If you like Beautiful Disaster by
Jamie McGuire, Thoughtless by S.C. Stephens, and Fighting for Flight by
J.B. Salsbury then you will love this book!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Basic Summary: He’s
mine, and I’m his. Our love is
all-consuming, powerful, imperfect, and real…
In the international bestseller REAL, the unstoppable bad boy of
the Underground fighting circuit finally met his match. Hired to keep him in prime condition, Brooke
Dumas unleashed a primal desire in Remington “Riptide” Tate as vital as the air
he breathes…and now he can’t live without her.
Brooke never
imagined she would end up with the man who is every woman’s dream, but not all
dreams end happily ever after, and just when they need each other the most, she
is torn away from his side. Now with
distance and darkness between them, the only thing left is to fight for the
love of the man she calls MINE.
What I Love
About This Book: The opening scene in this book is the bomb!!! It’s what I love most about
books that either involves fighters or rock stars those awesome scenes where
their fans are screaming their names, going crazy for the action playing out in
front of them, and the opening of this book doesn’t let you down.
I also like that there is some
drama right off the bat, it hooks you pretty quickly and right away reminds you
that this is a tumultuous relationship and this is the beginning (I type with
an evil smile). There is a creepy crawly part of the book that
literally had my skin crawling and a chill when through my body. Remington Tate is hot, sexy, and sooooo much
more. Who wouldn’t love a guy that beats
the crap out of someone that has crazy sex with you after??
The plot itself
is very compelling there are is a lot going on, the story goes kind of fast as
well so it definitely keeps you on your toes.
There are definitely a lot of lows, and some great sexy highs. The sex scenes in the book are plentiful and
full of exquisite detail, and who doesn’t love those wonderful details?
Cons: Okay in the beginning when Brooke is explaining how hot and sexy
Remy is was all good, but after she does it a dozen times by page 30 I was kind
of getting annoyed. I get it already,
Remy is hot, his eyes are beautiful, he’s built, and he’s a fighter blah blah
blah. Move along!!!! Plus what’s really
insulting is that at no point during all this attention to the male in the
story, there are no solid details about the look of Brooke herself. I get most girls read these books, but at
least pay some attention the protagonist in this book!!! Especially if someone
hasn’t read the first one and this is just a standalone for them.
Again with the
lack of details in books!!!! There are pages and pages of what Remy looks like
but I get the bare minimum of the places they are staying in, the rings he’s
fighting in, etc. I can’t stand it when
authors skimp on so much but then concentrate on one thing, it’s inconsistent
and it does a disservice to the reader.
The writing is
very elementary and it makes me kind of not like this story at all. I loved the first book and I don’t know if I
was so in love with Remy that I missed how bad the writing is, or this book was
rushed and the editing wasn’t where it should have been. There are so many things skimmed over when
there should’ve been more attention paid, and the flow from scene to scene is
just horrible. The way the scenes play
out don’t really connect the story together correctly and it reads more like a
book report than a love story because of it.
Not only is this story not realistic at all, but the way some of the
characters are written like Brooke’s best friend Melanie are so ridiculous they
cross the line into just corny, than funny.
Overall: This book is only so so, and I struggle with how many stars to
give this book because I loved Real, and I love Remington and I wanted to love
this book, but the writing is just so bad. The sentences are fragmented, and
the scenes are stunted making the characters not really developed the right way
at all. You would be in trouble if you
hadn’t really read the first book because although Brooke talks about her past
and herself a lot in this book, you have no real sense of who she is as woman
separate from Remington. She isn’t a
strong female lead at all, I get books where the female lead is addicted to
their companions but there is not character development of her at all in this
book.
The actual plot
itself is pretty good, and like I said I love Remington Tate, and he is an
awesome character but that’s about it.
The flow of the book just feels off from page one, and the details are
just horrible in some parts and ridiculous thorough in others. I could care less after hearing three or four
times what vegetables produce what nutrients, it’s boring and I really could
care less. It’s wonderful that, that
kind of research or knowledge is put into a book but to just skim over places
or people which could’ve added to the plot and made the book 10 times better,
they are just forgotten. I could care
less after the 100th time of hearing how beautiful Remy’s blue eyes
are, and how amazing and muscular he is on every single page. It’s insult to have so much details about the
male character and not pay much attention to the female lead, but when you do
pay her any type of attention is whiny and negative. I don’t like when authors feel the need to
re-write a story from the other person’s POV in an whole other book, so I wasn't excited to read Remy (Real#3), and now I don’t want to read it at
all. This was a huge disappointment for
me and I’m kind of sad to give this book such a bad review.
What I Loved: First off, I loved the playlist! Something about an author adding music to the story helps me connect with the characters. By telling us what is on their playlist, it gives us an inside look at who they really are by the songs they chose to listen to. So kudos for that! Now let's be honest here, the real reason why this book got four stars...REMY freaking TATE! He can take over my mouth anytime! I adore how protective he is of her and how when all his fans are screaming for him, his eyes are on Brooke. Not going to lie, I skipped some pages when Remy and Brooke were separated because I wanted my Remy fix :) He is one of my favorite book boyfriends and he kept me intrigued the entire book. Also, plenty of good drama!!
Cons: I talked with Laura before I read this book, so I don't know if this would have bothered me if she didn't point it out and I knew to look for it BUT it was excessive so I am sure I would have noticed. Some of the book is repetitive. For example in the beginning of the book, on one page alone, Brooke mentions Remy's eyes being blue about 6 times. Now, I get the idea of Remy's eyes and the connection to his BP but still, it was a monotonous. We get it! He has sexy blue eyes :) 
