Review ‘The One You Fight For’ by Roni Loren

Title: The One You Fight For (The Ones Who Got Away, #3)

Author: Roni Loren

Publisher: Sourcebooks Casablanca

Page Count: 384

ISBN: 149265146X

Goodreads Rating: 4.36

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?

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I read the first book in The Ones Who Got Away series ‘The Ones Who Got Away’ in the beginning of last year and it blew my mind. This is one of those series that grab your attention and just don’t let you go. It’s romantic, which I love, but most of all these books so far are so touching and memorable. They make me cry, and swoon and sigh. I just love this series. So obviously I had to get my hands on a copy of this third book. Thankfully I was lucky enough to get approved to read an ARC.

Just like with the two previous books in this series, this book grabbed my attention right from the start. Taryn Landry is a survivor of the Long Acre shooting that happened fourteen years ago. Taryn lost her little sister that day, and has been working hard to make sure something like that doesn’t happen again. As a result of that she doesn’t date often, and really just works a lot all the time. So when she meets this handsome guy and seems to meet him everywhere she isn’t really sure what to do. But the chemistry between Taryn and Shaw is so intense they just can’t deny it.

I loved this book. It wasn’t only a great read, but it also had this great message. You always need to hear a story from both sides before you make a decision about someone. Shaw Miller is the brother of one of the guys who killed so many teens at the Long Acre Shooting and he hasn’t been able to get a break since then. Everyone things he is just as horrible as his brother and he has been in hiding for years.

The relationship between Taryn and Shaw was so beautiful, intense and just amazing to read about. I just loved these two characters, and I was rooting for them from the very beginning. But there is so much baggage between them and they just seemed doomed. I couldn’t stop reading until I finished the complete book.

Another great thing about this book is how the characters from the previous books also made their appearance in this one. I love that, and it makes me love this series even more. There honestly isn’t anything I don’t like about this series.

If you haven’t read The Ones Who Got Away series yet, you definitely should start. The writing and romance is just so good, it makes you want to keep on reading until the very end. I can’t wait to read the next book!

Roni wrote her first romance novel at age fifteen when she discovered writing about boys was way easier than actually talking to them. Since then, her flirting skills haven’t improved, but she likes to think her storytelling ability has. She holds a master’s degree in social work and spent years as a mental health counselor, but now she writes full time from her cozy office in Dallas, Texas where she puts her characters on the therapy couch instead. She is a two-time RITA Award winner and a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author. For more information about Roni Loren please visit her website. Or visit her on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.

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