The Goal

Spoiler-Free Review:

This series has been such an adventure and so much fun. I wish I could say book 4 was just as good as the first 3, but this one fell really flat for me. At the end of The Score, you get an idea of what The Goal is going to be about, and I was thinking that I wouldn't like it as much as the others before I even started. It kind of bothered me that book 3 and 4 happen like in parallel time. So events that had already happened in book 3 hadn't happened yet at the start of book 4 and that was a bit confusing at first. I went into these books completely blind, so I'm not sure if that is discussed anywhere. The male main character, Tucker is attending college at Briar which is up north, but he is from Texas. I found the author's use of southern verbiage a little over the top. Being from the south, I can tell you that most of the guys here do not say “darlin'” that much. I'm not sure if this was done to show like the difference in culture between him and Sabrina, the female main character, but either way it just kind of annoyed me. Lastly, this book revolved around the pregnancy trope, and it's just not my favorite. I have only read a few books where there is a surprise pregnancy that I have enjoyed, and this just wasn't it. The romance is sweet. One-night stand turned lovers, and the spice is well-written. I was very happy with the ending and the way it all wraps up, but it just did not compare to the other books in the series. This is a New Adult Romance, 18+ for themes, sexual content, and language