Fight For It: A Second Chance Romance by Jessie HarperMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Sweet Small Town Romance
I’d probably give this book 3.75 ⭐️ if I could.
This is much more of a traditional romance novel than I usually pick up. Even though the author states she writes steamy romance, it’s not much steamier than having the door closed on the love scenes. However, it could be my levels are a little skewed because of the levels of steam I’ve been reading for the last few years.
This book is based in a small town in the South of the USA. Julia has just returned back to her hometown because after losing her husband 2 years earlier she has found it difficult to manage alone raising her two sons now the youngest has started school. Back in her hometown, her parents are around to help out.
Julia bumps into Zach, who has vastly changed physically since high school when he asked her prom and she refused because she already had a date. Zach was a nerd and Julia was the prom queen. Zach has spent the last few years becoming a mixed martial arts instructor and has his own gym. He teaches children and they arrange for her boys to join a class and for him to give her private self-defence lessons.
Zach is divorced from a woman who loves to make him miserable and who owns half of his gym. This woman provides a very obvious ‘villain’ to the story, along with Graham, Julia’s first boyfriend from high school, who her parent’s adore.
It’s pretty standard stuff plot-wise. Everything is signalled pretty far in advance, which makes it a stress-free read. It’s not vastly soul searching or heartbreaking. It’s quite sweet, where two nice people have an Happy Ever After, with a few tiny hiccups along the way.
I felt the characters were a little 2 dimensional. They had a series of character traits that were part of a checklist, rather than unique individuals, but I’ve been spoilt by some good writing lately. A few years ago I probably would have reviewed this book more favourably.
It was an entertaining enough book, that had some sweet moments and tiny bits of strife, all contained by a plot you knew would end happily. Sometimes that is what you want, I was just in the mood for something a little bit meatier today.
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