The Fighter: An MM Romance (Built to Break Book 1)

ARC Review - The Fighter by Viv Allen “What’s your name?” That was all it took for Conrad Stafford to begin to crack the incredibly harden exterior of Husk - or Tav as he so intimately shared this sacred name with a perfect stranger. One offer. Ten minutes. Take it or leave it. With bated breath Conrad waited for Tav not knowing this night would change the course of his entire existence. With a hot and steamy one night stand between two unlikely lovers, leading to breathless, desperate chance encounters to relive their desires from that night in question. “I wanted to be surrounded by Con, consumed by him.” This book kept me on edge, kept me turning the page to see what would come next. Locked in on the fated connection, an invisible tether between them. The spice in this book is hot, it builds and is written unlike any other writer I have read. “Where did you come from Tav? Where the hell did you come from?” “Why does it matter, when what’s important is I’m here right now.” The MMCs in this book are bound to not only each other in the bedroom, but to a fate that seems to be in the hands of each others worst nightmare. As their worst fears come to fruition, so too does their freedom of being shackled to the tortuous life they were leading. Together, the two of them face their fears, to become whole within each other. “You belong to me, and I will burn this city to the ground for you.” Tropes: Golden retriever/Black Cat Millionaire/Underground Fighter Age gap -…

4.5 stars Points taken off because like many others have stated, the amount of grammatical errors in this was jarring. It’s as if the author had no one proof it at all. Love how quickly it starts and hooks us in immediately. Very compelling. I am not a fan of BDSM so i liked how this toed the line where I was comfortable with it. I am not into any sort of pain. And neither are Conrad and Tav. SPOILERS LIKES I loved Tav showing up at Con’s apartment after one of his fights and how Con couldn’t say no. Con being at the fight was great too. I really enjoyed that and the aftermath when Tav was concussed and sharing his feelings for Con thinking he was hallucinating. Liked when Con allowed himself to be vulnerable with Tav. I enjoyed Nik and Holden a lot. DISLIKES I’m not a huge fan of insta love and it felt unrealistic that Con was willing to go against Devin before Tav and Con exchanged I love yous. I didn’t love how Con manipulated Tav with sex but it wasn’t terrible. Didn’t put me off Con. Hated that Devlin wasn’t killed. I’m shocked that the author is writing a book for him. I thought for sure it was going to be a Nik/Ben falling for each other story. Devlin is vile and irredeemable so confused about this. Overall this was a very enjoyable read and I’d definitely recommend.

I am an avid mm dark romance reader and I can't believe I've never come across this author. This book was perfection. Some people comment on misspellings but honestly I was so engaged that I never even noticed. While the story is an instalove it's not an instaHEA. That takes a roller coaster ride. But what they do have is instant devotion. There are amazing characters and World building that you feel immersed in the storyline. The spice is 🥵🌶🌶🌶🌶 bit with minimal kink. Just a great book. Cant wait for the rest of the series.

First, I am glad to read a book not written by AI. I’m getting really tired of AI-written garbage, so thank you for that! I did like the slightly unusual story line at first, but I started to get annoyed at Tav for giving up all of his closely guarded secrets so readily whenever Con used sex to “force” him. And there were a lot of grammatical/spelling errors like missing words or too many words or incorrect verb tense. The author should’ve had a copy editor fix those issues but this is the era of the self-published novel and authors rarely fork out the money to hire an editor, even though reviews like this result in lower credibility. This also dragged on for way longer than it needed to. I bailed after getting 65% of the way through. I think the author has talent but needs to up her game. And I definitely am behind “sweating out everyword” over using AI. I hope the author stays true to that.

What an amazing story. The writing is incredible and made feel like I was right there with the characters. This is such a beautiful story full of roller coaster emotions. I cannot wait to read more from Viv Allen!