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Fighting to Be Free #2
Worth Fighting For
Sometimes in life you have to walk away . . .
Leaving Jamie Cole was the hardest thing Ellie Pearce ever had to do. Somehow, she moved on. She made a new life in a new city with a new man. So when a family tragedy calls Ellie back home, she believes all her old feelings for Jamie - the hunger, the heat, the heartbreak - are safely behind her. But the second she lays eyes on him, the intensity of their connection is as strong as ever.
Sometimes you stay and fight . . .
Jamie knows pain. He's felt it fighting in the streets, and he felt it fighting to survive in prison. Yet nothing he's experienced has been as painful as the day Ellie left - until the moment she came back. This time Jamie is determined to hold on to Ellie forever. But as much as she still loves him, she can't ignore the dark world he's now a part of. Jamie has enemies. Dangerous ones. And after seeing Jamie with Ellie, they know exactly how to take him out . . .
Leaving Jamie Cole was the hardest thing Ellie Pearce ever had to do. Somehow, she moved on. She made a new life in a new city with a new man. So when a family tragedy calls Ellie back home, she believes all her old feelings for Jamie - the hunger, the heat, the heartbreak - are safely behind her. But the second she lays eyes on him, the intensity of their connection is as strong as ever.
Sometimes you stay and fight . . .
Jamie knows pain. He's felt it fighting in the streets, and he felt it fighting to survive in prison. Yet nothing he's experienced has been as painful as the day Ellie left - until the moment she came back. This time Jamie is determined to hold on to Ellie forever. But as much as she still loves him, she can't ignore the dark world he's now a part of. Jamie has enemies. Dangerous ones. And after seeing Jamie with Ellie, they know exactly how to take him out . . .
352 pages
First published December 6, 2016
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Kirsty Moseley
22 books6,753 followersI am a traditionally published and Indie author that hails from sunny England (I lie, it's not really that sunny here!) I'm a hopeless romantic, so of course my main writing focus is romance. I love to create swoon-worthy males that steal your breath! I write mature YA, new adult and contemporary romance novels.
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If I had to sum myself up in one word, it would probably be 'daydreamer' - but unlike most of my school teachers, I don't necessarily view that as a bad thing. After all, I read somewhere once that books are like waking dreams...
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December 11, 2016
Worth Fighting For is the conclusion to Jamie and Ellie’s story and I have a confession to make, I didn’t realize this was the sequel to a book until I was already reading it. So while I don’t recommend this, because I am sure I missed out on so much I was able to enjoy their conclusion.
The story was told from dual point of view and even not knowing their past I knew these two shared an amazing love. I also knew that their love would conquer all. Jamie and Ellie ended things years ago and both have moved on. Ellie is living in England and Jamie is running an organized crime ring. When devastation comes to Ellie’s family she returns and Jamie is there because time and circumstance can’t keep him away.
The story has a lot going on, but it didn’t feel like too much or over the top. It was just enough angst to pull me and keep me guessing. I can honestly say I didn’t see things coming and I was so pleased with the outcome for these two. This story is so involved and featured so many twists that I don't want to spoil anything. Just know although, I read these out of order I do plan to read their original story and see how their love started because I am definitely sold on their love story.
ARC kindly provided in exchange for an honest review.
The story was told from dual point of view and even not knowing their past I knew these two shared an amazing love. I also knew that their love would conquer all. Jamie and Ellie ended things years ago and both have moved on. Ellie is living in England and Jamie is running an organized crime ring. When devastation comes to Ellie’s family she returns and Jamie is there because time and circumstance can’t keep him away.
The story has a lot going on, but it didn’t feel like too much or over the top. It was just enough angst to pull me and keep me guessing. I can honestly say I didn’t see things coming and I was so pleased with the outcome for these two. This story is so involved and featured so many twists that I don't want to spoil anything. Just know although, I read these out of order I do plan to read their original story and see how their love started because I am definitely sold on their love story.
ARC kindly provided in exchange for an honest review.
December 6, 2016
Waiting for the conclusion of Jamie and Ellie's story just about killed me. But the wait was well worth it because their ending was amazing. Worth Fighting For begins a few years after where we were left hanging and shows Jamie back in the life he tried so hard to leave. Ellie has been away these past few years but a tragic accident sends her back home and back to Jamie. But now they fight yet another battle, trying to hold on to one another.
What I loved most about the story of Jamie and Ellie was how easily it flowed. Everything worked really well together and there was never a moment where I got lost. The characters were amazing and I felt like we got to see a different side to Jamie in this book, which actually made me like him more. I really enjoyed getting that part of him that we didn't get in the first part.
I don't want to say too much and ruin anything about this book, but just know that it comes highly recommended from me. I hope people will love Jamie and Ellie as much as I did and enjoy this crazy ride that the author took us on.
ARC kindly provided in exchange for an honest review.
What I loved most about the story of Jamie and Ellie was how easily it flowed. Everything worked really well together and there was never a moment where I got lost. The characters were amazing and I felt like we got to see a different side to Jamie in this book, which actually made me like him more. I really enjoyed getting that part of him that we didn't get in the first part.
I don't want to say too much and ruin anything about this book, but just know that it comes highly recommended from me. I hope people will love Jamie and Ellie as much as I did and enjoy this crazy ride that the author took us on.
ARC kindly provided in exchange for an honest review.
December 9, 2016
Sometimes two people need to fall apart to realize how much they need to fall back together.
Second-chance love is a special kind of love, a raw and real romance, which speaks to the soul. Two soulmates broken apart whose love has never died are granted a do-over…that coveted second chance. Their hearts, once sliced in half, find their way back to each other and become whole again. Second-chance love stories are my heart…my soul…my addiction; Worth Fighting For was MY KRYPTONITE.
I could not help but devour Worth Fighting For with a voracious hunger, drowning in the pulse-pounding pages like my last breath. I had to force myself to put my kindle down as I did not want to stop inhaling this thrilling tale. I fell in fast love with Worth Fighting For, a story I knew would be worthy of its title, one that would be a fight of feels and a tug-of-war with my heart, and that it was.
Worth Fighting For held my heart in its clutches, owning it…OWNING ME. My feelings were free-falling fast and hard, as my heart beat out of its chest, pounding with every page. My emotions were entangled around every word as the passion penetrated me. I FELT EVERYTHING!!!
The Prologue alone brought me to tears. My emotions engulfed me, igniting like fire, ready to burn. Oh did I BURN as I battled my feels…a fight I would not win…a fight I did not want to win. I knew this story starring story about a broken boy who lost the one girl he loved who could save him would break me…that it did. I just did not know that the girl’s story this time would break me just as hard or even more.
Gorgeous, dark-haired, dark-eyed, tall, inked, and muscular Jamie Cole lost the only girl he loved…his soul mate…and it was all his fault. He thought he was letting her go so she could be free, but his heart was never free as it was broken and bound to Ellie, half a heart remaining as she’d always have the other half.
“I was in love once. Only once. And I lost her. And I would give any f**king thing in the world to never loved her at all. No, it was definitely is not better to have loved and lost.”
It’s been three years since beautiful, red-haired and blue-eyed Ellie left New York to London to start a new life, and forget about the boy who broke her heart and now the man who still holds her broken heart in his hands.
“Jamie. The beautiful, wounded boy who tricked me into falling in love with him only to shatter me completely.”
Jamie is dead inside, living to work and working to live. His heart is gone, as it was given to the only girl who stole it from him when they were teens. Ellie was an angel in his darkness, the one who made him believe in a future…believe in himself.
“The girl was still everything right in my world.”
A tragedy brings Ellie home after three long years, reuniting her with the broken boy…now man…who was supposed to be her forever. Sometimes love never dies; it just needs to be rekindled.
“The second my eyes met his I forget to breathe.”
The chemistry sparked by flames, a fire ignites with passion between them.
“I didn’t have time to react before his mouth was on mine…Everything was forgotten: the pain, the heartache, the tears…I was lost in him.”
Those kisses melted from the pages, penetrating that passion right to me as I felt it too. Those lifetime kisses of soulmates that you know will lock you to love for life. Oh how was I rooting for love! I wanted…no needed…this second chance love story to succeed. I wanted this broken boy to reunite with his angel girl, soul mates whose hearts needed to be whole.
“You deserved better than me, you always did.”
“Was I not worth fighting for?”
“You’re worth dying for.”
Oh did I love this broken and beautiful man, Jamie, so much! Oh how this amazing alpha made me swoon and smolder. Jamie is pure perfection! The dark hero with a heart of gold held my heart in his hands and never stopped owning it…OWNING ME!
My heart shattered as my soul swooned. I was gutted…unglued. I was drowning in tears mixed with hope and heartbreak. These words melted my heart in the utmost devotion of love…slaying my soul…SLAYING ME!
“He had been my first love and, I had come to realize, my only love.”
Can Jamie and Ellie pick up the pieces of their painful pasts and their shattered hearts and become whole again?
These two halves of hearts needed to be whole… one. This knight could not...would not... leave his damsel in distress...PLEASE NO! So I hoped. I prayed. I desperately rooted for love. Love that had to survive this turmoil.
Worth Fighting For is a heartbreaking and heartwarming tale that hijacked my heart and slayed my soul. I cried tears of heartbreak, happiness, and hope in one of the most gut-wrenching and gripping stories of second-chance love. My fingers gripped tightly, white-knuckling my kindle from beginning to end as Worth Fighting For had me on the edge. Oh what a fast and furious, heart-beating-out-of-my-chest edge it was!!!
I could only succumb to this tale that took my emotions from me where I was fighting them and they were fighting me. Worth Fighting For is a roller coaster of a second-chance romance, one where I felt every twist and turn of my heart as it traveled on a riveting ride of heartbreak, hope, and happiness. This thrilling tale of tenderness mixed with terror was my adrenaline…angst…my ache…MY ALL!
Worth Fighting For BROKE ME IN THE BEST WAY! Kirsty Moseley wove her magic in one masterpiece of an utterly brilliant and devastatingly beautiful book that I LOVED SOOO MUCH. Kirsty Moseley has moved up to my top author list, and Worth Fighting For is a new top 2016 read!
When you begin and end a tale in tears, you know that story stamped itself all over your heart and soul, entangling and embedding itself into your emotions. You were lost to it and it was lost to you. I lost myself in Worth Fighting For by Kirsty Moseley and I am still not ready to be found. Worth Fighting For is WORTH EVERYTHING.
★★★★★ ‘but worth 10’ devastatingly beautiful and brilliant stars
Second-chance love is a special kind of love, a raw and real romance, which speaks to the soul. Two soulmates broken apart whose love has never died are granted a do-over…that coveted second chance. Their hearts, once sliced in half, find their way back to each other and become whole again. Second-chance love stories are my heart…my soul…my addiction; Worth Fighting For was MY KRYPTONITE.
I could not help but devour Worth Fighting For with a voracious hunger, drowning in the pulse-pounding pages like my last breath. I had to force myself to put my kindle down as I did not want to stop inhaling this thrilling tale. I fell in fast love with Worth Fighting For, a story I knew would be worthy of its title, one that would be a fight of feels and a tug-of-war with my heart, and that it was.
Worth Fighting For held my heart in its clutches, owning it…OWNING ME. My feelings were free-falling fast and hard, as my heart beat out of its chest, pounding with every page. My emotions were entangled around every word as the passion penetrated me. I FELT EVERYTHING!!!
The Prologue alone brought me to tears. My emotions engulfed me, igniting like fire, ready to burn. Oh did I BURN as I battled my feels…a fight I would not win…a fight I did not want to win. I knew this story starring story about a broken boy who lost the one girl he loved who could save him would break me…that it did. I just did not know that the girl’s story this time would break me just as hard or even more.
Gorgeous, dark-haired, dark-eyed, tall, inked, and muscular Jamie Cole lost the only girl he loved…his soul mate…and it was all his fault. He thought he was letting her go so she could be free, but his heart was never free as it was broken and bound to Ellie, half a heart remaining as she’d always have the other half.
“I was in love once. Only once. And I lost her. And I would give any f**king thing in the world to never loved her at all. No, it was definitely is not better to have loved and lost.”
It’s been three years since beautiful, red-haired and blue-eyed Ellie left New York to London to start a new life, and forget about the boy who broke her heart and now the man who still holds her broken heart in his hands.
“Jamie. The beautiful, wounded boy who tricked me into falling in love with him only to shatter me completely.”
Jamie is dead inside, living to work and working to live. His heart is gone, as it was given to the only girl who stole it from him when they were teens. Ellie was an angel in his darkness, the one who made him believe in a future…believe in himself.
“The girl was still everything right in my world.”
A tragedy brings Ellie home after three long years, reuniting her with the broken boy…now man…who was supposed to be her forever. Sometimes love never dies; it just needs to be rekindled.
“The second my eyes met his I forget to breathe.”
The chemistry sparked by flames, a fire ignites with passion between them.
“I didn’t have time to react before his mouth was on mine…Everything was forgotten: the pain, the heartache, the tears…I was lost in him.”
Those kisses melted from the pages, penetrating that passion right to me as I felt it too. Those lifetime kisses of soulmates that you know will lock you to love for life. Oh how was I rooting for love! I wanted…no needed…this second chance love story to succeed. I wanted this broken boy to reunite with his angel girl, soul mates whose hearts needed to be whole.
“You deserved better than me, you always did.”
“Was I not worth fighting for?”
“You’re worth dying for.”
Oh did I love this broken and beautiful man, Jamie, so much! Oh how this amazing alpha made me swoon and smolder. Jamie is pure perfection! The dark hero with a heart of gold held my heart in his hands and never stopped owning it…OWNING ME!
My heart shattered as my soul swooned. I was gutted…unglued. I was drowning in tears mixed with hope and heartbreak. These words melted my heart in the utmost devotion of love…slaying my soul…SLAYING ME!
“He had been my first love and, I had come to realize, my only love.”
Can Jamie and Ellie pick up the pieces of their painful pasts and their shattered hearts and become whole again?
These two halves of hearts needed to be whole… one. This knight could not...would not... leave his damsel in distress...PLEASE NO! So I hoped. I prayed. I desperately rooted for love. Love that had to survive this turmoil.
Worth Fighting For is a heartbreaking and heartwarming tale that hijacked my heart and slayed my soul. I cried tears of heartbreak, happiness, and hope in one of the most gut-wrenching and gripping stories of second-chance love. My fingers gripped tightly, white-knuckling my kindle from beginning to end as Worth Fighting For had me on the edge. Oh what a fast and furious, heart-beating-out-of-my-chest edge it was!!!
I could only succumb to this tale that took my emotions from me where I was fighting them and they were fighting me. Worth Fighting For is a roller coaster of a second-chance romance, one where I felt every twist and turn of my heart as it traveled on a riveting ride of heartbreak, hope, and happiness. This thrilling tale of tenderness mixed with terror was my adrenaline…angst…my ache…MY ALL!
Worth Fighting For BROKE ME IN THE BEST WAY! Kirsty Moseley wove her magic in one masterpiece of an utterly brilliant and devastatingly beautiful book that I LOVED SOOO MUCH. Kirsty Moseley has moved up to my top author list, and Worth Fighting For is a new top 2016 read!
When you begin and end a tale in tears, you know that story stamped itself all over your heart and soul, entangling and embedding itself into your emotions. You were lost to it and it was lost to you. I lost myself in Worth Fighting For by Kirsty Moseley and I am still not ready to be found. Worth Fighting For is WORTH EVERYTHING.
★★★★★ ‘but worth 10’ devastatingly beautiful and brilliant stars
April 7, 2019
Ein spannender, emotionaler Kampf um die Liebe - und so gut! Ich liebe die Story, die Leidenschaft .... und Jamie!
Zwar ganz anders als erwartet aber die Geschichte hat mich direkt wieder mitgerissen und gefesselt.
Drei Jahre nachdem Jamie alles beendet hat, haben sich sowohl er als auch Ellie weiterentwickelt, beide leben ein neues Leben.
Er hat den Traum vom besseren Leben aufgegeben, hat das illegale Imperium seines Bosses geerbt und steckt tiefer drin, als je zuvor. Weil er eine verletzte Seele ist und die Liebe seines Lebens aufgegeben hat.
Sie ist monatelang durch Europa gereist um ihn zu vergessen. Jetzt führt sie ein zufriedenes Leben, lebt und arbeitet mit ihrem Verlobten Toby in London. Der ist bodenständig und liebevoll, einfach ein wirklich guter Typ.
Aber dann kommt sie zurück und er kann nicht wegbleiben. Sie erfährt was damals wirklich passiert ist und muss sich Gefühle eingestehen, die sie so erfolgreich verdrängt hatte.
Aber kann sie ihm wieder vertrauen oder landet er wieder im Gefängnis?
Ach Jamie... er ist einfach der perfekte gebrochene Held. Wie er mit ihr umgeht, die spürbare Anziehung zwischen ihnen, die ehrlichen, offenen Gespräche - auch wenn er mich im ersten Buch am Ende wütend gemacht hat, habe ich mein Herz an ihn verloren.
Ihre Geschichte ist schwierig und intensiv und so emotional dargestellt, sie bewegt und berührt. Durch den flüssigen Schreibstil und die beiden Perspektiven lässt es sich noch schöner lesen. Und das Ganze ist so aufregend und spannend, voller Überraschungen.
Ihr Abschied von Toby, zum Beispiel, war herzzerreißend aber gut gelöst und nicht klischeehaft abgehandelt.
Genauso aufwühlend wie der erste Teil aber noch aufregender und spektakulärer. Mich hat auch der zweite teil voll überzeugt!
Zwar ganz anders als erwartet aber die Geschichte hat mich direkt wieder mitgerissen und gefesselt.
Drei Jahre nachdem Jamie alles beendet hat, haben sich sowohl er als auch Ellie weiterentwickelt, beide leben ein neues Leben.
Er hat den Traum vom besseren Leben aufgegeben, hat das illegale Imperium seines Bosses geerbt und steckt tiefer drin, als je zuvor. Weil er eine verletzte Seele ist und die Liebe seines Lebens aufgegeben hat.
Sie ist monatelang durch Europa gereist um ihn zu vergessen. Jetzt führt sie ein zufriedenes Leben, lebt und arbeitet mit ihrem Verlobten Toby in London. Der ist bodenständig und liebevoll, einfach ein wirklich guter Typ.
Aber dann kommt sie zurück und er kann nicht wegbleiben. Sie erfährt was damals wirklich passiert ist und muss sich Gefühle eingestehen, die sie so erfolgreich verdrängt hatte.
Aber kann sie ihm wieder vertrauen oder landet er wieder im Gefängnis?
Ach Jamie... er ist einfach der perfekte gebrochene Held. Wie er mit ihr umgeht, die spürbare Anziehung zwischen ihnen, die ehrlichen, offenen Gespräche - auch wenn er mich im ersten Buch am Ende wütend gemacht hat, habe ich mein Herz an ihn verloren.
Ihre Geschichte ist schwierig und intensiv und so emotional dargestellt, sie bewegt und berührt. Durch den flüssigen Schreibstil und die beiden Perspektiven lässt es sich noch schöner lesen. Und das Ganze ist so aufregend und spannend, voller Überraschungen.
Ihr Abschied von Toby, zum Beispiel, war herzzerreißend aber gut gelöst und nicht klischeehaft abgehandelt.
Genauso aufwühlend wie der erste Teil aber noch aufregender und spektakulärer. Mich hat auch der zweite teil voll überzeugt!
December 4, 2016
I've been waiting for Worth Fighting For since we were left with that cliffhanger from Fighting to Be Free. I just had to know what would become of Jamie and Ellie and I will have to say that I got the ending that I wanted.
Worth Fighting For starts about three years after the last book ends. Jamie Cole is now back in the business that he fought so hard to get out of. The business that ended up separating him from the love of his life, Ellie Pearce. He isn't the man that Ellie knew three years ago. He's hardened and has risen in the ranks as one of the most powerful guys in the business. People fear him but he has a lot of enemies and several of them are dangerous. He's been living a shell of the life he wanted now that he doesn't have Ellie anymore. He's heartbroken and missing her but he believes what he did was the right thing to do.
Ellie has been trying to get over the boy that broke her heart. For the past 3 years, she has been overseas in Europe, eventually landing in London with a job and a fiancé. When a horrible accident lands Ellie back home in the States, her world is turned upside down. Not only is she dealing with major loss in her life but she has now has to face the one man she's only truly loved in that all consuming way. Jamie comes back into her life in a very vulnerable time. Will she be able to resist him and move on with her current life or will Jamie somehow convince her that they are meant to be together?
First of all, I've loved Jamie from the moment we met him in book one. You could tell immediately that all he wanted was to live a straight life and have the love of a good woman. I mentioned in my last review that he was way more mature than his age. Now we get Jamie three years later and he's harden. I shouldn't like the way that he is. He acts like he has nothing to live for and he's all up in the business that broke him and Ellie up. However, there was just something about his bigger bad boy image that actually had me salivating. Seriously. My mind was telling me that I shouldn't like this version but EVERYTHING else was screaming "YES!"
The best part is that the one exception to bad boy persona is Ellie. When she comes back into his life, you get more of the soft, sweet and lovable Jamie that he was in the first book. Now he has just a little bit more alpha and possessiveness to add to it. The perfect mix.
Ellie has really matured in this book, which is exactly what I needed. I kind of went back and forth with her when I first met her and I felt like she was a bit immature. Understandable at the age she was then. Now that she is a bit older and life has thrown her some difficult situations, you can tell that she has grown up. I felt for her during her family tragedy and I felt her struggle with having Jamie back in her life and around her. When feelings like those don't go away and you are faced to acknowledge them at such a vulnerable time, it is heartbreaking to go through.
Overall, I enjoyed this book and it was the perfect ending that I needed.
*ARC kindly provided in exchange for an honest review*
Worth Fighting For starts about three years after the last book ends. Jamie Cole is now back in the business that he fought so hard to get out of. The business that ended up separating him from the love of his life, Ellie Pearce. He isn't the man that Ellie knew three years ago. He's hardened and has risen in the ranks as one of the most powerful guys in the business. People fear him but he has a lot of enemies and several of them are dangerous. He's been living a shell of the life he wanted now that he doesn't have Ellie anymore. He's heartbroken and missing her but he believes what he did was the right thing to do.
Ellie has been trying to get over the boy that broke her heart. For the past 3 years, she has been overseas in Europe, eventually landing in London with a job and a fiancé. When a horrible accident lands Ellie back home in the States, her world is turned upside down. Not only is she dealing with major loss in her life but she has now has to face the one man she's only truly loved in that all consuming way. Jamie comes back into her life in a very vulnerable time. Will she be able to resist him and move on with her current life or will Jamie somehow convince her that they are meant to be together?
First of all, I've loved Jamie from the moment we met him in book one. You could tell immediately that all he wanted was to live a straight life and have the love of a good woman. I mentioned in my last review that he was way more mature than his age. Now we get Jamie three years later and he's harden. I shouldn't like the way that he is. He acts like he has nothing to live for and he's all up in the business that broke him and Ellie up. However, there was just something about his bigger bad boy image that actually had me salivating. Seriously. My mind was telling me that I shouldn't like this version but EVERYTHING else was screaming "YES!"
The best part is that the one exception to bad boy persona is Ellie. When she comes back into his life, you get more of the soft, sweet and lovable Jamie that he was in the first book. Now he has just a little bit more alpha and possessiveness to add to it. The perfect mix.
Ellie has really matured in this book, which is exactly what I needed. I kind of went back and forth with her when I first met her and I felt like she was a bit immature. Understandable at the age she was then. Now that she is a bit older and life has thrown her some difficult situations, you can tell that she has grown up. I felt for her during her family tragedy and I felt her struggle with having Jamie back in her life and around her. When feelings like those don't go away and you are faced to acknowledge them at such a vulnerable time, it is heartbreaking to go through.
Overall, I enjoyed this book and it was the perfect ending that I needed.
*ARC kindly provided in exchange for an honest review*
December 6, 2016
Holy moly, guacamole! If I could give this book more than 5 stars I would. I was provided with an advanced copy of this book from the author. As such I know that she wants spoiler free unbiased reviews. So.........here's my attempt. I loved the story, the writing, the dual POV, the characters, and, I especially loved Jamie. I loved him more so in this book than the first, maybe because he'd matured, maybe because he was a littler meaner, yet still just as loveable. After all, we all love a bad boy. Me especially. The story had so many twists and turns, it was action packed, it was heart breaking, it was unforgettable. I loved the passion and I loved the fight behind the characters. What else can I say that hasn't been said in the synopsis without giving anything away? Nothing. The story too had me gripping the edge of my seat. An all round winner for me.
This is one of my favourite reads of 2016. Please note that this is is not a standalone and Fighting to Be Free should be read first.
This is one of my favourite reads of 2016. Please note that this is is not a standalone and Fighting to Be Free should be read first.
August 25, 2018
4.5 out of 5 stars! ⭐ The second book in the series was even better than the first one. First, note that this is book 2, and you MUST read book 1, Fighting to Be Free first! Worth Fighting for picks up 3 years after the HEART breaking end of Fighting to be Free (seriously, like kindle throwing heart breaking!!). Ellie has ‘moved on’ so this book centers around the ‘love triangle’ trope. Ellie and Toby have a wonderful life, and Toby is a wonderful guy. But, Jamie is….well he is JAMIE! Also I just love any book boyfriend named Jamie - can you tell that I love this name because I love Outlander! 😂😍👌🏻
So here is what the dark-romance is about: Kirsty Moseley brings us the sequel to Fighting to be Free. It's been years since Jamie Cole's seen Ellie Pearce. He's immersed himself in the life he'd once fought to leave and taken over his old turf--creating dangerous rivals. He has nothing to lose--until Ellie comes back to town. Ellie has moved on. She met a man in London--a man she's marrying. She hardly allows herself to remember the boy who broker her heart at 18. But when tragedy strikes, Ellie's forced to return to New York. She thought she could handle seeing Jamie again, but she can't deny he's still a part of her. Now amidst threats from Jamie's enemies and fighting to keep her sister safe, Ellie must decide to return to her fiancé or surrender to the fire that still burns with Jamie. 💗💗💗
" “’Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.” Alfred, Lord Tennyson, said that in some poem in the 1800s. In my opinion, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, was full of shit.
Maybe Lord Tennyson had never truly loved someone; maybe he’d never cared for someone else more than he cared for himself, because if he had, if he’d loved someone so deeply he’d been willing to die for them, how could he have written such a horseshit line? I’m merely speculating, of course. I’m no academic, so I know nothing about the guy other than that one quote. So how then, you may ask, does my opinion so vehemently disagree with his?
Because I was in love once.
Only once.
And I lost her.
And I would give any fucking thing in the world to have never loved her at all. No, it most definitely is not better to have loved and lost..
Fuck love. And fuck Lord Tennyson." - Kirsty Moseley, 'Worth Fighting For'
So here is what the dark-romance is about: Kirsty Moseley brings us the sequel to Fighting to be Free. It's been years since Jamie Cole's seen Ellie Pearce. He's immersed himself in the life he'd once fought to leave and taken over his old turf--creating dangerous rivals. He has nothing to lose--until Ellie comes back to town. Ellie has moved on. She met a man in London--a man she's marrying. She hardly allows herself to remember the boy who broker her heart at 18. But when tragedy strikes, Ellie's forced to return to New York. She thought she could handle seeing Jamie again, but she can't deny he's still a part of her. Now amidst threats from Jamie's enemies and fighting to keep her sister safe, Ellie must decide to return to her fiancé or surrender to the fire that still burns with Jamie. 💗💗💗
" “’Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.” Alfred, Lord Tennyson, said that in some poem in the 1800s. In my opinion, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, was full of shit.
Maybe Lord Tennyson had never truly loved someone; maybe he’d never cared for someone else more than he cared for himself, because if he had, if he’d loved someone so deeply he’d been willing to die for them, how could he have written such a horseshit line? I’m merely speculating, of course. I’m no academic, so I know nothing about the guy other than that one quote. So how then, you may ask, does my opinion so vehemently disagree with his?
Because I was in love once.
Only once.
And I lost her.
And I would give any fucking thing in the world to have never loved her at all. No, it most definitely is not better to have loved and lost..
Fuck love. And fuck Lord Tennyson." - Kirsty Moseley, 'Worth Fighting For'
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
November 2, 2021
Characters said, “I gulp/gulped” only 33 times in this book, so it wasn’t quite as annoying as it was in book 1 where they said it 41 times! Still cringeworthy, though! Other than that, it’s a fabulous story that pulled a lot of different emotions from me!!
December 4, 2016
Favorite Quotes:
Nope, those books just like to mislead women and portray an unrealistic version of what relationships are like. It's an impossible comparison we men have to deal with every day. Sadly, we can't live up to it... In real life, an intimate relationship is when the man farts and then 'olds his girlfriend under the covers while screaming 'Dutch oven!' They never write about that.
I smiled at myself, fingering the hole in the arm of the chair. It was the silly little things that seemed so unimportant at the time that could end up meaning the most after, the things that came at you all at once and reminded you that you took so much for granted when you thought your world was unbreakable.
I laughed, almost choking on my coffee. Hearing my eight-year-old grandmother saying the words great rack was not something I'd ever imagined happening in my life.
Eighty years? You think you'll still want to be with me when I have no teeth, gray hair, and I step on my own boobs in the shower?
But do you think you'll still want to be with me when I'm bald, have a potbelly, and I step on your boobs in the shower?
My Review:
The story picks up three years after the end of the heinous cliffhanger of Fighting To Be Free with a storyline that was high angst, seriously, at least 80% angst, which I struggled with as - just not my favorite thing. However, despite the dreaded angst, I could not put my kindle down: I continued to hold out hope for this deeply damaged yet epic couple, "Scars and all." Kirsty Moseley certainly knows how to tell a story and threw plots twists that continued to incrementally hike up the tension and knot my stomach. Prepare for lots of drama, a bit of steam, insightful musings, unexpected humor, and an ending that will produce a grateful sigh of completion. Ms. Moseley was a recent find for me, I want to backtrack and read everything she ever penned.
Nope, those books just like to mislead women and portray an unrealistic version of what relationships are like. It's an impossible comparison we men have to deal with every day. Sadly, we can't live up to it... In real life, an intimate relationship is when the man farts and then 'olds his girlfriend under the covers while screaming 'Dutch oven!' They never write about that.
I smiled at myself, fingering the hole in the arm of the chair. It was the silly little things that seemed so unimportant at the time that could end up meaning the most after, the things that came at you all at once and reminded you that you took so much for granted when you thought your world was unbreakable.
I laughed, almost choking on my coffee. Hearing my eight-year-old grandmother saying the words great rack was not something I'd ever imagined happening in my life.
Eighty years? You think you'll still want to be with me when I have no teeth, gray hair, and I step on my own boobs in the shower?
But do you think you'll still want to be with me when I'm bald, have a potbelly, and I step on your boobs in the shower?
My Review:
The story picks up three years after the end of the heinous cliffhanger of Fighting To Be Free with a storyline that was high angst, seriously, at least 80% angst, which I struggled with as - just not my favorite thing. However, despite the dreaded angst, I could not put my kindle down: I continued to hold out hope for this deeply damaged yet epic couple, "Scars and all." Kirsty Moseley certainly knows how to tell a story and threw plots twists that continued to incrementally hike up the tension and knot my stomach. Prepare for lots of drama, a bit of steam, insightful musings, unexpected humor, and an ending that will produce a grateful sigh of completion. Ms. Moseley was a recent find for me, I want to backtrack and read everything she ever penned.
November 28, 2016
To love, and love again…
We finally have an ending to what has got to have been one of the most emotional journeys through a romance novel. The ending of Fighting to Be Free left readers aghast as Ellie heads off into the sunset, without Jamie. The ending was so heartfelt and cruel as we witness Jamie pushing Ellie away from him and the beautiful bond they shared. Yes, they were young but Jamie had lived 10 years for every one of Ellie’s and that is where the magic between the two is formed. Jamie loves Ellie with all that he is and Ellie, despite her mother’s concerns, feels the same way, but sadly Jamie’s past is his future downfall and after being caught following his last boosting job, there was only one journey he would be taking, and that was somewhere Ellie couldn’t follow him to.
Worth Fighting For picks up their story 3 years later with Ellie now living in London. She is happy, or so she thinks. Jamie is all but a distant memory and she’s ready to commit to the man she now loves or does she? Toby is her current love interest and whilst he’s no Jamie, he is special in his own way. He adores Ellie and whilst living and working alongside each other, he sees a long and happy future together. That is until Ellie receives some painful news which brings about her return to the USA.
Jamie is immediately aware that Ellie will be returning home and having spent years numbing himself with work and illegal activities, sets about seeking her out. From a distance, he continues to watch her and despite knowing that she belongs to another, Jamie hopes to talk to her again but when he sees her across the airport, he knows that her current pain is too raw for him to inflict yet more suffering onto her.
You’re my life, little girl.
Jamie, now a wealthy businessman thanks to Brett, decides to continue to look out for Ellie but whilst dealing with rival gang members at his club “Red”, he looks across the dance floor and sees Ellie. Ellie always was Jamie’s trigger and when he sees another man pawing over her, he reacts violently. What Jamie doesn’t foresee is that by reacting to her presence, he has unwittingly revealed his only weakness to his rivals.
Ellie is stunned to see Jamie and she reacts accordingly after seeing the boy she once loved, now a man but aged by unknown hardships. She knows that she has never stopped loving him but she also hates him for what he did to her. Despite her frustrations, Jamie and Ellie share their first kiss and it’s a kiss that joins their past to their present. Jamie is determined to win Ellie’s heart once again but with Toby in town, he must bide his time.
This man in front of me was the reason I hadn’t come back home. I never wanted to look into those eyes again because then I’d have to find the strength to be without him all over again, and I wasn’t sure I could do it twice.
It’s not long before Jamie’s underground connections start to rise up against him and it's inevitable that Ellie will get caught in the crossfire. Jamie’s steps up Ellie's protection but with Mateo Salazar still on the run, the danger is ever present. Whilst Ellie is trying to bring her family back from the brink, Mateo plots in the shadows but will Jamie be able to save Ellie before it is too late?
This was another strong but emotional story from Kirsty Moseley. The story flowed perfectly from book 1 and I was one again immediately swept into the storyline. I did find some of the links between the US and the UK slightly confusing with vernacular being used too interchangeably which made me slightly confused. I also found some of the car references possibly too British for American street racing but maybe the folk in the US know who Petter Solberg is…. who knows! I expect some may find the dreaded “cheating” element a step too far in this story but with Ellie’s heart still belonging to Jamie, who was she really cheating with?
Definitely, a strong book to read and end 2016 with. Kirsty Moseley is an author that has a real talent for writing and for drawing readers into truly heartfelt scenes and this two-part series is definitely highly recommended.
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December 2, 2016
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Gah! When I read Fighting To Be Free earlier this year, the ending had me slamming my hands down on my desk practically shouting "NOOOOOO!!! You can't leave them like this!!!" Thankfully, Kirsty Moseley must have heard my shouts because a sequel was quickly in the works and landing an ARC of this felt like an early Christmas present.
Moseley did not disappoint with this follow up, set three years after the ending of the first book. This story is packed with a ton of action, heartache, tension, and steamy romance to keep the pages turning. It was such a treat seeing Ellie grow into herself, heal, and repair what was an especially strained relationship with her mother in the first book while adding strength and depth to her relationship with her younger sister. And Jamie...wow. It was such a journey to see him live in near darkness when he felt he had nothing good to live for without a family, and without Ellie, to becoming the man he was well on his way to being for Ellie all of those years ago.
Set against the backdrop of a seedier NYC, complete with the car thefts, drug deals, and gang turf wars that is Jamie's new world and shifting to the suburban manicured lawns of Ellie's old life will have reader's feeling like they're first row for a summer blockbuster action movie. Moseley threw out so many twists and curves (and a hot hot hot romance rekindled) that I finished this book in a few hours.
My only critique, much like the first book, is at times the dialogue was heavy on the cheesy side. I get that it's an action filled new adult romance, but come on. If a boy tells me I'll "Be so happy that I'll crap rainbows" that would basically throw an automatic kill switch to whatever steamy scene was taking place. I'm also not one for pet names in real life or stories, and I rolled my eyes every time Jamie called Ellie "little girl." Just...yuck.
That aside, this story will tug at your heart, especially when it comes to that age old question of does your first, real, passionate love ever lose their space in your heart? It was no doubt by the end of Fighting To Be Free that Ellie and Jamie shared a deep, loving connection, but are they still meant to be after a lot of time and heartbreak? Grab a copy of Worth Fighting For when it hits shelves to find out!
Gah! When I read Fighting To Be Free earlier this year, the ending had me slamming my hands down on my desk practically shouting "NOOOOOO!!! You can't leave them like this!!!" Thankfully, Kirsty Moseley must have heard my shouts because a sequel was quickly in the works and landing an ARC of this felt like an early Christmas present.
Moseley did not disappoint with this follow up, set three years after the ending of the first book. This story is packed with a ton of action, heartache, tension, and steamy romance to keep the pages turning. It was such a treat seeing Ellie grow into herself, heal, and repair what was an especially strained relationship with her mother in the first book while adding strength and depth to her relationship with her younger sister. And Jamie...wow. It was such a journey to see him live in near darkness when he felt he had nothing good to live for without a family, and without Ellie, to becoming the man he was well on his way to being for Ellie all of those years ago.
Set against the backdrop of a seedier NYC, complete with the car thefts, drug deals, and gang turf wars that is Jamie's new world and shifting to the suburban manicured lawns of Ellie's old life will have reader's feeling like they're first row for a summer blockbuster action movie. Moseley threw out so many twists and curves (and a hot hot hot romance rekindled) that I finished this book in a few hours.
My only critique, much like the first book, is at times the dialogue was heavy on the cheesy side. I get that it's an action filled new adult romance, but come on. If a boy tells me I'll "Be so happy that I'll crap rainbows" that would basically throw an automatic kill switch to whatever steamy scene was taking place. I'm also not one for pet names in real life or stories, and I rolled my eyes every time Jamie called Ellie "little girl." Just...yuck.
That aside, this story will tug at your heart, especially when it comes to that age old question of does your first, real, passionate love ever lose their space in your heart? It was no doubt by the end of Fighting To Be Free that Ellie and Jamie shared a deep, loving connection, but are they still meant to be after a lot of time and heartbreak? Grab a copy of Worth Fighting For when it hits shelves to find out!
December 6, 2016
4.5 Stars
Fighting to Be Free ended on a massive cliffhanger and I was pretty anxious to see where Kristy Moseley would take the story in book two. Regardless of what would happen to the characters, I just knew I needed some kind of closure. I am happy to say I was pleasantly surprised by just how much I enjoyed this second book. I loved it much more than the first book and I really loved the character growth we got.
Worth Fighting For picks up three years after book one. My beloved Jamie is not the reformed bad boy with the heart of gold we left. He has changed because of what he had to go through and now is firmly enmeshed in the life he tried so hard to escape from. I'll admit to having my heart break a bit seeing where we now find him. He is living life without any care or worry about his well being, having, in his mind, nothing to lose. He's wrong.
Ellie is also a changed person. I wasn't her biggest fan in book one, but time had definitely matured her. She too has moved on to a completely different life. She's happy in London. She's engaged to a new man and doesn't give herself much opportunity to think back on her time in NY or the young man she loved who broke her heart. If she could have her way, she'd never again think about him. When she has to return to NY she thinks she has mentally prepared herself for any run ins with her old life she may have. She's wrong.
When Jamie and Ellie are reunited it is clear neither is over the other and the feelings both attempted to numb and bury are still as strong as ever. Despite everyone's best intentions, neither can stay away forever and soon the danger that seemed to be in the past returns in new forms and there is more at risk than ever before.
I just loved this book. It took me on an emotional roller coaster and there was just as much angst and hardship as in book one, but everything felt more intense thanks in large part to the growth each character has experienced. By the last page I was tremendously satisfied and so glad I stuck around to see what would become of our couple.
Fighting to Be Free ended on a massive cliffhanger and I was pretty anxious to see where Kristy Moseley would take the story in book two. Regardless of what would happen to the characters, I just knew I needed some kind of closure. I am happy to say I was pleasantly surprised by just how much I enjoyed this second book. I loved it much more than the first book and I really loved the character growth we got.
Worth Fighting For picks up three years after book one. My beloved Jamie is not the reformed bad boy with the heart of gold we left. He has changed because of what he had to go through and now is firmly enmeshed in the life he tried so hard to escape from. I'll admit to having my heart break a bit seeing where we now find him. He is living life without any care or worry about his well being, having, in his mind, nothing to lose. He's wrong.
Ellie is also a changed person. I wasn't her biggest fan in book one, but time had definitely matured her. She too has moved on to a completely different life. She's happy in London. She's engaged to a new man and doesn't give herself much opportunity to think back on her time in NY or the young man she loved who broke her heart. If she could have her way, she'd never again think about him. When she has to return to NY she thinks she has mentally prepared herself for any run ins with her old life she may have. She's wrong.
When Jamie and Ellie are reunited it is clear neither is over the other and the feelings both attempted to numb and bury are still as strong as ever. Despite everyone's best intentions, neither can stay away forever and soon the danger that seemed to be in the past returns in new forms and there is more at risk than ever before.
I just loved this book. It took me on an emotional roller coaster and there was just as much angst and hardship as in book one, but everything felt more intense thanks in large part to the growth each character has experienced. By the last page I was tremendously satisfied and so glad I stuck around to see what would become of our couple.
December 8, 2016
Fantastic book! Fantastic characters! Fantastic ending! I hated the cliffhanger ending of the first book, but this book made up for it.
September 7, 2017
3 stelline e mezzo
La mia recensione sul blog http://www.leggereromanticamente.com/...
Lotta per il tuo amore è il secondo e conclusivo romanzo della storia con protagonisti Ellie e Jamie.
Questa seconda parte è ambientata tre anni dopo rispetto al finale del primo libro ed è raccontata dal punto di vista di entrambi i personaggi principali.
Personalmente, il finale del precedente mi aveva lasciata davvero con l'amaro in bocca, non mi era piaciuto la direzione che aveva intrapreso la storia, ma avevo comunque voglia di scoprire come si sarebbe evoluta.
Dopo il modo in cui Jamie l'ha lasciata quando erano diciottenni, Ellie è partita per un lungo viaggio dal quale non è mai tornata, negli ultimi anni si è infatti stabilita a Londra dove ha trovato un lavoro e un ragazzo che la aiutasse ad andare avanti.
Nei primi capitoli i ragazzi si trovano quindi in continenti diversi e vediamo come stanno attualmente vivendo la loro vita.
Quando però un evento tragico colpisce la sua famiglia, Allie ritorna negli Stati Uniti e deve fare i conti con le emozioni che prova trovandosi nuovamente Jamie davanti agli occhi.
Inutile dire che la forte attrazione e il feeling emotivo che c'era tra i due non si è mai assopito, anche se molte cose nel frattempo sono cambiate.
Vi ricordate vero che Jamie aveva dei trascorsi legati alla malavita e al furto di auto? Il suo profondo amore per Ellie l'aveva spinto a lasciarsi tutto alle spalle, ma dopo averla persa nulla ha più avuto senso per lui, così tutte le vecchie cattive abitudini sono tornate a galla. Il Jamie adulto è cambiato, è più ricco, più duro e vuoto dentro.
In Free to love. Lotta per il tuo amore è tempo di chiarimenti, spiegazioni e decisioni importanti per il futuro.
Purtroppo l'occasione che spinge Allie a tornare a casa e fare i conti con la sua “fuga” è triste e dolorosa, per cui l'autrice non ci fa mancare nemmeno qualche scena straziante e commuovente.
La Moseley non è una delle mie autrici preferite, ma la sua narrazione è comunque molto scorrevole e fortunatamente ha dato un degno finale a questa storia così sofferta.
Consigliato a chi ha un debole per le storie in cui i protagonisti hanno una seconda possibilità.
Punto di vista: prima persona, alternato dei due protagonisti
Sensualità: qualche scena hot tranquilla
Caratteristiche: triste, romantico
Stile narrativo: scorrevole e semplice
Tipo di finale: conclusione della duologia
La mia recensione sul blog http://www.leggereromanticamente.com/...
Lotta per il tuo amore è il secondo e conclusivo romanzo della storia con protagonisti Ellie e Jamie.
Questa seconda parte è ambientata tre anni dopo rispetto al finale del primo libro ed è raccontata dal punto di vista di entrambi i personaggi principali.
Personalmente, il finale del precedente mi aveva lasciata davvero con l'amaro in bocca, non mi era piaciuto la direzione che aveva intrapreso la storia, ma avevo comunque voglia di scoprire come si sarebbe evoluta.
Dopo il modo in cui Jamie l'ha lasciata quando erano diciottenni, Ellie è partita per un lungo viaggio dal quale non è mai tornata, negli ultimi anni si è infatti stabilita a Londra dove ha trovato un lavoro e un ragazzo che la aiutasse ad andare avanti.
Nei primi capitoli i ragazzi si trovano quindi in continenti diversi e vediamo come stanno attualmente vivendo la loro vita.
Quando però un evento tragico colpisce la sua famiglia, Allie ritorna negli Stati Uniti e deve fare i conti con le emozioni che prova trovandosi nuovamente Jamie davanti agli occhi.
Inutile dire che la forte attrazione e il feeling emotivo che c'era tra i due non si è mai assopito, anche se molte cose nel frattempo sono cambiate.
Vi ricordate vero che Jamie aveva dei trascorsi legati alla malavita e al furto di auto? Il suo profondo amore per Ellie l'aveva spinto a lasciarsi tutto alle spalle, ma dopo averla persa nulla ha più avuto senso per lui, così tutte le vecchie cattive abitudini sono tornate a galla. Il Jamie adulto è cambiato, è più ricco, più duro e vuoto dentro.
In Free to love. Lotta per il tuo amore è tempo di chiarimenti, spiegazioni e decisioni importanti per il futuro.
Purtroppo l'occasione che spinge Allie a tornare a casa e fare i conti con la sua “fuga” è triste e dolorosa, per cui l'autrice non ci fa mancare nemmeno qualche scena straziante e commuovente.
La Moseley non è una delle mie autrici preferite, ma la sua narrazione è comunque molto scorrevole e fortunatamente ha dato un degno finale a questa storia così sofferta.
Consigliato a chi ha un debole per le storie in cui i protagonisti hanno una seconda possibilità.
Punto di vista: prima persona, alternato dei due protagonisti
Sensualità: qualche scena hot tranquilla
Caratteristiche: triste, romantico
Stile narrativo: scorrevole e semplice
Tipo di finale: conclusione della duologia
December 22, 2017
POSSIBILI SPOILER SUL PRIMO VOLUME
Avere il coraggio di cambiare per amore, lottare per riconquistare il cuore dell'unica persona che ha sempre contato qualcosa nella tua vita. Il secondo volume di Free To love, lotta per il tuo amore è un tumultuoso viaggio nelle emozioni.
Dopo aver visto svanire i sogni di un futuro insieme a Jamie Cole, Ellie Pierce è andata avanti. Si è leccata le ferite, è riemersa dalla profonda disperazione in cui era piombata girando l'Europa fino a fermarsi a Londra, dove un nuovo amore le ha ridato il sorriso e la voglia di amare. Una terribile telefonata però, la costringe a fare ritorno a New York.
"Erano le cose più stupide e insignificanti, che sul momento parevano futili, a contare di più dopo, i ricordi che ti tornavano in mente di colpo e ti mostravano che avevi dato tanto per scontato, quando credevi che nulla potesse scalfire il tuo mondo."
Jamie Cole non vede Ellie da tre anni, dal terribile giorno in cui ha dovuto dire addio alla donna della sua vita. Ellie non sa che Jamie ha sacrificato il suo amore per permetterle di avere un futuro normale, uno con un uomo che si merita di stare accanto ad una ragazza meravigliosa come lei, non un galeotto come lui. Da allora ha fatto ogni cosa per tenerla sotto controllo, per essere sicuro che lei stesse bene, anche senza di lui. Ora però sta per tornare e dovrà affrontare una terribile prova. Jamie vorrebbe solo starle accanto, proteggerla dalla sofferenza, ma non ha più il diritto di fare tutte queste cose, perchè adesso Ellie è di un altro uomo. Rivedersi però, ha delle conseguenze inaspettate. Nessuno dei due ha dimenticato l'altro e i sentimenti riemergono più prepotenti che mai. E mentre Ellie è impegnata a far fronte a una dolorosa situazione familiare, un nemico trama trama alle sue spalle, mentre lei è inconsapevole di ciò che le sta accadendo attorno.
Ma cosa ne è stato del Jamie che era pronto a cambiare vita, a rigare dritto e uscire dal circuito della malavita che lo teneva imbrigliato? In questo secondo capitolo il lato sensibile che tanto abbiamo amato, ha ceduto il posto a quello duro. Ritroviamo un Jamie più cattivo, temuto da tutti e a capo di un impero dedito ai traffici di ogni tipo. Perchè questo cambio di rotta? In realtà dopo aver abbandonato Ellie niente ha avuto più importanza per lui. Ricoprire il ruolo che tutti gli hanno cucito addosso è stato fin troppo facile e Jamie Cole ha ceduto il posto a Kid Cole: uno che non ha nulla da perdere, che è così lacerato dal dolore per la perdita di Ellie che non fa altro che sbronzarsi e lottare agli incontri clandestini, fino a perdere sensi e non sentire più nulla.
I suoi uomini lo rispettano e i nemici lo temono, e fino al ritorno in città di Ellie non aveva mai mostrato nessun punto debole. Adesso però una crepa è comparsa nella sua spessa corazza e i suoi avversari tenteranno di approfittarne facendo del male a Ellie. Jamie farà di tutto per tenerla al sicuro, anche a costo della sua vita, perchè se c'è una cosa che sa fare bene è lottare.
Ho amato questo secondo libro ancora più del primo. Le emozioni descritte sono più intense e articolate e gli eventi si sviluppano in un costante crescendo tenendo il lettore incollato alle pagine. Kirsty Moseley è in grado di descrivere situazioni strazianti con molta abilità, trasmettendo pathos ed empatia, leggere per credere.
I personaggi hanno effettuato un bel cambiamento, Ellie sembra essere maturata, diventando più matura e responsabile, pronta ad assumersi un carico non indifferente, anche a costo di sacrificare la sua nuova storia d'amore.
"Toby era un brav’uomo, e avrei voluto che le cose fossero diverse. Avrei voluto essere diversa io. Avrei voluto non essere tanto depressa quando l’avevo conosciuto, né avrei dovuto illudermi di essere guarita grazie a lui perché, rivedendo Jamie, mi ero accorta di avere preso in giro entrambi. Ero ancora innamorata di lui, e per questo mi disprezzavo."
Jamie... che dire? É Jamie, e io l'ho letteralmente adorato. Sarà per il fascino che esercitano i bad boys, sarà per quella sua aria tormentata, per il fatto di vivere ogni sentimento al massimo, che sia rabbia, odio oppure amore. Innamorato e protettivo, rivedere la sua rossa lo fa piombare in uno stato di prostrazione contro il quale lotta costantemente, anestetizzando ogni emozione.
Ellie mi ha fatto storcere il naso in alcuni punti. L'ho trovata egoista per il modo in cui ha messo fine alla sua nuova relazione, nascondendosi dietro la falsa scusa dell'emergenza familiare e del senso di colpa per essere stata lontana tutto questo tempo.
Sono sicura che il dolore per la perdita di una persona amata e il fatto di avere assaggiato nuovamente le labbra di Jamie, siano stati fattori determinanti nella scelta di non fare più ritorno a Londra. Per lei superare la rottura con Jamie è stato difficilissimo, ma c'erano troppe questioni irrisolte tra loro, non ultimo, il fatto che il suo cuore appartiene ancora a quel ragazzo fragile e pieno di cicatrici che per il resto del mondo è uno di cui aver timore.
Il ritmo di Free to love, lotta per il tuo amore è una commistione di dramma, passione e suspense. E se ancora non lo avete fatto, vi innamorerete pazzamente di Jamie-Kid Cole.
Avere il coraggio di cambiare per amore, lottare per riconquistare il cuore dell'unica persona che ha sempre contato qualcosa nella tua vita. Il secondo volume di Free To love, lotta per il tuo amore è un tumultuoso viaggio nelle emozioni.
Dopo aver visto svanire i sogni di un futuro insieme a Jamie Cole, Ellie Pierce è andata avanti. Si è leccata le ferite, è riemersa dalla profonda disperazione in cui era piombata girando l'Europa fino a fermarsi a Londra, dove un nuovo amore le ha ridato il sorriso e la voglia di amare. Una terribile telefonata però, la costringe a fare ritorno a New York.
"Erano le cose più stupide e insignificanti, che sul momento parevano futili, a contare di più dopo, i ricordi che ti tornavano in mente di colpo e ti mostravano che avevi dato tanto per scontato, quando credevi che nulla potesse scalfire il tuo mondo."
Jamie Cole non vede Ellie da tre anni, dal terribile giorno in cui ha dovuto dire addio alla donna della sua vita. Ellie non sa che Jamie ha sacrificato il suo amore per permetterle di avere un futuro normale, uno con un uomo che si merita di stare accanto ad una ragazza meravigliosa come lei, non un galeotto come lui. Da allora ha fatto ogni cosa per tenerla sotto controllo, per essere sicuro che lei stesse bene, anche senza di lui. Ora però sta per tornare e dovrà affrontare una terribile prova. Jamie vorrebbe solo starle accanto, proteggerla dalla sofferenza, ma non ha più il diritto di fare tutte queste cose, perchè adesso Ellie è di un altro uomo. Rivedersi però, ha delle conseguenze inaspettate. Nessuno dei due ha dimenticato l'altro e i sentimenti riemergono più prepotenti che mai. E mentre Ellie è impegnata a far fronte a una dolorosa situazione familiare, un nemico trama trama alle sue spalle, mentre lei è inconsapevole di ciò che le sta accadendo attorno.
Ma cosa ne è stato del Jamie che era pronto a cambiare vita, a rigare dritto e uscire dal circuito della malavita che lo teneva imbrigliato? In questo secondo capitolo il lato sensibile che tanto abbiamo amato, ha ceduto il posto a quello duro. Ritroviamo un Jamie più cattivo, temuto da tutti e a capo di un impero dedito ai traffici di ogni tipo. Perchè questo cambio di rotta? In realtà dopo aver abbandonato Ellie niente ha avuto più importanza per lui. Ricoprire il ruolo che tutti gli hanno cucito addosso è stato fin troppo facile e Jamie Cole ha ceduto il posto a Kid Cole: uno che non ha nulla da perdere, che è così lacerato dal dolore per la perdita di Ellie che non fa altro che sbronzarsi e lottare agli incontri clandestini, fino a perdere sensi e non sentire più nulla.
I suoi uomini lo rispettano e i nemici lo temono, e fino al ritorno in città di Ellie non aveva mai mostrato nessun punto debole. Adesso però una crepa è comparsa nella sua spessa corazza e i suoi avversari tenteranno di approfittarne facendo del male a Ellie. Jamie farà di tutto per tenerla al sicuro, anche a costo della sua vita, perchè se c'è una cosa che sa fare bene è lottare.
Ho amato questo secondo libro ancora più del primo. Le emozioni descritte sono più intense e articolate e gli eventi si sviluppano in un costante crescendo tenendo il lettore incollato alle pagine. Kirsty Moseley è in grado di descrivere situazioni strazianti con molta abilità, trasmettendo pathos ed empatia, leggere per credere.
I personaggi hanno effettuato un bel cambiamento, Ellie sembra essere maturata, diventando più matura e responsabile, pronta ad assumersi un carico non indifferente, anche a costo di sacrificare la sua nuova storia d'amore.
"Toby era un brav’uomo, e avrei voluto che le cose fossero diverse. Avrei voluto essere diversa io. Avrei voluto non essere tanto depressa quando l’avevo conosciuto, né avrei dovuto illudermi di essere guarita grazie a lui perché, rivedendo Jamie, mi ero accorta di avere preso in giro entrambi. Ero ancora innamorata di lui, e per questo mi disprezzavo."
Jamie... che dire? É Jamie, e io l'ho letteralmente adorato. Sarà per il fascino che esercitano i bad boys, sarà per quella sua aria tormentata, per il fatto di vivere ogni sentimento al massimo, che sia rabbia, odio oppure amore. Innamorato e protettivo, rivedere la sua rossa lo fa piombare in uno stato di prostrazione contro il quale lotta costantemente, anestetizzando ogni emozione.
Ellie mi ha fatto storcere il naso in alcuni punti. L'ho trovata egoista per il modo in cui ha messo fine alla sua nuova relazione, nascondendosi dietro la falsa scusa dell'emergenza familiare e del senso di colpa per essere stata lontana tutto questo tempo.
Sono sicura che il dolore per la perdita di una persona amata e il fatto di avere assaggiato nuovamente le labbra di Jamie, siano stati fattori determinanti nella scelta di non fare più ritorno a Londra. Per lei superare la rottura con Jamie è stato difficilissimo, ma c'erano troppe questioni irrisolte tra loro, non ultimo, il fatto che il suo cuore appartiene ancora a quel ragazzo fragile e pieno di cicatrici che per il resto del mondo è uno di cui aver timore.
Il ritmo di Free to love, lotta per il tuo amore è una commistione di dramma, passione e suspense. E se ancora non lo avete fatto, vi innamorerete pazzamente di Jamie-Kid Cole.
December 10, 2016
I was so excited to read this book. I was dying for more of Ellie and Jamie's story. I was thrilled to read what was to happen next. How they would survive all that had happened in Fighting To Be Free. So when I began this book, I was a bit confused and to be honest, a little disappointed too. I was nervous as to the direction of the story and how it would all come together. The odds were stacked against them and so much had changed. Like Ellie, I wondered, what had happened to the Jamie Cole I had fallen in love with? The sweet boy with the tortured soul that won my heart over with his cheeky charm and troubled past. In his place was a man. A man I did not recognize. This man was a new version of Kid Cole. A wealthier, edgier, more confident version of himself with a presence that demanded respect and initiated fear. Prison had changed him, and I had hoped that Ellie could bring him back. So when Ellie first laid her eyes on Jamie after returning from Europe, my heart stopped too! Yes, Jamie had changed, but HOT DAMN! He was still the bad-ass I remembered, and I fell in love with him all over again! Despite my early reservations, this story line was a perfect conclusion to book 1. I should have never expected anything less from this author. On a side note, Kirsty Moseley writes fantastic suspense scenes! She has a way of writing that makes you feel like you are part of all the action. It was an intense, angsty, emotional read! Worth Fighting For turned out to be sooo much more than I anticipated. I cried, I laughed, I cheered, I swooned... I LOVED IT!
♥ Review by Lys
♥ Review by Lys
June 8, 2019
This is one of those books where you will literally be rooting for these two. I say that because its not an easily seen HEA. You know its coming, but the story is not predictable. If anything it is the total opposite. And it will keep you glued #TRUST
When I read the first in this duet, Fighting to be Free, I wasn't entirely surprised at how it ended, but because of how it ended I was ridiculously anxious to get to part two! I knew it would be a battle and I was already in love with them both so I just could not wait! AND IT DID NOT DISAPPOINT people!! **wow**
The book begins a few years after we left Jamie & Ellie in Fighting to be Free. Tragedy has Ellie returning and crossing paths with Jamie again and the sparks fly :) however, as i mentioned earlier, it is an uphill battle. My heart broke for them. I felt their struggle and their pain. This is nowhere near a rainbows and gumdrops story but it definitely has heart. SO much heart! And it is so real you can almost touch it.
I am just simply amazed with Kirsty Moseley. Her writing skills are gripping and intense and thorough. No stone was left un-turned and everything in the book made sense and was there for a reason. There are twist and turns and sadness and heartbreak but also light and laughter and love ALL woven together perfectly! EXCELLENT JOB!
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When I read the first in this duet, Fighting to be Free, I wasn't entirely surprised at how it ended, but because of how it ended I was ridiculously anxious to get to part two! I knew it would be a battle and I was already in love with them both so I just could not wait! AND IT DID NOT DISAPPOINT people!! **wow**
The book begins a few years after we left Jamie & Ellie in Fighting to be Free. Tragedy has Ellie returning and crossing paths with Jamie again and the sparks fly :) however, as i mentioned earlier, it is an uphill battle. My heart broke for them. I felt their struggle and their pain. This is nowhere near a rainbows and gumdrops story but it definitely has heart. SO much heart! And it is so real you can almost touch it.
I am just simply amazed with Kirsty Moseley. Her writing skills are gripping and intense and thorough. No stone was left un-turned and everything in the book made sense and was there for a reason. There are twist and turns and sadness and heartbreak but also light and laughter and love ALL woven together perfectly! EXCELLENT JOB!
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February 8, 2020
Słyszałam, że ta część jest lepsza od poprzedniej, jednak ja uważam inaczej. 1 tom podobał mi się bardziej. Mam wrażenie, że ten to już zupełnie inna historia. Nie jest to już new adult a raczej romans. Szkoda, bo polubiłam klimat 1 książki. Mimo to wciąż historia jest fajna i mi sie podobała.
Bohaterowie nie są już tak płytcy, a bohaterka już tak nie wkurza.
Bohaterowie nie są już tak płytcy, a bohaterka już tak nie wkurza.
November 8, 2016
Loved this !! Review to come
September 7, 2017
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Free To Love – Lotta per il tuo amore è la parte conclusiva della duologia Fighting to Be Free di Kirsty Moseley.
Dopo la conclusione del primo volume che ci ha lasciato letteralmente col fiato sospeso finalmente possiamo scoprire quale sarà il finale della storia d'amore tra Ellie e Jamie, due ragazzi che nonostante le differenze e i due stili di vita completamente diversi sono riusciti a trovare l'una nell'altra la felicità e il vero amore.
Sono trascorsi tre anni da quando Jamie ha deciso di lasciare libera Ellie e di terminare la loro relazione ma non c'è giorno che non pensi alla ragazza che, anche se per breve tempo, lo ha cambiato nel profondo. Ma quando la tragedia colpirà la famiglia di Ellie questa rientrerà volente o nolente di nuovo nella vita di Jamie e questa volta nulla potrà impedire ai due di fare chiarezza nel loro rapporto e, perché no, poter cominciare una nuova pagina della loro vita mettendo il passato alle spalle.
Ellie non è più la giovane ragazza innamorata e pronta a tutto per salvaguardare il suo rapporto con Jamie, ormai è una donna pronta a prendersi tutte le responsabilità che la vita le ha riservato. Determinata, coraggiosa e forte a tal punto da caricarsi di tutti i pesi della sua famiglia e finalmente decidere di smettere di scappare e affrontare una volta per tutti i sentimenti che ancora la legano al ragazzo che avrà per sempre un posto speciale nel suo cuore.
Ho apprezzato tantissimo questo personaggio rispetto alla prima volta che la abbiamo incontrata. Il personaggio è maturato e si è evoluto, portando il lettore a seguire la storia con rinnovato entusiasmo e curiosità e ancor più desideroso di scoprire quale sarebbe stata la risoluzione degli eventi.
Jamie è un personaggio complesso e dall'animo tormentato, diviso costantemente dai sentimenti che prova per Ellie e il comportarsi come l'uomo che lei sa che si cela in lui, e l'uomo che tutti sanno si nasconde dietro l'appellativo Kid Cole e la sua maschera di fredda e crudeltà, un ragazzo che al solo nominarlo provoca paura e rispetto nell'ambiente della malavita dove è cresciuto.
Rincontrare Ellie però porterà il nostro protagonista a chiedersi se la scelta fatta tre anni prima sia stata quella giusta e se dare un'altra possibilità ai sentimenti che prova sia la scelta giusta da fare.
Impossibile non rimanere affascinati da questo personaggio, sarà perché adoro i personaggi dall'animo oscuro con il cuore d'oro, sarà perché Jamie è il classico bad boy che di cattivo non ha nulla.
Free To Love – Lotta per il tuo amore è uno di quei libri che ti incollano alle pagine e che divori in un pomeriggio di lettura grazie ad una trama strutturata con sapienza che ti incalza capitolo dopo capitolo, una narrazione emozionante ed esaltante che ti porta ad immedesimarti nei personaggi ed entrare nella storia fin dalle primissime pagine.
Il punto vincente del romanzo è senza dubbio la possibilità di leggere sì la conclusione della storia tra Ellie e Jamie ma anche poter leggere completamente un nuovo romanzo rispetto al primo, non si tratta più di un romanzo adolescenziale ma di un New Adult con nuove tematiche e elementi da trattare. Da ciò ne consegue anche la variazione di diversi elementi all'interno della struttura del romanzo, cambiano i personaggi secondari, cambiano gli antagonisti e ci si presenta completamente una nuova storia da leggere e a cui appassionarsi.
Lo stile dell'autrice è uno caratterizzato da un linguaggio semplice che porta il lettore a diventare tutt'uno con la storia.
Il tutto viene favorito dall'introduzione di tematiche che nonostante l'elevata dose di elementi fiction riescono a toccare il lettore e ad emozionarlo continuamente durante il corso della lettura.
Se avete paura di non ricordare esattamente le vicende del primo volume non temete perché l'autrice riesce nel compito di riepilogare gli venti più importanti nei primissimi capitoli in modo tale da rinfrescare le idee a chi ha letto il primo romanzo ad inizio anno.
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Free To Love – Lotta per il tuo amore è la parte conclusiva della duologia Fighting to Be Free di Kirsty Moseley.
Dopo la conclusione del primo volume che ci ha lasciato letteralmente col fiato sospeso finalmente possiamo scoprire quale sarà il finale della storia d'amore tra Ellie e Jamie, due ragazzi che nonostante le differenze e i due stili di vita completamente diversi sono riusciti a trovare l'una nell'altra la felicità e il vero amore.
Sono trascorsi tre anni da quando Jamie ha deciso di lasciare libera Ellie e di terminare la loro relazione ma non c'è giorno che non pensi alla ragazza che, anche se per breve tempo, lo ha cambiato nel profondo. Ma quando la tragedia colpirà la famiglia di Ellie questa rientrerà volente o nolente di nuovo nella vita di Jamie e questa volta nulla potrà impedire ai due di fare chiarezza nel loro rapporto e, perché no, poter cominciare una nuova pagina della loro vita mettendo il passato alle spalle.
Ellie non è più la giovane ragazza innamorata e pronta a tutto per salvaguardare il suo rapporto con Jamie, ormai è una donna pronta a prendersi tutte le responsabilità che la vita le ha riservato. Determinata, coraggiosa e forte a tal punto da caricarsi di tutti i pesi della sua famiglia e finalmente decidere di smettere di scappare e affrontare una volta per tutti i sentimenti che ancora la legano al ragazzo che avrà per sempre un posto speciale nel suo cuore.
Ho apprezzato tantissimo questo personaggio rispetto alla prima volta che la abbiamo incontrata. Il personaggio è maturato e si è evoluto, portando il lettore a seguire la storia con rinnovato entusiasmo e curiosità e ancor più desideroso di scoprire quale sarebbe stata la risoluzione degli eventi.
Jamie è un personaggio complesso e dall'animo tormentato, diviso costantemente dai sentimenti che prova per Ellie e il comportarsi come l'uomo che lei sa che si cela in lui, e l'uomo che tutti sanno si nasconde dietro l'appellativo Kid Cole e la sua maschera di fredda e crudeltà, un ragazzo che al solo nominarlo provoca paura e rispetto nell'ambiente della malavita dove è cresciuto.
Rincontrare Ellie però porterà il nostro protagonista a chiedersi se la scelta fatta tre anni prima sia stata quella giusta e se dare un'altra possibilità ai sentimenti che prova sia la scelta giusta da fare.
Impossibile non rimanere affascinati da questo personaggio, sarà perché adoro i personaggi dall'animo oscuro con il cuore d'oro, sarà perché Jamie è il classico bad boy che di cattivo non ha nulla.
Free To Love – Lotta per il tuo amore è uno di quei libri che ti incollano alle pagine e che divori in un pomeriggio di lettura grazie ad una trama strutturata con sapienza che ti incalza capitolo dopo capitolo, una narrazione emozionante ed esaltante che ti porta ad immedesimarti nei personaggi ed entrare nella storia fin dalle primissime pagine.
Il punto vincente del romanzo è senza dubbio la possibilità di leggere sì la conclusione della storia tra Ellie e Jamie ma anche poter leggere completamente un nuovo romanzo rispetto al primo, non si tratta più di un romanzo adolescenziale ma di un New Adult con nuove tematiche e elementi da trattare. Da ciò ne consegue anche la variazione di diversi elementi all'interno della struttura del romanzo, cambiano i personaggi secondari, cambiano gli antagonisti e ci si presenta completamente una nuova storia da leggere e a cui appassionarsi.
Lo stile dell'autrice è uno caratterizzato da un linguaggio semplice che porta il lettore a diventare tutt'uno con la storia.
Il tutto viene favorito dall'introduzione di tematiche che nonostante l'elevata dose di elementi fiction riescono a toccare il lettore e ad emozionarlo continuamente durante il corso della lettura.
Se avete paura di non ricordare esattamente le vicende del primo volume non temete perché l'autrice riesce nel compito di riepilogare gli venti più importanti nei primissimi capitoli in modo tale da rinfrescare le idee a chi ha letto il primo romanzo ad inizio anno.
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October 3, 2017
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Attendere il sequel di Free to Love per me è stata un impresa titanica. Ma finalmente eccoci alla conclusione di questo emozionantissimo viaggio.
Vedere Ellie partire senza Jamie era stata una secchiata di acqua fredda.
Jamie aveva spinto Ellie lontano da lui, pur amandola con tutto il cuore, rompendo l'intenso legame tra loro, interrompendo la magia. Erano molto giovani, anche se forse ogni anno di vita di Jamie contava come dieci anni delle altre persone. Un passato difficile che continua a ripercuotersi sul suo futuro, un fallimento di cui non vuol gravare anche Ellie.
Sono passati tre anni, Ellie dopo tante sofferenze finalmente vive una vita serena, si è stabilita a Londra dove ha incontrato uno splendido ragazzo, Toby, che le ha dato un lavoro e l'ha aiutata a superare la sua tristezza, è finalmente felice o almeno è quello che pensa. Jamie sembra essere solo un ricordo lontano, un doloroso ricordo del suo passato.
Vede con Toby un futuro, fin quando un incidente terribile ai suoi genitori la riporta negli Stati Uniti.
Jamie viene a sapere subito del suo rientro e non può fare a meno di cercarla, deve almeno vederla, finalmente potrà respirare di nuovo, tuttavia sente di non poterla avvicinare. E' consapevole della sofferenza e del dolore che Ellie sta provando e non vuole aggravare la situazione con la sua presenza.
Jamie ora è un ricco uomo d'affari, anche se i suoi affari non sono certo puliti e onesti, dopo la partenza di Ellie non aveva più nessun obbiettivo, nessuno per cui lottare, e ha scelto la strada più facile, ha rilevato l'organizzazione, continuando con i furti d'auto, lo spaccio di droga, insieme alla conduzione di una serie di locali che lo aiutano nella sua attività.
I due si vedono per la prima volta proprio in uno dei suoi locali notturni, e tutto torna a galla, tutti i sentimenti e la sofferenza che Ellie aveva con fatica seppellito escono di nuovo fuori come se fosse passato un giorno anzichè tre anni.
Jamie fino a ora è stato intoccabile, non aveva paura di niente e di nessuno, non gli importava di morire e non aveva nessuno a cui teneva, quindi non era ricattabile.
La presenza di Ellie complica la situazione, i suoi nemici, l'organizzazione rivale della famiglia Salazar individua il suo punto debole e la posta in gioco si alza.
Riuscirà Jamie a proteggere l'unica cosa che ama al mondo?
Riuscirà a riconquistare la fiducia e l'amore di Ellie?
Ellie riuscirà a superare tutto e ad accettare che il suo legame con Jamie è indissolubile?
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Attendere il sequel di Free to Love per me è stata un impresa titanica. Ma finalmente eccoci alla conclusione di questo emozionantissimo viaggio.
Vedere Ellie partire senza Jamie era stata una secchiata di acqua fredda.
Jamie aveva spinto Ellie lontano da lui, pur amandola con tutto il cuore, rompendo l'intenso legame tra loro, interrompendo la magia. Erano molto giovani, anche se forse ogni anno di vita di Jamie contava come dieci anni delle altre persone. Un passato difficile che continua a ripercuotersi sul suo futuro, un fallimento di cui non vuol gravare anche Ellie.
Sono passati tre anni, Ellie dopo tante sofferenze finalmente vive una vita serena, si è stabilita a Londra dove ha incontrato uno splendido ragazzo, Toby, che le ha dato un lavoro e l'ha aiutata a superare la sua tristezza, è finalmente felice o almeno è quello che pensa. Jamie sembra essere solo un ricordo lontano, un doloroso ricordo del suo passato.
Vede con Toby un futuro, fin quando un incidente terribile ai suoi genitori la riporta negli Stati Uniti.
Jamie viene a sapere subito del suo rientro e non può fare a meno di cercarla, deve almeno vederla, finalmente potrà respirare di nuovo, tuttavia sente di non poterla avvicinare. E' consapevole della sofferenza e del dolore che Ellie sta provando e non vuole aggravare la situazione con la sua presenza.
Jamie ora è un ricco uomo d'affari, anche se i suoi affari non sono certo puliti e onesti, dopo la partenza di Ellie non aveva più nessun obbiettivo, nessuno per cui lottare, e ha scelto la strada più facile, ha rilevato l'organizzazione, continuando con i furti d'auto, lo spaccio di droga, insieme alla conduzione di una serie di locali che lo aiutano nella sua attività.
I due si vedono per la prima volta proprio in uno dei suoi locali notturni, e tutto torna a galla, tutti i sentimenti e la sofferenza che Ellie aveva con fatica seppellito escono di nuovo fuori come se fosse passato un giorno anzichè tre anni.
Jamie fino a ora è stato intoccabile, non aveva paura di niente e di nessuno, non gli importava di morire e non aveva nessuno a cui teneva, quindi non era ricattabile.
La presenza di Ellie complica la situazione, i suoi nemici, l'organizzazione rivale della famiglia Salazar individua il suo punto debole e la posta in gioco si alza.
Riuscirà Jamie a proteggere l'unica cosa che ama al mondo?
Riuscirà a riconquistare la fiducia e l'amore di Ellie?
Ellie riuscirà a superare tutto e ad accettare che il suo legame con Jamie è indissolubile?
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September 19, 2017
È stata dura, durissima, aspettare il seguito di Free to love, niente da perdere se non l’amore. Ho aspettato con ansia, voglia di rileggerlo, desiderio di sapere cosa ne sarebbe stato di Jamie e Ellie dopo l’ennesimo brutto tiro del destino. Li avevamo lasciati divisi, Ellie lontana, in giro per il mondo, convinta che Jamie non l’avesse mai amata davvero, lui dietro le sbarre per essere di nuovo ricaduto nella fitta rete dell’illegalità.
In Free to love, lotta per il tuo amore ritroviamo Ellie serena, alle prese con una nuova vita e un nuovo fidanzato. Toby le ha dato una casa, un lavoro, il conforto che cercava dopo che Jamie le ha spezzato il cuore. Una tragedia immane colpirà la famiglia di Ellie e la costringerà a tornare a casa. Rivedrà Jamie, che le starà accanto prima a distanza, poi avvicinandosi sempre più. Ellie scoprirà che quel sentimento che aveva nascosto in un angolo del cuore è ancora lì, più forte e vivo che mai. Jamie, invece, scoprirà che l’amore che pensava di provare per la ragazza in realtà è ancora più potente: per lei farebbe di tutto. Ellie è la sua vita. E allora starle lontana, per proteggerla, non sarà più possibile.
Se il primo romanzo era ricco di cliché tipici del romance, non posso dire che non lo sia anche questo. La trama si sviluppa in maniera piuttosto prevedibile, con colpi di scena inseriti al punto giusto ma che non sconvolgono. Eppure, eppure… ragazze, questo romanzo mi ha fatto sognare esattamente come era già successo. Jamie entra di diritto nella mia lista dei book boyfriend preferiti. Come potrebbe essere altrimenti? La sua dolcezza è tutt’altro che melensa; conquista, arriva al cuore, fa desiderare a una lettrice come me di partire così, su due piedi, e andare in giro per il mondo a cercare un Jamie (rendiamoci conto!). Più leggevo e più desideravo arrivare alla fine e vederli finalmente felici insieme, perchè non potevo chiedere di meglio per Jamie se non la sua felicità. Più leggevo e più cercavo di andare piano, di godermi ogni attimo, ogni evento, ogni battuta, perchè in fondo non volevo lasciarli andare. Volevo ancora stare un po’ con Jamie ed Ellie, vivere ogni momento del loro pazzo, folle e ostacolato amore.
Una bella contraddizione che ho fatto fatica a gestire.
Kirsty Moseley, stavolta hai fatto magie!!! Grazie per questa storia meravigliosa, grazie per questo amore così bello, forte e combattivo, grazie per Jamie. Questo ragazzo dalla scorza dura ha tanto da insegnare, ha un cuore bellissimo che nasconde e riserva solo all’unica donna che abbia mai amato. Scopritelo, godetevelo, sognate. Innamoratevi di lui, di Ellie, del loro amore da favola. Ci sarà da soffrire, affrontare mille peripezie, ma il lieto fine esiste.
In Free to love, lotta per il tuo amore ritroviamo Ellie serena, alle prese con una nuova vita e un nuovo fidanzato. Toby le ha dato una casa, un lavoro, il conforto che cercava dopo che Jamie le ha spezzato il cuore. Una tragedia immane colpirà la famiglia di Ellie e la costringerà a tornare a casa. Rivedrà Jamie, che le starà accanto prima a distanza, poi avvicinandosi sempre più. Ellie scoprirà che quel sentimento che aveva nascosto in un angolo del cuore è ancora lì, più forte e vivo che mai. Jamie, invece, scoprirà che l’amore che pensava di provare per la ragazza in realtà è ancora più potente: per lei farebbe di tutto. Ellie è la sua vita. E allora starle lontana, per proteggerla, non sarà più possibile.
Se il primo romanzo era ricco di cliché tipici del romance, non posso dire che non lo sia anche questo. La trama si sviluppa in maniera piuttosto prevedibile, con colpi di scena inseriti al punto giusto ma che non sconvolgono. Eppure, eppure… ragazze, questo romanzo mi ha fatto sognare esattamente come era già successo. Jamie entra di diritto nella mia lista dei book boyfriend preferiti. Come potrebbe essere altrimenti? La sua dolcezza è tutt’altro che melensa; conquista, arriva al cuore, fa desiderare a una lettrice come me di partire così, su due piedi, e andare in giro per il mondo a cercare un Jamie (rendiamoci conto!). Più leggevo e più desideravo arrivare alla fine e vederli finalmente felici insieme, perchè non potevo chiedere di meglio per Jamie se non la sua felicità. Più leggevo e più cercavo di andare piano, di godermi ogni attimo, ogni evento, ogni battuta, perchè in fondo non volevo lasciarli andare. Volevo ancora stare un po’ con Jamie ed Ellie, vivere ogni momento del loro pazzo, folle e ostacolato amore.
Una bella contraddizione che ho fatto fatica a gestire.
Kirsty Moseley, stavolta hai fatto magie!!! Grazie per questa storia meravigliosa, grazie per questo amore così bello, forte e combattivo, grazie per Jamie. Questo ragazzo dalla scorza dura ha tanto da insegnare, ha un cuore bellissimo che nasconde e riserva solo all’unica donna che abbia mai amato. Scopritelo, godetevelo, sognate. Innamoratevi di lui, di Ellie, del loro amore da favola. Ci sarà da soffrire, affrontare mille peripezie, ma il lieto fine esiste.
September 7, 2017
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Chi ha amato il primo libro ritroverà qui la dolcezza infinita e la tenerezza che ha provato per Jamie, adorabile malvivente innamorato che cerca nel dolore e nella sofferenza fisica un modo di non pensare alla donna che ha perduto. È tornato a delinquere perché non ha più la ragione per non farlo, ma sarà pronto a lasciare la via del crimine quando Ellie deciderà di dargli una seconda possibilità. È struggente e romanticissimo il suo personale percorso di redenzione e il tentativo di riguadagnare la fiducia di Ellie, insomma si continua ad amarlo nel dolore e nella felicità. La povera Ellie, evidentemente, secondo l'autrice non aveva già sofferto abbastanza per l'abbandono di Jamie e le fa crollare addosso una grave disgrazia che la obbliga a tornare a casa.
E il suo ritorno a casa la porta inevitabilmente a ritrovare Jamie, a confrontarsi con lui, ad ascoltare le sue ragioni. È combattuta perché il legame che ha con Toby è forte, ma si rende anche conto che la sua casa non è a Londra con lui, ma negli Stati Uniti con la famiglia. È tutto molto bello e scritto benissimo, sappiamo già che la Moseley è molto talentuosa, solo che mi sono sorte delle perplessità di carattere morale. Mi spiego: Jamie è il capo di un'organizzazione a delinquere, è un ladro di auto, partecipa a corse clandestine e incontri di boxe altrettanto illegali, non si fa scrupoli a picchiare e perfino ad uccidere per difendere ciò a cui tiene eppure è l'eroe del libro, è raccontato sempre sotto una luce positiva, non ha ripensamenti morali, alla fine lascia tutto solo perché, riconquistata Ellie, ha di nuovo un motivo valido per non continuare le attività illegali.
Ora, capisco tutto, ci sono esempi fulgidi di banditi gentiluomini nella letteratura, da Sandokan a Robin Hood, da Arsenio Lupin al Corsaro Nero, però che non debba pagare per nessuno dei crimini che commette in questo libro non mi sembra realistico, per non parlare poi del finale che non posso raccontarvi ma che sono certa lascerà perplesse anche voi.
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Chi ha amato il primo libro ritroverà qui la dolcezza infinita e la tenerezza che ha provato per Jamie, adorabile malvivente innamorato che cerca nel dolore e nella sofferenza fisica un modo di non pensare alla donna che ha perduto. È tornato a delinquere perché non ha più la ragione per non farlo, ma sarà pronto a lasciare la via del crimine quando Ellie deciderà di dargli una seconda possibilità. È struggente e romanticissimo il suo personale percorso di redenzione e il tentativo di riguadagnare la fiducia di Ellie, insomma si continua ad amarlo nel dolore e nella felicità. La povera Ellie, evidentemente, secondo l'autrice non aveva già sofferto abbastanza per l'abbandono di Jamie e le fa crollare addosso una grave disgrazia che la obbliga a tornare a casa.
E il suo ritorno a casa la porta inevitabilmente a ritrovare Jamie, a confrontarsi con lui, ad ascoltare le sue ragioni. È combattuta perché il legame che ha con Toby è forte, ma si rende anche conto che la sua casa non è a Londra con lui, ma negli Stati Uniti con la famiglia. È tutto molto bello e scritto benissimo, sappiamo già che la Moseley è molto talentuosa, solo che mi sono sorte delle perplessità di carattere morale. Mi spiego: Jamie è il capo di un'organizzazione a delinquere, è un ladro di auto, partecipa a corse clandestine e incontri di boxe altrettanto illegali, non si fa scrupoli a picchiare e perfino ad uccidere per difendere ciò a cui tiene eppure è l'eroe del libro, è raccontato sempre sotto una luce positiva, non ha ripensamenti morali, alla fine lascia tutto solo perché, riconquistata Ellie, ha di nuovo un motivo valido per non continuare le attività illegali.
Ora, capisco tutto, ci sono esempi fulgidi di banditi gentiluomini nella letteratura, da Sandokan a Robin Hood, da Arsenio Lupin al Corsaro Nero, però che non debba pagare per nessuno dei crimini che commette in questo libro non mi sembra realistico, per non parlare poi del finale che non posso raccontarvi ma che sono certa lascerà perplesse anche voi.
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November 22, 2017
Witzig, traurig, liebevoll und actionreich ...
Drei Jahre sind vergangen, seit Jamie die Liebe seines Lebens am Telefon verlassen hat. Drei Jahre in denen Ellie gereist ist, um nicht an Ihn zu denken und sich dem zu stellen. Bei dieser Reise hat Sie in London Toby kennen und lieben gelernt. Mittlerweile ist Toby Ihr Verlobter und Ellie arbeitet in seiner Bar als Kellnerin. Jedoch trifft Sie ein schwerer Schicksalsschlag und dieser bringt Sie zurück nach New York, zurück in Ihre Heimat und zu allem dem Sie sich nicht stellen wollte.
Ich habe dieses Buch sehr gemocht und in einem Tag weggesuchtet!!! Die Autorin hat sich im Vergleich zum ersten Band um Meilen verbessert!!! Kein Hengst mehr, juhu und auch nur einmal Witz an der falschen Stelle.
Toby ist jetzt Ellies Verlobter, ein bisschen ein Langweiler, aber ich hab Ihn sehr gemocht. Er steht mit beiden Beinen im Leben und ist unheimlich witzig und liebevoll. Kümmert sich herzlich um Ellie und Ihre Familie. Ich fand Ihn herzerwärmend, einfach ein toller Charakter den die Autorin erschaffen hat.
Ellie kann ich nicht recht beschreiben, Sie nimmt mir alles so schnell hin. Im Buch kommt es zu Veränderungen und für Ellie ist das gleich alles so okay, ohne Herzschmerz oder langer Krüblerei. Sie ist nicht mein Lieblingscharakter.
Jamie ist der absolute BadBoy, wollte er doch in Band 1 ohne kriminelle Machenschaften leben, so geht es in Band 2 aber mal so richtig zur Sache! Bandenkriege, Schlägerei, Drogendeals, Autorennen und Autodiebstahl. Aber er war mein Lieblingscharakter in diesem Buch, er würde für seine einzige Liebe alles geben.
In diesem Buch hat alles gestimmt! Es lässt sich flüssig durchlesen und ist teilweise extrem spannend.
FAZIT
4 1/2 Sterne für ein tolles Buch voll Witz, Zusammenhalt, Liebe, Leidenschaft und Freundschaft. Ein tolles Buch und eine absolute Empfehlung wenn man Lust auf einen Liebesroman hat. Ein kleiner Abzug, weil ich mich mit Ellie nicht immer identifizieren konnte.
Es gehört zum Genre der erotischen Literatur, wobei ich es dort nicht suchen würde, denn außer ein sehr leidenschaftliches Kapitel gab es nichts in diese Richtung. Aber genau das fand ich gut, es darf ruhig prickeln, aber nur im richtigen Moment und genau das ist hier der Fall. Also eher New Adult oder Liebesroman!
Drei Jahre sind vergangen, seit Jamie die Liebe seines Lebens am Telefon verlassen hat. Drei Jahre in denen Ellie gereist ist, um nicht an Ihn zu denken und sich dem zu stellen. Bei dieser Reise hat Sie in London Toby kennen und lieben gelernt. Mittlerweile ist Toby Ihr Verlobter und Ellie arbeitet in seiner Bar als Kellnerin. Jedoch trifft Sie ein schwerer Schicksalsschlag und dieser bringt Sie zurück nach New York, zurück in Ihre Heimat und zu allem dem Sie sich nicht stellen wollte.
Ich habe dieses Buch sehr gemocht und in einem Tag weggesuchtet!!! Die Autorin hat sich im Vergleich zum ersten Band um Meilen verbessert!!! Kein Hengst mehr, juhu und auch nur einmal Witz an der falschen Stelle.
Toby ist jetzt Ellies Verlobter, ein bisschen ein Langweiler, aber ich hab Ihn sehr gemocht. Er steht mit beiden Beinen im Leben und ist unheimlich witzig und liebevoll. Kümmert sich herzlich um Ellie und Ihre Familie. Ich fand Ihn herzerwärmend, einfach ein toller Charakter den die Autorin erschaffen hat.
Ellie kann ich nicht recht beschreiben, Sie nimmt mir alles so schnell hin. Im Buch kommt es zu Veränderungen und für Ellie ist das gleich alles so okay, ohne Herzschmerz oder langer Krüblerei. Sie ist nicht mein Lieblingscharakter.
Jamie ist der absolute BadBoy, wollte er doch in Band 1 ohne kriminelle Machenschaften leben, so geht es in Band 2 aber mal so richtig zur Sache! Bandenkriege, Schlägerei, Drogendeals, Autorennen und Autodiebstahl. Aber er war mein Lieblingscharakter in diesem Buch, er würde für seine einzige Liebe alles geben.
In diesem Buch hat alles gestimmt! Es lässt sich flüssig durchlesen und ist teilweise extrem spannend.
FAZIT
4 1/2 Sterne für ein tolles Buch voll Witz, Zusammenhalt, Liebe, Leidenschaft und Freundschaft. Ein tolles Buch und eine absolute Empfehlung wenn man Lust auf einen Liebesroman hat. Ein kleiner Abzug, weil ich mich mit Ellie nicht immer identifizieren konnte.
Es gehört zum Genre der erotischen Literatur, wobei ich es dort nicht suchen würde, denn außer ein sehr leidenschaftliches Kapitel gab es nichts in diese Richtung. Aber genau das fand ich gut, es darf ruhig prickeln, aber nur im richtigen Moment und genau das ist hier der Fall. Also eher New Adult oder Liebesroman!
January 21, 2020
Bardzo fajne zakończenie parki - Jamiego i Ellie - których poznajemy we wcześniejszym tomie. Tym razem historia zaczyna się trzy lata po zakończeniu części pierwszej i w młodych życiach sporo się zmieniło, wydarzyło i nie zawsze na plus. Zazwyczaj jestem zdania, że rozstawanie się "dla twojego dobra" albo "jesteśmy za młodzi" jest głupią wymówką, ale w przypadku tej pary nie widzę innej możliwości. Kiedy nie byli razem, oboje dorośli i przede wszystkim dojrzeli i między nimi była już kompletnie inna dynamika i gadka i podobało mi się to. ;)
Zakończenie bardzo cukierkowe, ale moim zdaniem zasłużyli na takie, po tym wszystkim przez co przeszli w tym tomie.
Zakończenie bardzo cukierkowe, ale moim zdaniem zasłużyli na takie, po tym wszystkim przez co przeszli w tym tomie.
August 13, 2017
przewidywalna do bólu, ale miło się czytało
September 7, 2017
3 stelline e mezzo!
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February 2, 2023
So this is the sequel to Fighting To Be Free if you haven’t read the first book I suggest you go and read it also check out my review! So do not read this review if you haven’t read the first one or you will be spoiled as it is a sequel!
I’d like to thank Kirsty Moseley and the publicist for sending me this ARC and I feel very lucky that I was one of the chosen ones to read this! So we left off with Jamie telling Ellie that he didn’t want to be with her or travel with her instead of telling her in Prison. When we meet them again it has been a few years since then, Jamie is completely different and Ellie is living in England.
Jamie’s character he was one of those where prison changes a person though as we go through the book we realise it’s not prison that changed him really it was losing Ellie. I loved how protective of her he was even when she hated him and wanted nothing to do with him. He was willing to put up with that just so she would be safe, and I loved how much he did care and wanted to protect her. Jamie has had a massive change in his life he is now running what was his old boss’ crew he just runs it a little cleaned and not as much violence. It was really watching Jamie in this power of position especially as in the first book we watched him fight it so much just to be with Ellie. Although he does as always want to give it up for her, I really liked his character and the drastic change in his personality really did suit it and there wasn’t a time when I looked at his character and not know what his motivation was.
Ellie, my heart broke for her character like obviously not at the end like last chapter end, although she thought she was happy it really did not seem that way and it became obvious when she had to come home because of her parents being involved in a crash. Everything Ellie felt I really did feel the pain and the hurt as well as the happy parts, I love Kirsty’s writing and it always makes it so easy to read and connect with the characters and as always I love my characters.
The relationship between the two although at times Ellie should have felt scared of Jamie especially when he attacked someone in front of her, you would have thought she would be panicked, but she isn’t. It surprised me that still after a few years she could trust Jamie not to hurt her physically or harm her anyway and I really liked that. I love their relationship and it made my heart warm and fuzzy especially when they got back together that was literally I just couldn’t stop smiling at it. It was nice to see them finally admit their feelings to each other and it warmed my heart to be able to read those scenes especially as Kirsty does romance so well!
The plot I loved the continuation I’m totally glad this is only a Duology though because it works better that way. There is a plot twist in this book that I did NOT see coming when it happened I was like what?! No way I was shocked to still am can’t get over it, also can’t tell you about it because of spoilers. So yes I loved the way the plot was constructed and how it fell. Kirsty really did a brilliant job with this book and ended it beautifully and I can’t wait to see what Kirsty writes next!
I’d like to thank Kirsty Moseley and the publicist for sending me this ARC and I feel very lucky that I was one of the chosen ones to read this! So we left off with Jamie telling Ellie that he didn’t want to be with her or travel with her instead of telling her in Prison. When we meet them again it has been a few years since then, Jamie is completely different and Ellie is living in England.
Jamie’s character he was one of those where prison changes a person though as we go through the book we realise it’s not prison that changed him really it was losing Ellie. I loved how protective of her he was even when she hated him and wanted nothing to do with him. He was willing to put up with that just so she would be safe, and I loved how much he did care and wanted to protect her. Jamie has had a massive change in his life he is now running what was his old boss’ crew he just runs it a little cleaned and not as much violence. It was really watching Jamie in this power of position especially as in the first book we watched him fight it so much just to be with Ellie. Although he does as always want to give it up for her, I really liked his character and the drastic change in his personality really did suit it and there wasn’t a time when I looked at his character and not know what his motivation was.
Ellie, my heart broke for her character like obviously not at the end like last chapter end, although she thought she was happy it really did not seem that way and it became obvious when she had to come home because of her parents being involved in a crash. Everything Ellie felt I really did feel the pain and the hurt as well as the happy parts, I love Kirsty’s writing and it always makes it so easy to read and connect with the characters and as always I love my characters.
The relationship between the two although at times Ellie should have felt scared of Jamie especially when he attacked someone in front of her, you would have thought she would be panicked, but she isn’t. It surprised me that still after a few years she could trust Jamie not to hurt her physically or harm her anyway and I really liked that. I love their relationship and it made my heart warm and fuzzy especially when they got back together that was literally I just couldn’t stop smiling at it. It was nice to see them finally admit their feelings to each other and it warmed my heart to be able to read those scenes especially as Kirsty does romance so well!
The plot I loved the continuation I’m totally glad this is only a Duology though because it works better that way. There is a plot twist in this book that I did NOT see coming when it happened I was like what?! No way I was shocked to still am can’t get over it, also can’t tell you about it because of spoilers. So yes I loved the way the plot was constructed and how it fell. Kirsty really did a brilliant job with this book and ended it beautifully and I can’t wait to see what Kirsty writes next!
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