The Pucking Wrong Guy by C.R. Jane
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
I came to L.A. for a fresh start… then my past showed up.
I’ve moved on. At least, that’s what I’ve told myself all these years after the boy from the streets left me to pursue his dreams.
I have my own dreams now. And they don’t involve a 6’4 tatted hockey star who thinks he’s god.
He tells me I’m the one. That he came back for me all those years ago. That he’s never going to let me go.
The question is: is Ari Lancaster going to break my heart again? Or has my Mr. Wrong been the right guy all along?
The Pucking Wrong Guy is book two in The Pucking Wrong series but can be enjoyed as a standalone. It is a dark hockey romance from USA Today bestselling author C.R. Jane.
The Pucking Wrong Guy
Ari is psychotic and hilarious; you just have to love him!
The following ratings are out of 5:
Romance: 💙❤️💚💜💖
Steam: 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Story/Plot: 📕📗📘📙📔
World building: 🌏🌍🌏🌎🌍
Character development: 😊😄🥹🙁🥰
Narration: 🎙🎙🎙🎙🎙
Narration Type: Duet Narration
The heroine: Layla (a.k.a. Blake) – she lost her parents as a child and was put into a group home. She just found out she got her dream job in L.A. though she hadn’t expected to get the job, so she never told her boyfriend Clark that she applied. Layla is a model but is an introvert with social anxiety and a bunch of insecurities when it came to going out with Clark and his crowd. She stayed with him because she was afraid of being alone but had hesitated to move in with him. She loved her small apartment and her eclectic mix of things that were hers alone.
The Hero: Ari Lancaster – Star defenseman and Stanley Cup champion with the Dallas Knights, Ari Lancaster just asked to be traded to Los Angeles for a year. He wanted to get his dream girl then go back to Dallas to live his dream life. He was going after Layla, though she no longer remembered him. He never forgot her and one day in Dallas when he saw her on a billboard, he knew he had to find her and go after her.
The Story: Layla and Ari met in the group home when they were kids. He helped her and was her light in a dark world. Though after a few months she was adopted by a wealthy family and left Ari behind. Her adoptive parents were meticulous and stringent and demanded perfection which she never felt she could live up to. Any imperfection was met with disappointment which was a burden that always weighed on Layla.
I have been really liking this series so far. I read the first and third books, actually listened to and they have been fantastic. Both a bit dark yet with hilariously funny parts. I absolutely loved Ari in those two books, so I was looking forward to this one. In both the other two, the Hero’s have been so normal, but also a bit psycho with their obsessions with their girls so I couldn’t help but love them even though they did some terrible things. Ari was no different, and this story was every bit as good as the other two. I hope Camden’s book comes out on audiobook soon as I really love this series.
This audiobook was told in dual points of view via duet narration and was narrated by Troy Duran and Alexis Paige. Troy always does a terrific job. He has a very deep voice, and he is great at showing emotion through his voice and doing all sorts of different voices for different characters. Alexis Paige sounds youthful, with a soft and feminine voice that I really enjoyed.
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