Puck and Prejudice by Lia Riley has a hockey player, romance, time travel, and a little Jane Austen all in a fun suspending-belief book that I went into with trepedition, but was surprised at how fun it was.

When recovering hockey goalie, Tucker, swerves to avoid hitting a child he plunges into a frozen pond and just when he thinks he is going to drown, he wakes up in the same spot a few hundred years in the past. Lizzy is spending time in the country with her widowed cousin, avoiding her mother's persistently more pleas that she return to the city and get married. Lizzy finds a confused Tuck and their relationship begins.

Lizzy's friendship with Jane Austen is fun and the way that Austen's quotes and story points are interwoven make it very tongue in cheek, even though she has a minor role in the story.

I enjoyed how Tuck and Lizzy's relationship unfolded, but I do wonder why the author didn't have Lizzy - who was incredibly intelligent and forward thinking - not be super curious about the future.

If you're looking for something different, this could be the book for you. It was definitely worth a read.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for this book. All opinons are my own.

2.5
I was ready for this to be cute, if not overly stimulating, but...
In no particular order: Everyone accepts time travel extremely easily, which is weird. Jane Austin is an ancillary character with fewer than a dozen lines.
Neither timeline contains people who behave remotely like people in those timelines.
There's a Lizzy with no Darcy (or darcyesqe person with whom she can have something like tension), so the title is misleading at best.

Time travel, hockey, romance, historical elements all put together. I never thought I would see this type of book but here it is AND it works!

It is quite a tame book compared to other hockey romances so it is refreshing. Although the plot sounds so crazy that it makes you want to read it. That’s a great thing!

Thank you to NetGalley and the Avon and Harper voyage for the ARC in exchange for an honest review. Jane Austen isn’t the love interest here but she is a plot point and involved which makes this a unique book too.

This book is in 3rd POV and I prefer more of a dual POV but nonetheless it was enjoyable!-

Sometimes romances are just fun. This is a great example of a novel idea (time-traveling hockey player meets Jane Austen, somewhat literally). While Jane Austen is not the love interest, she is integral to the plot. I really enjoyed so much of this, from the personality of our goalie protagonist to the Pygmalion-esque undertones of teaching him how to live Regency-style. The ending was predictable, but satisfying. This is a great summer read and I will recommend it to anyone seeking out a light-hearted romance with just a little bit of angst.

Tucker Taylor is a professional hockey player visiting his sister in England, a sister who is studying (and obsessed with) Jane Austen and other Regency-era authors. He has been through a lot through the last year after finding a lump and being diagnosed with Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma, and then when he is visiting his sister, he skids in the car to avoid a child and lands in an iced-over pond. All things look bleak for Tucker until he climbs out of the pond to find himself in 1812 and face-to-face with one of Austen’s friends, Lizzie.

Are they trying to rope me in on purpose? Jane Austen, hockey, and time travel? I was always going to read this book; the Venn Diagram of my interests insisted upon it. Yes, the premise is ridiculous, but it’s pretty much Outlander’s premise. Yes, it begins with fan-girl Austen banter that is fairly cringy. BUT, I really enjoyed it. I read it in almost a sitting - and would read more if they were handed to me. Lizzie is a cute character, and Tucker is a fun and solid MMC and the two have great chemistry. The entirety of the Regency-era plot was solid, although her family’s villain-eque status was pretty hyperbolic. The end had a fun twist that I didn’t see coming, and it was fairly spicy. I definitely enjoyed this book - whoever came up with this idea needs a raise.

Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for this ARC.

I thought that this was a good romance book. A little tame for my liking, but not bad overall. I thought the time travel aspect was very interesting and added an umph.

Tucker Taylor is a modern-day hockey player who suddenly finds himself transported back to the year 1812. There, he ends up in a marriage of convenience with Lizzy, a Regency-era woman who becomes his ally and is aware that he’s from the future. It’s a wild and imaginative premise, and the author executed it brilliantly.
The contrast between Tuck’s 21st-century knowledge and Lizzy’s 19th-century world leads to plenty of amusing and entertaining moments as he tries to explain his futuristic ideas to her. Their romance develops wonderfully, and I was pleasantly surprised by the level of spice in their relationship. The story also includes delightful nods to Jane Austen, adding another layer of charm to an already intriguing concept.
While I generally enjoyed the book, I would have preferred it to be written in a dual first-person perspective rather than third-person. This is just a personal preference and doesn’t detract from the story's quality. The ending was satisfying and felt like the author skillfully balanced elements from both worlds.
Overall, this book was a unique and enjoyable read. It’s a refreshing blend of time travel, romance, and Regency-era charm that kept me entertained from start to finish.

Many thanks to NetGalley, Lia Riley, and Avon for providing me with an eARC of this book.

This was actually really good! I was a little hesitant about this book, because of it being a mix of a historical romance with a modern day hockey player. Sounds outlandish, right? I wasn't sure how the author would pull it off but it was honestly well done and I enjoyed it. Tucker Taylor is a hockey player who finds himself back in 1812... and has to enter into a marriage of convenience with Lizzy, who is a Regency era woman that befriends him and knows he's from the future. It's a wild concept but I thought the author did a fantastic job with it, especially since Tuck is from the future and has to explain things to Lizzy, and much fun and hilarity ensues. Their romance was great, and there was plenty of spice which I was pleasantly surprised by. I truly enjoyed the Jane Austen aspect of it! That was a really cool addition weaved into an already cool concept of a book. My only critique was that the book was in third person POV and I really would have loved to have a dual first person POV, but this is a personal preference of mine and doesn't take away from the book. I also really liked how it ended and felt like the author gave us the best of both worlds. Overall, I had a really good time reading this different and unique book!

Thank you to NetGalley, Lia Riley, and Avon for the eARC of this book.

This was an enjoyable story. The characters, Lizzy and Tuck, had a lot of chemistry. My only issue with the story was that Lizzy never seemed interested in what was happening in the future. I would be asking so many questions!

An enjoyable romantic comedy! I liked the banter between the two main characters. The time travel plot gave us a nice mix of modern and historical.

A unique combo of time travel, histrom, and hockey (!) that Austen lovers will adore. I have never read a book quite like this before, and while I'm not typically a hockey fan, I am a Janeite through and through. More, Lia Riley! More!

This is a delightful book! It is both modern and historical. I had never read the author before, but will definitely be reading more of her books in the future.
As a hockey romance, I could tell that author had actually watched the game before and wasn’t just jumping in a contemporary bandwagon. As a true hockey fan, I appreciated that.
What I may have enjoyed most was the completely original plot. It was time travel done well. I would highly recommend this book to others.

Time travel. Hockey romance. Marriage of convenience. Forced proximity. This is not a combination that I ever thought I would see, so I knew I had to get my hands on this book as soon as I saw the description. This book brought together four of my favorite tropes and managed to do it quite well. This was a very fun book and honestly I was not expecting to like it as much as I did. It managed to balance a good plot and not focus solely on the romance (although there was plenty of that and quite some spice with it). I was often laughing out loud as Lizzy and Tucker stumbled through England, the time differences, and their relationship. This book was not perfect, but it was extremely enjoyable.

Thank you to NetGalley and Avon and Harper Voyager for the advanced copy!

What a cute romcom. I loved it so much. It was both sweet and humorous. Don’t miss this book. Five stars!