Review | Long Shot by Kennedy Ryan --> 5 Stars
TITLE: Long Shot AUTHOR: Kennedy Ryan GENRE: Contemporary Romance
RELEASE DATE: March 22nd, 2018
A FORBIDDEN LOVE SET IN THE EXPLOSIVE WORLD OF THE NBA...
Think you know what it's like being a baller's girl?
You don't.
My fairy tale is upside down.
A happily never after.
I kissed the prince and he turned into a fraud.
I was a fool, and his love - fool's gold.
Now there's a new player in the game, August West.
One of the NBA's brightest stars.
Fine. Forbidden.
He wants me. I want him.
But my past, my fraudulent prince, won't let me go.
⭐️ 5 "Stength. Dignity. Courage." Stars ⭐️
Kennedy Ryan has a gift to write truly powerful, emotional novels about difficult and misunderstood subjects. She never misses the point and steals my tears and slay me with the raw emotion in her prose! Saying that I loved Long Shot is an understatement. I lived this book through the heartbreak and complications both main protagonists face.
"If you were mine, Iris, there sould be no doubt what position you'd hold in my life. You'd be center. I'd play you at the five."
August and Iris only meets a handful of times through the first half of this novel, but it doesn’t mean that their connection isn’t potent though. From their first meeting, I was hooked by their perfect chemistry and easy banters. Everything seems effortless between them! The sizzling attraction and understanding is magnificent!
"We're mouths clashing, hips colliding, and hearts pounding in tandem, in sync. This feeling is sorcery. Her touch is a spell, and Iris? She's my witch."
Iris is such an inspiration! There’s moments where she really struggles to see over the cage she lives in, but her strength and faith that she will be able to escape her situation is truly motivating! I loved this courageous heroine so much! While she’s destroyed by words and fists in her poisonous relationship with her boyfriend and NBA star player Caleb, she still got some deep-rooted bravery! I’m in awe of such a determined character!
"Staying is my best shot at winning you."
August West is also an incomparable hero! I appreciated how Iris leaves such a huge mark on him from their short encounters throughout the years! He knows right away that a girl like that is once in a lifetime! The difficulty to see her with his sworn enemy is even more heart-breaking! He knows he’s the one for her, but he still respect Iris’ wishes to stay with Caleb and deny their obvious magnetism. He’s so sweet and thoughtful with her! He has his own dreams and wishes for his NBA career, but he realizes that there’s also more in life than basketball! He really has a head on his shoulders and isn’t the stereotype self-centered athlete! He may act impulsively by moments, but it all comes from the heart and his desire to protect Iris!
"Iris is my constellation. She took the darkness as her cue to shine. It only made her brighter, stronger, and tonight, her hard-won glimmer lights up the sky."
Long Shot is so much more than a romance novel! It’s a thought provoking book that poignantly explains the struggle of a lot of women! Kennedy Ryan once again masterfully showed a brilliant example of determination, true love and compelling characters! You won’t be left indifferent by this masterpiece!!!
Kennedy Ryan is a Southern girl gone Southern California. A Top 100 Amazon Bestseller, Kennedy writes romance about remarkable women who thrive even in tough times, the love they find, and the men who cherish them.
She is a wife to her lifetime lover and mother to an extraordinary son. She has always leveraged her journalism background to write for charity and non-profit organizations, but enjoys writing to raise Autism awareness most. A contributor for Modern Mom Magazine, Kennedy’s writings have appeared in Chicken Soup for the Soul, USA Today and many others. The founder and executive director of a foundation serving Atlanta families living with Autism, she has appeared on Headline News, Montel Williams, NPR and other media outlets as an advocate for families living with autism.
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