REVIEW: Crash Course by Hayden Hall (The Boys of Elmwood U #3)

- August 28, 2026

CRASH COURSE

The Boys of Elmwood U - Book Three

by Hayden Hall

Release Date: August 27, 2026

Review

A bit of touching second chance moments, and some fun chaotic rom-com dating disasters.

A for effort to Finn’s friends for trying to turn matchmaking into a science project, but their methodology is definitely flawed!! LOL Cue some downright terrible, bizarre, and hilarious dates.

But then there’s Jesse, his childhood ‘almost something’ who had disappeared from his life, leaving a void. He suddenly appears on campus. They dance around each other, feeling a connection but also knowing they actually don’t know each other anymore. So they slowly move toward a pretty sweet HEA.

This is lighter fare that some of the Hayden’s recent works, full of warmth and humour.

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Synopsis

I came out first. I started dating first. And somehow I’m still single.

My friends have a theory: I just haven’t hit the right trope yet. A blizzard. A fake boyfriend. A tutor I’m not supposed to want. A sworn enemy who’s secretly the love of my life. You know? The sort of stuff that landed every one of them their happily-ever-after.

So now there’s a corkboard in the frat house with my face pinned on it. There’s a points system that calculates my odds of true love to three decimal points. And there are four well-meaning maniacs treating me like a group project.

Every guy they pick is perfect on paper. Brilliant in a romance novel, but a slow death across a dinner table.

Enter Jesse, my childhood best friend, newly transferred to Elmwood U, and the one name nobody thought to pin to the board.

Jesse wants to help. And his roommate is the perfect guy to set me up with, as if those very words aren’t enough to make me want to scream.

But when Jesse’s roommate fails to show up, Jesse takes the empty seat so I won’t sit there alone. The only problem is, he’s nothing like the shy boy I’d hopelessly fallen for once before. He’s like a supernova in the night sky, burning bright and untouchable.

And I’m about to make the same mistake again.

My friends signed me up for a crash course in finding The One.

I never expected to crash straight into him.

Crash Course is the third and final novel in The Boys of Elmwood U series, but it can be read on its own. It features former best friends to lovers, polar opposites, matchmaking on campus, spice, and a guaranteed happy ending. It’s perfect for fans of whimsy and contemporary college romance stories.