The Deal – Off Campus Series Book 1 – Book Review

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.

Let’s make this review brief and short

Hannah has gotten an A for her ethics exam–the exam in which nearly everyone in her class had failed. Meanwhile the hockey jock, Garret has failed the exam. When he realized that Hannah had aced the exam, he asks her to tutor him–if his GPA falls, then he would have no chance to play the games. Hannah vehemently refuses but then Garret makes a deal–Garrett will help her to get closer to Hannah’s crush Justin by pretending to date each other while Hannah helps him to ace the upcoming ethics exam. As the two starts working together, both can’t help but realize that they are actually in love with each other.

My Opinion–for people who liked reading spicy romances, then The Deal is just one for you.

I actually like both the main protagonists–Garrett may seem as a jock but deep inside, he has a caring and kind heart–he is very concerned and cars about Hannah. Not to mention Garrett watched his father abusing his own mother and also abusing him. Hannah is dealing with her own trauma she had when she was a teenager. They help out each other whenever one of them is dealing with their own trauma. I liked the setting of the story as well, the college community which makes me miss my college days.

The book also talks about sensitive topics–domestic abuse, sexual assault, so anyone who are sensitive to those topics please read with care.

I was a bit skeptical to read this book but now I think I cannot wait to read the whole series. Worth four stars.