2.5-3 stars
***fair warning, this review has a few small spoilers but nothing major***
This was an alright story. TBH, I was enjoying it at first but the ending wasn't to my liking and really brought down the story for me.
Liv is an intern at a newspaper that she's hoping to get a permanent job at. She has always loved writing and it's been her plan to be a writer since she was a kid. Liv used to tutor Vince when they were in high school but for some reason (that never seems well explained to me) Vince left Liv and after recovering from the heartbreak, Liv learned to move on.
Vince is a MMA fighter that's getting ready to fight for the championship title. Vince's mom is a drug addict that couldn't take care of herself, let alone take care of Vince. From a very young age, Vince had to take care of himself and his mom and it was a rough life. Vince has a lot of anger issues and got in fights in high school until one of Vince's teachers got him to start working with Nico in the gym. It helped because it gave Vince a place to work out his aggressions and stay off the streets.
As an intern, Liv is competing against another woman (a spoiled rich skank who only got the intern position because her daddy is rich) for the permanent position at the newspaper. They're both given assignments for articles to write in hopes of doing well enough at them to land the job in the end. Liv is given an assignment to write an article about a fighter that also teaches women's self defense classes and doesn't look at the info before rushing to one of the classes to take part and hopefully speak to her intended interview subject. She's shocked to find that the instructor is her high school crush, Vince. Since he broke her heart back in high school (and he's obviously still a huge man whore) Liv wasn't very thrilled about being near him again and tries to get out of her assignment...not that's she's very successful thanks to Vince.
Vince has slept around a lot and treats women like crap but once he sees Liv again, he can't forget about her. He decides to pursue her and once he makes an effort, Liv has trouble staying away from him. They come together as a couple but there are some issues that make things difficult for them. The main issue is her job because she's put in a horrible position where they want her to use her relationship with Vince to get a story. There's also issues with Vince's mom and her drug problems to deal with and ties into other crap. They deal with those issues and more and end the story with a HEA together.
So...this story wasn't great and I'd already been planning to rate it around 3 stars but it was going to be a high 3 star rating that I was still planning to recommend. But then I hit the 87% mark in the story...Vince and Liv have a big fight and the story makes it seem like he slept with a skank...one that disgusted me so much that I almost DNF the story right then and there. I did continue and Vince later claimed that nothing happened between him and the skank but I don't really know if I believed him or not. Regardless of whether he slept with the skank or not, I just couldn't get into the relationship between Vince and Liv after that. Overall, I ended this story feeling a cross between disappointed and "meh" so I can't recommend it. :P
* note - I listened to the audio version of this story and the narrator did a pretty good job.
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A girl runs into a former flame and gets a second chance at love.
Reviewed in the United States on May 30, 2020
REVIEW FOUND ON MY BLOGI love second chance at love stories. Worth the Chance is the second book in the MMA Fighter series by Vi Keeland. However, you can read it as a standalone novel as well like I did. Before reading the book, I had no idea this was a series let alone the second book. Therefore, I have not read the first one yet but now I plan to. Each book in the series follows a different love story.This one follows Liv and Vince. The first book follows Vince's mentor. Years ago, Liv and Vince had feelings for each other in high school but they never got to try at a chance of love. Years later, Liv is scheduled to write an article on the boxer Vince himself and gets to see him again. When they run into each other again a hot fling ensues. However, Liv is afraid of Vince and his bad-boy reputation.I love that these high school sweethearts were able to find each other again. Vi Keeland is easily hands down one of my favorite authors and storytellers. She knows how to write an amazing love story. The love between the two characters was just the right amount of hot and steamy that any girl would like to read.Vince is a swoon-worthy book boyfriend. He is described as being tall with blue eyes that could make any girl melt. Some of his lines were so cute that I could not stop smiling. He knew what he wanted and he went after it. I loved the relationship that he had with his mom despite her being an addict. Worth the Chance had heart.I had never read a book about a boxer before and it made for a very interesting read. Normally, I do not like books that have sports in them but this was done very subtle. Where I still enjoyed the plot. It was mostly a character-driven story so that's probably why I enjoyed it. The fighting parts did kind of go over my head though. Which is why I ended up only giving the book four stars. Do not be fooled though because Worth the Chance is a fast-paced story that will keep you on your toes.If you love romance novels that are super-steamy than please give this one a try! Both Vince and Liv grow up a lot in the progression of the book. I loved how much I could relate to Liv and her love of writing and journalism. The fact that the novel goes back and forth between perspectives makes for a very interesting and entertaining story. Thank you, Vi Keeland for outdoing yourself once again. You have created a major fan.
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