Reviews tagging 'Medical content'

The Goal by Elle Kennedy

17 reviews

annick's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.75

Tucker and Sabrina

I enjoyed a lot of this book. 

The gritty parts about poverty, classism at university, the icky stepdad and the sexist MIL, seemed realistic and relatable. 

I enjoyed t  be e banter between the FMC and her BFs Hope and Acarina. 

I don’t normally enjoy spicy college romances with pregnancies but this seemed to convey the challenges reasonably well. Without a big means of rescuing the main couple from the financial and familial problems. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content and Pregnancy

Moderate: Sexism, Vomit, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Misogyny, Medical content, Death of parent, Abandonment, Alcohol, and Classism

lindsaymc74's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

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

4.75

Usually pregnancy tropes are not my favorite types of books. However this one had me gripped. I think in a lot of ways I saw parts of my self in Sabrina and maybe that’s why I enjoyed it so much. Tucker is such a lovable character. Him and Sabrina are the stereotypical “black cat-golden retriever” and I’m such a sucker for that. Tucker is everything any girl could ever possibly dream of in a guy. This was a great way for the original 4 books of the Off Campus series to end.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcoholism, Cursing, Death, Emotional abuse, Pedophilia, Sexual content, Pregnancy, Abandonment, and Alcohol

Moderate: Medical content, Grief, Car accident, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Incest

shaesensual's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted fast-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

4.25

Tucker and Sabrina are an unlikely couple and a fun one! I loved seeing this part of the timeline from their perspective and get some insight as to why Tucker was so private in the prior book! Tucker is such a patient and understanding character but I’m very glad his character flaws get addressed too. Some challenging topics in this one but I do love how things pan out for them! Sabrina is stubborn but thankfully comes around! Very grounded characters and a perfect match. 

The spice in this book is dialed up at 100 starting from the very beginning. This couple has stellar chemistry and their relationship outside of the bedroom makes their steamy sessions all the better! Tucker’s flip from nice guy all the time to demanding in the bedroom is a nice touch.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Abortion, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Body shaming, Misogyny, Sexism, Death of parent, and Abandonment

Minor: Cursing, Death, Domestic abuse, Incest, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, Alcohol, and Classism

graceev's review against another edition

challenging emotional funny hopeful reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? N/A
• 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, Violence, Medical content, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Abortion, Death of parent, and Abandonment

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

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

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

abidavisf's review against another edition

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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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Emotional abuse, Misogyny, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Pregnancy, Sexual harassment, and Classism

Minor: Alcoholism, Incest, Vomit, Abandonment, and Alcohol

notamouse's review against another edition

emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted medium-paced

2.25

🌶️🌶️

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Death, Medical content, Grief, Car accident, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Classism

beckyyreadss's review against another edition

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, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment

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

sebradley29's review against another edition

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Sexual content, Abortion, and Pregnancy

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

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

bbygirl21's review against another edition

emotional funny lighthearted relaxing tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A

4.0

Another fantastic read in this series. I enjoyed seeing Tucker being his nurturing self and I loved how protective he is of Sabrina and their kid. I can't decide whether I like Garrett or Tucker more. But I can say the first book is still my favorite so far. I also loved seeing Sabrina and Dean make amends. I've already started the last book, but I'm excited to continue it and finish up this series. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Vomit, and Pregnancy

Moderate: Medical content and Sexual harassment

Minor: Alcoholism, Death, Emotional abuse, Grief, Car accident, Abandonment, and Alcohol