It's official: this book is my favourite of the Off-Campus series. I could not put it down, and I'm actually surprised that I loved it as much as I did! Logan needs to move aside now, and I'm not sorry to say that, because John Tucker has definitely taken that #1 spot as my favourite Briar boy. His roommates, in their books, had described him as the quiet one, the one who doesn't demand attention, and whilst reading The Deal, The Mistake, and The Score, I'll admit that he didn't catch my attention, not really, not until that bombshell of an ending in The Score where Tucker delivered that shocking news that had me itching to start The Goal, and nothing could have made me put this book down once I started reading it. 
 From start to finish I was hooked to this funny, romantic novel. I expected The Goal to pick up where The Score left off, and maybe then this book would be set as a past/present scenario, but surprisingly, the first half of this book takes place around the same time The Score does, so we got to see some scenes from there here (Beau!) but from Tucker and Sabrina's POV. I loved that. We got to see why it was Tucker was so secretive about who he was spending his time with, and why he was always gone in The Score, and we see here that he was with Sabrina, charming her and winning her (and me) over. 
 Tucker, bless his heart, is a romantic. He believes in love at first sight, and he believes that the first time he and Sabrina locked eyes across the crowded bar that she was the one, but Sabrina only saw him through lust filled goggles. Where Sabrina only wants one night, Tucker wants more, and he's dead set on getting just that... But I don't think the "more" he was expecting to get was a baby. 
 Sabrina took me by surprise. With how Dean had always described her, I went into this book thinking that she was a bitch - a cold-hearted bitch, as Dean calls her - but she was anything but. She's a woman who has never experienced feeling loved (thanks to her family), and she's not very good at giving it, but Tucker never let that deter him. I loved his determination, and poor Sabrina never stood a chance in trying to push him away. 
 I loved everything that happened in this book. There were no moments where I found a scene to drag or just be dull; it was all perfect to me. I loved Tucker. I loved Sabrina. I loved their chemistry and banter, and I loved watching their relationship grow. I most especially loved the banter between Tucker, Garrett, Logan, and Dean. Seeing that "Winston" scene again, only this time from Tuck's POV, and the bond the boys have... They were hilarious, and I loved those scenes the most. I loved that Sabrina and Tucker had considered all the options when finding out Sabrina was pregnant, instead of just the 'ol, "Oh, I'm pregnant, well I must keep the baby no matter what." They really considered their options which, in a lot of the books I've read where there're unplanned pregnancies, never happen, and I truly did love that. Seeing Sabrina and Tucker as parents, and watching as Garrett and Logan fight for the title of Godfather... I could go on and list everything that I loved that happened in this book, but then I'd be listing everything that happened. I did not want The Goal to end, and it is definitely my favourite of this series. 
 I'm sad to see this series have to end, and I'm kicking myself for not having read it sooner, but hopefully there'll be more to come - I've heard rumours of a spin-off series featuring the rest of the hockey team coming soon? With Fitzy and Summer's book being first? God, I hope it's true.