The Hardest Fight by Amy Vastine
Summary:
Lucy Everhart isn't about to let anyone take away the women's shelter that she runs. Not on her watch. When Dylan Hunt walks into her office proposing the offer to buy shelter, he is the last person Lucy ever expected to see. He is not the man she knew 5 years ago, the man who let her go when she broke up with him. This Dylan is a different man and she refuses to give into his offer. She will fight all she can to keep her shelter, while Dylan is determined to fight and win Lucy's love once again.
Review:
What I liked: Vastine gets the reader engaged into the story immediately. We are introduced to Lucy and see she is a strong-willed person. You know right away this is going to be a problem in the story as we see she uses that character trait to fight for the opposition of the story, Dylan's law firm trying to get her to sell her property to his client. That was in the first chapter alone and it left you wanting to read more.
Vastine keeps us guessing what there is about Lucy and why she left Dylan in the first place five years ago. I couldn't help but to love Dylan in this story and felt sorry for all that Lucy put him through, even once we found out her mystery. You wanted to reach out to him all the while not being able to stand not knowing what secrets Lucy hid from him all these years.
The Hardest Fight is a clean romance. Vastine didn't have to add any graphic love scenes for the reader to sense the love between these two, even if Lucy kept fighting that she did have feelings. It's refreshing to read romance novels like this.
Vastine used this book to also give awareness to important issues in this book, such as breast cancer and how it affects those that are involved, whether it be the person with the illness or their loved ones that are affected. It's not something you would expect to see in a romance novel, but it brought a serious side to the book that seemed to fit with the story line.
There were some funny scenes in the book that I felt Vastine added to bring some lightness after tackling a heavy topic such as cancer. The particular one that stuck out in my mind was when Dylan went to Lucy's house and her cat jumped out and scared Dylan. That scene made me laugh which felt good after the heavy reading.
What I didn't like: It was hard to like Lucy's character at times. It was brought out a few times how she used her beauty to get her way. She was full of herself, not thinking of how her actions affected the others. And then there were times when you felt bad for Lucy and what she was going through. Vastine should've stuck to one trait and stuck with that. Either have us like Lucy or not, because I know I went back and forth on how I felt. But in the end, her character wasn't anything fascinating to read about.
Lucy's hatred for Dylan dragged on for too long. She blamed him for them breaking up when she was the one who broke up with him without a reason. This goes back to why I didn't like her character. She never wanted to take the blame for something she was responsible for happening. This would've been a faster read if Vatsine had it settled sooner Lucy finally telling Dylan the truth. Instead, it was painful to keep watching Lucy blame him when he didn't know what was going on.
There was scenes in the book I didn't feel were needed, such as Wade and his wife coming in out of nowhere. Sporadically you would see a scene or two of them pop up in a chapter and then just stop. Vastine should've made their story have a clearer closure or just get rid of their plot together. It didn't seem to make any sense in the book to have it.
I give this book 4 out of 5 stars. It was a sweet romance of why one should never give up on who they love. If you love romance novels or a romantic at heart, this is the book for you.
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