Fight For Her

Fight For Her

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  • Author:Liz Plum
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Summary

Liz Plum’s I Fight For Her has tones of John Hughes and Nicholas Sparks—where Scarlet and Elijah, two teenagers with different backgrounds find one another, and come to terms with lies that can n。。。

To all her peers, Scarlet Tucker has it all: she’s beautiful, wealthy, and dating the star quarterback。 But while Scarlet projects perfection to the outside world, behind closed doors she is haunted by the tragic and mysterious death of her beloved brother。

Similarly, the school’s bad-in-all-the-wrong-ways boy, Elijah Black, carries the heavy loss of his own brother’s death on top of the swarm of unsavoury rumours from his fellow classmates。 From the outside, there’s no reason for their two worlds to ever intersect, but Elijah has a secret that could hold the key to Scarlet’s closure and also put her in grave danger。

As the two grow closer, Elijah eventually let’s her in to his hidden lifestyle: underground fighting。 It is there Elijah’s secret begins to unravel and Scarlet finds herself faced with the true story behind her brother’s death as well as the imminent danger that goes along with being his kin。 Scarlet and Elijah find themselves too deep, both in danger and in feelings for one another as it becomes clear that the only way they will make it out alive is if they stick together。

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Sarah R

Thank you so much to Wattpad Books for sending me a free copy to read and review!

TeddyBear {HarpyAshe} **Well You Built Up A World Of Magic, Cause Your Real Life Is Tragic**

I did enjoy reading this book, I think that for what it was, it was a really good book。 I didn't even know that they were starting the make Wattpad books into books to be perfectly honest! I do think that it is worth the read and the main premise of the story is very good。 However, there were a lot of odd balls that just kept on getting thrown in there that I didn't quite appreciate and, by the end of the book, I was sort of happy to just be done with it。 Like I said, for what it was it was good I did enjoy reading this book, I think that for what it was, it was a really good book。 I didn't even know that they were starting the make Wattpad books into books to be perfectly honest! I do think that it is worth the read and the main premise of the story is very good。 However, there were a lot of odd balls that just kept on getting thrown in there that I didn't quite appreciate and, by the end of the book, I was sort of happy to just be done with it。 Like I said, for what it was it was good, I am glad that I bought it, I loved Eli's character a lot and I'm glad I got to know him as a character。 But I feel like at a certain point, you should just stop with all of the additions, you know? Like how everything needed to be connected to everything else, it just kinda made me groan after a while! Not bad tho, I liked it! 。。。more

Sara

Wow, what a story。 I've always said I'm a sucker for teen romance, but sometimes I'm left feeling disappointed。 Not with this book。 First of all, it's got your typical "good girl meets bad boy" trope, which is always fun。 I never had a bad boy phase as a teen, but as a 20-something I'm finding I enjoy reading about them。 Honestly, most of the time bad boys are just misunderstood and just waiting for someone to break the wall that hides their true self。 I could tell from the beginning that Elijah Wow, what a story。 I've always said I'm a sucker for teen romance, but sometimes I'm left feeling disappointed。 Not with this book。 First of all, it's got your typical "good girl meets bad boy" trope, which is always fun。 I never had a bad boy phase as a teen, but as a 20-something I'm finding I enjoy reading about them。 Honestly, most of the time bad boys are just misunderstood and just waiting for someone to break the wall that hides their true self。 I could tell from the beginning that Elijah was a sensitive soul and an all-around good guy。 The way he protects Scarlet is admirable, and something I think we all strive for。 They may be teenagers, but they've undoubtedly found true love。 。。。more

Chloe

This was completely fine! A very typical "girl's dating the popular boy and more mysterious boy comes on scene" kind of story, with some added complications of loss and fighting to protect what you love。 I really did enjoy my time reading it, and it was a very easy read, but it did get a few eye rolls from me when it was stated that the main character "isn't like other girls" and at one point she let go of a breath she didn't know she was holding。。。 so overall a fun, enjoyable time, but not the This was completely fine! A very typical "girl's dating the popular boy and more mysterious boy comes on scene" kind of story, with some added complications of loss and fighting to protect what you love。 I really did enjoy my time reading it, and it was a very easy read, but it did get a few eye rolls from me when it was stated that the main character "isn't like other girls" and at one point she let go of a breath she didn't know she was holding。。。 so overall a fun, enjoyable time, but not the next biggest masterpiece in young adult romance。 。。。more

Faith

*2。5 stars"𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐛𝐲𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝。"𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘰 𝘞𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘱𝘢𝘥 𝘉𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘯 𝘈𝘙𝘊 𝘪𝘯 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯 𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸!Fight For Her is a YA contemporary romance that follows the story of Scarlet Tucker, a auto-shop heiress as she navigates her relationship with bad boy Elijah Black and tries to discover the secrets behind her brother's death。This book was entertaining, I'll give it that。 It made laugh unironically on several occasions because of how cliche and cheesy it was。 *2。5 stars"𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐛𝐲𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐚𝐢𝐝。"𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘰 𝘞𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘱𝘢𝘥 𝘉𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘯 𝘈𝘙𝘊 𝘪𝘯 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯 𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸!Fight For Her is a YA contemporary romance that follows the story of Scarlet Tucker, a auto-shop heiress as she navigates her relationship with bad boy Elijah Black and tries to discover the secrets behind her brother's death。This book was entertaining, I'll give it that。 It made laugh unironically on several occasions because of how cliche and cheesy it was。 Name a predictable trope and it was in this book。 If you like basic bad boy wattpad books, you probably would enjoy this, but it was a little too basic for me。First off, Scarlet was such a pushover。 She would watch her boyfriend (who I absolutely hated) bully Elijah and literally brush it off by saying he's his true self with her。 She was the kinda person who would watch you get bullied and know it was wrong, yet be a total bystander and not say a thing。 It wasn't until near the end that she finally grew some backbone and spoke up。 Her boyfriend Jack also was one of the worst characters I have read about。 He was literally the definition of the jock stereotype and honestly just a horrible person。The plot of this book also wasn't very well paced。 Nothing even kicks off until like the last 100 pages。 Scarlet spends the first two-thirds of the book contemplating her relationship with Jack more than anything else。Overall, this was objectively not a great book。 Was it pretty entertaining? Yes。 Would I read it again? No。 。。。more

jerica (-_-✿)

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Bookish Heidi

This is a sweet YA romance about a rich popular girl and a town bad boy。 They have more in common than they think。 They share the grief of each losing someone they love。 Scarlet lost her brother and thought her life was over。 Until Jack showed interest in her。 All star quarterback, Mr Popularity, the whole shebang。 He brings her back into the light, but things aren't perfect between them。 Then she decides to befriend the bad boy。 The one all the popular kids called a freak。 She knew Elijah had l This is a sweet YA romance about a rich popular girl and a town bad boy。 They have more in common than they think。 They share the grief of each losing someone they love。 Scarlet lost her brother and thought her life was over。 Until Jack showed interest in her。 All star quarterback, Mr Popularity, the whole shebang。 He brings her back into the light, but things aren't perfect between them。 Then she decides to befriend the bad boy。 The one all the popular kids called a freak。 She knew Elijah had lost his brother as well and didn't think he was a freak at all。 She understood him better than anyone thought she would。 It was adorable watching these 2 try to be friends in the beginning。 Every interaction was a great moment。 。。。more

Zi

2。5 stars。 Good story line。 Mediocre writing。 It’s from wattpad。 Enough said

E。J。 Powell

First of all, I managed to ask the author if there would be a sequel。 She has no plans for a sequel, but might do a prequel about Scarlet's brother, Max。 But it's sort of up in the air about it。 😞 Anyways, onward to the review。 Wow! Well first of all, it was definitely a cliched wattpad book, but it was much better than some previous work I've read by other authors。 We get a genuine tale of two people that have both lost someone close to them, how they overcame it, and overall got together in th First of all, I managed to ask the author if there would be a sequel。 She has no plans for a sequel, but might do a prequel about Scarlet's brother, Max。 But it's sort of up in the air about it。 😞 Anyways, onward to the review。 Wow! Well first of all, it was definitely a cliched wattpad book, but it was much better than some previous work I've read by other authors。 We get a genuine tale of two people that have both lost someone close to them, how they overcame it, and overall got together in the end。 The major plot was covered and so were the subplots。 I'm glad it wasn't all about Elijah fighting because I get confused on what's happening。 But all in all, a great novel。 I look forward to reading more of Plum's books in the near future :) 。。。more

Guylou (Two Dogs and a Book)

📚 Hello Book Friends! FIGHT FOR HER by Liz Plum is a coming-of-age YA Romance。 It is an easy-going story about a love triangle between a popular girl, a star athlete, and a bad boy。 The story was interesting and had some potential。 It was just a bit too juvenile for my taste and sometimes too dramatic。 It is nonetheless an enjoyable love story if you put your teenager's thinking cap on。 The author delivered a good story with a lovely ending。#bookstadog #poodles #poodlestagram #poodlesofinstagram 📚 Hello Book Friends! FIGHT FOR HER by Liz Plum is a coming-of-age YA Romance。 It is an easy-going story about a love triangle between a popular girl, a star athlete, and a bad boy。 The story was interesting and had some potential。 It was just a bit too juvenile for my taste and sometimes too dramatic。 It is nonetheless an enjoyable love story if you put your teenager's thinking cap on。 The author delivered a good story with a lovely ending。#bookstadog #poodles #poodlestagram #poodlesofinstagram #furbabies #dogsofinstagram #bookstagram #dogsandbooks #bookishlife #bookishlove #bookstagrammer #books #booklover #bookish #bookaholic #reading #readersofinstagram #instaread #ilovebooks #bookishcanadians #canadianbookstagram #bookreviewer #bookcommunity #bibliophile #fightforher #lizplum #bookreview 。。。more

Stephanie

This is a re-read! I don’t remember how many times I read this on Wattpad, it used to be one of my favorites。 Reading it now though, I can definitely see its flaws。 However, this book will always have a place in my heart <3

Rachel Ross

Cute book, with several twists。

Rebecca Robertson

I really enjoyed this story。 We follow the life of high schooler, Scarlett Tucker—who has a habit of rambling。 She’s funny, relatable and kind-hearted。 Elijah is the perfect love interest for her。 The plot was interesting and kept me turning the page。 And the way it all tied together in the end was impressive。 An enjoyable ready, for sure!

Kasey Connors-Beron

Content warning: bullying, abuseReview:The dynamic between the major characters in this story is great。 There are connections kept secret from Scarlet that add so much complexity to the story’s development。 It is hard to know throughout who is ‘good’ and who is ‘bad’, which is so very high school drama and I’m all for it。The story starts off with a bang and intense emotions。 It then slows down and picks back up。 This is a pattern that is repeated until those slow moments completely vanish and it Content warning: bullying, abuseReview:The dynamic between the major characters in this story is great。 There are connections kept secret from Scarlet that add so much complexity to the story’s development。 It is hard to know throughout who is ‘good’ and who is ‘bad’, which is so very high school drama and I’m all for it。The story starts off with a bang and intense emotions。 It then slows down and picks back up。 This is a pattern that is repeated until those slow moments completely vanish and it’s all high emotions and action until the end。So much happened in this story that I was amazed it didn’t feel cobbled together。 The entire plot flowed really well with logical focus shifts as the story and characters developed。Overall, I love this story and wish it didn’t wrap up so well so I could hope for a sequel! I am looking forward to what the author writes next! Her story and characters give me a ‘dark’ Dessen feel and I’m all for。 。。。more

April Wright

Fight for Her is a YA romance novel surrounding a girl by the name of Scarlet, as she falls for the school's badboy/outcast, Elijah。 It follows these two love interests in high school。 Scarlet seems to have it all, on the outside (hanging with the popular crowd, her boyfriend, Jackson, who is the star quarterback of their school's football team, etc。), but her morals, and personality clearly differs from all of them。 The only thing it seems they have in common is their wealth。I gave this book 3。 Fight for Her is a YA romance novel surrounding a girl by the name of Scarlet, as she falls for the school's badboy/outcast, Elijah。 It follows these two love interests in high school。 Scarlet seems to have it all, on the outside (hanging with the popular crowd, her boyfriend, Jackson, who is the star quarterback of their school's football team, etc。), but her morals, and personality clearly differs from all of them。 The only thing it seems they have in common is their wealth。I gave this book 3。5/5 stars because there were times where I felt the cliché's were too overwhelming。 Normally, I really like cliché's。 But this book took a very stereotypical approach with them。 I also wish all the 'telling' would have been toned down a bit more。 I'd have rather seen a lot of the stuff that was explained in action。 So, I'll admit, I did lose interest at some points, and thought about putting the book down。However, I was glad I didn't put the book down! I personally really admired the pacing in this book; especially in the beginning。 I was hooked immediately。 I also loved that we were able to get the perspective of a 'popular' character。 While she didn't fit the stereotypical popular girl cliché, it was still really nice to see。 Elijah was also a really nice change of the 'badboy' trope。 I personally found him to be the most likeable character in this book。 Their love story was very cute。Overall, I thought this book was a fun, entertaining read, minus the little flaws。 The dynamic between Scarlet and Elijah was very enjoyable as well。 (I received a DRC version of this book from Wattpad in exchange for my honest review)。 。。。more

Hannah Z

1 starI used to be an extremely active reader on Wattpad a few years ago。 While I did not read Fight For Her during my time there, I did read a few books with the same tropes: bad boy and fighting。 And I want to support published Wattpad authors, so when I saw this title on NetGalley, I requested it。To be honest, I was not a fan of Fight For Her by Liz Plum。 I liked that the author took some typical Teen/YA clichés and added a twist to it。 That is, instead of the bad and mysterious boy being pop 1 starI used to be an extremely active reader on Wattpad a few years ago。 While I did not read Fight For Her during my time there, I did read a few books with the same tropes: bad boy and fighting。 And I want to support published Wattpad authors, so when I saw this title on NetGalley, I requested it。To be honest, I was not a fan of Fight For Her by Liz Plum。 I liked that the author took some typical Teen/YA clichés and added a twist to it。 That is, instead of the bad and mysterious boy being popular at the school, he is constantly bullied and called a "freak。" Instead of the female main character being a "nerd" or a new student, she is the popular girl。 With these twists, Liz's debut novel definitely had the potential。However, I personally could not connect to any of the characters。 I disliked Scarlet for being a bystander when her boyfriend bullied Elijah。 I disliked Jack for being unnecessarily mean and arrogant。 I didn't dislike Elijah per se, but I also didn't like him。 I disliked the relationship between Scarlet and Jack for being toxic and frankly unbelievable。 Even though Scarlet said that Jack was a good boyfriend and Jack said that he loves her, I was dubious。 Aside from the frequent use of the word "babe," nothing else in their relationship screamed "we're in love and actually care for each other!" And speaking of unbelievable relationships, there was definitely something missing between Scarlet and Elijah。Thank you to Wattpad Books and NetGalley for providing a digital copy free of charge in exchange for an honest review! All thoughts and opinions are mine。 。。。more

Brianna S。

3。5-4/5 stars。 Scarlet Tucker is the good girl who works hard for what she wants in life and doesn’t take handouts to get to where she needs to be academically and otherwise。 After the loss of her brother, she fell in love with star quarterback, Jack, who is everything she isn’t (in a not-so-good way)。 One day in the hallway at school, she crosses paths with the school bad boy Elijah Black and throughout this story, the pair grow closer together and realize they have a lot more in common than th 3。5-4/5 stars。 Scarlet Tucker is the good girl who works hard for what she wants in life and doesn’t take handouts to get to where she needs to be academically and otherwise。 After the loss of her brother, she fell in love with star quarterback, Jack, who is everything she isn’t (in a not-so-good way)。 One day in the hallway at school, she crosses paths with the school bad boy Elijah Black and throughout this story, the pair grow closer together and realize they have a lot more in common than they think, and feelings begin to develop between the two。I enjoyed Elijah’s character the most in this story! His personality and care for Scarlet was genuine and he is the sweetest “bad boy” you can ever read! I like that he didn’t fit into the typical bad boy trope in some aspects, but also liked that he was a bad boy in a different sense where he’s not a total jerk that makes you wonder why the main character wants to be with them。 There was a lot of telling rather than showing in this story, so it was hard for me to develop or relate to their characters because some of their personalities were cliche or not very common in the world outside of storytelling。 I do realize this is a book and while I loved how it was written, I try and relate to a book when I read it and I struggled with relating to most of it。 The grief of losing someone was the only part I can somewhat relate to, but like I mentioned, showing not telling is usually the way to go for that。But overall, a very good job to the author Liz for making me fall in love with Elijah! It was definitely a quick and cute book to read and is a good YA story for a young author as a debut novel。 I hope you continue to work hard for your other stories, thank you for allowing me to just love Elijah to bits!! The romance was my favorite overall。Thank you Wattpad Books and Liz Plum for approving me for an DRC of this book in exchange for an honest review。 。。。more

Steff Fox

| RF Blog | Full of crumbling houses, a crumbling economy, and crumbling socioeconomic status。 I don't know about you, but I kind of feel like this story is full of crumbling writing and characters。 It's immediately clear from the first few pages of this novel that Liz Plum is an amateur writer。 As a result, there are a lot of glaring problems with this book on a story level, on a character level, and on a general writing level。 And this issue would be a problem on its own existing in unr | RF Blog | Full of crumbling houses, a crumbling economy, and crumbling socioeconomic status。 I don't know about you, but I kind of feel like this story is full of crumbling writing and characters。 It's immediately clear from the first few pages of this novel that Liz Plum is an amateur writer。 As a result, there are a lot of glaring problems with this book on a story level, on a character level, and on a general writing level。 And this issue would be a problem on its own existing in unrealistic dialogue, poorly developed characters, and a lot of telling instead of showing。 But, unfortunately, it's not the worst thing about Plum's Fight For Her。 Really, it's just the beginning。 Looking in from the outside, it would appear that high school has really been the best four years of my life。 Full disclosure, I DNFed this book at about 47%。 Usually, I try to force myself through at least half of the book before giving up on it (unless it's very clear that the book is problematic) just to give it the benefit of the doubt。 It was hard to do that with this one。 And I guess a part of me was just hoping for the moment that the main character redeemed herself。Spoiler alert: she doesn't。So, Fight For Her basically details the story of a girl who hasn't gotten over her older brother's death。 As far as I can tell, this is the only depth to her as a character whatsoever。 Otherwise, she's going to a fancy private school and dating the rich jock bully。 Then, she has a weird interest in the school's reject student because he also has a brother who died。 And that's it。 That's all that matters about her character。There's this thoroughly weird side plot regarding a dangerous boxing ring and her brother's involvement。 But, honestly, I couldn't have cared less at this point。 Even if that plot had been interesting to me--it wasn't--it wouldn't have saved the absolutely poor writing and disgraceful characters。 "He doesn't even have the money to 'donate' to the school and get out of homework。" Speaking of characters, I'm honestly just kind of baffled at the portrayal of rich kids in this novel。 Has Plum even ever met a rich kid? It genuinely feels as though she's spouting off underdeveloped ideas she's generated about how children of well-off parents act that resultingly allows her to play them all off like the bad guys。 And damn, it was a problem。Like, I get it。 Children from wealthy families can be snobbish, elitist, and thoroughly ignorant to their privilege。 But just because they can be these things doesn't mean they're all like that。 It doesn't mean they subscribe to the dumb jock who's also a bully stereotype or that they all have their parents pay the school to get them through with decent grades。 It doesn't mean a rich boy who has regular access to daddy's money would have "the NFL [be] the only path in his life。"Realistically, it's the opposite。These characters are very intentionally portrayed this way in order to make them the antagonists。 They're also so flat, unrealistic, and boring that I wanted to scream。 I get it。 We're supposed to hate these characters。 We are supposed to see that they're privileged。 We're supposed to see that this privilege has made most of them assholes。 We, as readers, are supposed to recognize that they're just so dumb。But, not only does Plum spell this out for us every chance she gets, it's completely unrealistic and idiotic。 The stock market conversation she threw in to make her main character seem smarter and better than her boyfriend and his friends was the most moronic instance of this。 Rich kids would be all over this conversation。 They would know all about the stock market and talking about it would be a regular occurrence。But hers were somehow too stupid to care? "Keep walking, freak," Jack spits。 "You may as well disappear like your crackhead brother and sorry excuse for a father。 You may as well not even exist at this school。" Of course, this wasn't the worst part of Plum's novel。 It's really just the beginning。 You see, the rich jock who's also dumb and an asshole stereotype is used very intentionally to represent Scarlet's boyfriend。 He may be the school's biggest bully, but he's different with her。 Jack has no personality past being the worst stereotypical jock boyfriend who you know is going to get broken up with at some point。 He might even get cheated on, but it's justified because he's an asshole。He spends every moment making us vomit by referring to his girlfriend as "beautiful" instead of ever using her name, taking advantage of her kindness, and having all the girls in school fawn over him and his supposed "southern charm" or bullying the other love interest in both malevolent and the most asinine ways imaginable。 Plum makes it very clear she doesn't have a clue how bullies bully。 Or, at the very minimum, doesn't know how to write realistic dialogue。Maybe she was really trying to drive home the dumb jock persona with zingers like, "Hey, look, guys, it's Eli the freak! He left his drugs long enough to actually come to school。" But frankly, it's likely a mix of subpar writing and poor character development。 I don't genuinely think it came from an intent to make Jack look even dumber。Either way, in all of that 47% I read, never once did our supposed heroine Scarlet ever tell him to stop。 Never once did she stand up to him and call him out for his shitty behavior。 She just meekly allows him to be an ass。 But, we'll come back to this later。I don't know what I hated more。 Was it how horrible Jack was as a character or how poorly he was written? Well, all of that kind of pales in comparison to how much I hated Scarlet。 Now, Jack is a character。。。I'll give you that。 A poorly written and developed one, but a character nonetheless。 And Scarlet is, for some utterly unfathomable reason, in love with him。 "Maybe you could experiment with some dye。 I wouldn't be able to keep my hands off a blond version of you。""Maybe you could experiment being accepting of your girlfriend。""I am。 She's the only one I want or need。"Such simple words, yet they're enough to have any girl falling in love at dangerous speeds。 This is the Jack his friends don't see。 We get sort of a cop-out reasoning for why she puts up with his nonsense。 There’s a brief throwaway comment about how he helped her through her darkness while she was grieving the loss of her brother。 But, honestly, this is an incredibly dumb reason to be with someone if you disagree with literally everything they do。Case in point, she hates his bullying。 Well, supposedly。We get internal monologue after internal monologue that goes on and on about how much she hates Jack’s bullying or how he is with his friends。 There are all these internalized thoughts about how he takes advantage of her kindness。 But then she'll bend over backward for him even though it annoys her。 She thinks about how wonderful he is with her when they're alone together, yet we never actually see anything from either character to supports this。 To make it worse, she complains about him to others and even half-asses an apology for his behavior toward Elijah。She has the gall to complain about him taking up an opportunity to help his future on the day of their anniversary literally just a few hours after she forgot entirely that it was their anniversary in the first place。 There are several moments of internal thoughts that reference her doubting his love for her or Jack doubting her love for him。 It was exhausting。Then there's the possessive jealousy。 "Why does it matter if Jack knows?""It doesn't matter, I just don't want to see you get hurt。""You don't actually believe those rumors about Elijah, do you?""I didn't mean by Eli--though still be careful, he's a little creepy--I meant Jack。 We all know he hates Eli, I can't imagine what he would say if he saw you with him。" So, a generous portion of the novel is spent going through Scarlet feeling drawn toward Elijah, the school's supposed 'bad boy' whom regularly is bullied by the rich dumb jocks of their school。 For some reason the fact that Elijah's older brother died of an overdose, he becomes everyone's favorite insulting-bag? Yeah, cause the bullying mainly involves cheap shots about his brother and calling him a freak。As Scarlet begins talking to and spending time with Elijah, Jack unsurprisingly loses his invariably short temper every single time he finds out about it。 When Scarlet just bumps into Elijah in the hall, Jack goes off about how he's "going to shove [his] fist up--" before she interrupts and tells him not to worry because Elijah didn't actually talk to her。And it gets worse from there。Jack goes on to tell her that he doesn't "want a freak talking to [her]" because "he has no business" and she's "[his] girl。" His possessive behavior kind of drips all over their relationship, even outside of his anger about Elijah。 Phrases like, "you look beautiful representing me" just fall from his lips regularly。 And for some reason, Scarlet sees this as sweet。 I'm not entirely sure whether Plum intended us to appreciate portions of this or not, but I genuinely just found it disgusting。Ironically, Plum brings Scarlet to a point of recognizing that her words about Jack are making it seem like he's abusive。 Of course, Scarlet then backpedals hard to talk about how great he is--which is hilarious, cause she just ends up making him look worse。 And, the next thing you know he's kissing her in the cafeteria even though he hates PDA because, "[he] want[s] everyone here to know [she’s] mine, because it seems some people have forgotten。 Especially that freak。" "You may be different from other girls。。。" Did I mention that I hated Scarlet?Well, it's not just that she's a flat excuse for a strong female character。 It's not just that she briefly calls out sexist comments and then immediately references them as sweet afterward。 It's not just that she couldn't have the simplest bit of common decency in her that she would call out her boyfriend for being an asshole。 And it's not just that the only instance she ever disagrees with his bullying behavior is in her thoughts or her half-hearted apologies。She's not like other girls。And Plum spells this point out every chance she gets。 It's in the dialogue。 It's in her parents' reactions, in Jack's response to her, in Elijah's interactions。 What's worse? It's in her thoughts。This novel was poorly written。 And a large chunk of it is just spent on Scarlet's inner monologue。 Plum even uses it to have her pull away from conversations that are going on around her。 This seems to happen because Plum struggles with writing dialogue。 So, we get a lot of inner thought。 And from regular references spelling out Scarlet's intelligence to not relating to her friends, we hear how she's not like other girls。I don't know what frustrated me more: the fact that we had to have all of this spelled out for us or the fact that she just。。。wasn't like other girls。 "Sometimes you have to do undesirable things to fix problems。" I don't really have a lot of feelings about Elijah。 He was okay? But nothing about him really stands out。 You kind of like him solely because he's the only character in the entire story that isn't awful。 And, quite frankly, that's not enough to make him a good character。 He's just the best from the slush pile。He's referenced as a bad boy, but only because of the "deadbeat older brother--who died。。。due to a heroin overdose。" What's ironic is that he could have easily fit the bad boy persona, considering he's involved in an illegal--or, at least, pushing the boundary of legality--boxing ring that results in numerous injuries。 And it's like。。。if you wanted to have that bad boy persona, why not push that a little more in the introduction?Why are we focused on the dead brother who has no real influence over Elijah's reputation? Why is he getting bullied because of something his brother did? Plum obviously wanted him to be a "bad boy" and wanted him to be bullied。 But it doesn't seem like she put any real thought into how to make this happen realistically or organically。Which is so unfortunate, because she had the plot all set up to make this a reality。 And she just wasted that opportunity。 I wanted to go to Elijah and comfort him after hearing what happened, because I knew how hard it was to lose a brother。 I knew what he was going through。 But I've always thought Elijah was an uninviting personality。 I've mentioned numerous times that Scarlet is awful。 Like, she's literally just an awful human being。 I'm not even concerned about how poorly written she is at this point。 How can I be? She's a terrible person。Not only does she put up with Jack's asinine and horrific behavior, but she regularly makes excuses for him based on this love connection because he made her forget she was depressed about her brother dying。 She references the Jack she sees when no one else is around, but even then that's not enough to make up for the fact that she defends him。 He's not even that great when other people aren't around。Jack is a horrible person who bullies a kid because his brother died of an overdose。 Elijah is a kid that she feels a connection to, someone she likes as a person。 But, she lets Jack bully him。 She never says anything, never stands up to Jack。 She tries to apologize to Elijah, but her apology is so half-assed that I couldn't take it seriously。 And Elijah just tells her she shouldn't have to be sorry。 And I'm like, yes she should。Scarlet stayed with Jack。 She never told him to stop。 She defends him regularly。 At no point does she ever call out his disgusting behavior。 Granted, I didn't finish the novel, but you'd think if she actually cared about Elijah or her boyfriend being a decent human being, she would have said something。 I'm sorry, but we're halfway through the novel and it's bullshit that she's still doing this。Like, come on guys。 Did we even read the same book? What the hell is there to like about this character?I was provided a free copy of this book via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review。| Reader Fox 。。。more

Simran

Thank you to Wattpad for providing me with this DRC in exchange for an honest review。 Fight For Her is a coming-of-age, action/adventure highschool romance about popular, “good girl”, Scarlet Tucker, crossing paths and falling for the mysterious, “bad boy”, Elijah Black。 The story follows the familiar tropes seen in YA (and on Wattpad。com in particular) where two seemingly opposite people come together to face a “big bad”。 At first glance, I expected it to follow the same beats as stories simila Thank you to Wattpad for providing me with this DRC in exchange for an honest review。 Fight For Her is a coming-of-age, action/adventure highschool romance about popular, “good girl”, Scarlet Tucker, crossing paths and falling for the mysterious, “bad boy”, Elijah Black。 The story follows the familiar tropes seen in YA (and on Wattpad。com in particular) where two seemingly opposite people come together to face a “big bad”。 At first glance, I expected it to follow the same beats as stories similar in this genre。 However, I found the inclusion of the underground fighting world really interesting。 The author could have created mundane high school drama (though there is plenty in the story—some good, some bad), but this darker storyline was intriguing。 You’re definitely in for a wild ride, and I really liked that。 The author did a good job crafting the twists and turns of the plot, and I commend her for that。 I enjoyed the interactions between Elijah and Scarlet the most。 There are many stories where we are just expected to like a couple because they are the main characters of that story。 Aside from a rocky beginning, their transition from strangers to lovers felt genuine。 Their scenes together were my favorite part of the book。 I enjoyed seeing Scarlet become more confident in herself。 Despite this confidence, however, overall, I felt she was a shallow character in development and motivation。 A lot of this had to do with the fact that the character/author did not show me what was happening—rather, she was telling me。 I think this is the biggest weakness of the book。 I was told X, Y, Z, rather than shown it through carefully crafted writing。 This muted a lot of the emotion in the book because I felt a disconnect while I was reading。 Because of this disconnect (and the paragraphs where, once again, I was told who, what, when, where, and why), there were times I felt very bored, lost, or uncaring of what was happening in a particular scene。 Overall, Fight For Her is a casual read perfect for younger teen readers who are fans of darker, highschool romances about good girls and bad boys。 It follows the familiar beats of its genre, with intriguing twists and turns, but may be a bit jarring in the writing style and development of the main character。 。。。more

Kathreadya

A typical high school romance novel。 Scarlet is a popular girl whose brother died, and is dating the schools favorite quarterback, who is the typical shallow jock。 She find herself drawn to Elijah and their interactions are cute, but I just didn't connect with any of these characters。 Scarlet was trying to show she's not like other girls, but she ended up feeling flat to me。 And the mystery thing with her brother felt over the top。 But overall is was a decent high school romance and will appeal A typical high school romance novel。 Scarlet is a popular girl whose brother died, and is dating the schools favorite quarterback, who is the typical shallow jock。 She find herself drawn to Elijah and their interactions are cute, but I just didn't connect with any of these characters。 Scarlet was trying to show she's not like other girls, but she ended up feeling flat to me。 And the mystery thing with her brother felt over the top。 But overall is was a decent high school romance and will appeal to fans of the genre。 Thank you Wattpad books for this gifted copy in exchange for an honest review。 。。。more

Angel

Thank you so much WattpadBooks for sending me a free copy in exchange for an honest review!I loved this book so much! It was such an entertaining read。 I loved not only the relationship dynamics but also the writing style。I adored Scarlet。 I connected with her almost immediately。 She was such a great character and I would honestly love to be her friend!Recommended if you like: Bad Boys, Caring/Protective Guys, Cute Couples。

Jess

I’ve read Wattpad books a few years ago and this book seems to be written just like them。I would see this more as a Teens book then YA, just to how the characters were。 The plot is like a lot of books out there。Sadly, this book did not live up to the hype, but I thank NetGalley and the publisher for this ebook arc in exchange for an honest review。

ashley

Who doesn't love a bad boy with a heart of gold?Fight For Her is a great example of the good girl meets bad boy troupe。 Scarlet Tucker evidently has it all—popular football captain boyfriend and sitting comfortably in family money—but then she meets bad boy, Elijah Black, and everything changes。 She finds herself drawn to him and when he seems to lead to answers following her older brother's death, she can't stop herself from diving in deeper with him。Overall, it was a good story, if not a littl Who doesn't love a bad boy with a heart of gold?Fight For Her is a great example of the good girl meets bad boy troupe。 Scarlet Tucker evidently has it all—popular football captain boyfriend and sitting comfortably in family money—but then she meets bad boy, Elijah Black, and everything changes。 She finds herself drawn to him and when he seems to lead to answers following her older brother's death, she can't stop herself from diving in deeper with him。Overall, it was a good story, if not a little dramatic at times。 But who doesn't love a little drama? If you're looking for a quick read with a blossoming new relationship and a little danger, this is the pick for you。 While Scarlet was a little naive at times, her heart was always in the right place。 As for Elijah, I'm a sucker for a bad boy who secretly has a soft side, and he did not disappoint。 I was fully engrossed in their relationship and what it meant for Scarlet。 Now for the downside, while I found myself coming back for more and had the book finished in 3 days, I couldn't help but notice how predictable the storyline was and just how easily things came to solving all their problems。 All which could have been fixed with just a little more work on the characters part to obtain the solution, rather then it just being handed over。 And while I'm unlikely to read the story again, I wasn't disappointed with the story and how neatly everything was written and tied into a bow at the end。 Everything mentioned throughout the story was given a purpose, and nothing was left unanswered。And lastly, a big thank you to Wattpad Books for an advanced DRC in return for an honest review。 。。。more

Keri

*Thank you to the publisher for sending me an advance copy in exchange for an honest review * Fight for her is set up to be an interesting take on the good girl/bad boy trope many adore (me included)。 Going into it, I had high expectations。 The original Wattpad version sits at over 14 million reads which made me believe I was in for something extraordinary。 Unfortunately, the story fell flat for me。 Fight for her, like many others on Wattpad, seemed to fall into the juvenile category, reading fa *Thank you to the publisher for sending me an advance copy in exchange for an honest review * Fight for her is set up to be an interesting take on the good girl/bad boy trope many adore (me included)。 Going into it, I had high expectations。 The original Wattpad version sits at over 14 million reads which made me believe I was in for something extraordinary。 Unfortunately, the story fell flat for me。 Fight for her, like many others on Wattpad, seemed to fall into the juvenile category, reading far too much like a young teenager wrote it。 And yes I know, the author herself is young but, I’d have liked some maturity to her story telling (perhaps I’m just too old)。 I did enjoy the fresh take on some common genre cliches。 The pop culture references were cute and reminded you that Scarlet was in fact a teenager。 I found that I really connected with and enjoyed Elijah's character most but it does confuse me how an entire school body finds it appropriate to bully someone for losing a loved one to a drug overdose。 This was one plot point that bothered me most。 I enjoyed the character development of Scarlet though, in some places the relationship between her and Elijah moved too quickly for me。 I feel this story deserves an average rating of 3 mostly because I found it to be an average book。 There wasn’t anything particularly memorable about the characters or story (the plot twists were a bit too predictable) but, there also wasn’t anything particularly bad about this story。 Though I can't say this is an absolute favourite book of mine, I did still enjoy it! If you're looking for a cosy book to read on a lazy Sunday, then this book is for you。 。。。more

r。bookish

we love a good skim read。 honestly, i'm not really sure what i was expecting from this book, but this was just not good。 i mean, it was just super cliche, and it was just kind of a mess。 and like the whole fighting part was kind of stupid, since it was just so much drama that wasn't even that good。 but, i do wish we got to see some more of the romance, cause her and Eli were just a cute couple, even though they both were kind of boring。 and Jack and Scarlett's romance was just so toxic and i mea we love a good skim read。 honestly, i'm not really sure what i was expecting from this book, but this was just not good。 i mean, it was just super cliche, and it was just kind of a mess。 and like the whole fighting part was kind of stupid, since it was just so much drama that wasn't even that good。 but, i do wish we got to see some more of the romance, cause her and Eli were just a cute couple, even though they both were kind of boring。 and Jack and Scarlett's romance was just so toxic and i mean, it was completely just lust and popularity。 and i don't know how eli could just get with scarlett when she never stood up for him, and that kind of just rubbed me the wrong way。 thanks for the arc tho 。。。more

Kerri

The story starts out like a cliched movie filmed in any U。S。 high school。 Scarlet is a beautiful, smart girl finishing out her senior you in high school。 She is dating the talented, rich, football quarterback。 As the story progresses, Scarlet becomes friends with Elijah, the town bad-boy。 While the entire novel is dripping with cliches and typical high school romance drama, there are some plot twists and touching family moments as Scarlet and her parents deal with the death of their son/brother, The story starts out like a cliched movie filmed in any U。S。 high school。 Scarlet is a beautiful, smart girl finishing out her senior you in high school。 She is dating the talented, rich, football quarterback。 As the story progresses, Scarlet becomes friends with Elijah, the town bad-boy。 While the entire novel is dripping with cliches and typical high school romance drama, there are some plot twists and touching family moments as Scarlet and her parents deal with the death of their son/brother, Max。 Overall, a decent YA romance filled with family secrets, mystery, friendship, and love。 Thank you to NetGalley, Wattpad Books, and Liz Plum for an advanced eBook copy in exchange for my honest review。 。。。more

Hope Moore

I read a arc of this through Netgalley and am leaving an honest review。 We follow Scarlet Tucker who’s father owns a chain of auto repair shops- aka she’s rich。 She’s dating the school’s quarterback and is super popular because of that, the only problem? Her brother died a few years back and she’s still trucking with that and her boyfriend is no help to her。 When she bumps in the schools bad boy/ loner Elijah Black, she eventually befriends him。 This causes her to learn more about her brothers p I read a arc of this through Netgalley and am leaving an honest review。 We follow Scarlet Tucker who’s father owns a chain of auto repair shops- aka she’s rich。 She’s dating the school’s quarterback and is super popular because of that, the only problem? Her brother died a few years back and she’s still trucking with that and her boyfriend is no help to her。 When she bumps in the schools bad boy/ loner Elijah Black, she eventually befriends him。 This causes her to learn more about her brothers past that she didn’t know before。 Let me quickly explain my backstory with the book, I read it in 2018 on Wattpad for the first time then again in 2019 because I enjoyed it a lot, when I found out Fight For Her was being published I cried in happiness because of how much I liked this book。 And it feels exactly the same as it did when I first read it, giving me the same feels of happiness。 I enjoyed Scarlet as a main character, she’s very talkative (like myself) and sometimes says to much, she is a very enjoyable character to read。 She befriends people easily as we see her do with Elijah。 Her decision making can be a bit stupid but what teen girl doesn’t make a few stupid choices in her life。 Now on to Elijah, he has a tragic backstory that leads him down a dangerous path that we see him come out of。 He is fiercely protective of Scarlet once they become friends, he is quiet and sticks to himself usually but Scarlet brings out a side of him that is kind, caring and overall different then he acts around others。 Scarlet and Elijah have a great story that shows you two lives that are different in some says but similar in others。 The story has its ups and downs, you learn more about they characters as you go and you watch Scarlet and Elijah become friends and see how that changes everything around them。 The way a felt while reading this made me happy and put a smile on my face。 I enjoyed this so much。 。。。more

Christine

Thank you to the publisher for an arc copy of the book。 The front cover doesn't do this book justice and what it is about。 Scarlett Tucker has a love triangle going on with her clueless boyfriend and the bad boy at school。 Once Scarlett begins to help Elijah, the bad boy with his car, she begins to see all that he is about。 The book goes from who will she end up with, to reasons why her brother was killed in a motorcycle accident。 When you don't think Elijah and Scarlett's path could be more tog Thank you to the publisher for an arc copy of the book。 The front cover doesn't do this book justice and what it is about。 Scarlett Tucker has a love triangle going on with her clueless boyfriend and the bad boy at school。 Once Scarlett begins to help Elijah, the bad boy with his car, she begins to see all that he is about。 The book goes from who will she end up with, to reasons why her brother was killed in a motorcycle accident。 When you don't think Elijah and Scarlett's path could be more together, you find out so much more。 It was a little slow at the beginning, but by the end I was wondering how it was all going to turn out。 I would recommend this book to anyone for a quick read。 。。。more

DJ

Copy provided by the publisher and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review。3。5 stars Fight For Her is a good ya romance where a wealthy girl falls for the town bad boy。 It's a pretty typical YA bad boy romance。 I enjoyed it but it didn't blow me away or surprise me at all。 The charters were strong and likable for the the most part。 It took me a while to warm up to Scarlet but I liked Elijah from the start。 They had good chemistry but there was just something missing from this story。 It's a go Copy provided by the publisher and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review。3。5 stars Fight For Her is a good ya romance where a wealthy girl falls for the town bad boy。 It's a pretty typical YA bad boy romance。 I enjoyed it but it didn't blow me away or surprise me at all。 The charters were strong and likable for the the most part。 It took me a while to warm up to Scarlet but I liked Elijah from the start。 They had good chemistry but there was just something missing from this story。 It's a good read but nothing new。 。。。more

Jessica Gadd

Fight For Her is a YA good girl/bad boy romance featuring Scarlet, a high school senior who's mourning the loss of her brother while trying to keep her relationship to the most popular boy in school intact。 Scarlett befriends Elijah, who has a bad reputation and is hated by her boyfriend。 After spending time with him she struggles with wanting to stay with the popular crowd or follow her heart。 。All in all this was a great YA book。 We enjoyed the pace of the novel and loved the ending to the sto Fight For Her is a YA good girl/bad boy romance featuring Scarlet, a high school senior who's mourning the loss of her brother while trying to keep her relationship to the most popular boy in school intact。 Scarlett befriends Elijah, who has a bad reputation and is hated by her boyfriend。 After spending time with him she struggles with wanting to stay with the popular crowd or follow her heart。 。All in all this was a great YA book。 We enjoyed the pace of the novel and loved the ending to the story。 If your a YA lover, definitely give this a read! 。。。more