Review: great book
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 11, 2014
Reviewed by DawnI had the priviledge of reading an ARC copy of this book.  Well....let me start off saying that it was insanely good.  However, if your heart cannot take rough & brutal fights, I don't know if it's for you."A Fighting Chance" is about an underground fighter named Jesse Chance.  His father, Henry, was a low life who didn't want anything to do with Jesse until he saw how good of a fighter he was.  However, Jesse wanted to make his mom proud, so he decided to give up fighting & leave home to attend college far from Glory, his hometown.  His mom ended up dying after he started school.  Jesse has a good life now.  He's in a fraternity with many friends, gets good grades and has a wonderful girlfriend who he loves dearly.  Things are perfect until his father comes back into his life after four years of not seeing him.  Jesse is kind of forced to go back to Glory and back into the fighting cages.  Only this time he won't be fighting amateurs.  Not only is he back to fighting, but he has his old girlfriend, Drew, on his side helping him.I can't say this book is for the weak at heart.  I also can't lie and say I didn't cringe a few times, because I did.  "A Fighting Chance" had my anxiety level up and my heart racing a little faster the further I read.  It was very emotional and heart breaking.  My heart ached so much for Jesse that I wanted to take & hug him and yes I was almost in tears many times.  As much as reading this story tore at my heart, it was an amazing novel.  It's getting 5 stars, because of how it made me feel while reading.  I've read books that made me laugh, smile, cry and feel giddy with butterflies, but NOTHING as intense as "A Fighting Chance".  I'm seriously amazed at how this novel made me feel.  Awesome job A.J. Sand!!!