{"id":3397,"date":"2016-01-27T18:09:34","date_gmt":"2016-01-28T02:09:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/?p=3397"},"modified":"2020-02-17T07:30:06","modified_gmt":"2020-02-17T12:30:06","slug":"review-fighting-solitude-on-the-ropes-3-by-aly-martinez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.escapistbookblog.com\/?p=3397","title":{"rendered":"Review: Fighting Solitude (On the Ropes, #3) by Aly Martinez"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u201cEvery. Single. Day.
\nForever.\u201d<\/i><\/b><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

5 stars! Loved it, loved it, loved it!<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is the final book of the On the Ropes<\/i> series, a wonderful friends-to-lovers romance with lots of heart, lots of feels and lots of laughs. After falling in love with all of the Page brothers in the amazing Fighting Silence<\/a>, book 2 didn\u2019t quite hit the mark for me but Quarry\u2019s story is everything I wanted it to be, and he has now become my favourite of the brothers! I devoured every single page of this book, rereading favourite parts over and over again and losing myself in this gorgeous love story.<\/p>\n

Quarry Page is the youngest of the Page boys. Abandoned by their parents they have struggled to survive and have faced so much heartache, trauma, and life-changing devastation, but they have triumphed together and have gone on to become hugely successful and wealthy beyond anything they could ever have imagined. Quarry was always such a sweetheart, but also a jokester with a foul mouth who, at a young age, faced the prospect of progressively losing his hearing, but he has dealt with it and doesn\u2019t let his deafness affect his life and now he\u2019s all grown up and pursuing a professional boxing career.<\/p>\n

At the end of the last book, Quarry\u2019s whole world was ripped out from underneath him, and the prologue of this book takes us back to that horrific moment, and all of the heartache that I felt for him came right back. But then the book goes back to the past to show us how Quarry got to this point, and it tells us another story \u2013 the story of Quarry and Liv.<\/p>\n

She entered my life during a brief period when all the stars had momentarily aligned.
\nIt wasn\u2019t until it all exploded, throwing my entire world out of orbit, that I realized she was the greatest gift I\u2019d ever been given.<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Quarry and Liv met when he was 10 and she was 9 and quickly became best friends. In a wonderful twist, Liv is the daughter of Leo James from the Wrecked & Ruined<\/i> series, and with the close links between the two families they were always going to be in each other\u2019s lives. From the age of 12, Liv knew that she loved him, but it never went past friendship. Their friendship has had a lot of ups and downs, but the strength of their bond has seen them through it all and now, as adults they are sharing an apartment, Liv is working as Quarry\u2019s assistant, and they are still the best of friends, soulmates, really, all over each other\u2019s lives in every way. Liv still loves Quarry, but has resigned herself to the fact that nothing will happen between them and she is content just to have him as her best friend. But Quarry is about to have an epiphany that will change everything.<\/p>\n

Liv James was absolutely everything to me.
\nWell, almost.
\nShe wasn\u2019t mine.
\n<\/i>Yet.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Quarry\u2019s realization of his feelings for Liv is so freaking funny and I was laughing out loud as it all unfolded.<\/p>\n

\u201cWelcome home.\u201d Taking both of her hands, I tugged them around my hips and then placed them on my ass. \u201cWhere ass-grabbing is now a requirement.\u201d <\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

He wants her, and he knows he has to have her as more than his best friend but Liv has had a difficult past, and she\u2019s learned the hard way that trust doesn\u2019t come easy. Quarry knows better than anyone how she feels, and even though he\u2019s alpha all the way, he\u2019s also an absolute sweetheart about it and his gentle determinedness with her was absolutely beautiful!<\/p>\n

I lifted her hand to my chest, settling it over my heart. \u201cThis doesn\u2019t change. It\u2019s you and me to the core. I\u2019m not going anywhere, and neither are you. If it happens to you, it happens to me, remember. And this is definitely happening to <\/i>us. Please don\u2019t fight it.\u201d<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I love this relationship. They already know each other inside and out, so their progression to \u2018more\u2019 seemed so natural. Sure there are some fears and freak outs, and Liv\u2019s initial reluctance is angsty yet completely understandable (and honestly it just provides an opportunity for Quarry to be even more incredible as he pours his heart out to her), but they are so in love and so obviously belong together, it\u2019s just a matter of watching them address their concerns and follow their hearts.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis\u2026Being here with you\u2026I\u2019m scared.\u201d
\n\u201cDon\u2019t be. Please, God, don\u2019t be scared \u2026 We\u2019ll figure this out, I swear.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n

\u201cI refuse to let you fight me on this. I refuse to deny the way I feel about you. And I absolutely refuse to let you deny what you feel for me. You want this. I get that you\u2019re scared, but trust me, I will make this work for us.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And, of course, their chemistry is off the freaking charts \u2013 passionate and emotional, and holy hell they are smoking hot together!<\/p>\n

\u201cTell me you don\u2019t want me \u2026 Don\u2019t love me \u2026 Tell me this doesn\u2019t feel like the rest of your life.\u201d<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It\u2019s an absolutely beautiful love story, happily with no stupid behaviour or unnecessary relationship drama. There is conflict (possibly a little OTT?), but it\u2019s external to the two of them, and watching them be together and develop together as a couple as they deal with everything around them was gorgeous to see and I was completely swept up in their teasing and fun, yet deeply emotional and sexy-as-all-hell romance (my favourite!).<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t know why you and I had to suffer to get here, but this right here is how it was always supposed to be.\u201d<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Till and Eliza, Flint and Ash are all very involved in the story, as are Slate and Erica and Leo and Sarah. I loved the chance to catch up with these characters, and loved the dynamics between them as a group as they watched (and involved themselves in) the drama as it all unfolded – Leo as the protective father was particularly sensational. And through everything, I love how close they all are and, and how they have each other\u2019s backs completely and unquestionably.<\/p>\n

OK, that\u2019s enough gushing. Obviously I loved this book, and highly recommend it. It\u2019s a fantastic ending to a series that I have loved and though I\u2019m not ready to say goodbye, I\u2019m looking forward to many rereads in the future.<\/p>\n

5 stars.<\/p>\n

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The On The Ropes series<\/strong><\/h4>\n

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Fighting Silence (#1)<\/strong>\u00a0(Till & Eliza)
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Fighting Shadows (#2)<\/strong>\u00a0(Flint & Ash)
\nReview<\/a>
\nBuy:\u00a0\u00a0Amazon US<\/a>\u00a0| Amazon UK<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Amazon CA<\/a>\u00a0| Amazon AU<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>|\u00a0Paperback<\/a><\/p>\n

Fighting Solitude (#3)<\/strong>\u00a0(Quarry & Liv)
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\nBuy:\u00a0\u00a0Amazon US<\/a>\u00a0| Amazon UK<\/a> |\u00a0Amazon CA<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Amazon AU<\/a><\/span>\u00a0|\u00a0Paperback<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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