The Deal

The Off Campus TV series is all the rage. Fearing FOMO, I thought I'd see what the fuss was about and honestly, I'm trying hard to figure out what the big deal is about this very hyped book. 

First impressions - it's a light read that has some spice and a hearty dollop of cringy dialogue. It's predictable and didn't use the secondary characters as much as I had hoped and besides spice and toxic men, I don't get the appeal.

MMC Garrett gives off icky frat boy/dumb jock/poor rich kid vibes and I absolutely hated how he harrassed Hannah to tutor him until she finally gave in. That's not romance, folks. Once they get together, 90% of their connection was between the sheets and I couldn't excuse how women were viewed and used as sexual objects.

With lusty cliches up the wazoo, toxic masculinity, bad dialogue and the overuse of the term 'babe', this was a big miss for me. 

My Rating: 2.75 stars

Author: Elle Kennedy

Genre: Romance, Spicy

Type and Source: ebook from public library

Series: Off Campus 1

Publisher: Elle Kennedy Inc.

First Published: Feb 24, 2015

Read: Oct 15-20, 2026

Book Description from GoodReads: She's about to make a deal with the college bad boy... Hannah Wells has finally found someone who turns her on. But while she might be confident in every other area of her life, she's carting around a full set of baggage when it comes to sex and seduction. If she wants to get her crush's attention, she'll have to step out of her comfort zone and make him take notice...even if it means tutoring the annoying, childish, cocky captain of the hockey team in exchange for a pretend date. ...and it's going to be oh so good!

All Garrett Graham has ever wanted is to play professional hockey after graduation, but his plummeting GPA is threatening everything he's worked so hard for. If helping a sarcastic brunette make another guy jealous will help him secure his position on the team, he's all for it. But when one unexpected kiss leads to the wildest sex of both their lives, it doesn't take long for Garrett to realize that pretend isn't going to cut it. Now he just has to convince Hannah that the man she wants looks a lot like him.