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- Content warnings: Sexual content, Fatphobia, Body shaming, Grief, Death of a parent, Slut shaming, Trauma
The Hook Up
by Kristen Callihan
Book 1 in Game On
Drew is the rare college sports hero who goes all in first, which makes Anna's resistance feel less like a wall and more like a dare.
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Length400 pages
Series statusCompleted series · 5 books
Spice4/5 · Passionate / intense
PacingMedium
Story profile
What the story promises
The strongest reviewed signals about romance, fantasy, and the reading experience.
Romance promise
- Banter
- Male/female pairing (M/F)
- Instant attraction
- High
- Passionate / intense
- Romantic fulfillment
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- Athlete
- He falls first
- Dirty talk heavy
- The swoon
- Possessive alpha
- Push and pull
- Desperate / urgent
- Book boyfriend/girlfriend acquired
- Secretly soft
- Possessive love interest
- Emotional / vulnerable intimacy
- Sunshine hero
- Hurt/comfort
- Explicit but vanilla
- Dirty talk (sweet/playful)
- Eye contact intensity
- Possessive/protective
Fantasy promise
- Sports romance
- Academy / campus
- Contemporary
- Humans only
- Athlete romance
- Sports world / training facility
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- College romance
- Secret relationship
- First love
Reading experience
- Dual POV
- Medium
- Romantic
- Emotional
- Moderate
- Snarky/sarcastic
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- Steamy
- Banter-heavy
- Damaged survivor
- Warm
- Outcast/loner
- Angsty
- Conversational
- Hopeful
- Comfort read vibes
- Binge read
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Book details
- Length
- 400 pages
- Publisher
- Canary Street Press
- Language
- English
- Format
- Book