Book Review: Puck Yes by Lauren Blakely

Release Date: October 9, 2023

If you’re looking for a quick and fun hockey romance with some serious spice, Puck Yes is your book. When Ivy’s boyfriend gets a “girlfriend upgrade” for Ivy’s boss, the fashionista finds herself without a job. Taking the chance on herself she decides this is the time to strike out on her own as a fashion influencer. In the meantime, she takes a job “fashion adjacent” as the mascot of the San Francisco Avengers.

Things are looking up when the hottie new neighbor offers to be her date to her ex’s wedding (yeah, he’s that terrible) and the Avengers’ team captain is flirting with her. But things get complicated quickly when she agrees to a team dare to marry Hayes (hottie neighbor and newest member of the team) while drunk in Vegas. Especially when it becomes clear that Hayes and Stefan (the team captain and Hayes’ college bestie) are both on board with sharing and Ivy is the center of their focus.

Lauren Blakely is great at creating lighthearted books with moderate stakes and this one is no different. All of the conflict is internal, with the societal backlash of the threesome being overcome in the previous book in the series. But the internal conflict each of them struggled with was heavy enough to carry the weight of the story and keep things interesting. Plus it was fun to watch them overcome and grow both individually and as a unit. 

Highlights include: Marriage of convenience, he (or they, as the case may be) falls first, MFM (no swords crossed), “Good Girl,” Big “My Wife” Energy, adorable elderly dog sidekick, hot AF.