Gather initial thoughts and broad opinions about the book.

1. Consider other popular sports romances, like Hannah Grace’s Icebreaker or Elle Kennedy’s The Deal. How are the stakes of Pucking Sweet similar to or different from those books (or from your broad understanding of sports romances)?

2. What was your reaction to Poppy, Lukas, and Colton’s relationship? Did it change over the course of the novel? How does the novel present Poppy, Lukas, and Colton as all being good for one another?

Encourage readers to connect the book’s themes and characters with their personal experiences.

1. Do you think Poppy handles her family in the right way? If you’ve ever had an unreconcilable conflict with your family, how did you handle it or wish you had handled it?

2. Lukas doesn’t decorate his house in part because he feels anxious that he could be traded to another team. Have you ever had a precarious employment situation? Did that affect your interpersonal relationships, as it does Lukas’s?

3. Do you believe that zodiac signs influence your personality or behavior?

4. The novel argues that it is more important to pursue happiness than to focus on your image.