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The Goal by Elle Kennedy

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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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abidavisf's review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

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

4.25

As devastated as I am to bring the Off-Campus series to a close, my heart is warmed by the way we finished. Sabrina and Tucker are such gentle souls, and they truly deserve every happiness. I only wish they’d gotten it sooner!

As always, Elle Kennedy touches on heart-wrenching topics while still maintaining the utter joy of a good romance. I don’t know how she does it, but I’m so glad she does. To The Legacy!

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kamreher's review against another edition

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emotional funny lighthearted 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

3.75

per my spreadsheet

i’m so frustrated.

the miscommunication in the book almost had me throwing it across the room and I feel barely satisfied with the outcome.

spice 🌶 - a 4 🌶 spicy (romance.io scale)

length - just right

reading speed - read in 3 days

did it make me cry? - yes. yes it did.

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catastrophiclyss's review against another edition

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emotional funny lighthearted slow-paced

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

4.25

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elmead's review

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lighthearted fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

Sabrina is incredibly driven. She has to be, if she’s gonna pull herself out of the paycheck-to-paycheck life she’s been raised in to become a successful attorney, so she doesn’t have time for relationships. Tucker is hardworking too, but his plans for after college are less concrete. He just wants to move back home to Texas and use his late father’s insurance money to start a business and give his mom a comfortable life after she spent hers raising him alone. It’s love at first sight for Tucker when he meets Sabrina. He understands her drive and lack of time for a relationship and is willing to take what she can give, but a positive pregnancy test throws both of their plans for a loop.

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beckyyreadss's review

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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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funny lighthearted relaxing 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? No

4.0

[THERE IS A SHORT SPOILER]

Like I said in The Score review, the only genuine romantic connection is Hannah and Garrett. Their relationship doesn't feel like it's based on sexual when it is. IDK how to explain. Anyway, for this book, I don't feel like love at the first sight wonders. Dean says he fell in love with her since they met in Mahome’s but the rest of their relationship doesn't feel like it. Even after Sabrina agreed to go out with him. And again IDK how to explain. What I also don't like is how Sabrina acts around Tucker. Like I get it she never has someone that loves her but can't she just stop being so fucking oblivious? WDYM you don't know if Tuck loves you or not? WDYM Tuck is seeing someone else? Like girl, you know from the beginning that he loudly says that he's pursuing and into you only SMH.

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