Shannon's Guide to Off Campus

First - The Deal with Hannah Wells “Wellsy” and Garrett Graham. If you’ve watched the show already, you will be the most familiar with these two lovebirds, who agree to a public fake dating farce to make Hannah’s crush, Justin jealous (though in the book, he’s on the football team - and not Australian), and to get Garrett’s grades where they need to be.

Second - The Mistake, John Logan (known as Logan throughout, due to his name-share John Tucker) and Grace Ivers. We’re yet to meet Ivers in the show, but we recently learned India Fowler will play the role on screen in future seasons. Grace and Logan meet when she’s a freshman, and when he’s still trying to get over Hannah. After a chance encounter gone wrong, they take the summer to deal with their personal lives, and when they return, Logan becomes more adamant that he made a mistake in the way things unfolded the previous school year. Logan’s family is complicated (an interesting turn given his brother was his right hand man in the book, and his dad had some issues, but in the show we’ve been introduced to Jules, and his mum is in rehab).

Third - The Score, but we’re all already way too acquainted with Allie Hayes and Dean DiLaurentis to think the TV Show is going to remain 100% true to the plot of the book, but if you’re exploring the series for the first time, I’ll tell you this much. After Allie and Sean break up, Allie and Dean might accidentally fall into bed together, which naturally makes Dean mad for her (can you blame the guy?). We then learn a tonne about his past, and some really awful things happen - no spoilers. It’s definitely my favourite book though, so make sure you don’t miss this one.

Finally (kind of) -  The Goal where we meet Sabrina James, and finally Tucker (comma John) gets his happy ending! Or does he get his life turned upside down? Kind of both. A night of pleasure, a surprise pregnancy, and John’s taking daddy to a whole new level. Sabrina is a super smart, sassy law student who just needs a little bit of convincing to allow any man to save her. Tuck is our wholesome king, and the last one we expected to see in this situation, but we love watching him figure it out (especially when donning an apron).

Then, a few years later Elle Kennedy gave us the short and sweet novella - The Legacy, where we get four extra epilogues of each of our lovesick couples, in a ‘where are they now’ style. But we do also get to see the way the friendships have developed within the group, and the sweet moments between the guys and the girls. It’s also not just ‘they all lived happily ever after’ immediately. We get to see them continue to work through their real lives, relationships and what happens after graduation. A sweet conclusion to a wild ride that is the stories of these college kids.

And most recently, Elle Kennedy released Love Song, a sweet standalone bringing together all our favourite Off Campus characters (in their ‘I have adult children era) and following Blake Logan (John & Grace’s daughter) & Wyatt Graham (the other Graham twin) as they try and find themselves at the summer house, bankrolled by the rich hockey players that came before them.