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The Score by Elle Kennedy

64 reviews

vanessa_v's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted fast-paced

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

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Alcohol, and Sexual content

Moderate: Car accident

Minor: Death of parent and Cancer

zabeishumanish's review against another edition

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Diverse cast of characters? No

4.0

A pretty normal college hockey romance. Everything about how Dean and Allie first get together though is pretty fantastic. Nothing about the end-of-book drama/third-act breakup felt overwhelming to me, but trigger warnings for grief and death of an important side character.

A groan lodges in my throat. My Friday night went from hot threesome sex to babysitting my best friend's girlfriend's best friend. (Dean's POV, 12)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Grief, and Sexual content

Moderate: Cancer, Toxic relationship, and Gaslighting

sk_09's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted relaxing medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• 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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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Death, Drug use, and Grief

Minor: Cancer

tragicgloom's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted reflective sad tense medium-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

4.0

Would be a better book if it weren't for all the slut-shaming, sexism and subtle, but still noticeable, lesbophobia, homophobia, transphobia and racism.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Drug use, Grief, Sexism, Death of parent, Alcoholism, Death, and Sexual content

Minor: Car accident, Suicide, Cancer, Racism, and Homophobia

clairemurray's review against another edition

dark emotional funny lighthearted slow-paced

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

4.25

Ouuuu this was a good one, each book in this series gets better and better. LOVE the sexual tension in this book!! Was really interesting getting to know the playboy dean and see why his brain works the way it does. Love Allie as a girl next door character. The chemistry between these too is literally on fire. Job well done by Elle Kennedy once again!! Bravo 👏👏👏

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol and Sexual content

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Chronic illness

Minor: Cancer, Vomit, Mental illness, Pregnancy, Drug use, and Suicide attempt

ttumbletree's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted

• 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

I loved this book. I very much didn’t expect to love this book, but I loved it! I tried to avoid  this series for a very long time, and me picking it back up after the first book was more out of convenience, but I’m glad I read these books. I love the relationship between Dean and Allie as much as I love the characters separate from one another. Their chemistry was explosive and I enjoyed the way their relationship developed over the course of the book. I even liked the drama towards the end of the book, which isn’t very typical for me. Usually I’m over it before it even starts, but this time around I couldn’t help but be invested. And it gave the characters more chances to grow and develop and it made me feel a lot of emotions so that’s also a tick in my book. 
All in all I loved the book: it made me giddy, made me full out laugh (at 2 am so thank you very much for that), it made me cry, it made me feel everything. (I never expected a book series about hockey players falling in love to make me cry, but here we are.) 

I have to take away some points though, for the blatant heteronormativity, and the “I’m so masculine, I call people p***y” remarks that are sadly present in all the books in this series… (never liked that, never enjoyed that, cringe every time it happens, cannot effing stand it!) Oh and not to forget the over sexualization of wlw. It’s disgusting and harmful! 

I am also very much not over the Beau thing. It was rude and it broke my heart!! Did not expect that to happen, nor that it would hit me this hard, but I am still very much upset about it!!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Death of parent, Grief, Cancer, Cursing, Drug abuse, Drug use, Lesbophobia, Sexism, and Sexual content

Minor: Homophobia

kb33's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted sad medium-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Sexual content, and Cursing

Moderate: Drug use and Grief

Minor: Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Infidelity, Car accident, Death of parent, Cancer, Mental illness, Chronic illness, and Death

vanessa1982's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny sad medium-paced

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

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Drug abuse and Drug use

Minor: Cancer and Death of parent

teasag's review against another edition

dark emotional hopeful 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? It's complicated

5.0

I absolutely loved this book, definitely my favourite in the off campus series so far, however the ending definitely caught me off guard haha but it actually made the book better for me personally. I loved Deans character development as it didn’t happen immediately (i hate love at first sight!) but i love the slow changes in his character of the time him and Allie were getting closer. Allie is such a great character, i feel like Hannah and Grace (the love interests in the past two books) were written as being these “quirky” “cute” girls when really they just ended up being a bit annoying. Allie is definitely written in this way too but i feel like her character is much better developed than the other two girls, she’s not annoying or cringy and she seems genuinely sweet. I liked this plot line the most so far, not too dark but not so lack lustre that it’s like every other book out there. I cant wait to get onto ‘The Goal’ and see Tucker and Sabrina’s relationship flow. Absolutely love this series, i will be reading the Briar U after this as well :)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cancer, Car accident, Death, Death of parent, and Drug use

Minor: Pregnancy

sinilukee's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Alcohol

Moderate: Cursing and Drug use

Minor: Pregnancy, Vomit, Death of parent, Death, Car accident, and Cancer