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The Goal by Elle Kennedy

56 reviews

britwalsh16's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing 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

5.0

I can’t get over how much I love this series!!! I barely slept ALL weekend so I could read it! It’s absolutely incredible!! Tuck & Sabrina man! Yet again, Tuck is another dream man, especially with his southern accent! 😘 & headstrong Sabrina, I loved everything about her! & reading about all the past couples as aunts & uncles! I just love it!! I love everything about this book! & I can’t wait to start the Legacy & see where all the couples are in the future!! 🥰

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Pregnancy, Sexual content, Emotional abuse, Grief, Medical content, Sexual harassment, Cursing, Abandonment, and Vomit

Moderate: Alcohol, Car accident, Toxic relationship, Sexism, Alcoholism, Death, Death of parent, Misogyny, and Body shaming

Minor: Lesbophobia, Stalking, Homophobia, Classism, Confinement, and Murder

codicheyenne's review against another edition

funny hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No

5.0

This is my favorite book of the series so far!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy

Moderate: Vomit, Abortion, and Racism

Minor: Death of parent

beckyyreadss's review

emotional lighthearted 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

3.0

I wanted to read this book as my goal last year was to discover new authors and Elle Kennedy is adored within the book community. I have been slowly getting into sport romances, this book was so boring and dragged. Plus who wants a pregnancy trope? No one.  

This book has two points of view. The first is Sabrina James, she is a college senior and she has her whole future planned out: graduate from college, kick butt in law school, and land a high-paying job at a cutthroat firm. Her path to escaping her shameful past certainly doesn’t include a gorgeous hockey player who believes in romance and love at first sight. One night of sizzling heat and surprising tenderness is all she’s willing to give John Tucker, but sometimes, one night is all it takes for her entire life to change. The second point of view is John Tucker, he believes that being a team player is as important as being the star. On the ice, he’s fine staying out of the spotlight, but when it comes to becoming a daddy at the age of twenty-two, he refuses to be bench warmer. It doesn’t hurt that the soon-to-be mother of his child is beautiful, whip-smart and keeps him on his toes. The problem is, Sabrina’s heart is locked up tight, and the fiery brunette is too stubborn to accept his help. If he wants a life with the woman of his dreams, he’ll have to convince her that some goals can only be made with an assist. 

Usually, I find hockey romances addictive, but this book was so slow and boring, and I couldn’t care at all for the pregnancy trope especially for John Tucker, he was such a golden retriever, and I just wanted him to success with his business without Sabrina. As this book runs on the same time as The Score, I find myself skimming the bits that we already knew about – Beau's death, Dean being a dick, everyone leaving college. There wasn’t enough hockey either for a hockey romance and I would have loved to see the girls together more besides from the epilogue.  

The only thing I enjoyed was the men having the banter still and all fighting to be uncles or godparents. The fact that this book sort of ties up everything nicely and the fact that you see the glimpse of Fitzy and Summer’s romance brewing.  

This is one of the books in the series where I probably won’t remember much about it besides that it was the book with the pregnancy trope and ruined the series. I will carry on and read the fifth book in this series just to see how the guys are doing. My main issue with this series is I didn’t really love any of the women that these guys ended up with.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual harassment, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Sexism, Medical content, Grief, Abortion, and Misogyny

chelsea_jh's review against another edition

hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Misogyny

Minor: Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Body shaming, and Abortion

mblanco's review against another edition

medium-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy

Minor: Abortion

hannahwhiteyy's review against another edition

lighthearted slow-paced

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

3.5

while I didn’t love this one as much as The Deal (that book will always be top tier), I really enjoyed seeing Sabrina grow to love herself and accept love from others. that, and baby Jamie was so damn cute :)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Pregnancy

Moderate: Alcoholism and Domestic abuse

Minor: Abortion

sebradley29's review

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy, Abortion, Cursing, and Sexual content

Moderate: Alcoholism, Abandonment, Alcohol, Vomit, Emotional abuse, and Death

Minor: Death of parent, Fatphobia, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Sexual harassment, Body shaming, Car accident, Grief, Medical content, and Toxic relationship

katharina90's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

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

2.0

I was hopeful because there finally was some variation in the plot compared to the first three books, but there were just too many unlikeable characters and problematic situations that weren't handled well. It was offputting.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Body shaming, Emotional abuse, Sexual harassment, Classism, Domestic abuse, Pregnancy, and Sexual assault

Minor: Abandonment, Abortion, and Death of parent

underscoresyd's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted slow-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? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Sexual harassment, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Death, Death of parent, and Car accident

Minor: Alcohol, Abortion, and Violence

lifeofchrstnlvly's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted medium-paced

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

4.0

Now that I have finished the Off-Campus series (I still have yet to read The Legacy, but we all know that it's the epilogue book), I can now rank the books.

1. The Goal
2. The Deal
3. The Mistake
4. The Score

I never really thought someone would top Garrett as one of my book boyfriends… until I read The Goal. There's something about sweet men and Tucker was the sweetest. As for Sabrina, I related to her not because of her family issues, but because of her drive and strength. Both MCs are much more lovable to me than the others, that's why The Goal made it to my top 1.

If it weren't for Garrett, I wouldn't place The Deal in the second spot. In my opinion, he saved that book. Garrett will always be one of my favorite book boyfriends. I felt that Hannah's character was a bit forced. Her overly cheerful personality seemed like she was trying too hard to be that type of girl.

As for The Mistake and The Score, they were just average for me (The Score was forgettable).

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pregnancy and Sexual content

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Alcohol, Death, Abandonment, Cursing, and Alcoholism

Minor: Death of parent, Sexual harassment, Misogyny, Drug use, Grief, Car accident, and Abortion