The Hook Up

Game On Series, Book 1

By: Kristen Callihan

Narrated by: Teddy Hamilton, Maxine Mitchell

The rules: No kissing on the mouth, no staying the night, no telling anyone, and above all.... No falling in love.

Anna Jones just wants to finish college and figure out her life. Falling for star quarterback Drew Baylor is certainly not on her to do list. Confident and charming, he lives in the limelight and is way too gorgeous for his own good. If only she could ignore his heated stares and stop thinking about doing hot and dirty things with him. Easy, right?

Too bad he's committed to making her break every rule....

Football has been good to Drew. It's given him recognition, two National Championships, and the Heisman. But what he really craves is sexy yet prickly Anna Jones. Her cutting humor and blatant disregard for his fame turns him on like nothing else. But there's one problem: She's shut him down. Completely.

That is until a chance encounter leads to the hottest sex of their lives, along with the possibility of something great. Unfortunately, Anna wants it to remain a hook up. Now it's up to Drew to tempt her with more: more sex, more satisfaction, more time with him. Until she's truly hooked. It's a good thing Drew knows all about winning.

Contains mature themes.

©2014 Kristen Callihan (P)2021 Tantor

Good but had it's moments...

This started out with so much potential. I was like ok a cute sassy meet cute with some sexy times and light drama then bammm here comes the whiny insecure female the constant push and pull it just gets exhausting. Overall I finished the book but on the fence about weather it will be a repeat listen

Loves this story Ana Banana and Drew

Well first love the nickname since I’m Ana and always called Banana and of course Betty Boop.

This was a beautiful story and I laughed , cried a little but truly truly enjoyed it. I will relished again. 150% goes to show you don’t give up on love it’s it’s true ❤️

Loved it.

Loved the story. My first story by this author. Definitely won't be the last.

So good I’d spend all my money on credits so I can read the other books in the series 😭

I don’t even know what to say. It’s everything I’ve wanted to listen to in a while. Perfect plot and theme. I loved how straight forward the story was and how unconventional it was to have the male characters fall at first sight. I love how it represented how curvy girls (like myself) can be so unconditionally them selves and pull away from the stereotype of a college football star being with a small fit, female. I appreciate the love that was shown towards those who can really relate and know that you can even find yourself a famous football quarterback😁

Really wonderful!

Narrators are fantastic and you can’t help rooting for Anna to find herself and Drew not to give up! Beautiful story! Great listen!

the hook up

wow! this book is Great. The narration is . The plot is awesome. I really enjoyed listening to this book.

So heartbreakingly good!

I kinda wanted to shake the FMC a few times in the beginning because she’s so stubborn, but her insecurities were realistic and as the story unfolded I understood her more. Drew is just… dude. He’s perfect. I love the two of them together and the HEA melted my heart! Loved it!

Compelling story with great character development!

I couldn’t stop listening to this book! The narrators did a great job! Can’t wait to listen to the rest of the series.

story was just about an hour too long

great story and narration but just needed to have ended about an hours sooner

Ending a big let down

No spoiler that the girl gets the guy and so on… it’s a romance obviously. But what you want - if you are an avid romance devour-er (lol) is the Story. This being the first book by this author - I am not sure if this is normal for her. I was quickly engaged - and while there were several moments throughout where the introspection of the main female character goes on and on a bit too much too often (which I feel happens a lot with these types of authors) - I still felt that the story is woven very well and the spicy parts were HOT, so overall I thought it was well written…. until the end. For the build up of this story - the intensity of the two and their situation - you would think that there would be a bit more depth and pulling the reader into the remainder of the romance. But it’s like the story was Done. That’s it. OK - on to something else. Wait. WHAT?!? That’s IT!??
What a major let down. Perhaps some would say, well - that’s what everyone wanted to happen - so why drag it out? But isn’t that the mark of a really talented writer? Is to inVolve the reader. To pull them in and engage them into the weave of the interaction between two interesting lives - and then Keep the reader wrapped up into that story throughout. All the way Through The End? After the interest of the story - I was just disappointed at the end with how abrupt it was. Maybe I’ll try one more of her books to see if perhaps any of her other stories engage the reader all the way Through the end. It almost felt as though - once the main story plot line was resolved - the writer had something else to do - so she did the basic minimum in wrapping up all the main point(s) required to fulfill the story line and that was IT. Perhaps it is just that the rest of the story was so Well Done that I’m disappointed the ending was not as thoroughly satisfying and it is just a Me problem? Who knows? Hope others enjoy the entire thing a bit more satisfying than I did.