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Onder De Gordel (2011)

by Sarah Mayberry(Favorite Author)

3.72 of 5 Votes: 3

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Harlequin Holland

review 1: It’s annoying when the leads think of getting rid of their attraction to the other lead by finding the next available person. I thought I would like this one since it included a unique topic of boxing with romance. But, I couldn’t seem to get into it because of the heroine. She’s strong and determined and I like that she’s sticking with her goal to become a boxer when female boxers don’t easily get the approval of male boxers. But I didn’t like her belief of just easily sharing her body with any men. In romance so often we are shown the heroes having enormous experience with women. Being big flirts so they can just share a night with a woman. I would prefer to read about men who have fewer relationships with real meaning behind them. But since that is hard to c... moreome across I usually have hope with the heroines. Since Jamie held the same view as the male leads, I couldn’t seem to like her as much.Cooper was really sweet. I liked how he was as professional as he could be when most heroes in books like these would have lost the battle to keep their hands from the heroine. It was also wonderful to see him acknowledge his feelings for Jamie especially how helpless he felt every time she was in the ring. He was very patient with her.Despite Jamie’s sad history I still thought she was too stubborn and unwilling to give a relationship a chance. I know it was her goal to succeed, but I hated how she was too much into winning that she failed to listen to advice given to her on big matters especially after working so hard to find a trainer who would give her advice and tips. I didn’t like how she wanted to get ahead so bad that she didn’t stop to think what Cooper was telling her at the end and how she dealt with their relationship despite just expressing her feelings. And she couldn’t back up this move of hers with her bad past, it was just her own hasty decisions. Cooper was so good to her and I don’t think it was fair how she treated him. By the end it didn’t seem like she had an honorable reason to win, she just had to do it. I actually wanted her to lose so that she could realize what Cooper and all the people she dissed were trying to tell her.
review 2: A former boxer champ training a would-be-boxer chick, but their intimate trainer-fighter relationship is about to get even more intimate. In a different, and much more satisfying, way.I have to give kudos to the author for creating one heck of a couple of well-developped characters with unseen depths and loads of layers.But since I was in the mood for something a bit more frilly and relaxing (after two books that weren't satisfying at all), I just couldn't cope with the amount of angst and emotional baggage crammed into a short Harlequin Blaze book.The heroine annoyed me, making me wish someone would just KO'ed her and get her out of the picture. Talk about a woman who has absolutely no clue what she really wants, going from hot and cold faster than you could snap your fingers. And her "masculine" approach to casual sex simply rubbed me the wrong way.The only problem I had with the hero was the fact he actually put up with the heroine, but that also got him a few bonus points in my book...And maybe a candidacy for sainthood or at least martyrdom.Otherwise, you won't hear any objections on my part. The story flowed nicely, the pacing was constant, the boxing part was maybe a little overdone for someone who doesn't watch (or get) the sport, but all in all this was a rather good read. If only the mercurial heroine wouldn't distract me every few seconds. less

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