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The Chase by Elle Kennedy

11 reviews

shaesensual's review against another edition

dark emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

A fun grumpy/sunshine dynamic with a realistic crossover in their interests and their chemistry is off the charts! Summer and Fitz are maybe a little more toxic than I’d like, some of their bad traits being perceived as exciting, but all I could think was “nice is different than good” because the way these characters treated each other were almost objectively bad. You find out the reasonings, but it does seem like towards the end they are satisfied with the state of things instead of seeking more growth to change their bad habits. The only thing I can give Fitz credit for is not being an overly jealous boyfriend and continuing to give Summer the freedom to be herself! And a small thing: I do also love that this is a book where the major nicknames are not between the main couple, but exchanged between Summer and minor characters around her. I can’t wait to read the next book in this series!

I could have happily gone without two interrupted sex scenes that involved being walked in on and dialogue during penetration. It was somewhat funny the first time, but the second time it was like…really? I still thought the sexual tension was skillfully created between these characters that had every reason to hate each other but couldn’t force themselves to even when they wanted to. Definitely some quality spice/kinky situations that I was not expecting out of this book!

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britwalsh16's review against another edition

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emotional funny inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This book gave me all the feels!! I just love everything I’ve read from Elle Kennedy so far, & this book is no different. Fitz is an idiot, but when he decides to finally be smart, he dives in with both feet & he finally fights for what he wants!! I love it!! And Summer is stubborn & goes after what she wants, but she’s also smart & knows what she deserves, & if the two clash, she stays true to herself! And the two of them really are meant to be, they bring the best out of each other! I love characters like that. I wish I had someone like that to bring the best out of me.

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catastrophiclyss's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny lighthearted tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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vix_reads's review against another edition

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emotional funny inspiring lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

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clareasday's review against another edition

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lighthearted fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes

4.5

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kat7794's review against another edition

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emotional funny lighthearted slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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beckyyreadss's review against another edition

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emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

I wanted to read this book because I wanted to discover more authors this year. Elle Kennedy is everywhere on Tiktok and Instagram. So, I thought I would give her try and I really enjoyed this book.

This book has two points of views. The first one is Summer Di Laurentis, she is a rich, fun girl who has just been kicked out of Brown university after setting fire to the sorority house. She is now at Briar U, she did have a sorority house lined up, but when she gets there – the head of sorority kicks her out after hearing what she did at Brown. She has nowhere to go and just went she’s lost all hope, her brother Dean, rings her and asks her how she was settling in. Dean says he will call in a favour and get it sorted. So now, Summer is living with his old hockey team, which isn’t the best as she is drawn to Colin Fitzgerald. The second point of view is Colin Fitzgerald, but everyone knows him as Fitz or Fitzy. He is a tattoo-covered, video gaming, hockey-playing nerd-jocks – who hates attention and just wants to play hockey, finish his game, and get his dream job, yet he can’t stop thinking of Summer and it gets even worse when his roommate Hunter claimed dibs on her. Summer thinks Colin thinks she is superficial and that he’s not interested in her, even though there are sparks flying across the room. Summer tells herself she’s not the kind of girl who chases after a man and she’s not about chase after Fitz as she’s got her hands full dealing with a new school, a sleazy professor and an uncertain future. This is an academic sports contemporary new adult romance novel.

I really liked Summer as a character – I think she is bad-ass and funny and protective of her friends and I’m like that as well, so I liked that. I love the friendship between her, and Brenna and I hope we see more of her soon. I loved Colin – I love that sort of character of yes, I’m jock but I’m a secret nerd and I’m popular and I hate it. I really enjoyed the storyline and the two points of views. This was my first college sport romance book, and I really liked it. I love the relationship between Fitz and Summer, and it gave me the vibe of dramatic girlfriend and calm boyfriend which I find hilarious, but I liked that they helped each other and drove each other crazy. I also liked that they highlighted Summer’s learning disability and how Fitz didn’t see her differently because of it.

I don’t have anything negative to say about this book, just more of my personal preference of short chapters and the miscommunication trope which happened for about 75% of this book. But it was an easy read and I hope to see more of Summer and Fitz in the next books.

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livruther's review against another edition

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lighthearted medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

this book was pretty good, but not elle kennedys best. the writing felt a little bit disjointed. some aspects of the pacing and characterization just werent great. but im still a sucker for a romance, esp an elle kennedy romance

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kb33's review against another edition

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lighthearted medium-paced

Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No

3.0

There’s a little to much chase in The Chase. For most of the book, Fitz earnestly acts like a guy who doesn’t want to be caught. But a little nudity totally solves that and all his other relationship issues, right?

There was such a great tone of feminism throughout the book, but then there’s some weird shit like admiring a Nazi collaborator, and casual cocaine use.

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culzean's review against another edition

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funny reflective tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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