I missed this world so much, so it made me so happy to know we were getting a Bilson book 👏👏f you don’t remember Bilson, he was Aleks’ teammate from Foolish Puckboy who had failed marriage after failed marriage and became an honorary member of the Collective. Now in Bromantic Puckboy, Bilson is eager to have a fresh start and transfers to Nashville, where he meets his new best friend, Miles, former frat bro who has pet rocks, names and talks to his goal post, and gave everyone on the team a friendship bracelet 🥹. Also, if you’ve read The Frat Wars series, then you’ll recognize Robbie aka Robdog and Chad aka Dooms who appear in this book 👏👏. It made me so happy to see them because I LOVE Robbie 🤣🫶. These two immediately hit it off and become quick friends and join each other in their crazy shenanigans. Like one of my favorite scenes was when they play against Seattle and Bilson's ex wife—who stole Bilson's dog in the divorce—is in the same bar as them, Miles makes it his mission to get Bilson's dog back. I absolutely loved their friendship and their transition to lovers which happens when they discover they want to try a threesome. After many failed attempts at finding their third person for their threesome, they both decide to help get each other off and so their journey begins 🤭. Plus, I can’t wait for more Collective content 👏🫶Especially since we got to see Tripp, Dex, Oskar, Aleks, Gabe, Ezra, Anton, Wesley (CU hockey), Asher (Cu hockey), and a tiny bit of Foster (also CU hockey). 

 

tropes: bi awakening, friends to friends with benefits to lovers, teammates 

 

 

 

 

“And I’m not that drunk.” (Bilson) 

“When we found you, you were hitting on one of the decorative ficuses.” (Aleks) 

“Gallagher said I should get all my flirting out on an inanimate object so I don’t accidentally fall into a vagina.” (Bilson) 

 

Robdog: Manifest, baby! You’re gonna be the goaliest goalie to ever goal. Get in there with your brothers, hand out those bracelets, go in for some brohugs, and show them what a love bug you are. (Absolutely love and miss Robdog 👏🫶) 

 

“Sorry, Netty, I didn’t mean it. I was mad, you know?” 

Nothing. 

“Aww, come on. Don’t be like that.” 

I can feel her cold shoulder even over the chill of the ice. She’s such a brat sometimes. 

“Fine. Fine, it was all my fault. Better?” 

She grudgingly accepts my apology, and I let out a breath of relief. The last thing I need is to be on bad terms with my posts. 🤦‍♀️🤣

 

“If it makes you feel any better, you haven’t disappointed me yet. Only surprised me.” (Miles) 

“Surprised how?” (Bilson) 

“By how you allow me to be myself. Accept the real me. The way you encourage my weirdness and even the way you make puns.” (Miles) 

“Are you saying … I was a shock to your system? Get it? Shock? Like electric shock?” (Bilson) 

“I take it all back. You’re terrible.” (Miles) 

“Terribly electrifying? Do I light your fire? Send sparks down your spine? Burn you up?” (Bilson) 

“Are you done yet?” (Miles) 

“When it comes to you, I’m nowhere near done.” (Bilson) 

 

“Have you met his rocks yet?” 

“Seddy and Stone? Of course. I love them as much as he loves Killer.” 
“Oh no. There’s two of them. Help!” 

“He’s had them since he was, like, ten? There was Rocky too, but we lost him. Remember how Mom and Dad made us search for that stupid thing for a week?” 

“It was your brother’s pet. No different than when we gave your goldfish a funeral.” 

“It was a rock.” (Elmo and Rocco vibes) 

 

“Dex said all that stuff about having your person, and I think that’s what you are for me. We might not be forever like they are, I have no idea, but I do know that for this one moment, you’ll be there, and you’ll make sure I get through it. No matter what.” (Miles) 

 

“I love you too, and I’m not going anywhere.” (Miles) 

“Lots of people have said that to me before. But I think that’s the first time I’ve ever believed it. I’ve had four different people promise their lives to me, and none of them made me feel as secure as you do.” 

“Good. And I should probably let you know that no one else will ever promise themselves to you again. Just so we’re clear. You’re mine.” (Miles) 

 

“Because Dex was right, the little genius. All the other stuff doesn’t matter. I have Bilson, and he’s my everything.”