Breaking a Legend by Sarah Robinson Review

Breaking a Legend by Sarah Robinson

Release Date: September 29, 2015

Blurb

As one of the big names at his family’s gym, Legends, MMA star Rory Kavanagh is used to being in the spotlight—until a gruesome leg injury knocks him out of the cage. Rory is left feeling sidelined in more ways than one, battling the inner demons that come with losing the one shot at his dreams. Then Clare walks into his life and gives him a new dream: winning her heart. There aren’t many new faces in Woodlawn these days, but this tough, beautiful stranger makes Rory want to get his life back into fighting shape.

Clare Ivers doesn’t think she’ll be able to tell anyone what really brought her to the close-knit Bronx neighborhood where she just started bartending. But her life’s on pause and her past is catching up fast, try as she might to move on—with new friends, steady work, and a chiseled alpha male trying to get her attention. Even though Rory’s more than a little intense, she can’t deny that her heart beats faster when he looks at her with those soulful silver eyes. Clare thought she was done with love, but Rory might just be man enough to show her she thought wrong.

Disclosure: eARC received via Netgalley in exchange for honest review. All opinions are completely my own.

My Review

“Then let me behind your walls. Let me be your walls. You are safe with me.”

In Breaking a Legend by Sarah Robinson Clare moves across the country to get away from her dangerous ex-boyfriend and meets Rory Kavanagh. Rory is the one of the fighters from a big Irish family.

While I found some things repetitive, the story line was good and had a nice flow. Rory and Clare’s story was one that we’ve seen before. Fighter meets young, naive girl, then add a bit of angst to push our couple together.

Even with the repetitiveness, I still think that this book would be a good way to spend a few hours, I think I’d like the sex scenes to not incorporate so much screaming and moaning (honestly, I think that’s all Clare could do).

The author also kept reminding us that Clare was terrified of her ex, and that she should be scared with Rory. It seemed like she had to keep talking herself out of being scared.

I thoroughly enjoyed the interaction between Rory and his family and wouldn’t mind reading more from Sarah Robinson.

★ ★ ★ 1/2 Stars