Charming Puckboy: Puckboys, Book 10

OMG! I'm crying at the end of this series. I've read all of the books in the series and will miss the quirky, bigger than life characters so much. Lachie and Sam's story is a great wrap to the series. Lachie is just an easy-going and laid-back guy; so much so that lost and injured animals have always gravitated toward him for help. As a teen, this led to time spent with his crush, Sam the animal shelter director. Now years later, he's grown up and playing hockey, so he hasn't been home that often. During the after-season summer break, a very pregnant stray cat finds him, so of course he heads to the shelter where he runs into his crush once again. Seems like those old feelings of attraction haven't gone away. Sam is stunned to see the grown man that Lachie has turned into. Not a sports fan, he doesn't realize the lanky teen he used to know has grown up to play pro hockey. All of that work has done Lachie good and the sparks fly. Despite trying to stay away from the years younger Lachie, Sam finds himself drawn to him. Lachie's all about turning on the charm to get a chance with the man he's crushed on for years. Persistence pays off as the pair begin what's just supposed to be a summer fling. Of course, things get complicated from there. Both Sam and Lachie are sweet and caring men. Sam's kind heart leads him to devote his life to helping animals while Lachie quietly supports summer hockey camps for kids that wouldn't otherwise have a chance to work at the sport. Lachie's…

4.5 stars. I keep waiting until I can be a little less emotional to do this, but I don't think that's going to happen anytime soon. So. Try as I might, I could only stall for so long on finishing this. The end had to come eventually. My really quick spoiler-free thoughts are: - Loathed the parents. They needed to be fired and seriously argued with. - There was a point after the halfway mark where it started to lag just a little, and even though I fully understand why, it did start to feel just a little repetitive. - As it is with all the Puckboy books, they take too long to confess to loving each other. I'm just not a fan of the "Do I love him? I hope so" or "I think I can" or "I think I'm starting to" language when we're well past the halfway point. There is nothing these characters wouldn't do for each other, it's just the wording itself sometimes that feels a little too sanitized in a way that I don't like. Those are my little nitpicks. I can't even properly list what I loved though because I'm too overwhelmed. Where do I even start? The humor that had me laughing every chapter? The too-adorable way animals flocked to Lachie every second? The unbearably wonderful yearning we get from Lachie and his blatant love for Sam? The painful and perfect last chapter? The characters that have felt like family for the last few years? Ohhh God, I have been sobbing on and off the past three days, and no matter how much I tried to keep from finishing, I just couldn't do it, the…