Romance
Why I Didn’t Finish The Goal (And Why I’ll Probably Go Back)
When I started Elle Kennedy’s Off Campus series, I didn’t expect to fly through it the way I did. I watched the Prime Video adaptation first, completely fell in love with the characters, and then immediately picked up the books. Before I knew it, I’d read The Deal, The Mistake, and The Score in what felt like a blur. Most of them disappeared in twenty-four-hour reading sessions, and somewhere in between I managed to rewatch the show more than once. Needless to say, I was invested. So when I picked up The Goal—Tucker and Sabrina’s story—I assumed I’d do exactly what I’d done with the first three books: stay up…
The Score by Elle Kennedy — The Most Fun Couple in the Off Campus Series?
“Because you also look at him like he hung the moon. And I get the sense he feels the same about you.” If you’ve been following along with my journey through the Off Campus series, then you already know I absolutely adored Garrett and Hannah in The Deal and had a great time with Logan and Grace in The Mistake. Going into The Score, I wasn’t entirely sure what to expect from Dean Di Laurentis. Up until now, he’d mostly been the rich, charming hockey player with an endless rotation of hookups and a permanent grin plastered across his face. Fun? Absolutely. Relationship material? I wasn’t convinced. Then Elle Kennedy…
The Mistake by Elle Kennedy — Logan’s Second Chance Romance, Imperfections and All
“You’re the last person I think about before I go to sleep, and the first person I think about when I open my eyes in the morning. You’re it for me, baby.” I went straight from The Deal into The Mistake — no breaks, no palate cleanser. I loved Garrett and Hannah’s story so much that I genuinely couldn’t wait to see what Logan’s looked like, especially after watching him grow across the first book. This one ended up being a more complicated reading experience for me than The Deal was. There’s a lot I loved about it, and also a fair amount that didn’t sit right. Both things are…
The Deal by Elle Kennedy — A Hockey Romance That Delivers Exactly What It Promises
“I never expected her. Sometimes people sneak up on you and suddenly you don’t know how you ever lived without them.“ If you’ve been following along, you know I came to this series backwards — I watched the Off Campus show on Prime before I ever cracked a spine. And honestly? That might have been the best thing that could have happened to me, because by the time I sat down with the first book, I already loved these characters. I just needed to fall in love with them all over again on the page. Spoiler: I did. In about 24 hours. This review is focused on the book, though…
Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros – A Book Worthy of the Hype
I had other posts planned and then I bought a copy of Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros and now my life is consumed by what might end up being my absolute favorite read of the year. So let’s skip the small talk and jump right in. Summary Violet Sorrengail is twenty-years-old and is ready to enter the Scribe quadrant, living a quiet life in the archives, among the books. Her mother, a highly decorated general, has commanded Violet to join the several hundred candidates striving to become the elite dragon riders of Navarre. However, Violet is small and frail, her memory is her strongest muscle. Death is closer than it…
One True Loves by Taylor Jenkins Reid – An Interesting Take on a Love Triangle
Out one evening with your fiance and your parents, you get a phone call from your husband, who has been presumed dead for three years. Which love do you choose? Summary Emma Blair is in her twenties, married to her high school sweetheart Jesse, and traveling the world. Together, they have built a life in Los Angeles, running away from the lives their parents wanted for them. Emma to run her parent’s book store and Jesse’s parents dreams of him becoming a successful, professional swimmer. Yet on their first wedding anniversary, Jesse is on a plane that crashes over the Pacific Ocean on its way to Alaska. Just like that,…
The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood Book Review – Do We Like the Miscommunication Trope?
A no spoilers book review of “The Love Hypothesis” by Ali Hazelwood. First and foremost, I feel it is important to point out to those of us who might not know, that “The Love Hypothesis” was originally written as fan fiction about Kylo Ren and Rey (reylo) from Star Wars. I’ve noticed a lot of dislike about the book over this fact. The main characters, Adam and Olive, do share a very deep resemblance to Adam Driver and Daisy Ridley. (I mean look at the picture below and then look at the cover of “The Love Hypothesis”.) However, I went into this book not thinking about the ship and instead…
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid – This Book Broke My Heart & Put It Back Together
A no-spoilers book review of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid. The book that pulled me out of my book slump and back into a fictional world in which I laughed, cried, and fully felt immersed in. After reading academically for nearly four years, it was a delight to indulge in a work of fiction for the fun of it. This post focuses on my thoughts surrounding the novel “The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo” by Taylor Jenkins-Reid. Summary This novel follows the life story of the glamorous and complicated Evelyn Hugo. As well as the woman she seems to pick at random to write it,…
