Review Blog Tour: Down for the Count Series by Christa Cervone
On the Ropes (Book 1)
Going the Distance (Book 2)
ON THE ROPES:
A murderer’s child…A foster child…A troubled teen…Gabriel ‘The Saint’ Vega has never had an easy life. Being shuffled from one foster home to another after his father murdered his mother, he found himself in and out of trouble with the law. Never giving a damn about himself, let alone anyone else, his life was spiraling out of control; fast. Until one man and one sport changed everything.
Frankie Carbone taught Saint how to handle his anger and rejection; by fighting it out in the ring. On his way to stardom, Saint finds himself pushed into the spotlight and into the arms of more women than he can ever imagine; he’s completely content with one night stands and random sex.
Then Salem Harris comes walking into his life and changes his game plan. Saint finds himself wanting Salem in all the ways that scare him. She is off limits; taken. But that doesn’t stop Saint from going after what he wants, and he wants her.
Frankie showed Saint a new way of life with Boxing, but will Salem give him the one thing he’s never known – love? Will Saint find himself fighting for the one thing he thinks he doesn’t deserve or will Salem end up breaking his heart? Gabriel ‘The Saint’ Vega has had to fight for every good thing he’s gotten in his life.
REVIEW:
3.5 Stars
This started off slow for me. I found myself putting it down and coming back to it.
Gabriel “Saint Vega a man with a rough childhood. Separated from his younger brother and put into the foster care system after his father’s conviction of murdering their mother.
Gabriel meets Frankie who mentors him at his boxing gym after a run in with the law.
On the cusp of a major fight he meets Blaine who wants to sponsor him in the new gym he is opening.
However it’s Salem Blaine’s girlfriend who catches Gabriel’s eye. Salem comes from a wealthy home and at first will not give him a second look.
A chance meeting with her when she suspects her Boyfriend is lying to her sets sparks off between her and Gabriel.
Gabriel is loveable, sweet and a little too sensitive for my liking but overall I enjoyed this book. A little more punch would have made this book one hell of a read.
Reviewed by Tracey
GOING THE DISTANCE:
Boxing saved Gabriel’s life…
From surviving a hellish childhood, to reuniting with his lost brother, only to struggle with helping him battle his drug addiction—a whirlpool of addiction that threatens to drag his brother under.
Life’s been a roller coaster for Gabriel ‘The Saint’ Vega…
Just when his career hits the fast track, he finally finds love with Salem, at least for a short time. But social differences, obligations, and misguided good intentions tore Gabriel and Salem apart before they could ever really get started.
Is Salem capable of breaking away from the ropes that bind her to doing what’s expected rather than what and whom she desires? Can Gabriel convince Salem that their feelings are worth fighting for?
Does their relationship have what it takes to go the distance?
REVIEW:
4 Stars
4 Stars
This is book 2 in Down For the Count Series. Bringing us
right back to were On the Ropes left us.
It starts off 3 months later Gabriel and Salem are still
apart. Gabriel is trying to move on and concentrate on his fighting and helping
his brother Jase stay clean from drugs.
Salem realizing that she cannot stay away from Gabriel has
to make the decision to be her own person or follow the path her parents have
laid out for her or follow her heart with Gabriel.
I found myself wrapped up in his book more so than the first.
This had the right amount of angst that kept you turning the page to see what
happens next.
Reviewed by Tracey
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