Review: A Fighting Chance
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 14, 2014
*received a copy for an honest reviewThere are a few things that grab my attention when looking for a new book to read.  One of them is a hot rocker and the other is a hot fighter.  This book was all about the hot fighter named Jess.I’m going to jump right in and tell you everything I liked.  I liked that the author made Jess human.  He was not just about the fighting.  In fact, when we first meet Jess he is content to have all that fighting for profit behind him. He’s in college with his eye on his future.  He has a totally different life that he worked hard at.  Since this book has to have somewhere to go, Jess’s past catches up with him.  Jess has to deal with what he left behind in order to keep the life he has built.  Back in the ring he goes, but it’s not an ordinary situation.  He’s fighting to protect a little brother he hardly knows and he’s fighting in Mexico where there are no rules.  This leads to the next thing that I loved about this story.  The intensity of being in a foreign country with less than reputable people running the show made this book shine.  As I read, I imagined what it would be like to be in Mexico, fighting for money and survival.  It was intense to say the least.Strong female characters are always a plus.  I don’t like the sniveling, clingy female that can’t stand up for what she wants.  In this book we get Drew. She is an excellent character.  She is Jess’s match in every way.  She’s one of the things that Jess leaves in the past in order to build the future his mom wanted for him.  Drew is a tough cookie that has done things her way with no excuses.  She loves hard and she loves long.  She’s loyal and forgiving, that doesn’t make her a push over.  I loved her.This book had everything I like; strong characters, a driving story line, a few twists to keep things interesting, and enough reality to make everything believable.  I like the way this author tells a story.  I didn’t realize at the time I started reading this book, but I had read another book by this author.  I read Documentary and thoroughly enjoyed it.  I am pleased that I found this book also.  If you like a great story and hunky fighters then this is one to pick up.  This fighter is intelligent, driven, and compassionate.Here’s a few of my favorite quotes from Jess.  Believe me the guy has some mojo.“For a moment, as I look at her, it’s just us, and I feel our history playing out on my skin, in my heart, in my veins.  It would be so easy to fall in love with her again…if I weren’t so in love with her already.”“Drew’s an undeniable force in my life, a pull I can’t escape.  She is my gravity.  I think she’s my everything.”“I like the way everything about you consumes me.  I just love loving you.”