Happy Pub Day to Elle Kennedy’s The Charlie Method (Campus Diaries #3). This book is the last in the series filled with a spicy MFM romance storyline that starts from a response to an interesting app profile. Charlotte (Charlie) is the perfect studious sorority sister with a secret that must remain hidden. Will & Beckett are teammates, friends and roommates that aren’t afraid of sharing but when that involves Charlie and rumors from her ex. These two will become super protective. I’m truly sad to see the series and but glad there was #hea. This will definitely be a #motherdaughterbookclub pick.

Thank you so much @getredprbooks @hambright_pr @read_bloom for the gifted copy/ARC!

𝗧𝗶𝘁𝗹𝗲: The Charlie Method
𝗔𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗿: Elle Kennedy
𝗣𝘂𝗯 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗲: February 25, 2025
4⭐️

🏒 𝙈𝙮 𝙏𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙨 🏒
I’ve only read a couple Elle Kennedy books, but I enjoy her writing and love a hockey romance!

This was my first read with a MFM romance, which isn’t my go to or comfort zone, but I enjoyed the main characters and seeing the journey our FMC Charlie went on! She’s a nerd, STEM major, a perfectionist, who is also curious about her background since she was adopted. I think her character has a lot of relatable qualities.

The hockey boys are also fun in this, as well as their crazy teammates. I haven’t read the prior Briar U series featuring the parents generation, but the “Dad Chat” really made me want to!!

This book was focused on Charlie’s journey and less on the hockey sports aspect. I wasn’t expecting the ending, how the main characters ended up. I was curious if there were a lot of opinions on what readers thought would be in store for these 3 in the future?!

I hope to read more Elle Kennedy hockey stories in the future!!

🩵 𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙗𝙤𝙤𝙠 𝙞𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚:
🩷 Hockey Romance
🩵 MFM Romance
🩷 STEM FMC
🩵 Sorority Girl
🩷 Adoption DNA Searches
🩵 Super Spicy 🌶️🥵

✨ Addicted. I’m addicted to this girl. It’s like she knows exactly how to break me down piece by piece. And it isn’t just the physical connection.✨

I was sooo excited to start this book and oh my goodness did I love it!! I really loved Will and Beckett in the previous books. They were great friends and were kinky in bed with their threesomes. Enter in Charlotte Kingston, the good girl who’s always been “perfect.” But she’s hiding a secret side of herself and Will and Beck get her to finally reveal that side.

✨ “You deserve to feel alive. To not hide who you are. You’re incredible, Charlie, and you shouldn’t have to keep that hidden.”✨

I loved these 3 together. This book was spicy and fun and also a little messy. It’s hard living out of the norm and the struggles are real. I’m sad the series is over and I’d totally be ready for more if there was more books about any of the side characters. 😂

This book was so good! It has been a while since I've read a good sports romance, but I loved the combination of hockey in a college setting! This book in the Campus Diaries series focuses on college senior Charlotte Kingston, who is basically living "two lives." She's a sorority girl by day and a daredevil at night who enjoys chatting on dating apps.

I really liked the depth and character development in this book. Charlotte ("Charlie"), Will, and Beckett, all felt like unique characters going through their own personal journeys. I also liked all of the humor because it really lightened the mood in the more emotional sections of the book.

The adoption aspect of the book was also very interesting, and I admired Charlie so much for coming to terms with her feelings around being adopted and having a more unique family unit. I hope this Campus Diaries series continues because every novel in it is top notch.

Thank you very much to Bloom Books, Netgalley, and GetRedPR for the ARC! All opinions are my own.

Thank you Get Red PR and Bloom Books for my gifted copies! All opinions are my own.⁣
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The Graham Effect is an all time favorite and I’ve been loving this series! We met Will and Beckett in the first two books and I was excited to see how their story progressed. I think this was my first MFM story and I appreciated how their HEA was handled. I was always rooting for Charlotte, Beckett and Will.⁣
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I just loved Charlotte/Charlie. She is a leader on her sorority and a student in STEM plus she is searching for her biological family. She has so much going on and she handles it all so well. She is nervous about pursuing a relationship with the guys because of how she’ll be perceived but can’t help her feelings. ⁣
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This was definitely steamy and it also smiling and laughing out loud (the dad’s text exchange.)⁣
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I’m so sad to see this series end, but I can’t wait the see what we get to read next from Elle Kennedy!

I really enjoyed this one. Yes, we got our throuple with Charlie, Beck, and Will, and yes we had our steamy scenes but I did really love that the story had a main plot of the three of them finding their way, what made them happy, as they were leaving college.

I think Elle Kennedy really encapsulated the fear, the excitement, the nervousness of leaving the safety of what you know and venturing out into the world. It paralleled nicely with them finding themselves as a throuple, too.

And, I'm sorry, but the DadChats will always be a highlight for me!

I've been waiting for this ever since I finished The Dixon Rule. If you haven't started the Campus Diaries series, don't miss out on the other 2 books. This one is about Charlie, Beck and Will. First of all, this book was steamy with a capital S. The feelings the three shared really felt genuine to me. Sometimes these types of scenarios can seem kind of tacky, but this one was really well written. Elle's characters are always so lovable. There are so many plotlines going on that you will never get bored. They all have their own family issues, school issues and then trying to navigate their time together. I had so many laughs with all the hockey guys and the Dad Chat. There are some really emotional issues, navigating life while adopted and always trying to live up to everyone else's expectations. I also listened to this on audio and the narration was fantastic. Each character had their own narrator and it was done in a "multi cast style" where they continually read their own characters. They really brought the characters to life and the accents were so good.

💙 The Charlie Method is out TODAY and is a satisfying conclusion to the Campus Diaries series.

💓 Charlie is a college senior gearing up to apply to medical school. She's happiest in the lab or hitting the gas pedal on fancy cars at the track. She's under a lot of pressure by her adopted family and others to get into the best school and make a name for herself. Yet, she feels she's missing a piece of her and wants to find out if she has any siblings. Once finding she has a brother, she yearns to know everything about him.

💓 She also wants to know everything there is to know about the two shirtless faceless men who she's been chatting with online. Little does she know, they're her lab partner and lecture hall nemesis....and they both want her. Together.

💙 Will and Beckett are graduating hockey players who share women for fun. No strings attached, especially NO relationships. But once they start seeing Charlie, they can't resist wanting more.....but is that in their futures when they can't be sure of what they truly want for themselves?

💓 Elle Kennedy's newest has some of her spiciest scenes yet while also having a female MC that everyone wants to root for. Her relationship with herself is the main focus of this novel with Beckett and Will hanging around. I felt the little jabs Will made towards his dad were fitting based on todays situation. Capping in at a little over 500 pages, this is a novel for those who love Elle's books and are rooting for hockey + spice + an HEA.

Elle is the queen of college hockey romance. Every single one is perfect, and yet, somehow she outdid herself with this one. Charlie is such a relatable female lead. She’s an anxious perfectionist who cares what other people think and who just wants to make her parents happy. But all of her plans, her public image, and everything she thought she wanted get tossed aside when she meets Will and Beckett. Elle somehow wrote two very different men who are both incredibly attractive, attentive, complex, and absolutely obsessed with Charlie. It’s impossible to choose between them.
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This book had such a great blend of romance and spice, complicated family dynamics, emotional baggage, self discovery, and humor. The historical fanfiction was hilarious and I desperately need the entirety of the Dad Chat text messages. Do yourself a favor and read this series (and if you haven’t read it yet, start with her Off Campus series).
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Thank you to Get Red PR, Elle Kennedy, and NetGalley for the ARC. I received an advanced copy for free, and am leaving this review voluntarily.

LOVE LOVE LOVE!! My favorite of the series so far!

When I started this, I had no clue how the dynamics of this book were going to go. An intentional love triangle without jealousy or a high amount of drama is a new concept for me to read and it made for a relatively relaxing reading experience. I really enjoyed how Elle wrote the characters. The character building brought them off the page and were so easy to picture..they felt incredibly real. Each one had their own issues going on, but they navigated them well and though there was a lot going on at times, it all combined with the main plot in a satisfactory way.

I love a good sports romance and Elle made sure to include multiple hockey scenes to truly add the sport into the story. This isn’t just a romance where some characters happen to play a sport. It is integrated into the story.

As far as the spicy aspect, Elle never disappoints. It’s very believable and the characters are all respectful of each other. It’s not overwhelming and there is plenty of plot..this isn’t smut, though the scenes are descriptive.

Another Elle Kennedy romance to add to my forever shelf! Highly recommend this!

If I’m being honest, I typically never gravitate to this trope. But I will read anything Elle puts out! I have to say, I am so glad I did. I adored Charlotte as the MFC! Elle can write characters with so much depth. I was completely invested in Charlotte’s journey..from struggling with her inner turmoil of achieving perfectionism while also wanting to be her authentic self; to learning about her past; & preparing for her future. I ate it up! Will & Beckett delivered on the romance. Beckett ended up being my favorite between the two MMCs! Also, I always love the humor Elle sprinkles throughout her novels! She always gets me to laugh out loud & kick my feet. It is just inevitable.

I have adored the entire Campus Diaries series! Elle will always go down as one of my favorite authors. She is an auto buy for me every dang time!

I love the way Elle chose to write this story bringing each character's backstory to light. I could feel the emotions lurking within Beckett, Will, and Charlie struggling to break free, and I liked the way they were discovering their individual paths yet they also completed each other. The chemistry, the sparks, and the spice are all there, but what I really enjoyed was the way they way they were before, and the open discussions and control the guys gave to Charlie in starting their relationship after. Beautifully written and taking on some emotional topics this isn't just a romance, but so much more. I loved the audiobook, the narrators are fantastic, and I highly recommend listening to this love story.

The Charlie Method was one of my most anticipated reads for 2025. More Will and Beckett? Yes, please! This story had me locked in and I genuinely couldn't put it down. Charlie is a college senior living a double life. She is a perfectionist who is academically competitive and a dedicated sorority member. She is also a girl who likes to have fun and take risks. While using a dating app, Charlie unknowingly connects with Will and Beckect, two Briar U hockey players. Everyone is just looking to have some fun, but end up with much more.

I loved this trio! I didn't have falling madly in love with a throuple on my bingo card, but here we are. I adored Charlie, Will, and Beckett and I'm honestly happy she was not forced to choose. How can one choose between Will with his kind heart and calming nature, and Beckett, our thoughtful and loveable Aussie? It's impossible! Their story had me laughing, tearing up, and kicking my feet. I loved the dynamics of their relationship and how they all take care of each other. They had such amazing chemistry. The spice was SPICIN' in this book! The scenes with two of them together were hot, but the scenes with the three of them were HOT. She is theirs, and they are hers. YES, INDEED.

I love a good, steamy romance story, but I will absolutely eat up a love story with character depth, growth, and emotional subplots. Elle Kennedy does a great job weaving in Charlie being an adoptee struggling a bit with her identity, while also searching for her biological family, Will dealing with forced expectations and the strained relationship between him and his politician father, and Beckett's shocking heartbreak and the impact it has had on how he approaches commitment.

There is so much to love about this book. The fan fiction, dad chat, and the scenes with Coach Hollis had me laughing out loud. I also love how supportive Charlie's family and friends were. The Charlie Method is a bingeable read with a great blend of romance, humor, and emotional depth with multi-faceted characters and an engaging plot. Highly recommended!

Narration:
Persephone Lee, Teddy Hamilton, and Sean Masters nailed this one. I had so much fun listening to this audiobook. Their performances were super entertaining, and I loved having all the characters' points of view. I could honestly listen to their voices all day. Persephone Lee fully embodied Charlie and made me fall for her from the start. I could feel the push and push as she navigated finding a balance between her desires and her worries about how the outside world saw her. Teddy Hamilton is the perfect voice for Will. There truly is nobody else who could have voiced this charming, calming, warm, and supportive character. Sean...oh, Sean. His Australian accent is perfection. Sean really brought the emotional vulnerability, bedroom dominance, and ultimately Beckett's hopefulness to life. Persephone, Teddy, and Sean's phenomenal performances create an amazing immersive listening experience.

i loved being back in the briar u world! this was so fun and i just adored charlie! she is witty and funny and just wants to figure out who she is. and the way that will and beck are just the sweetest. the found family aspect in all of elle's books are some of my favorites.

This was such an unexpected story in all the best of ways. Yes, it’s an MFM spicy, sports romance, but it also has 3 complex characters that are navigating their senior year of college and a variety of family issues. Charlie is a fantastic character with so many layers and I adored she was a girl in STEM. Her character evolution throughout the story was so satisfying – seeing her change from an uptight people pleaser with a fear of not being perfect to standing up for herself and owning who she is. It was also amazing how the boys gained her trust and she showed them all the different facets of her life, especially the parts she kept hidden and her deepest secrets. I also adored how she gave the guys a chance, got to know them beyond just their status as hockey players, and ultimately embraced their unconventional dynamic.

While I initially was shocked at how long the book is, it was a read that engrossed me and kept me super engaged, and didn’t have tons of unnecessary fluff. This book manages to tackle some very heavy topics for all 3 main characters – adoption, dysfunctional parents, a hurtful past – but also still remains a light and fun read. I couldn’t get enough of the dad chat references and the hockey team. Charlies’ sorority was a little over the top, but I adored her relationship with Blake and her bestie. It was pretty spicy, but not overly so toeing the line perfectly for the genre. This hockey, college, MFM romance was an unexpected and fantastic read in the series. It made me laugh out loud and also yell to the void when the story took an unexpected turn.

Thank you to Get Red PR Books & Sourcebooks Bloom Books for the early review copy of one of my most anticipated books!!

The Charlie Method is the final book in the Campus Diaries series by Elle Kennedy, a second-generation spinoff of the popular Off Campus & Briar U series. This book follows Briar U senior, Charlotte "Charlie" Kingston, as she navigates what she calls her "double life": by day, she's a proper, put together sorority girl studying biochemical engineering who keeps her head down and stays out of trouble. By night, she's Charlie; a bold and brave risk-taker who drives fast cars and flirts with boys on dating apps.

When this dating app introduces her to Will Larsen and Beckett Dunne, her world is turned upside down. Will & Beckett are on the Briar U hockey team, and the two best friends share more than just the house they live in...

Will & Beckett's personalities balance out perfectly, and they both bring out the best in Charlie and help her to embrace the things about herself that she has trouble accepting. They are kind, funny, loving, and sexy as hell with their dirty talk and banter, as is the norm for Kennedy.

One of the things I did appreciate about this book was the very real challenges that Charlie faced as an adoptee and trying to learn more about her heritage - while this is something I have never faced; it added so much depth and emotion that rounded out the book nicely.

While this book is not Kennedy's first time writing an MFM couple (seriously, do yourself a favor and read her Out of Uniform series if you haven't already), it was a first for the Briar University universe! As always, I love Elle Kennedy and will read anything she writes and highly recommend reading The Charlie Method to anyone interested!

I think I should start off by saying that I haven’t read any of the other Briar U books. I personally think that being the second generation, you should read the first one because I didn’t feel connected like I should have. The characters in here, I'll really appreciate more when I've reread it after completing the rest of the Briar U!

Also, a huge shoutout to GetRedPR! It was an honor to be able to get an eARC and an ALC for it! I loved the narration! (It definitely got me into Audiobooks!)

A few things that I've noticed.. There wasn't a lot of hockey in this book. As a hockey lover myself, I wish that there was more hockey incorporated into it. It felt very driven around Charlie and her sorority life. I sat here for a moment after finishing it trying to see if I could draft a review because my brain couldn't fully understand what happened. I liked it enough to continue BUT, the drama at the end.. I didn't find it really needed. I also personally don't like drama in the last 25%..

Overall: 4/5
Spice: 2.5/5

I was super excited to be able to read it early as I loved the first 2 books (the Graham Effect was one of my favorite reads from last year). This one was a bit disappointing to me though. This pains me to say but this is my least favorite Elle Kennedy book. We've been teased about Beckett and Will's tendencies on the first 2 books and I guess my expectations were a bit high.

Okay, so things I loved first. I love Charlie and her adoption story was nicely and delicately done. The constant pressure to be good and follow norms/rules is something I can relate too and made her character easy to like. I love her relationship with her bestfriend Faith and Blake as well. I enjoyed Beckett and Will's brotherly relationship too. They ineteract exactly how I pictured people who are into this kind of arrangement to be. Love the cameos of the previous Off Campus guys and their Dad Chat. I appreciated the drama and sappy moments from Charlie's adoptive family as well.

Now to some issues. I didnt love the insertion of the fan fiction. For me, it didnt add to the story. I skipped those parts tbh. As much as I loved Charlie, Will and Beckett's characters, I didnt love them together. Separately, they are awesome. There was no chemistry and did not feel any tension. The spicy scenes got repetitive and again did not add to the story. Honestly, I started skipping most of them after 50% of the book. I knew the tropes going into the book so I wasnt surprised but I have read other similar books and I feel like this wasnt as cohesive and as well written. The conflicts at the end seemed unnecessary. The ending left me feeling blah but also I was done and did not crave for bonus epilogues.

Overall, I can see why other readers loved the book. There are certainly many scenes in the book that was funny and romantic. I just wished it was not all over the place and the story was more cohesive.

Thank you to the publisher and Get Red PR for the eARC in exchange for my honest thoughts.

Charlotte, Will and Beckett are everything.

Will and Beckett are so swoony and wonderful. They both bring so much happiness and love to the story. Will is sweet and caring. He is so supportive of Charlie. Beckett had his own share of hard time and trauma. Charlie and Will were everything he needed.

This story is beautiful, spicy and funny. I loved every second of it.

Thank you so much to Bloom, Get Red PR and Elle Kennedy for the ARC.

I love this trio so much!! The dynamics between all three were so fun and I loved that they were unique from one another!