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Playing the Field #2
Hat Trick
The Captain. The Jock. The Cowboy.
Nathaniel ‘Nate’ Conroy
Six years ago, I fell in love with my best friend and roommate. I was content knowing I could never have him because he was straight. At least, I thought he was straight, until he came out seemingly out of nowhere. Six years of devotion gave me the courage to shoot my shot, only for him to tell me he was in love with someone else. Now, I’m temporarily homeless, heartbroken, and struggling to organize the chaos with my anxiety running rampant at the loss of the one man who could keep me sane. I need to replace him in every aspect of my life, but this time I have to keep a clear line between friendship and attraction.
Captain and Quarterback of the NFL Miami in Search Of a roommate and a ‘rebound’ fuck buddy, definitely not the same person.
Perfect.
Dillon McCay
I don’t do complicated. I quit medical school (thus becoming the black sheep in my family of doctors) to play professional football for the Miami Pirates, and I live life eat, sleep, football, video games. Some pro athletes splurge on giant houses, but I’m content with my simple two-bedroom apartment, just me, my television, my gaming consoles . . . and my team captain? Of course, the rookie gets stuck with the weirdo who covers my apartment in sticky notes, writes out our schedules word for word and day by day to the minute, and dictates all the food cooked and eaten. His previous roommate held his hand and cuddled the nighttime demons away, but now that task has fallen to me. FML.
Simple-minded In Search Of a simple how-to manual for navigating the neuro-spicy man who now sleeps in my bed, and his fuck buddy who crashes on my couch and is surprisingly good at video games.
Nothing complicated here.
Tucker Baird
Miami is a long way from Texas, and that’s a good thing. Since being traded to the Miami Pirates, I have had the freedom to live (mostly) out-and-proud without fear of my religious family back home finding out. I came out to my team at the end of last season, and it was a surprisingly painless experience. In fact, none of my teammates said anything about it. Not until training camp when the offensive line captain asks me to stay back in the locker room . . . and his demand is not at all what I am expecting.
Cowboy Living Living a Double In Search Of a way to navigate a friends-with-benefits situation without catching feelings for him or his enigmatic roommate. Sincerely, the man who has never had a one-night stand and loves love.
Easy peasy.
Hat Trick is the second book in the ‘Playing the Field’ series and can be read as a standalone. It’s a steamy MMM Sports (American Football) Romance featuring a neuro-spicy sticky-note-loving anxiety-ridden captain, a half-closeted southern-grown bless-your-heart cowboy, and a complicated secretly-nerdy self-sabotaging jock. Content warnings mention of deceased parents, homophobic slurs (from assholes who get what they deserve), anxiety and panic attacks, brief mention of past alcohol abuse, strong language, and sexual content. Hat Trick contains no cheating and a guaranteed HEA.
Nathaniel ‘Nate’ Conroy
Six years ago, I fell in love with my best friend and roommate. I was content knowing I could never have him because he was straight. At least, I thought he was straight, until he came out seemingly out of nowhere. Six years of devotion gave me the courage to shoot my shot, only for him to tell me he was in love with someone else. Now, I’m temporarily homeless, heartbroken, and struggling to organize the chaos with my anxiety running rampant at the loss of the one man who could keep me sane. I need to replace him in every aspect of my life, but this time I have to keep a clear line between friendship and attraction.
Captain and Quarterback of the NFL Miami in Search Of a roommate and a ‘rebound’ fuck buddy, definitely not the same person.
Perfect.
Dillon McCay
I don’t do complicated. I quit medical school (thus becoming the black sheep in my family of doctors) to play professional football for the Miami Pirates, and I live life eat, sleep, football, video games. Some pro athletes splurge on giant houses, but I’m content with my simple two-bedroom apartment, just me, my television, my gaming consoles . . . and my team captain? Of course, the rookie gets stuck with the weirdo who covers my apartment in sticky notes, writes out our schedules word for word and day by day to the minute, and dictates all the food cooked and eaten. His previous roommate held his hand and cuddled the nighttime demons away, but now that task has fallen to me. FML.
Simple-minded In Search Of a simple how-to manual for navigating the neuro-spicy man who now sleeps in my bed, and his fuck buddy who crashes on my couch and is surprisingly good at video games.
Nothing complicated here.
Tucker Baird
Miami is a long way from Texas, and that’s a good thing. Since being traded to the Miami Pirates, I have had the freedom to live (mostly) out-and-proud without fear of my religious family back home finding out. I came out to my team at the end of last season, and it was a surprisingly painless experience. In fact, none of my teammates said anything about it. Not until training camp when the offensive line captain asks me to stay back in the locker room . . . and his demand is not at all what I am expecting.
Cowboy Living Living a Double In Search Of a way to navigate a friends-with-benefits situation without catching feelings for him or his enigmatic roommate. Sincerely, the man who has never had a one-night stand and loves love.
Easy peasy.
Hat Trick is the second book in the ‘Playing the Field’ series and can be read as a standalone. It’s a steamy MMM Sports (American Football) Romance featuring a neuro-spicy sticky-note-loving anxiety-ridden captain, a half-closeted southern-grown bless-your-heart cowboy, and a complicated secretly-nerdy self-sabotaging jock. Content warnings mention of deceased parents, homophobic slurs (from assholes who get what they deserve), anxiety and panic attacks, brief mention of past alcohol abuse, strong language, and sexual content. Hat Trick contains no cheating and a guaranteed HEA.
542 pages, ebook
Published December 31, 2023
About the author
Ajay Daniel
8 books70 followersAjay enjoys writing romance stories (with a sprinkle of steam, smutt, spice, or whatever word tickles your fancy) where the main characters fall in love. Sometimes the main characters are opposite genders, and sometimes they're the same. Sometimes there are two, and sometimes there are more. Ajay doesn't discriminate because, between consenting adults, love is love. It doesn't need a fancy definition or strict guidelines of what should and shouldn't be, and who is anyone to judge? When the characters appear and offer their story, taking over the author's thoughts be it day, night, during the work day, driving, or trying to accomplish chores around the house . . . Well, Ajay is just going to write it for them.
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May 5, 2024
4.5**** stars
I LOVED THIS. This super steamy friends- (and teammates) with-benefits MMM sports romance.
⇢ Nate: quarterback and captain of the Miami football team, still deeply in love with his (former) best friend Kane (mc of book #1), suffers from severe anxiety after his parents were killed in a shooting at a gala he went to with them a few years ago.
⇢ Dillon: tight end on the team, the failure to his family’s legacy of all being doctors, fears to be a let-down to and being abandoned by the people he cares about.
⇢ Tucker: defensive lineman on the team, the cowboy, hides his sexuality from his loving but very religious small-town Texas family
After Kane breaks up their (maybe toxic, maybe too tight) friendship in the first book, Nate is in desperate need for a substitute to get on with his life without Kane in it. This leads to him hooking up with Tucker to finally satisfy his sexual needs he put aside when he waited for his best friend to return his feelings and crawling into bed with his roommate Dillon for cuddles.
The story mostly addresses Nate’s anxiety with only glimpses into the personal challenges Tucker and Dillon bring to the table —combined with their dedication to and care for Nate —and I was a bit unsatisfied with the underdevelopment of what made them tick.
I know many don’t like the third act breakup but I ate up the drama that was imo pretty reasonable.
Still, as much as I loved this book I’m rounding down for the many many! typos. Really, the author should get onto fixing this asap!
Looking forward to the next book in the series. I really really hope for Kit and maybe Coach Silver Fox?
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Playing The Field Series
Book 1 - Icing the Kicker (MM) - 4.5 stars
Book 2 - Hat Trick (MMM) - 4.5 stars
Book 3 - Matchup (MM) - coming soon
I LOVED THIS. This super steamy friends- (and teammates) with-benefits MMM sports romance.
⇢ Nate: quarterback and captain of the Miami football team, still deeply in love with his (former) best friend Kane (mc of book #1), suffers from severe anxiety after his parents were killed in a shooting at a gala he went to with them a few years ago.
⇢ Dillon: tight end on the team, the failure to his family’s legacy of all being doctors, fears to be a let-down to and being abandoned by the people he cares about.
⇢ Tucker: defensive lineman on the team, the cowboy, hides his sexuality from his loving but very religious small-town Texas family
After Kane breaks up their (maybe toxic, maybe too tight) friendship in the first book, Nate is in desperate need for a substitute to get on with his life without Kane in it. This leads to him hooking up with Tucker to finally satisfy his sexual needs he put aside when he waited for his best friend to return his feelings and crawling into bed with his roommate Dillon for cuddles.
The story mostly addresses Nate’s anxiety with only glimpses into the personal challenges Tucker and Dillon bring to the table —combined with their dedication to and care for Nate —and I was a bit unsatisfied with the underdevelopment of what made them tick.
I know many don’t like the third act breakup but I ate up the drama that was imo pretty reasonable.
“I don’t care about whatever is going on between you two and Nate, and it doesn’t matter anymore, okay? […] I am done pretending this fight of yours isn’t idiotic as shit. Tucker’s spiraling, you’re angry and reckless, and Nate is driving his own fucking car. None of this is right.”
Still, as much as I loved this book I’m rounding down for the many many! typos. Really, the author should get onto fixing this asap!
Looking forward to the next book in the series. I really really hope for Kit and maybe Coach Silver Fox?
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Playing The Field Series
Book 1 - Icing the Kicker (MM) - 4.5 stars
Book 2 - Hat Trick (MMM) - 4.5 stars
Book 3 - Matchup (MM) - coming soon
January 3, 2024
DNF 73%
Ok, I tried a lot with this book. I ignored the amazing typos (sweat tea! Inmate dining! Taught stomach! Doctors Without Boarders! ). I ignored the utterly ridiculous money stuff, and the strange fashion bits. I ignored the real estate porn and the fake football stuff. Ok, I tried to ignore it, and sent snarky texts to my friend about some of it. I just scrolled through the weird ways in which these people’s sex organs are flavoured or scented (um…), and I didn’t pay attention to all of the astonishing red flags around the codependencies and poor trauma responses built into their relationship, nor the Mean Awful Family, nor the stereotyped hick family.
But then we get to “also, these people are sort of but not really out”, and that gets sillier and sillier. They’re celebrities. The one dude is the quarterback of a Miami football team, and he goes out with his fuckbuddies to a seafood shack for a sleazy meal, and they’re not in all the newspapers and websites the next day? What? Like, the Texan dude is ostensibly in the closet, but … what?
And then the whole thing just turns into one extended sex scene after another, where they have kinky (or is it, really? Mostly it just seems implausible) sex act after sex act. Oh, and some post-it notes as aftercare. I kind of would like for one of these characters to have, I don’t know, a muscle spasm during these ridiculous sex scenes, or something. And then they talk about their feelings, and hm. You know, maybe you should just go back to having sex, after all, since that’s less painful.
I will confess that the sex scenes are mildly titillating, which is why I’m not giving this one star. But jeez. It’s 500+ pages full of endless redoes of the same scenes. I finally finished trying when we broke down a door during a trauma crisis. I’m gonna guess we don’t call a mental health provider and instead fuck one more time. Oh, and it’ll be perfect. Thank goodness that these people have that, at least.
Ok, I tried a lot with this book. I ignored the amazing typos (sweat tea! Inmate dining! Taught stomach! Doctors Without Boarders! ). I ignored the utterly ridiculous money stuff, and the strange fashion bits. I ignored the real estate porn and the fake football stuff. Ok, I tried to ignore it, and sent snarky texts to my friend about some of it. I just scrolled through the weird ways in which these people’s sex organs are flavoured or scented (um…), and I didn’t pay attention to all of the astonishing red flags around the codependencies and poor trauma responses built into their relationship, nor the Mean Awful Family, nor the stereotyped hick family.
But then we get to “also, these people are sort of but not really out”, and that gets sillier and sillier. They’re celebrities. The one dude is the quarterback of a Miami football team, and he goes out with his fuckbuddies to a seafood shack for a sleazy meal, and they’re not in all the newspapers and websites the next day? What? Like, the Texan dude is ostensibly in the closet, but … what?
And then the whole thing just turns into one extended sex scene after another, where they have kinky (or is it, really? Mostly it just seems implausible) sex act after sex act. Oh, and some post-it notes as aftercare. I kind of would like for one of these characters to have, I don’t know, a muscle spasm during these ridiculous sex scenes, or something. And then they talk about their feelings, and hm. You know, maybe you should just go back to having sex, after all, since that’s less painful.
I will confess that the sex scenes are mildly titillating, which is why I’m not giving this one star. But jeez. It’s 500+ pages full of endless redoes of the same scenes. I finally finished trying when we broke down a door during a trauma crisis. I’m gonna guess we don’t call a mental health provider and instead fuck one more time. Oh, and it’ll be perfect. Thank goodness that these people have that, at least.
January 6, 2024
This is THE YEAR of “imma see for myself” and my oh my did it start with a banger.
I got this book rec from an edit on tik tok and was immediately intrigued. But this thing is, I tried searching up more videos and came up short but like I wasn’t upset about that so I came on here to read reviews and also came up short bc the people that liked this enough to give it 5/4🌟 ratio didn’t rate it and the people that either hated it or DNF’ed reviewed it. Again I was put off but not upset.
Long story short lol I decided I’ll bite. I’ll read it and have my opinion and YOU GUYS
THIS IS THE CUTEST MMM BOOK EVER.
The story follows Nate, Tucker and Dillon. Two Queer football players on the same team while Dillon is also on the team but is straight🤭
Thier dynamic kicks off with Tucker and Dillon TAKING CARE of Nate; so kind of like a why choose situation which I have NEVER seen in MM. obviously this guys fall into a routine and it’s so beautiful and selfless I adored it. I did think Nate was stupid at the end so I can see why that one review said they had to DNF at 78% but I couldn’t I just wanted them together so bad.
Safe to say I’m excited for more from this author especially because his epilogue style could use some work.
I got this book rec from an edit on tik tok and was immediately intrigued. But this thing is, I tried searching up more videos and came up short but like I wasn’t upset about that so I came on here to read reviews and also came up short bc the people that liked this enough to give it 5/4🌟 ratio didn’t rate it and the people that either hated it or DNF’ed reviewed it. Again I was put off but not upset.
Long story short lol I decided I’ll bite. I’ll read it and have my opinion and YOU GUYS
THIS IS THE CUTEST MMM BOOK EVER.
The story follows Nate, Tucker and Dillon. Two Queer football players on the same team while Dillon is also on the team but is straight🤭
Thier dynamic kicks off with Tucker and Dillon TAKING CARE of Nate; so kind of like a why choose situation which I have NEVER seen in MM. obviously this guys fall into a routine and it’s so beautiful and selfless I adored it. I did think Nate was stupid at the end so I can see why that one review said they had to DNF at 78% but I couldn’t I just wanted them together so bad.
Safe to say I’m excited for more from this author especially because his epilogue style could use some work.
May 28, 2024
This is all-consuming, breathless from too much oxygen, life-altering love.
4.25/5. I love poly relationships. Love them. They have a bit more variety in my opinion (at least when it’s done right) which I appreciate a whole lot. One character more means more of everything.
Which can be a curse too, because more often than not, one or more characters don’t get the same depth than the others.
Which was the case here. Although I must say that it didn’t bother me at all. I was invested in Nate.
And hell, it got kinky too. I was literally in heaven.
I really enjoyed this book quite a lot. The end was a bit too cliché and predictable in my opinion and Kane was such a weird side character (I can’t say I liked him and I will definitely not read his book) but other that that, this was pretty awesome.
Did Not Finish
July 6, 2024The codependency is driving me insane. Plus how many country stereotypes can you shove in one chapter?! No thank you.
May 12, 2026
That was so freaking hot 🤭🔥🔥🔥🔥
May 28, 2024
This is a weird one. The author calls Nate neurospicy, which seems like a strange way to describe anxiety and PTSD, but okay. However, that's not really the weird part. From the very start there's a lot of unlikely shit going on. The mannequin game sex (Nate holds as still as possible while the other two move and position him, even doing mundane things like brushing his teeth but mostly sexual stuff) is not for me, but I at least give the author credit for a kink that isn't overdone in romances. Unfortunately, the book goes from unlikely scenarios that require some suspension of disbelief to downright ridiculousness that requires suspension of pretty much any kind of logic. I really like the characters and was willing to go with the story but the nonsense the author expected me to buy by the last quarter of the book was a little insulting. Also, why is every single side character clueless, immature, an asshole, or some combination of all three? Lastly, I have to mention the poor grammar/spelling. The same mistakes were repeated multiple times. Passed is not the same word as past, boarders does not mean the same as borders, and so on. The occasional typo happens but getting the same words wrong (there were four or five words that were just used wrong multiple times) is the result of lazy writing and slacking in the editing phase. Three stars feels a little generous, but this feels like a five star read that was brought down by needing better alpha and beta readers to point out the weaknesses.
May 30, 2026
2.5 stars. This was painful. Like watching a slow moving train wreck, but you need to see how everything ends up. This book should have been a DNF, but for some stupid reason I thought it would get better-it didn’t.
First of all, it was entirely too long. The internal dialogue was way too much and unnecessary in a lot of places. Also, there are several red flags in this book-like are we not gonna talk about how a character got outed and everyone just glossed over it?!? I was pissed off reading it.
Honestly I could keep going, but if you are reading reviews and looking for a reason to skip this book, here’s your permission to move on. I wish I had the past few days back.
First of all, it was entirely too long. The internal dialogue was way too much and unnecessary in a lot of places. Also, there are several red flags in this book-like are we not gonna talk about how a character got outed and everyone just glossed over it?!? I was pissed off reading it.
Honestly I could keep going, but if you are reading reviews and looking for a reason to skip this book, here’s your permission to move on. I wish I had the past few days back.
February 6, 2024
Requires much suspension of disbelief.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
September 26, 2024
I really hated Nate so much.
I also hated the dynamic for a bit but was obsessed with tucker and dill.
So idk
I also hated the dynamic for a bit but was obsessed with tucker and dill.
So idk
March 25, 2026
MMM
Football players
(The captain, the cowboy and the hotheaded roommate)
Football players
(The captain, the cowboy and the hotheaded roommate)
February 14, 2025
I… don’t know how to score this one.
I really liked it at first. I love poly books where they actually feel like a throuple and not a couple with a ‘bonus sentient sex-toy’ brought in to spice up their romance.
Yes, Nate is concerningly codependent (honestly read a little too childish in this book considering his rather neglectful upbringing and the excellence required to become an NFL player). Anyone—his ‘best friend’, his coaches, his doctors, any team mate or Kane’s mother…any/all of these people should have been encouraging Nate into therapy for his very legitimate trauma. Frankly, his team management should have required it.
Despite the above, I liked Nate, Dillon and Tucker. I thought they had good chemistry and great potential.
Then it all went to shit and for the latter part of the book I was irritated and angry at all of the characters.
Someone you love is in an accident? You flipping check in. It doesn’t matter if you’re in a fight, you check in.
Absolutely wild that Dillon is in an accident and Nate doesn’t even know? Surely his teammates would be talking about this? (Also a little confused at the timeline because did Dillon and Tucker not miss practice?) Still, he doesn’t immediately try to get more info upon finding out? THAT is a choice.
Someone you love gets ‘outed’, you check on them—especially when you KNOW their family won’t take it well. I couldn’t believe no one, NO ONE was giving Tucker any kind of support after their lover/friend/team mate got outed on national television.
Nate, Dillon, the allies on their team, the other queer players they befriended in LA… how is Tucker completely abandoned. No excuse.
Kane is a terrible friend. I knew that in the last book, after he decides to dose Nate with melatonin to knock him out so that Kane could have privacy with Lake but I actually very much dislike Kane after this book. He only got worse.
Your “friend” is very clearly spiralling after being outed and breaking up with his boyfriends and you’re just going to treat him like a nuisance because you need to sleep…?
Kane and Nate’s “relationship” was utterly befuddling this whole book. They’re not talking—barely managing to be on the same team—but Kane still throws Nate’s birthday party? And Nate went?
Kane is protective over Nate’s dating life but doesn’t giving a rat’s ass about him in any other way..? It honestly did not make sense.
At the end of the last book, it sounded like they’d been working on their friendship off page (which I was disappointed by) but apparently not? They never really repair their friendship at all but everyone still calls Kane Nate’s best friend, despite the two of them barely maintaining peripheral presence in each other’s lives and Kane saying their whole friendship was a lie…? This wasn’t an ‘intentionally messy’, it just read like the writer couldn’t keep track of whether they want to repair their friendship or not.
It would have been a 4-star up until the drama, it just…couldn’t stick the landing.
I really liked it at first. I love poly books where they actually feel like a throuple and not a couple with a ‘bonus sentient sex-toy’ brought in to spice up their romance.
Yes, Nate is concerningly codependent (honestly read a little too childish in this book considering his rather neglectful upbringing and the excellence required to become an NFL player). Anyone—his ‘best friend’, his coaches, his doctors, any team mate or Kane’s mother…any/all of these people should have been encouraging Nate into therapy for his very legitimate trauma. Frankly, his team management should have required it.
Despite the above, I liked Nate, Dillon and Tucker. I thought they had good chemistry and great potential.
Then it all went to shit and for the latter part of the book I was irritated and angry at all of the characters.
Someone you love is in an accident? You flipping check in. It doesn’t matter if you’re in a fight, you check in.
Absolutely wild that Dillon is in an accident and Nate doesn’t even know? Surely his teammates would be talking about this? (Also a little confused at the timeline because did Dillon and Tucker not miss practice?) Still, he doesn’t immediately try to get more info upon finding out? THAT is a choice.
Someone you love gets ‘outed’, you check on them—especially when you KNOW their family won’t take it well. I couldn’t believe no one, NO ONE was giving Tucker any kind of support after their lover/friend/team mate got outed on national television.
Nate, Dillon, the allies on their team, the other queer players they befriended in LA… how is Tucker completely abandoned. No excuse.
Kane is a terrible friend. I knew that in the last book, after he decides to dose Nate with melatonin to knock him out so that Kane could have privacy with Lake but I actually very much dislike Kane after this book. He only got worse.
Your “friend” is very clearly spiralling after being outed and breaking up with his boyfriends and you’re just going to treat him like a nuisance because you need to sleep…?
Kane and Nate’s “relationship” was utterly befuddling this whole book. They’re not talking—barely managing to be on the same team—but Kane still throws Nate’s birthday party? And Nate went?
Kane is protective over Nate’s dating life but doesn’t giving a rat’s ass about him in any other way..? It honestly did not make sense.
At the end of the last book, it sounded like they’d been working on their friendship off page (which I was disappointed by) but apparently not? They never really repair their friendship at all but everyone still calls Kane Nate’s best friend, despite the two of them barely maintaining peripheral presence in each other’s lives and Kane saying their whole friendship was a lie…? This wasn’t an ‘intentionally messy’, it just read like the writer couldn’t keep track of whether they want to repair their friendship or not.
It would have been a 4-star up until the drama, it just…couldn’t stick the landing.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
June 27, 2024
I'm all for a great MMM scene, especially with well described rimming and DAP, because, it's just not usually done well.
That's about where this book hits the high mark though.
We have Nate, who needs years of therapy and some medications, not a multi pack of post it notes and new markers. Tucker, the closeted (only at home, which is weird because he's a super famous football player so just nobody tell his Southern Christian mama that he's gay, ok) defense player who is so stereotypical Texan cowboy that it's laughable. And we have Dillon, who is straight until he isn't.
I'm really not sure why Tucker and Dillon are in love with Nate. He's selfish and needy and whiny and repeatedly says he's still in love with Kane, even while they are all sleeping together. I'd stick a post it to his forehead that said "get TF out my house"
Also. The editing continues to be problematic. TAUT, not TAUGHT. Over and over and over. That was the one that made my eye twitch the most.
And the title doesn't make sense. "Hat trick" refers to hockey or soccer. Not football. I know there are 3 of them, but call it Third Down or Third and Ten or something football related.
That's about where this book hits the high mark though.
We have Nate, who needs years of therapy and some medications, not a multi pack of post it notes and new markers. Tucker, the closeted (only at home, which is weird because he's a super famous football player so just nobody tell his Southern Christian mama that he's gay, ok) defense player who is so stereotypical Texan cowboy that it's laughable. And we have Dillon, who is straight until he isn't.
I'm really not sure why Tucker and Dillon are in love with Nate. He's selfish and needy and whiny and repeatedly says he's still in love with Kane, even while they are all sleeping together. I'd stick a post it to his forehead that said "get TF out my house"
Also. The editing continues to be problematic. TAUT, not TAUGHT. Over and over and over. That was the one that made my eye twitch the most.
And the title doesn't make sense. "Hat trick" refers to hockey or soccer. Not football. I know there are 3 of them, but call it Third Down or Third and Ten or something football related.
May 20, 2025
This was probably one of the most ridiculous book I’ve read. It started out so good as well but then it just turned ridiculous as it went on.
Firstly, the book didn’t need to be so long, it was 500+ pages and honestly 70% of it could be scrapped off. Secondly, I am supposed to believe Nate is almost 30? From the way he behaves and deals with emotions, it’s worse than a 15 year old. Like how is he so bad with emotions.
This book felt like something I would read in wattpad, the way it kept dragging on and on.
Also, the misogyny, what was that part about women & hormones & estrogones, utterly ridiculous
Firstly, the book didn’t need to be so long, it was 500+ pages and honestly 70% of it could be scrapped off. Secondly, I am supposed to believe Nate is almost 30? From the way he behaves and deals with emotions, it’s worse than a 15 year old. Like how is he so bad with emotions.
This book felt like something I would read in wattpad, the way it kept dragging on and on.
Also, the misogyny, what was that part about women & hormones & estrogones, utterly ridiculous
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
September 13, 2026
2.5 ⭐️
I really liked the majority of this book. About 80%. But the third act breakup was so poorly handled that it is not even a 3 star. It was shaping up to be a 4 star book before that at least.
I really liked Nate at the start. His whole backstory was so sad and all I wanted to do was to protect him. Just like Tucker and Dillon. His unrequited love for Kane did not bother me.
—Spoilers
But only a grown, 30 year old man, can be disillusioned about his feelings so much. Nate thinks he is in love with Kane for 95% of this book. That was too much for me. Tucker and Dillon confess their feelings, go through so much during the 2 month time but Nate doesn’t realize his feelings. It literally takes a village to make him realize his “love” for the other 2 MMCs. That angered me so much. And then they all immediately just move together in the house when Nate literally mentioned previously that he didn’t want that with the other MMCs?
Dillon has a life threatening accident but Nate doesn’t even call him, let alone visit even after Tucker calls him. He lets Kit handle the call and this whole thing isn’t addressed once after they get together. It’s just brushed off like all things.
Tucker is outed in front of his family and is disowned by his family. Despite knowing this would be the reaction from his parents, neither Dillon nor Nate even call to check on him, let alone visit or check in other ways to make sure he’s alright. And still, they claim to love him. What kind of absurd love is this where they don’t show up in bad times? And Tucker is not alright. He drinks and gets locked up consistently for 2 weeks! With only Kane to help him. Honestly, I started out disliking the guy but I feel like he might be the only decent one.
The only reason Dillon and Tucker get back is because Kane forces Dillon to pickup Tucker from prison. And even then, Dillon has no regards or concerns for Tucker and he just tries to pawn him off to Kane. Who tears their love of the life that way?
Neither Dillon nor Nate deserve Tucker. He is the only one I liked by the end of the book and he deserved way better. The groveling doesn’t exist at all. None of these issues are addressed. Dillon doesn’t give any reason for pushing Tucker away and then suddenly accepting him out of the blue. His thoughts are explained to the readers but never Tucker. And Tucker just goes along with it. Same with Nate. He just suddenly is in love with these two guys and not his best friend and doesn’t even realize it on his own and not until the 95% mark of the book and that is just ridiculous.
What Nate needs is therapy. And all other characters in this book as well. So f**ing disappointed
I really liked the majority of this book. About 80%. But the third act breakup was so poorly handled that it is not even a 3 star. It was shaping up to be a 4 star book before that at least.
I really liked Nate at the start. His whole backstory was so sad and all I wanted to do was to protect him. Just like Tucker and Dillon. His unrequited love for Kane did not bother me.
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But only a grown, 30 year old man, can be disillusioned about his feelings so much. Nate thinks he is in love with Kane for 95% of this book. That was too much for me. Tucker and Dillon confess their feelings, go through so much during the 2 month time but Nate doesn’t realize his feelings. It literally takes a village to make him realize his “love” for the other 2 MMCs. That angered me so much. And then they all immediately just move together in the house when Nate literally mentioned previously that he didn’t want that with the other MMCs?
Dillon has a life threatening accident but Nate doesn’t even call him, let alone visit even after Tucker calls him. He lets Kit handle the call and this whole thing isn’t addressed once after they get together. It’s just brushed off like all things.
Tucker is outed in front of his family and is disowned by his family. Despite knowing this would be the reaction from his parents, neither Dillon nor Nate even call to check on him, let alone visit or check in other ways to make sure he’s alright. And still, they claim to love him. What kind of absurd love is this where they don’t show up in bad times? And Tucker is not alright. He drinks and gets locked up consistently for 2 weeks! With only Kane to help him. Honestly, I started out disliking the guy but I feel like he might be the only decent one.
The only reason Dillon and Tucker get back is because Kane forces Dillon to pickup Tucker from prison. And even then, Dillon has no regards or concerns for Tucker and he just tries to pawn him off to Kane. Who tears their love of the life that way?
Neither Dillon nor Nate deserve Tucker. He is the only one I liked by the end of the book and he deserved way better. The groveling doesn’t exist at all. None of these issues are addressed. Dillon doesn’t give any reason for pushing Tucker away and then suddenly accepting him out of the blue. His thoughts are explained to the readers but never Tucker. And Tucker just goes along with it. Same with Nate. He just suddenly is in love with these two guys and not his best friend and doesn’t even realize it on his own and not until the 95% mark of the book and that is just ridiculous.
What Nate needs is therapy. And all other characters in this book as well. So f**ing disappointed
July 11, 2024
Generellt bra bok, men inte lika bra som första! Är fortfarande inte ett fan av Nate, men Tucker och Dillon gjorde upp för det. Mer drama än första boken vilket jag inte riktigt vet om jag gillade eller inte, och lite lite fokus på fotboll.
Snäppet för lång bok, hade lätt kunnat kapas 50-100 sidor meeeen ändå underhållande så jag ska inte klaga.
Snäppet för lång bok, hade lätt kunnat kapas 50-100 sidor meeeen ändå underhållande så jag ska inte klaga.
July 25, 2024
"I want them to be happy," I finally confess.
"Well. It's obvious who you love, then. Right?"
Right.
Kane.
Right?
"Well. It's obvious who you love, then. Right?"
Right.
Kane.
Right?
October 22, 2024
wtf am I doing with my life
January 6, 2024
One of the best mmm I’ve ever read 🌶🌶🌶🌶
The characters are all very like able and I could not put this down!
The characters are all very like able and I could not put this down!
September 14, 2025
This book for me is a 2.5. The reasons being how old the characters are and how immature they act. The codependency did start to drive me nuts around 73% he’s thirty and can barely wipe his tail without needing help. The sex scenes got boring after the first 6. And were not kinky (to me) at all. In fact it was pretty vanilla. (Besides the odd ‘games’ they kept playing which kind of ruined their dynamic-more on that soon)
As for how the mmm was done it started off good. I didn’t really relate to any of the characters nor did I feel a connection with nate. But all three of them together were good. Unfortunately I felt as if the emotional and just romantic aspect of the mmm was kind of focused on just two of the guys ( dill and tuck). They got to know each other, what each other like and don’t like, had more time together. Where as Tucker and nate only ever got physical. It’s like that even when dill is involved in the sexual aspect of it. All in all I didn’t like nate he was just..overwhelming and his lack of actual connection to the other two characters (my opinion) made me not really like him. As much as I like the thought of mmm and read mmm, I would have been okay if this was just mm.
As for how the mmm was done it started off good. I didn’t really relate to any of the characters nor did I feel a connection with nate. But all three of them together were good. Unfortunately I felt as if the emotional and just romantic aspect of the mmm was kind of focused on just two of the guys ( dill and tuck). They got to know each other, what each other like and don’t like, had more time together. Where as Tucker and nate only ever got physical. It’s like that even when dill is involved in the sexual aspect of it. All in all I didn’t like nate he was just..overwhelming and his lack of actual connection to the other two characters (my opinion) made me not really like him. As much as I like the thought of mmm and read mmm, I would have been okay if this was just mm.
January 3, 2024
DNF
50% in and I just wasn’t into this threesome. For a long while I was into it but I just wasn’t jiving with the men in this book. I also felt like Nate was far too co-dependent on whoever was in his life. It just changed from Kane to Dillion and Tucker. I liked the first book and frankly liked Kane but in this book he had an attitude of ‘I don’t want to be your lover, Nate, but no one else can be either.’ I don’t know how this whole thing plays now but with over 500 pages I don’t have the patience to finish it either.
50% in and I just wasn’t into this threesome. For a long while I was into it but I just wasn’t jiving with the men in this book. I also felt like Nate was far too co-dependent on whoever was in his life. It just changed from Kane to Dillion and Tucker. I liked the first book and frankly liked Kane but in this book he had an attitude of ‘I don’t want to be your lover, Nate, but no one else can be either.’ I don’t know how this whole thing plays now but with over 500 pages I don’t have the patience to finish it either.
April 13, 2026
That is a delicious read 🥴
I enjoyed it so much but i have to say the ending did end a bit sudden. But anyway i love their dynamic and enjoyed seeing their relationship progress into being polygamy + all of them being together. I kinda glad i went into in blindly which i didn’t even know this book will be MMM, which make the reading more enjoyable.
They all are so cute together and very very high chemistry + intimacy towards each other that i kinda want to give this book out if people ask me “what i am looking for in a relationship😫” —— that just how sweet and cute they are together 💕
I want to be Nate in the relationship, the way he is adored, love and just plain spoiled by them is heartwarming. I would also like to thank Kit in the book because he show Nate how much he have taken granted of Tucker and Dillon —— Kit did not go along with Nate so called “rules” & “needs” with the cuddling and needs to sleep beside people + the post it rules and all —— he make Nate kinda “grow up” from his issues and make him see that he actually didn’t necessarily have those issues but rather just doing it all dues to his anxieties + people (Tucker & Dillon) going along his whims are because they love him and he have took it all for granted.
The fallout of them is bad yet needed because if not Nate would have never admitted his feelings or even realize it —— Kudos to Kane for putting up with him and being firm on his beliefs that Nate didn’t love him + helping out in making Nate realizing it too, not forgetting Lake too for letting Kane do it because boy i would have been so jealous of going through that kind of situation. Glad it all turned out as we wish ✨ Not going to lie it was hilarious seeing Kane kinda freaked out after helping Nate due to his funny reaction towards it 😂
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Thinking about Kane and me being together—thinking about that kiss I honestly hated a few minutes ago—I know I have made a grave mistake. “Oh, my god, Kane,” I realize, grabbing his shoulders, unable to restrain the toothy smile on my face because I know. I know. I’ve been an absolute idiot.
Kane leans back, eyeing me warily in between flickering looks toward his truck. “Uh.”
“How did I not realize this before?”
“Are we . . . on the same page here? Or are we seeing two different sides? Are we even in the same book? I can’t tell.”
I ignore his ridiculous and vague questions because how could I be so stupid? Was it when I’d wake up in Dillon’s arms and read his book with him? Was it when both Dillon and Tucker found their own ways to comfort me during an anxiety attack? When they were both ejected from a game for defending me? When we fell asleep together for the first time, our first kisses, our first time together, meeting their family, our photo album? There isn’t a specific time for me to pinpoint, but I fell in love with Dillon and Tucker without even realizing it. Not in the way I thought I loved and wanted Kane, but in an all-consuming need to have them in my life. Those kids I imagine adopting? I know without a doubt now that I don’t want to call Tucker when the lawn needs mowing, I want him to already be there. When the kids need another player in their video game, Dillon should be there without question, too. I wondered what my future would be. Now, I realize it has always been them.
“Kane,” I rasp his name, shaking his shoulders while meeting his wide eyes. How do I say it? How do I voice these feelings out loud?
“Oh, my god,” I say yet again.
He glances nervously at his truck once more. “Nate, man, you gotta use words. I know we don’t usually need them, but I need them now because I’m not sure if you’ve come to your senses or not.”
“I don’t love you,” I blurt, then wince at how that sounds.
“I mean, you’re my best friend, and I care about your well-being and happiness, and I’d say I love you like a brother, but not gonna lie, I used to have sexual dreams about you, so that would be gross, I think. Basically, I’m not in love with you, and I’m not sure I ever was because it didn’t feel like this.” Eyes sparkling with hope, Kane grabs my hands from his shoulder and holds them between us.
“Are you saying what I think you’re saying?”
“Yes!” He fucking beams. “The memorial. They’re waiting for you.”
I enjoyed it so much but i have to say the ending did end a bit sudden. But anyway i love their dynamic and enjoyed seeing their relationship progress into being polygamy + all of them being together. I kinda glad i went into in blindly which i didn’t even know this book will be MMM, which make the reading more enjoyable.
They all are so cute together and very very high chemistry + intimacy towards each other that i kinda want to give this book out if people ask me “what i am looking for in a relationship😫” —— that just how sweet and cute they are together 💕
I want to be Nate in the relationship, the way he is adored, love and just plain spoiled by them is heartwarming. I would also like to thank Kit in the book because he show Nate how much he have taken granted of Tucker and Dillon —— Kit did not go along with Nate so called “rules” & “needs” with the cuddling and needs to sleep beside people + the post it rules and all —— he make Nate kinda “grow up” from his issues and make him see that he actually didn’t necessarily have those issues but rather just doing it all dues to his anxieties + people (Tucker & Dillon) going along his whims are because they love him and he have took it all for granted.
The fallout of them is bad yet needed because if not Nate would have never admitted his feelings or even realize it —— Kudos to Kane for putting up with him and being firm on his beliefs that Nate didn’t love him + helping out in making Nate realizing it too, not forgetting Lake too for letting Kane do it because boy i would have been so jealous of going through that kind of situation. Glad it all turned out as we wish ✨ Not going to lie it was hilarious seeing Kane kinda freaked out after helping Nate due to his funny reaction towards it 😂
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Thinking about Kane and me being together—thinking about that kiss I honestly hated a few minutes ago—I know I have made a grave mistake. “Oh, my god, Kane,” I realize, grabbing his shoulders, unable to restrain the toothy smile on my face because I know. I know. I’ve been an absolute idiot.
Kane leans back, eyeing me warily in between flickering looks toward his truck. “Uh.”
“How did I not realize this before?”
“Are we . . . on the same page here? Or are we seeing two different sides? Are we even in the same book? I can’t tell.”
I ignore his ridiculous and vague questions because how could I be so stupid? Was it when I’d wake up in Dillon’s arms and read his book with him? Was it when both Dillon and Tucker found their own ways to comfort me during an anxiety attack? When they were both ejected from a game for defending me? When we fell asleep together for the first time, our first kisses, our first time together, meeting their family, our photo album? There isn’t a specific time for me to pinpoint, but I fell in love with Dillon and Tucker without even realizing it. Not in the way I thought I loved and wanted Kane, but in an all-consuming need to have them in my life. Those kids I imagine adopting? I know without a doubt now that I don’t want to call Tucker when the lawn needs mowing, I want him to already be there. When the kids need another player in their video game, Dillon should be there without question, too. I wondered what my future would be. Now, I realize it has always been them.
“Kane,” I rasp his name, shaking his shoulders while meeting his wide eyes. How do I say it? How do I voice these feelings out loud?
“Oh, my god,” I say yet again.
He glances nervously at his truck once more. “Nate, man, you gotta use words. I know we don’t usually need them, but I need them now because I’m not sure if you’ve come to your senses or not.”
“I don’t love you,” I blurt, then wince at how that sounds.
“I mean, you’re my best friend, and I care about your well-being and happiness, and I’d say I love you like a brother, but not gonna lie, I used to have sexual dreams about you, so that would be gross, I think. Basically, I’m not in love with you, and I’m not sure I ever was because it didn’t feel like this.” Eyes sparkling with hope, Kane grabs my hands from his shoulder and holds them between us.
“Are you saying what I think you’re saying?”
“Yes!” He fucking beams. “The memorial. They’re waiting for you.”
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
February 29, 2024
Okay, so, I only read book one because I wanted to read this one :) AKA: even though Nate is a highly problematic (to put it mildly) Man Toddler, I'm totally into him :D :D Let's be real, though, HOW is anyone meant to believe that this guy is the 30-year-old Captain of an NFL football team??? :D Only in MM land, LMFAO. He's bratty, messy, toxic and completely dysfunctional as a person. My favourite part of this book is when . AMAZING.
For me, the beginning parts where they're dancing around each other are better than the end parts where their relationship develops into sex marathons. Nate and Dillon's nighttime snuggles in Dillon's bed (and Dillon putting out a blanket beforehand) melted my heart. Dillon's my favourite by far and I kinda feel bad that he has to put up with the other two. I LOVE DILLON'S GAME THAT HE PLAYS WITH NATE!!! HOT DAYUM!!!!! Nate's pretty cute for being the most useless NFL Captain ever. But ... I really don't like Tucker ... *shrug* I'm not sure what it is, but the constant mention of a 'farmer's tan' DEFINITELY doesn't help with his sex appeal, that's for sure. He's way too 'cowboy' and I guess that ain't my vibe, y'all.
This book is far, far, far longer than it needs to be and, even though the sex is hot, it's just too much after a while. And you all know we're here for the sex. I would have liked a little less sex and a little more romance / relationship-building between the guys. However, even though MMM isn't normally my jam, I did enjoy this one. But let's not pretend this isn't a toxic, highly co-dependent relationship LOL because Dillon and Tucker completely fall apart after the obligatory breakup near the end. And Nate is such a doofus, my word. He's a bit too childlike in his behaviour.
I liked Kane (and especially Lake) in the previous book but ... Kane disappointed me in this one. To be fair, Nate is such a clingy troll person, that Kane probably felt they needed distance between them for Nate to move forward. But still. Nate clearly has mental health issues and Kane basically drops him like a hot potato to throw himself into his relationship with Lake, which isn't cool for the so-called best friend who used to be Nate's EVERYTHING. Don't worry, though, guys ... Nate's resourceful and finds replacements almost immediately, hahaha ... in fact, I was surprised how quickly he tried to replace Dillon and Tucker with also, but let's not talk about that ... ;)
For me, the beginning parts where they're dancing around each other are better than the end parts where their relationship develops into sex marathons. Nate and Dillon's nighttime snuggles in Dillon's bed (and Dillon putting out a blanket beforehand) melted my heart. Dillon's my favourite by far and I kinda feel bad that he has to put up with the other two. I LOVE DILLON'S GAME THAT HE PLAYS WITH NATE!!! HOT DAYUM!!!!! Nate's pretty cute for being the most useless NFL Captain ever. But ... I really don't like Tucker ... *shrug* I'm not sure what it is, but the constant mention of a 'farmer's tan' DEFINITELY doesn't help with his sex appeal, that's for sure. He's way too 'cowboy' and I guess that ain't my vibe, y'all.
This book is far, far, far longer than it needs to be and, even though the sex is hot, it's just too much after a while. And you all know we're here for the sex. I would have liked a little less sex and a little more romance / relationship-building between the guys. However, even though MMM isn't normally my jam, I did enjoy this one. But let's not pretend this isn't a toxic, highly co-dependent relationship LOL because Dillon and Tucker completely fall apart after the obligatory breakup near the end. And Nate is such a doofus, my word. He's a bit too childlike in his behaviour.
I liked Kane (and especially Lake) in the previous book but ... Kane disappointed me in this one. To be fair, Nate is such a clingy troll person, that Kane probably felt they needed distance between them for Nate to move forward. But still. Nate clearly has mental health issues and Kane basically drops him like a hot potato to throw himself into his relationship with Lake, which isn't cool for the so-called best friend who used to be Nate's EVERYTHING. Don't worry, though, guys ... Nate's resourceful and finds replacements almost immediately, hahaha ... in fact, I was surprised how quickly he tried to replace Dillon and Tucker with also, but let's not talk about that ... ;)
September 24, 2026
DNF
First of all, I CANNOT stand Nate. He was actually VERY insufferable to me. He was starting to trigger the shit out of me so I had to dnf at 72%. I did not read the first book and I’m not going to read the first book however, this author may as well did make the first book with Kane and his boyfriend the mmm/polyamorous book and include Nate. Kane’s name was mentioned 275 times in this book and he was only a side character in this story. Nate’s whole personality and storyline was being in love with Kane. Even after being with and fucking two other men🙃🙃🙃. At the beginning he told Kane and I quote “ I may be in love with you but I’m not obsessed with you” then we go on to read about just how obsessed he is with him🤦🏾♀️. MIND YOUUUU him and Kane was never even in a romantic relationship.
No type of accountability from Nate was being held in this book. Everything was blamed on Kane. And while Kane played a role, Nate was not a damn victim. He needed to take his ass to therapy/ counseling and work on himself, his anxiety, his mental health and his co dependency. But he never did. He just switched out one toxic unhealthy habit for two more. This man was an almost 30 year old who read like a teenager. He depended on these men to breathe for him. Because wtf do you mean you need both of them to put your prescription contacts in and out for you???🤔🤔🤔. There was a scene in the book where the three men went to have dinner at a seafood restaurant and Nate was so damn rude to the waiter and thought it was cute. That nasty white privilege was appalling. It’s almost like the author wanted us to excuse all of his actions and love him just because he lost his parents. NOT OVER HERE PARTNER.🙅🏽♀️
Also, the “game” that they would play in the bedroom with Nate being a mannequin basically the whole time was sooooo cringe and creepy to me to the point I had to skip those scenes. It gave rape. Because why on earth would you want your partner to be completely still and not move at all not even smile or show no emotion or reaction during sexual inter course. Just lay/stand there and take whatever is being given. I’ve read a lot of different kinks in books but that one just rubbed me the wrong way. It was a no for me.
The author also out of nowhere gave Nate what would be considered “feminine” traits/habits. He was constantly pouting throughout the book, constantly giving puppy dog eyes, constantly whining, him being scared of a small spider and jumping up on Tucker’s back, him stomping his feet and getting angry, and a few other things. That was just weird to me.
This book should’ve just been Tucker and Dillon’s story. I was much more interested in reading about them two falling for each other and getting to know each other. They even had more in common even if it was just small things like both of them liking horror movies and both of them liking video games. And this book was just unnecessarily long.
First of all, I CANNOT stand Nate. He was actually VERY insufferable to me. He was starting to trigger the shit out of me so I had to dnf at 72%. I did not read the first book and I’m not going to read the first book however, this author may as well did make the first book with Kane and his boyfriend the mmm/polyamorous book and include Nate. Kane’s name was mentioned 275 times in this book and he was only a side character in this story. Nate’s whole personality and storyline was being in love with Kane. Even after being with and fucking two other men🙃🙃🙃. At the beginning he told Kane and I quote “ I may be in love with you but I’m not obsessed with you” then we go on to read about just how obsessed he is with him🤦🏾♀️. MIND YOUUUU him and Kane was never even in a romantic relationship.
No type of accountability from Nate was being held in this book. Everything was blamed on Kane. And while Kane played a role, Nate was not a damn victim. He needed to take his ass to therapy/ counseling and work on himself, his anxiety, his mental health and his co dependency. But he never did. He just switched out one toxic unhealthy habit for two more. This man was an almost 30 year old who read like a teenager. He depended on these men to breathe for him. Because wtf do you mean you need both of them to put your prescription contacts in and out for you???🤔🤔🤔. There was a scene in the book where the three men went to have dinner at a seafood restaurant and Nate was so damn rude to the waiter and thought it was cute. That nasty white privilege was appalling. It’s almost like the author wanted us to excuse all of his actions and love him just because he lost his parents. NOT OVER HERE PARTNER.🙅🏽♀️
Also, the “game” that they would play in the bedroom with Nate being a mannequin basically the whole time was sooooo cringe and creepy to me to the point I had to skip those scenes. It gave rape. Because why on earth would you want your partner to be completely still and not move at all not even smile or show no emotion or reaction during sexual inter course. Just lay/stand there and take whatever is being given. I’ve read a lot of different kinks in books but that one just rubbed me the wrong way. It was a no for me.
The author also out of nowhere gave Nate what would be considered “feminine” traits/habits. He was constantly pouting throughout the book, constantly giving puppy dog eyes, constantly whining, him being scared of a small spider and jumping up on Tucker’s back, him stomping his feet and getting angry, and a few other things. That was just weird to me.
This book should’ve just been Tucker and Dillon’s story. I was much more interested in reading about them two falling for each other and getting to know each other. They even had more in common even if it was just small things like both of them liking horror movies and both of them liking video games. And this book was just unnecessarily long.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
October 1, 2024
MMM🌈
Football players 🏈
Biawakening
Let me start by saying, I do not like Nate, still. I’m sorry but he did not redeem himself IMO. He’s still the whiny uptight pretentious needy bitch that he was in the first book.
Nate is still “in love” with his best friend Kane. Even though he is now happily with Laken. So Nate moves in with teammate Dillon. Doing the exact same bullshit he did with Kane. Coming to sleep in Dill’s bed every night. Putting up his stupid sticky notes everywhere. Not doing anything for himself. Dill protests at first but then comes to miss Nate when Nate propositions another teammate Tucker for sex. Nate thinks he can fuck Kade out of his system.
Nate has never been with a man but has fucked his ass with every dildo he could find. T is gay and has never had a fuck buddies only situation. But agrees to the arrangement anyway. The first night they get together, Dill comes home and sees them having sex. He is unaware at the time that it is his other teammate T, until later. But he stands and watches them at the open door. Intrigued but Dill is straight.
But he jacks off to the sounds of every hookup. When he knows it is his two teammates together.
He even goes to the doctor to see if maybe he has a tumor cause he thinks he has too much estrogen coursing through him if he is getting turned on by men. During one of Nate’s panic attacks, Dill calls T to see if anything like this has happened while him and Nate were together. T tells him yes and he calmed him down by stripping and fucking him. Dill decides to kiss Nate to get him to calm down. It works, now they are friends that kiss. Nate likes to label everything.
T shows up to try to help with the situation. Him and Nate start to kiss and Nate gets on his knees to give him a blowie. While that’s happening, Dill turns to T and kisses him. That starts the 3 on a whirlwind friends with benefits adventure. Except Dill and T catch feelings while Nate says he is still in love with Kane. This leads to a major blow up where the 3 no longer speak. Kane eventually kisses Nate, with Lake’s approval, to prove that Nate doesn’t love him but his 2 men instead.
It was my first male only multiple partners book. I enjoyed it and the sex was spicy 🌶️ 🔥🥵.
Football players 🏈
Biawakening
Let me start by saying, I do not like Nate, still. I’m sorry but he did not redeem himself IMO. He’s still the whiny uptight pretentious needy bitch that he was in the first book.
Nate is still “in love” with his best friend Kane. Even though he is now happily with Laken. So Nate moves in with teammate Dillon. Doing the exact same bullshit he did with Kane. Coming to sleep in Dill’s bed every night. Putting up his stupid sticky notes everywhere. Not doing anything for himself. Dill protests at first but then comes to miss Nate when Nate propositions another teammate Tucker for sex. Nate thinks he can fuck Kade out of his system.
Nate has never been with a man but has fucked his ass with every dildo he could find. T is gay and has never had a fuck buddies only situation. But agrees to the arrangement anyway. The first night they get together, Dill comes home and sees them having sex. He is unaware at the time that it is his other teammate T, until later. But he stands and watches them at the open door. Intrigued but Dill is straight.
But he jacks off to the sounds of every hookup. When he knows it is his two teammates together.
He even goes to the doctor to see if maybe he has a tumor cause he thinks he has too much estrogen coursing through him if he is getting turned on by men. During one of Nate’s panic attacks, Dill calls T to see if anything like this has happened while him and Nate were together. T tells him yes and he calmed him down by stripping and fucking him. Dill decides to kiss Nate to get him to calm down. It works, now they are friends that kiss. Nate likes to label everything.
T shows up to try to help with the situation. Him and Nate start to kiss and Nate gets on his knees to give him a blowie. While that’s happening, Dill turns to T and kisses him. That starts the 3 on a whirlwind friends with benefits adventure. Except Dill and T catch feelings while Nate says he is still in love with Kane. This leads to a major blow up where the 3 no longer speak. Kane eventually kisses Nate, with Lake’s approval, to prove that Nate doesn’t love him but his 2 men instead.
It was my first male only multiple partners book. I enjoyed it and the sex was spicy 🌶️ 🔥🥵.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
September 5, 2026
I enjoyed this book and how kinky the men's relationship ended up becoming. I loved Dillon's bi-awakening and how he starts out resenting how much Nate's anxiety rules their apartment. I loved how Tuck was able to be open to first a very casual sexual relationship with just Nate when he normally liked having an emotional connection in his relationships when it isn't a one-night event and then to having a polyamorous relationship. There were quite a few times where I wanted to smack Nate though for believing so long that he was still in love with his best friend and that he wasn't in love with his men.
Anyway, other than how sad and frustrated I got during the , I have two major complaints about this otherwise great book.
1. A Hat Trick is from hockey, not football, so the title is illogical.
2. Why wasn't there a conversation with Allison about her blog being a big reason why
Anyway, other than how sad and frustrated I got during the , I have two major complaints about this otherwise great book.
1. A Hat Trick is from hockey, not football, so the title is illogical.
2. Why wasn't there a conversation with Allison about her blog being a big reason why
March 6, 2024
interesting read
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***Spoilers here and there***
This was a good book I definitely enjoyed this one. But I will say I could never understand how Nate couldn’t tell that he been in love with both Tucker and Dillion.
He was so stuck on Kane that he didn’t realize it until Kane had to take matters into his own hands. With that help from Lake and both Dillion and Tucker.
But the crazy part about it was me feeling some type of way about Kane. How he treated Nate when he started things with Tucker he always had something to say . But over time it became worse when Dillion gotten involved.
I was glad when he let them be and stop trying to get in between the relationship that Nate had with Dillion and Tucker.
It sucks that Tucker family didn’t come around the only one that supported him was his sister Georgia.. that’s crazy; but he do have Dillon family because they seem to like him as much as they like Nate too!!
So that’s good thing but I can’t wait until the next book “Matchup” I wonder who’s that book about and when will it be out! I assumed may be it’s about Kit but who knows.
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***Spoilers here and there***
This was a good book I definitely enjoyed this one. But I will say I could never understand how Nate couldn’t tell that he been in love with both Tucker and Dillion.
He was so stuck on Kane that he didn’t realize it until Kane had to take matters into his own hands. With that help from Lake and both Dillion and Tucker.
But the crazy part about it was me feeling some type of way about Kane. How he treated Nate when he started things with Tucker he always had something to say . But over time it became worse when Dillion gotten involved.
I was glad when he let them be and stop trying to get in between the relationship that Nate had with Dillion and Tucker.
It sucks that Tucker family didn’t come around the only one that supported him was his sister Georgia.. that’s crazy; but he do have Dillon family because they seem to like him as much as they like Nate too!!
So that’s good thing but I can’t wait until the next book “Matchup” I wonder who’s that book about and when will it be out! I assumed may be it’s about Kit but who knows.
April 15, 2024
DNF @ 21%
I'm BORED. Nate is a codependent MESS. His teammate and former housemate and former best friend, Kane, is an egocentric dickbag. (Nate was [is?] in love with Kane, who he thought was straight. Kane came out in Book 1, and Nate shot his shot and kissed him, and was rejected. Nate is now heartbroken and at loose ends. And still obsessed with Kane, whose name is mentioned 271 times.) With the way Nate analytically deals with issues (the best way to get over someone is to get under someone else), I get the impression he's a little neuro-spicy, in addition to his anxiety issues, though nothing was specifically mentioned before I gave up.
Dillon has anger issues and a family full of judgmental assholes. He thinks he's straight.
Tucker is a country boy. He's big, hairy, wears a cowboy hat,and likes to use country sayings like "whoa, Nelly", "what in tarnation", and "holy cow" that Dillon is somehow convinced nobody actually says.
I was hoping for a fun read about 3 professional athletes who navigate their careers and growing relationship, but, but all I really came away with is that Nate's a hot mess, Dillon's angry, and Tucker is Country. That's not enough to sustain me over 500+ pages.
I'm BORED. Nate is a codependent MESS. His teammate and former housemate and former best friend, Kane, is an egocentric dickbag. (Nate was [is?] in love with Kane, who he thought was straight. Kane came out in Book 1, and Nate shot his shot and kissed him, and was rejected. Nate is now heartbroken and at loose ends. And still obsessed with Kane, whose name is mentioned 271 times.) With the way Nate analytically deals with issues (the best way to get over someone is to get under someone else), I get the impression he's a little neuro-spicy, in addition to his anxiety issues, though nothing was specifically mentioned before I gave up.
Dillon has anger issues and a family full of judgmental assholes. He thinks he's straight.
Tucker is a country boy. He's big, hairy, wears a cowboy hat,and likes to use country sayings like "whoa, Nelly", "what in tarnation", and "holy cow" that Dillon is somehow convinced nobody actually says.
I was hoping for a fun read about 3 professional athletes who navigate their careers and growing relationship, but, but all I really came away with is that Nate's a hot mess, Dillon's angry, and Tucker is Country. That's not enough to sustain me over 500+ pages.
January 10, 2024
DNF 60% The editing issues were plenty but compared to the Character development I hardly noticed. I was shaking my head. I love a good mmm book. I love football, especially stories based on the sport. But this book…Wow a quarterback the captain of the team acts like a spoiled brat. Thats just ridiculous. I really wanted to like these guys unfortunately as the story evolves it just gets worse. Regardless of why he had anxiety you don’t refuse to throw the ball to your receiver just because you’re mad. Stomping your feet like a child because you don’t get your way. Wtf. The team Caption that’s a leadership position. My message to the author, write stories that’s believable even if it’s fiction. So many examples I don’t have time. Check out Dans review there are many more.
1.5 stars.
1.5 stars.
March 13, 2024
3 sólidas estrellas, mi única queja es que fue demasiado largo, aunque por un lado lo entiendo, tenemos una relación mmm y alternamos entre los tres puntos de vista, pero el libro es enteramente disfrutable.
Lo que más rescato como suele suceder en los poliamores que me gustan, es la química entre personajes, tenemos a Nate quien ha estado enamorado de su mejor amigo por años y tiene un triste pasado familiar, luego está Dillom, el más joven compañero de equipo y roomie de Nate, Dil tiene la presión de toda una familia de médicos a sus espaldas, siendo la oveja negra al elegir el futbol y por último está Tucker, el vaquero con una familia tradicional y religiosa. Todos compañeros de equipo.
Lo que más rescato como suele suceder en los poliamores que me gustan, es la química entre personajes, tenemos a Nate quien ha estado enamorado de su mejor amigo por años y tiene un triste pasado familiar, luego está Dillom, el más joven compañero de equipo y roomie de Nate, Dil tiene la presión de toda una familia de médicos a sus espaldas, siendo la oveja negra al elegir el futbol y por último está Tucker, el vaquero con una familia tradicional y religiosa. Todos compañeros de equipo.
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