The Chase is a part of the Briar U series, which is connected to the Off Campus series - the first book is The Deal, and these series can be read together or by themselves.
This review contains spoilers for The Chase. Potential spoilers for the Off Campus series, so please read with caution.
I have read The Deal, and I do remember enjoying it - however, I cannot remember any of these people and their girlfriends at all. So the first couple chapters are great little reminders if you also have no clue who everyone is and what is it that they do. It is a little dating with a lot of music and celebrity references, but it's definitely something I'm able to overlook by just replacing songs from the early 2010's to the songs I currently listen to.
As someone who was in a sorority in college, I do have to say the standards voting to have Summer removed from the house was a little iffy -- she would have had to been present for that, even if Nationals had only told their exec board that very morning about the concerns. Also, if it was such a big deal that she *accidentally* burnt down her chapter's house at Brown, she surely would have been disaffiliated from the sorority after that happened by Nationals. But that's a problem for another day.
Colin -- Fitzy -- is giving very much pick me boy vibes with his inner monologue on how he's such a nerd, that he loves true crime shows, that he has tattoos... Babe, we get it. Yet you and Summer are inevitable so this little moment of yours surely is not going to last much longer.
To no surprise of anyone, Summer overhears Fitz literally call her surface level, and if I was in Summer's shoes, he would never hear the end of it. Her meeting the hockey coach's daughter is a friendship that I am very excited to see, and I'm glad that she immediately told Summer that she wasn't going to enable her when it comes to Hunter and Fitz -- a 10 out of 10 friend and they've only known each other for the length of a car ride.
The things I would do to live in this apartment and at only chapter 9. A girl can dream.
I have never been to or seen a hockey game before, so any time the Briar U team is in their locker room talking I quite literally have no idea what they are saying. Is it important to the plot? Probably. Does Google Translate have an option for American Ice Hockey? Not a chance.
Brenna is arguably one of the funniest characters I have ever read. Her sarcasm is top-notch, she gives solid friend advice, and knows how to spot a trash man from a mile away. Now her and Hollis, I can definitely picture together. They both have a spunk to them that makes for excellent conversation and chemistry.
I have to say that Summer handled confronting Fitz about what he said about her on New Year's Eve a lot better that I would have -- she stayed composed while I surely would have been a screaming, sobbing mess. And the fact that he just offers to help Summer with her midterm and she helps him with his sketches for character design soon after this entire encounter? I love a good enemies to lovers trope, and with the added "they're roommates" AND "brother's friend"? I'm all here for it.
The bar fight was hilarious in the sense that miss Brenna somehow always is being targeting by crazy people who don't know when to chill out. And since Brenna never backs down from anyone, it only took a second to realize that there was definitely going to be some type of brawl before any of them left the bar.
I don't know why, but throughout this whole book I found myself low-key rooting for Summer and that Harvard hockey player that she went to high school with to get together. Maybe it's the toxicity shining through, but I love a good enemies to lovers where the girl is going out with the guy's enemy - makes for an excellent plot.
Also this CREEP of a History of Fashion professor literally needs to back right off of Summer - it's seriously whack the way he talks to her, and if I learned one thing after rewatching Pretty Little Liars (and reading all of the books), is that teacher/student -- or in our case, professor/student -- relationships are the worst power dynamic to read. Not mention how dismissive Summer's advisor was when she brought up how Laurie makes her super uncomfortable.
I really liked how we finally get this bigger backstory for Fitz and how it affected him. It made his character much easier to understand and shows why he is the way that he is -- I still think he needs to work through a few things, but it definitely made me like him significantly better than before we know this information.
The last 20% or so of the book really takes off and we got to see so much of Summer and Fitz dealing with all of these issues and thoughts that have been piling up since the beginning of the book. Dean's reaction to Summer and Fitz had me laughing out loud, and if I had a brother, I would hope he would act the same if I was dating one of his closest friends. I absolutely fell in love with Summer and Fitz -- their relationship may have started out rocky, but you can tell that they truly care about each other.
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