Antonio Cipriano review compares Off Campus sex scenes with Heated Rivalry
antonio cipriano appears in Slate’s sex review of Off Campus, which compares the Prime Video series’ explicit scenes with Heated Rivalry. Rebecca Onion says the adaptation opens with Garrett Graham hooking up with Kendall in the show’s first 15 minutes, then quickly signals its own rules with Garrett’s “No Girlfriends” policy.
The review says Off Campus adapts The Deal, the first book in Elle Kennedy’s Off Campus pentalogy, and follows Garrett Graham, Hannah Wells and other Briar University hockey players. Belmont Cameli plays Garrett, Ella Bright plays Hannah, Josh Heuston plays Justin Kohl and Karis Cameron plays Kendall.
Prime Video’s Off Campus
Slate published the installment of Sex Reviews with spoilers for Off Campus, and the piece places the series inside the hockey-romance lane that also includes Heated Rivalry and Rachel Reid’s Game Changers novels. Onion’s read is that Off Campus includes more graphic sex than the PG-13 scenes a network romance would demand.
The early hookup between Garrett and Kendall does more than set up a subplot. Kendall tells Garrett that she wants to be his girlfriend, and Garrett cuts that off with his “No Girlfriends” policy, a blunt exchange that establishes the show’s sexual terms before the story moves deeper into Garrett and Hannah’s relationship.
Rebecca Onion’s Review
Onion’s comparison with Heated Rivalry is not just about how much skin the camera shows. The review says Off Campus is still a little more melodramatic than Heated Rivalry’s goal of sexual realism, which leaves the Prime Video series occupying a middle ground between explicit romance and heightened drama.
That distinction gives viewers a clearer read on what Off Campus is trying to be in its first season: a hockey romance that leans into sex scenes as a central storytelling device, but not one that fully matches the tone of Heated Rivalry. The excerpt also shows the review beginning a discussion between Rebecca Onion and Nadira Goffe before cutting off, leaving the broader exchange unfinished.
Elle Kennedy’s Off Campus
For readers tracking the adaptation, the practical takeaway is simple: Off Campus is not being treated as background romance. The show’s first 15 minutes, its “No Girlfriends” line and the review’s comparison with Heated Rivalry all point to a series built around how desire, banter and character setup work together.
What the excerpt makes clear is that the adaptation is already being judged against a newer standard for hockey romance on screen. The next part of that conversation sits with how the series develops Garrett, Hannah and the rest of the Briar University players after the opening stretch.
