I thought I knew what broken was, after all I was the definition of it. I thought I mastered the art of recovering from a broken heart; a broken soul. I thought I would find a new type of strength in the moments of my insane weakness.
But when Reed Collins became the only thing that mattered to me, when he became my beginning, middle and the enviable end, I would never be able to find any strength, because I gave him all of mine. I was too willing because I loved him. Without reason, without thinking, without fear of consequences, because that’s what loving someone madly really means. Minutes, days, months went by after I left but no amount of time eased the pain of him not being there. No amount of time could ever lessen my love, my need, my want for him. Now I’m back, having to face every truth I ran away from. Lies were told. But even after all the indescribable pain he caused, I still love him. Still want him. Still breathe for him. I’m starting to wonder if that will ever change.
First and foremost, I would like to thank S.L. Ziegler for sending me this wonderful, wonderful book. I received it this morning, and I just spent my whole Sunday reading. I could not put it down! To say I loved this book is an understatement. I have a big grin on my face right now, because the ending was as amazing as I hoped it would be.
Story picks up right after the end of first book (S.L. Ziegler definitely left us wanting more!!!) and it sucked me in from the very beginning. Since first book ended in cliffhanger, I had no idea what to expect, but Hadley and Reed's love can be described in one word - EPIC. With so many obstacles in their way, Hadley and Reed's story is painful, at times hard to process... They both made mistakes and their love was on the line so many times, but hey, they were young. We all can relate to that. Hadley kicked ass! She is a great heroine. I just loved her.. and what's not to love about Reed? Hot fighter - check! Bad boy - check! Fights for the girl he loves - check! We finally get all the answers to our questions from the first book. As in the first book, characters were really well developed and writing is amazing. I don't want to reveal too much with this review, so I simply suggest you read it!
ah... well, as much as the first book gave the chills...and I was second-thinking all of it... I found the plot of this conclusion a bit mellowed down...I thought it would be emphysized on their mutual growth, BUT that aspect was addressed only on the heroine (as she went to a shittier ordeal) BUT I still think she is the winner in this story.
S.L. Ziegler you managed to have me going through another box of tissues with Fighting to Stay!! This was another drama filled, suspenseful, HOT, emotional, thrilling read! I cried, I laughed, I cheered and I also wanted to hand out one hell of a throat chop to Reed (I was even shocked at wanting to do this myself because I LOVE me so Reed).
Fighting to Stay takes place a few weeks after Fighting to Start. Hadley is off in South America helping out James and trying to find the old Hadley The Hadley that she use to be before Reed decided to put himself ahead of her. Reed is back in Atlanta trying to find Hadley and going a little crazy in the process. Will these 2 be able to find their way back to each other? I'm not saying my lips are sealed.
Can I just say that this is one story that I am so sad to see come to an end. I do however see myself re-reading this story again in the future and STILL having the same emotions I had when I first read Fighting to Start and Fighting to Stay.
I was really looking forward to read this book because I really really liked the book 1 and I only rated it with 4 stars because of the crappy end (my opinion).
And then finally book 2 is released and what happens, I missed it *eye roll*
So yesterday I came across of it and I was like
And then I started to read and I felt................................................................................NOTHING.
So I thought, ah come on this is just the beginning, it will be better. The more I read the more I got frustrated. I've got the feeling that the crappy ending of the first part continued in the beginning of the second book. So I set the book aside and read something other. I restarted the reading and I still couldn't find it interesting.
Let me just say that S.L. Ziegler didn't disappoint with Fighting to Stay. It's a very well written story. I really enjoyed seeing the transformation/healing/growth of Hadley. Reed does a lot of growing up, too. He does NOT disappoint, like he did in the first book. Hadley & Reed's journey isn't an easy one (old wounds reopen, new obstacles, etc) but you'll see that it was worth it in the end. Can't wait to see what other books Ms. Ziegler puts out.
The cliff hanger at the end of the first book is picked right back up again at the very beginning of this book, so please make sure that you have read the first book. I got straight on with the story but a few pages in I pulled myself to an abrupt halt and went back a reread the end of book one (not exactly a hardship) and I have to say that gathering my thoughts up like that meant that this book was more intense. Hadley, I love the fact that this was her opportunity to shine, her chance to grown into the woman that she needed to be and her chance to let Reed in. So now I have mentioned the man himself – I can say nothing else about him other than the fact that she is quite simply an amazing man. Yes he is a bad boy – not a bad thing in my book. But he is a fighter in and out of the right and out of the right the only thing he is fighting for is Hadley and that is one fight he has no intention of losing. It wasn’t a smooth journey by any stretch of the imagination but then the book wouldn’t be half as good if it was. The obstacles they had to work through made them better people, it was relatable and although at times it appeared as if it was almost enough to break them it was just like real life, they had to listen, understand and learn and only by doing so were they able to give me the confidence that what they had was the real deal. Much like the first book, this book is beautifully constructed, it is wonderfully descriptive and it give up all the answers that I was looking for.
less than 24 hours that's what it took me to read both books and I read them without anybody in the house. Which I am glad because most of the time I was reading tears were streaming down my face.. This book and this series was freaking amazing I have to say!!
This author pulled emotions out of me I didn't know were there... These books are amazing and beautiful.. I just found myself really rooting for this couple and this story.. I for one was eternally grateful to have both books on hand to be able to read back to back. Because honestly I dont think I would have survived not being able to do just that...
I was pulled into this book from page one and having read the first one right before this I couldn't wait to dig my hands in.. Such an amazing story between these two characters.. Some words from these books that will stay with me and always make me think of these stories are ~~Madly and Pinky~~~
These books are well written and beautiful... These books remind me of watching a train wreck at times but a beautiful one that no one wants to get off!!
No me mal entiendan si disfrute mucho el libro, aunque a veces con los cambios de escenario me llegué a confundir, continúa siguiendo la buena narrativa del primero. Pero debo decir que son demasiados los problemas que deben afrontar éstos protas, osea digo, no creo a nadie en el mundo le pasen tantas cosas malas en toda una vida. Reed mejora mucho, veo una parte de él más adulta, al poner los sentimientos y bienestar de Hadley antes de su "gran amor". Y Hadley digamos que hi5 por no hundirse más en las drogas después de toda esa telenovela de vida. Me gustaron éste par de libros pero por un tiempo (si se puede mucho), paso de leer tanto drama junto.
Nota: Sólo recordale a la autora que si pone que sus personajes están en un país investigue bien el nombre, es COLOMBIA, NO COLUMBIA. :)
Oh how I loved this book! I loved watching both Hadley and Reed grow in this book. Loved seeing the strong Hadley finally shine through. These two love hard and madly and have amazing chemistry. There are a lot of emotions in this book, another roller coaster ride, but it is so worth it. Loved that I could feel what Hadley was feeling! After some scenes I could not help but stop and say "that was so them" LOL. I had a great time getting to know these characters and hope that we will get the story of some of the other characters one day. So sad that it is over, but what a ride it was! I could not have asked for a better ending for these two! Amazing!!!!!
I loved the first book... LOVED IT. So how come you can go from GREAT to MEH? Easy, when you offer nothing new.
That's what happened. The writing was not the best either. I struggled so much because I wanted to DNF it so badly. Also, it felt too rushed. If this was the author idea all along it should have ended in the first book, to me it did. I'll act like this book never existed.
Sinopsis: pensé que sabía lo que era estar destrozada, después que fui la definición de eso.
Pensé que había conquistado el arte de recuperarme de un corazón roto; un alma rota.
Pensé que encontraría un nuevo tipo de fuerza en los momentos de mi locura demencial.
Pero cuando Reed Collins se convirtió en la única cosa que me importaba, cuando se convirtió en mi comienzo, mitad y envidiable final, nunca sería capaz de encontrar ninguna fuerza, porque le di toda la que tenía.
Estaba tan dispuesta porque lo amaba. Sin razón, sin pensar, sin miedo de las consecuencias, porque eso es lo que amar con locura realmente significa.
Minutos, días, meses pasaron después que me fui pero ninguna cantidad de tiempo aliviaba el dolor de que no estuviera aquí. Ninguna cantidad de tiempo podría alguna vez disminuir mi amor, mi necesidad, mi deseo por él.
Ahora he regresado, teniendo que enfrentar cada verdad de la que hui. Mentiras fueron dichas. Pero incluso después de todo el indescriptible dolor que causó, aun lo amo. Aun lo quiero. Aun respiro por él.
Estoy comenzando a preguntarme si eso alguna vez cambiará.
La historia de Reed y Hadley era predecible en este libro. Pero me gustó la manera en que creció Hadley y si también me gusto que sufriera Reed.
Creo que era justo que terminaran juntos pues pasaron por muchas cosas muy difíciles que tuvieron que aprender a aceptar y vivir con ellas. Lo de Matt, me lo,imagine en el,libro,uno.
El epílogo me gusto mucho sobre todo donde Hadley explica lo que es amar con LOCURA.
I will start with this warning, DO NOT start this series at night because you find yourself like me, and stay up all night to find out what happens. I'm very addicted to this author's writing style although she did her best to kill me. In the Fighting to Start, we were left with a huge cliff hanger and a lot more questions. And Fighting to Stay continues with Hadley and Reed's story. They are faced with even more obstacles, and nothing is ever easy. That's all the description I will give, otherwise I'll start dropping spoiler bombs all over the place.
S.L. Ziegler did not disappoint with the conclusion of Hadley and Reed's story. She picked up my smashed heart, although without pain meds, and stitched it back up before shoving it back in my chest. The character development is fantastic, as they really grew up and evolved in powerful ways. Story line is very emotional, painful, powerful, and well written, while flowing effortlessly. The author is brilliant with her writing style that had all of my emotions on my sleeve, and I physically felt every ounce of pain. She still had my heart racing cover to cover, and I didn't move until I read every page. In fact, my book hangover is still going on, as these characters have carved a permanent place in my heart. I cannot HIGHLY HIGHLY HIGHLY HIGHLY and HIGHLY RECOMMEND Fight to Stay enough, so do yourself a huge solid and read this book, author, and series!
I wasn't sure what to expect going into this book since there was no synopsis but I loved it.
It took me a long time to get to like Hadley again. She ended up really annoying me from the beginning of this book until way past the half way mark. It really irritated me the way she just cut everyone off and I hated the attitude she had at times.
Reed broke my heart, I hated to see how lonely he was and how he constantly blamed himself. It was tough since I loved him from the first book.
I guessed the big secret about Hadley's parents in the first book and I have to say I was right all along. I just had this nagging feeling but I hated the things she had to go through and also how she ended up finding out!
There was so much drama in these two book at times I felt like it was never ending but at the same time I just wanted to find out all the details of everything too. The emotion in the series has been astounding and has literally took my breath away at times. I can't wait to see what comes next.
What a ride!! This book takes you through the pain and struggles of two beautiful people, Hadley and Reed. Their story isn't all rainbows and roses, it's far from it. We meet them in Fighting to Start and a lot happens. We are left with a cliff hanger and a lot of unanswered questions. In this book we get to watch them both grow, it takes them a few tries and it almost broke them. We learn a lot about what they've endured, things they did that they thought were right, and most importantly we watch them fight to stay with each other, if that is even a choice anymore. Talk about emotions running wild, this book doesn't hold back. I was laughing one minute and the next picking my heart up off the floor. Amazing job Ms. Ziegler, it takes a great author to touch a reader's heart and did just that and more. I felt connected to the story, as if I were right there watching it unfold right in front of me. I loved this story and will definitely be watching this author for more books to read!
Starting off where we left them in Fighting to Start, Hadley is trying to heal herself to be able to be near the ones she loves. Emotionally battered, lied to, and almost dying, she needs to heal. She needs to be the woman she was before Reed left her to better himself. Reed, searching and fighting for the woman he loves, fearing that he has lost her but never giving up. This my friends is an exciting nail biting book that has more twists and turns that the first one did. You will get what you crave... Reed & Riker dirty talking his way into your heart. But in this book you don;t have to worry to much about Hadley as she gets stronger and stranger so does her love for Reed. Break out the wine and boxes of tissues, cuz this one will have you ugly crying towards the end. A perfect ending to a remarkable romance that was destined from the beginning, no matter what they did to F@*k it up! Bravo Ziegler!
In this part of Hadley and Reed's story we are back on that emotional rollercoaster ride. Especially after that cliffhanger in the previous book. I wanted these two to find their way back to each other, but wasn't sure it was possible after all that Reed had done to destroy it. Yes I still wanted to kick him a time or two. I so loved that Hadley was so strong and that meant she could let Reed back into her heart. The best part was that Reed was ready to fight to be there. More than anything in his life, he wanted her. There road back isn't an easy one and there is a whole lot of baggage to work through, but I wanted that for them.
Oh how I loved this book! We get to see Hadley become the strong character we all wanted her to be and see Reed step up and be who she needs. I truly enjoyed watching these characters grow. Just like the first book this is filled with ups and downs, a roller coaster ride, and I loved ever second of it. I could feel all the emotions as they were happening. I'm sad that their story is over but I can't wait to see what is next from SL Ziegler!!
I read 'Fighting to Start' and it's best I do not comment about that but this one had the hero definitely redeeming himself of his unsanitary past.I would have enjoyed the book much more if it was not 360 degrees of perpetual angst but hey it was still a good read.
Omg!!!! Freaking loved this book!!! Sooooooo good! Don't know why it sat on my kindle so long!!! This book gets you in the feels! The author is amazing!!! I couldn't put it down.
I'm sad to say I have never read this author but I will from now on. This was a fantastic read. It was a long read but well worth it. I could now put the book down. Book 1 and 2 was a wow. It had everything a book could want. I love anything MMA and there 2 differently had many ups and downs. After you read it, I felt complete it was done and I had no lingering questions at the end. Good job.