Publication Date: January 1st 2019 by Sourcebooks Casablanca
Pages: 384
About the book:
How hard would you fight for the one you love?
Taryn Landry was there that awful night fourteen years ago when Long Acre changed from the name of a town to the title of a national tragedy. Everyone knows she lost her younger sister. No one knows it was her fault. Since then, psychology professor Taryn has dedicated her life's work to preventing something like that from ever happening again. Falling in love was never part of the plan...
Shaw Miller has spent more than a decade dealing with the fallout of his brother's horrific actions. After losing everything—his chance at Olympic gold, his family, almost his sanity—he's changed his name, his look, and he's finally starting a new life. As long as he keeps a low profile and his identity secret, everything will be okay, right?
When the world and everyone you know defines you by one catastrophic tragedy...
How do you find your happy ending?
My Thoughts:
Taryn lost her sister in the Long Acre School shooting and
has devoted her life to searching for warnings and triggers that could help prevent
them in the future. She’s driven by grief,
but also by guilt. Never did she think
she’d end up dating the brother of one of the shooters, let alone fall for him.
Shaw has been in survival mode since his brother decided
murdering his schoolmates was an option.
Ostracized, judged and hunted by the press, Shaw changed his name and
moved away, but is back in Austin against his better judgement. All he wants to
do is stay under the radar, but a chance meeting with Taryn makes that very
difficult.
They’re immediately attracted physically with chemistry off
the charts, but emotionally they click as well.
They’ve both been tragically altered by the Long Acre shooting, and who
can better relate to that? But the fact that Shaw is the brother of the shooter
instead of a victim makes a future together impossible, right?
Roni Loren’s The Ones
That Got Away series has focused on the survivors of a school shooting moving
on, healing and finding love. The One You Fight For was a little
different in that it tells the story of Shaw, the older brother of one of the
shooters, and Taryn, the sister of one of the victims killed by Shaw’s brother. This is the second book where I’ve read about
a relation to a school shooter and since then I’ve really felt bad for not only
the victims and their families, but also the families of the shooters.
My heart seriously went out to Shaw for all that he lost,
and the nightmare that just kept on, and because he felt like he deserved all
of it for being related to the shooter. Of course, I felt bad for Taryn, too, with
a secret fueling her guilt, and having to deal with her mother! Her mother had every right to her grief, but
she put her family through the ringer when she should’ve gone out and got professional
help! Taryn and her father were enabling
her behavior and that got a bit old.
The One You Fight For was a consuming and emotionally charged
romance! I longed for a happy ending for Taryn and Shaw who went through so
much and deserved an epic HEA!
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Yes, you definitely caught what a seriously difficult life this pair were leading separately let alone when they tried to make a go of it. I didn't mention it in my review, but yes, her mom did need help.
ReplyDeleteEnjoyed getting your thoughts, Rachel!
I have heard only amazing things about this series!
ReplyDeleteI love this series, and Shaw was everything for me in this book. My heart ached for him and everything he lost. It's really unfair, the way society punishes the family of criminals, but it happens. Everyone is looking for someone to blame. It's interesting your brought up Taryn's mom. I totally agree with you, and found it odd, as a psychologist, that Taryn didn't suggest profession help for her mother, as she had for friends in previous books.
ReplyDeleteWonderful review, Rachel! I didn’t love this one *quite* as much as the previous two but it was still a great read. My heart broke for Shaw and the incredible guilt he carried. I agree that Taryn’s mom definitely needed some professional help. It felt like Taryn and her father enabled her behavior instead of insisting on professional help, which she obviously needed.
ReplyDeleteI really need to get busy reading this series. I bought a copy of the first book but haven't had the chance to start reading it yet. I love the sound of this one. Great review!
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