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Review

5 short, sweet and sexy stars!

This is a perfect little novella! Short, sweet, fun and sexy, with great characters and a gorgeously heartfelt romance, I loved it so much!

This is a Fighting series Next Generation book, and I love being back in this world (but it would work as a standalone too)! Henry is the son of Rex and Gia from Fighting to Forget (one of my fave books of the series), and he’s a tattooed, fun loving party boy with a heart of gold. I just adored him!

Ivy is Henry’s neighbor, serious, ordered and a bit of a loner, and she’s pointedly avoided the noisy man next door who keeps her up all hours of the night with his parties. But when she discovers that her dog is pregnant – with Henry’s dog as the only possible culprit – she storms over there to confront him.

It’s not a great first meeting, and sparks a hilarious neighborly spat that had me laughing out loud. But as Henry and Ivy get to know each other, their opinions of each other start to shift, attraction blooms, and we get this slow-building enemies-to-friends story with fantastic chemistry, and a slow shift into something more.

“I know what it looks like. The connection that enables two people to have full conversations without saying a word. The devotion that every other person and responsibility comes second to … Being completely owned by someone else not just for who you are now, but for whoever you evolve into … And commitment to stick together no matter how fucked up life gets because the worst days together are better than the best days apart.”
She blinks rapidly as if coming out of a daze. “Who?”
I dip a French fry into ketchup. “My parents.”
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“Is that what you’re looking for then? That kind of love?”
“I don’t see why I should settle for anything else. If that kind of love and partnership is possible, I want what’s possible.”

See! He’s such a sweetheart!

It’s a gorgeous journey and I felt everything right alongside Henry and Ivy. It’s not completely straightforward, but everything that happens between them natural and realistic, and though it’s fast moving, I was right on board, and I loved watching them fall for each other.

He opens his eyes. “Are you saying you’re mine?”
My heart swells and my pulse races.
“Before you answer that… I know what you think of me, but you’re wrong. If you’ll have me, I’m yours and only yours.”

Of course, there are lots of cameos from the original crew, as well as the next generation, and I loved seeing those wonderful dynamics, and the closeness of the group that still exists (Henry with his parents and his sisters is gorgeous to see). And in a series full of strong, alpha, deeply romantic men, Henry more than holds his own.

“My life’s purpose is to love you, Ivy. I plan on doing it thoroughly as long as you’ll have me.”

Even though it’s a quick read, Salsbury brings the feels, and I loved this love story. And though I could have read about these two for so much longer, the upside of a novella is that it’s too short for any drama, so it’s happy and swoony from start to finish, and completely angst free. It’s such a cute read, and the epilogue left me with a massive smile on my face. I freaking loved it!

A must read for fans – 5 stars!

 

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