Has BookTok Gone Too Far? Breaking Down The Drama About Hockey Erotica, TikTok, And A Real-Life NHL Team
As a teenager, did you ever read a book or watch a TV show and then make it your entire personality? Many of us grew out of that, but the “spicy” niche of book-centered TikTok (known as BookTok) has kept that habit alive and well.
Countless BookTok users devoured the novel Icebreaker by Hannah Grace, which centers on an enemies-to-lovers trope between a competitive figure skater and a hockey player. There’s also Pucking Around by Emily Rath, an erotic novel with thousands of positive reviews which tells the story of a playboy professional hockey player and his physical therapist. These novels single-handedly turned an entire subset of BookTok users into hockey fans – not for the love of the sport, but for the real-life players who inspired their favorite heartthrob characters.