Name: AoG's review of The Deal by Elle Kennedy
Item: The Deal
Rating: 4
Author: AoG

Elle Kennedy

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.

Off-Campus, 1

The Deal

Vicky embling

Kelly

“When she doesn’t answer, frustration blasts through me, and I react by crashing my mouth down on hers. I kiss her roughly, desperately, the days and weeks of missing her catching up to me and pouring out in the form of deep, hungry kisses that leave us both breathless. She doesn’t pull away. She just kisses me back with the same unchecked passion, her hands clinging to my wet shoulders like she’s lost at sea and I’m her life preserver. That’s how I know she still loves me. That’s how I know she missed me as much as I missed her.”

Liz Walton

“—sorry, you want to explore, just on the off chance that you meet someone who is better than me.”

That’s the opening, that’s it. Well, that’s a start… :) 

Fayee Magan

Lusting over your best friend's girlfriend sucks. - Logan 

You’re fucking kidding me, this man. This man has experienced so much shit in his life with this horrid of a person. HE NOTICED THE LITTLE THINGS THE MANNERISM OF A WOMEN WHOM HE’S NEVER MER IMMEDIATELY. ITS FUCKING CRAZY HOW HIS FATHER IS STILL FUCKING UGHH

HE HITS HER. The son of a bitch hits her. It only takes thirty minutes in Cindy's company for me to reach that conclusion. To pick up on the signs. I see it in the way she flinches whenever he touches her. Just slightly.

Letting people know the secrets and scars you keep closely guarded in you heart is hard and scary.

Cole Mae

"When you've already been disappointed by the one person you're supposed to trust most in your life, you're not exactly keen on on giving people any kind of ammunition over you."

"I'm broken, and I wanted you to fix me."

Lana

Afsara Monzur 

anabel gaish 

Danika Walker

Charlie 

Sharanya Sharma

menna

trigger warning: (off page) rape and domestic violence.

Aishling

Can someone PLEASE recommend me books like this? Cute friends to lovers romance with no awful cliches or drama and really hot moments?

Just amazing. Garret f-ing Graham must be one of the the bookfriends ever written.

Tiril Bakken-Langslet

linhie

bella <3

it was good i already knew a lot abt what happens bc of tik tok but still v good. elle kennedy is one of the few authors that can make cheesy cliche stuff work somehow, i personally like the score better

celene

FAVE BOOK OF THE SERIES!!!! Aaaaah wellsy and garrett 💖💖💖💖💖 garrett is such a sweetheart i mean,,,, catch me crying in the club sis,,, didn’t expect such softness with him honestly and wellsy is just frickin amazing!!!! uggh

Jean Alfonso

3 1/2 stars.. 
reading this book felt like i was on crack and i mean that in the best way possible.

Sarah Eliz

I loved this 🥹 I loved Hannah as a main character and besides Garrett being very annoying for the first 50ish percent, he became loveable as the story went on. also for a romance novel i felt the deeper topics it explored were very well done! this made me so nostalgic for my college years (even though they were nothing like this lmao) I just love a book set in college and the hockey aspects to it were surprisingly fun! i'm excited for the rest of the books in the series that follow different couples.

Shawna Delellis

What an amazing love story! 

First off- I love hockey so I was swooning over Garrett. Not only that but he was the sweetest thing ever. Helping Hannah break through after her SA was such a beautiful thing. I loved this story and I’m excited to read more!

whenever he calls her < wellsy 3 my heart goes QHSIWKNAOSWNQNIADWAOE

brianna

"I know without a shred of doubt that Hannah Wells is not broken. She's too strong to allow anyone to break her."


tw: rape, child abuse, domestic abuse (not graphic)

hannahgarrett is such a serve but, the writing style was so... cringy at best. hannah had a weird NLOG thing going on for a while and garrett's internal monologue was so random but i was addicted? i found it so hard to put down and i was so excited to see hannah and garrett get together.

while this was a reread, i genuinely didn't remember anything that happened until halfway through the book. at that point, everything started coming back to me at once and i was just ready to be done with it. 

all imma say is im VERY excited for dean's book soon because whew..

Laura 

why do i keep enjoying so much basic stories with basic main characters

aamna

Actually liked this book way more than I excepted. 

Finished it just before bed so I’m gonna sleep now:)

Jinte

Actually liked this book way more than I excepted. 

I liked the characters and the story ! 

Finished it just before bed so I’m gonna sleep now:)

Jasmine

4.5 Stars
Yeah, I definitely stayed up all night because I couldn't put this book down... completely worth it!
SO GOOD! Everything I could want from a NA college romance. Hannah & Garrett's witty banter was extremely playful and fun to read, it honestly made the entire book for me!! This book has a great mixture of humor and depth. I also loved Garrett's interactions with his friends. Basically, I was grinning like an idiot for most of the chapters of this book :D

Jennifer mitchell

reread # I lost track: how many times do you think i'll reread this book in 2023? 

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reread #1026482 and it still remains my favorite book of all time

Halle Moir

Ashley

5/5

Holy sh*t (am i allowed to say that??)

This book was recommended by BookTok (tiktok) and damn, it did not disappoint. Because it's so popular on BookTok, there were some spoilers but I didn't mind. And even if you've seen any spoiler, I still recommend reading this book. 

I love how this book was written, especially how we received both Garrette and Hannah's pov (point of view). 

The main characters are lovable. I love them all- not the "antagonists" though.

The plot was beautiful. Even though it's kind of "slow burn" but it allowed Garrette and Hannah to have a much deeper bond in my opinion.

Overall, DO READ THIS BOOK!!!

megan kelley

Leah B

So...here's THE DEAL...I freaking loved this. It turns out, their is worthwhile New Adult out there still.

Title: The Deal
Author: Elle Kennedy
Series: Off Campus #1
Genre: New Adult, College, Sports
Setting: Briar University in Hastings, MA
Source: Own Kindle eBook
 

⇝Book Theme Song⇜
(this link will take you to my tumblr post with video)
♫Love Me Like You Do by Ellie Goulding --Love the look and feel of this lyric video…and I also, feel like I could totally hear Hannah singing this to Garrett♫


 

  ⇝OVERALL RATING⇜ ✧5/5 STARS✧A+✧

 
 
⇝My Thoughts⇜
 
The feels are what make this story so good, from the crazy, funny one-liners to the all consuming chemistry between Garrett and Hannah, it's just fantastic. Everything felt real and believable. And, most of all…not cheesy. Seriously, the New Adult genre is just feeling overdone and boring to me lately, unless an Author can pull off the right kind of feels. Now, if I could only get them to quit referring to the word sex as a body part. I'd be completely happy.
 
  
My tiny little deduction on the Ending is, because I thought the final conflict would play out differently than it did, and I guess I was a little disappointed. Really no biggie, because the chemistry of the characters more than made up for it.
 
 
⇝Ratings Breakdown⇜
 
Plot: 5/5
Main Characters: 5/5
Secondary Characters: 5/5
The Feels: 5+/5
Addictiveness: 5/5
Theme or Tone: 5/5
Flow (Writing Style): 5/5
Backdrop (World Building): 5/5
Book Cover: 5/5
Ending: 4.5/5 Cliffhanger: Nope!
 
Will I continue this series? Yeah, for sure.

The first book in an all new series featuring college hockey stars and the women they fall for, by New York Times bestseller Elle Kennedy.

Nialani Thompson

4.5
I really loved it but didn’t particularly care for the “I love you” a month into their official relationship. Hannah and Garrett are a great couple. Super cute and would reread. Can’t wait to read the rest of the series

Leena <3

It was a sweet story that wasn't drawn out too long. I really liked both main characters and enjoyed reading their dialogues, which were pure and made my laugh a lot. 
Even though some statements were very exaggerated in the beginning, it improved a lot during the book.
It was cute and simple, but not boring at all and I couldn't put it down!

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