#79 - The Deal by Elle Kennedy (with Dawn Marie of Opinionated Lushes)

Tune in as Dawn Marie (Opinionated Lushes) stops by the program to break down The Deal, the New Adult contemporary romance by Elle Kennedy (Briar U, Avalon Bay). As the first entry in her Off-Campus series, it follows the banter, the tutoring, the sparks, and the vulnerability between music major Hannah Wells and hockey captain Garrett Graham at Briar University. Breaking Bad, the importance of consent, and using overly cruel words to dump your partner are just a few of the topics that Arthur and Dawn touch on throughout the episode.

TW: discussion of rape, domestic abuse, child abuse, parental death, and cancer; there’s also quite a bit of sexual content, specifically in the second half of the book.

Spoilers start at 21:10

Good Word:

• Dawn: Still Beating by Jennifer Hartmann

• Arthur: Carrie Soto Is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid

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