In the End (Timing is Everything #3) by Erika Ashby
From the author: *This is the last book in the Timing Is Everything series. It’s also a novella and even though it’s a prequel to Moving Forward, it still needs to be read last.*
Synopsis from Amazon
Jake Reynolds’ life had always been perfectly mapped out for him as he was growing up. The only time he ever felt like he had any control over it was when he was inside the cage—the same cage that held no for sure outcome. In his twisted mind being inside that ring with his opponent was the most freeing feeling. In that moment alone he was able to let his perfected guard down and be who he wanted to be.
From the outside looking in, everything about Jake’s life looked perfect, but he knew that he wasn’t. His whole life had been set up for him before he was even born, and even though it’s not the life he wanted, he continued living it.
When you have everything you could ever want at your fingertips, why screw it up?
That was his mindset until the night Jesika showed up at his fight. He knew she was different from the get-go. He also knew he didn’t deserve her, but that didn’t mean he didn’t want to try. Jake had skills inside and out of the cage and he was known to always get what he wanted no matter the risk. But was he willing to change who he had always been in order to keep the one that he thought was worth the fight? Will it all be worth it in the end?
My Review
I’ve read both Moving Forward and No Going Back by Erika Ashby so when In the End was published, I bought it the same day. It’s a novella of 65 pages, so it really doesn’t take very long to read. Honestly, though, if you’ve read the first two books in the series about Jesika, Derek and Jake you must read this book. This is Jake’s story from Jake’s point of view. It includes the letter that he wrote to Jesika before the accident in the first book. This is a prequel, but I would recommend reading it after the first two books so that it makes sense.
I tried not having sympathy for Jake after what he put Jesika through and lied to her, but there is a part of him that is good and decent. Nobody can see it, but I’m sure that deep down it is in there. Any questions that were raised in the first two books about Jake’s past, his loyalties and what he was thinking all comes together in the third book. You get all the answers you’ve been looking for.
I’ve been waiting for this book to come out. I read the first two and at the end of the second one, we find out there is a letter from Jake to Jesika. That’s where the third book comes in. In the End was an emotional read for me. It pulled me in from the first chapter and had snippets of Jake’s letter to Jesika at the beginning of each chapter. You don’t want to miss this one.
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