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lindaunconventionalbookworms's review
3.0
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A Fighting Chance is a very sweet, and hot, second-chance-at love romance, and I really enjoy the characters as well as their journey. I found the ending to be a little cheesy, though, and would have liked to spend a little bit more time with Del and Brendan.
I loved how self-assured and sassy Del was from the beginning of Fighting Chance! She's at a casino hotel, where she's arrived before her girlfriends for a weekend of fun before her friend gets married. As she explores the hotel, she sees that there are MMA fights during the weekend, and she comes face to face with a huge poster of her ex-boyfriend, Brendan, and even in a photo, he affects her just as much as he did in the past. Just before leaving the poster behind, she gives it the finger, and Brendan is arriving at that moment.
A Fighting Chance is hot, and it's a short, quick read, and I think I would have liked to spend more than three days in the company of Del and Brendan. Their romance made sense, of course, since they had unresolved feelings from before, and the chemistry was definitely still there. However, they had a lot of things to talk about, and while they did address some of them, mainly her dad being against the relationship in the past. At the same time, my heart was invested, and I wanted these to characters to get a real second chance that involved more than stolen kisses and hot sex in a hotel.
If all you're looking for is a hot, believable romance, A Fighting Chance fits the bill! I guess I was hoping for a little more of what might happen after that weekend, and while I did get a little bit, I was greedy and wanted more than what I got. Written in dual points of view, first and third person past tense and lots of fantastic dialogues, the story is solid, and it's the kind of hot I enjoy.
Missing this woman had been a constant ache he'd learned to live with over the last six years - like the dull throbbing of a bum knee - but as he looked at her it flared to life. He took a step toward her, but the anger that flickered over her expression made him stop.
Brendan hadn't been her first and he hand't been her last, since she hadn't been sitting around pining for him for the last six years. But he was the one man whose touch she'd never been able to forget.
A Fighting Chance is a very sweet, and hot, second-chance-at love romance, and I really enjoy the characters as well as their journey. I found the ending to be a little cheesy, though, and would have liked to spend a little bit more time with Del and Brendan.
I loved how self-assured and sassy Del was from the beginning of Fighting Chance! She's at a casino hotel, where she's arrived before her girlfriends for a weekend of fun before her friend gets married. As she explores the hotel, she sees that there are MMA fights during the weekend, and she comes face to face with a huge poster of her ex-boyfriend, Brendan, and even in a photo, he affects her just as much as he did in the past. Just before leaving the poster behind, she gives it the finger, and Brendan is arriving at that moment.
A Fighting Chance is hot, and it's a short, quick read, and I think I would have liked to spend more than three days in the company of Del and Brendan. Their romance made sense, of course, since they had unresolved feelings from before, and the chemistry was definitely still there. However, they had a lot of things to talk about, and while they did address some of them, mainly her dad being against the relationship in the past. At the same time, my heart was invested, and I wanted these to characters to get a real second chance that involved more than stolen kisses and hot sex in a hotel.
If all you're looking for is a hot, believable romance, A Fighting Chance fits the bill! I guess I was hoping for a little more of what might happen after that weekend, and while I did get a little bit, I was greedy and wanted more than what I got. Written in dual points of view, first and third person past tense and lots of fantastic dialogues, the story is solid, and it's the kind of hot I enjoy.
Missing this woman had been a constant ache he'd learned to live with over the last six years - like the dull throbbing of a bum knee - but as he looked at her it flared to life. He took a step toward her, but the anger that flickered over her expression made him stop.
Brendan hadn't been her first and he hand't been her last, since she hadn't been sitting around pining for him for the last six years. But he was the one man whose touch she'd never been able to forget.
abailey410's review
3.0
This was such a cute, fun second chance romance. I really enjoyed how Brendan and Del were able to talk like adults and work through their issues. This made me love the story and its sweet, sexy hero so much more.
mslizalou's review
4.0
Review copy provided by publisher through NetGalley
A Fighting Chance is a novella length story from author Shannon Stacey, so it was a really fast-paced story. I love the second chance/reunion troupe, so A Fighting Chance was right up my alley.
Adeline (Del) and Brendan had broken up 6 years ago and hadn’t seen each other since their break up. As Brendan broke up with Del, I have to say I found myself laughing out loud when Del sees Brendan’s MMA fight picture for the first time and she flip the picture off. It was the perfect reaction to seeing your ex’s picture.
As both Del and Brendan were both still wildly attracted to one another, and not in another relationship, I knew it wouldn’t be long before they acted on their attraction. I felt like Del wanting one more night with Brendan totally fit her personality and her need for closure to their relationship. I actually wanted them to find a way to make a relationship work. They had great chemistry and once they started talking about what had happened in the past, I felt like pretty much started over.
I loved that Del made time for Brendan, even though she was there for a girl’s weekend. She didn’t let him interrupt her time with her friends, but he still stayed the whole time just in case she had a free minute. I absolutely adored their sexy text messages and he would find her just for a kiss. I even loved that Del confronted her dad for his talk with Brendan all those years ago and had no problems telling him about her real feelings for Brendan back then and the fact she still had real feelings for him now.
A Fighting Chance was a fun and sexy reunion story. It was a really fast read for me and even being a novella length book, it was a very satisfying story.
A Fighting Chance is a novella length story from author Shannon Stacey, so it was a really fast-paced story. I love the second chance/reunion troupe, so A Fighting Chance was right up my alley.
Adeline (Del) and Brendan had broken up 6 years ago and hadn’t seen each other since their break up. As Brendan broke up with Del, I have to say I found myself laughing out loud when Del sees Brendan’s MMA fight picture for the first time and she flip the picture off. It was the perfect reaction to seeing your ex’s picture.
As both Del and Brendan were both still wildly attracted to one another, and not in another relationship, I knew it wouldn’t be long before they acted on their attraction. I felt like Del wanting one more night with Brendan totally fit her personality and her need for closure to their relationship. I actually wanted them to find a way to make a relationship work. They had great chemistry and once they started talking about what had happened in the past, I felt like pretty much started over.
I loved that Del made time for Brendan, even though she was there for a girl’s weekend. She didn’t let him interrupt her time with her friends, but he still stayed the whole time just in case she had a free minute. I absolutely adored their sexy text messages and he would find her just for a kiss. I even loved that Del confronted her dad for his talk with Brendan all those years ago and had no problems telling him about her real feelings for Brendan back then and the fact she still had real feelings for him now.
A Fighting Chance was a fun and sexy reunion story. It was a really fast read for me and even being a novella length book, it was a very satisfying story.
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