalie who has a lot of big opinions and doesn’t care if they’re unsolicited, a PPHL goalie with a mountain of problems and no way to reach the top, locker room hookups, praise, swoony romance, a low-stakes bi-awakening, hockey bro banter, tons of chirping, and the swooniest happily ever after.

MY REVIEW

Jonah's always thought of himself as straight until Alexio comes into his life. He may not like him, but he's definitely attracted to him. Before long, though, more seems to be developing than just an enemies with benefits situation. Is it possible they can be together, even though their start was less than ideal?

The last thing Alexio wanted to do was fall for the guy he disliked before he even met him, but there's something about Jonah that he simply cannot resist. He's also finding he may have misjudged Jonah, because he's really not who Jonah's father had said he was. Who Jonah is, is someone worth everything, and he wants Jonah to see himself for the beautiful man he is.

Jonah is everything! I love his character - he'd been through so much, had the worst parents and a hard childhood, but had become the most amazing person who deserved a beautiful future. Unfortunately for me, I didn't like Alexio nearly as much as I did Jonah. He didn't deserve Jonah quite frankly, and I had a really hard time feeling any connection with him. He only got a pass because Jonah loved him. But aside from Alexio, I liked everything else (aside from said terrible parents) about this story. Jonah's friends and teammates are pretty great too, and I hope their stories will be coming next.

Meet E.M. Lindsey
E.M. Lindsey is a Romance author, an ancient historian, and avid lover of nerdy things. EM lives on the East Coast of the United States.

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