The Best Chance is a novella. It is a still apart of the Amherst Sinners Series and counted as book #4. It can be read as a complete standalone. HUNTERI was unwavering. I’m handcuffed to who I’m supposed to be. I’m the guy you don’t take a chance on.I’m the guy who has all the best intentions and none of the graceful follow through.I’m the guy your dad hates and your mom still fantasizes about … mom still fantasizes about during their stale moments of passion.
At least, I used to be all of those things until the girl I loved from a safe distance decided I was too much of risk.
I used to be all those things until I saw Addi’s poisonous red lips taunting me to hurt a little bit more.
She had been chewed up and spit out by everyone who was supposed to love her.
A girl full of destructive risks was going to make me the best chance she ever took.
ADDILEIGH
I used to vie for my parents approval, I never wished my perfect sister any good wishes, and let the voice of insecurities become a bitch.
I’m no longer her shadow of imperfection.
I’m the girl you want a wild night with even when I giggle and tell you I’m not that kind of girl.
I’m the girl who has a chip on my shoulder, filler in my lips, and a master list of all the corrupt things I want to try before I die.
Get drunk at a college party? Check.
Sleep with a married man? Check.
Fall in love? That is going to be the most corrupt thing I have ever done.
Convince someone to love me, every rotten part.
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Hunter was always a mystery to me. He was all bad boy pining after the good girl. He deserved happiness too and he found it with Addi. She’s just as broken to the core as Hunter. Can they help put each other back together?! Everyone deserves happiness, and we might not find it where we think. Loved this book! Can’t wait for Caden’s story!
He’s not a Sinner he’s a criminal. Criminals who are villains can fall in love. Let’s meet the villains. Hunter is the guy who sells drugs and was accused of raping Layla. Addi is the girl who had sex with a married professor.
The Best Chance is about the favorite villainous couple Hunter and Addi. Addi is Elizabeth’s younger sister who was introduced in The Best Mistakes. Liz is the golden child that Addi is supposed to follow. Addi wants to carve her own path so she changes her body and attitude to suit her own needs. Hunter is the guy with a history of priors—prior mistakes, prior bouts with danger, prior time in juvie, and prior losses that resulted in sharing, until it ate my desire for love alive.
Elena gave Hunter and Addi there own story away from the Sinners. When they are isolated from all the Sinners they aren’t so villainous. We get the other side of Hunter that Layla didn’t get to see. He’s a traveling drug dealer with connections in LA, Florida, and Boston. Addi follows Hunter to LA hoping to make connections for her acting career. Instead she’s followed by an admirer from Amherst.
These two weren’t my favorite characters, but I did appreciate the effort Elena put in to creating a love for them. Although, I wasn’t as invested in them. I do adore Elena’s writing style so I’m willing to give it a go. If she writing it I’m reading it. I’m still trying to process Hunter and Addi. I don’t feel the connection or quite understand it.
For me I didn’t need closure on Hunter or Addi. I didn’t even need Liz and Leon’s story. I do want Caden’s story which is next.
This was a novella that I couldn’t wait to get my hands on. I love all the sinners and all their stories but to finally get a little more from Hunter and into his mind was an amazing story!
I also was happy to get about Addi and what made her the way she was. I can see why they both took to each other.
And to still get little bits and pieces of the Sinners was cool. Love when books keep past characters in newer books.
Elena writes such wonderful bad boys, I know funny but it’s true! I still love my Ollie but Hunter always had a place in my heart.
4.5 stars!!
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I LOVED this book! I’m so pumped that Hunter got his own book; we definitely needed more Hunter! This book was everything I was hoping for and more. Elena Monroe knows how to tell a story! Be sure to grab Hunter, you’re going to love him!
And be sure to check out the rest of the Amherst Sinners series if you haven’t already! Come join the Sinners!
The Amherst Sinners:
• The Best Years (Book 1)
• The Best Moments (Book 2)
• The Best Mistakes (Book 3)
• The Best Chance (Novella)
Overall Rating – .5
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Hunters story!
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I have been a fan of this series from book one and Hunter is a character I will openly admit I have not liked from his first appearance in ‘The Best Years’, so I was intrigued to see where his story would go as he was given a raw deal from Layla.
His story starts with him and Addileigh going to LA for a ‘business’ trip. Addi is more into him and wants to prove this to Hunter. When their story started I was so intrigued to where it would go, Hunter the ‘bad guy’ was going in proper deep, something I wasn’t sure suited his character, but I loved Addi tagging along trying to show Hunter she could be there from him and trusted.
From the start of this book I was sucked right into his story. There were many times my heart went to him. I completely felt for him, he was judged badly by others and himself, but I came to realise the hard, not give a damn exterior was all a front, he had feelings and sometimes quite sensitive. I loved his protectiveness and his overall confidence and he was a funny guy, one part in particular had me laughing my head off.
I liked Addi’s character, she was fun, quirky and could handle herself. Unfortunately, I just couldn’t connect to her and didn’t feel a connection between her and Hunter. I would have liked more of a friends to lovers story, with Hunter opening up to her better.
This was an enjoyable read though and one I devoured in one sitting. There are cameos from previous characters and an insight into the next book in the series – Caden’s story!
I would recommend reading the previous three books before this one.
*An ARC received for an honest review*
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First Sex Scene – 24%
POV – Duel
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Emotional, and Entertaining!
This is my first time reading anything from this author, and I was not disappointed. This book is a standalone, but their are 3 books previous to this one, that I think would have filled in some background, and I will definitely be going back to read them. This is the fourth book in The Amherst Sinners series, and the story of Hunter, and Addileigh, both these characters have had been through their own personal heart break, that has molded them into the people they are. When they get together, they have a special connection, and they accept one another flaws, and all. This was a great read, dark, intense, emotional, raw, gripping, dramatic, passionate, and steamy! This is a must read!
Yes! It’s here folks! The Best Chance is the 4th book in the Amherst Sinners series, even though technically hunter isn’t a sinner. The book has these previous characters. I do recommend you read the first three books to know the full emotional toll of Hunter. This is Hunter and Addi’s story and I think it’s the BEST book in this series! I Floved it, so so much! I’ve had it bad for Hunter since the begging! He’s had my heart and he totally was the door matt to Layla for too many years! That B///h never deserved his love! I loved Hunter and Addi’s friendship in the third book, you just knew something amazing was coming! These are two characters that have been burned by love and are just trying to keep fooling themselves! I think they were life’s gift to each other after all the heartache they have endured, all the Unrequited Love. Their story is real and raw! Be ready to have your emotions put through the wringer and your heart bleed. Hunter and Addileigh were so wonderfully perfect for each other! Both are confident, selfish, and full of trouble, they are also two of the most insecure characters you will ever read…insecure is not the right word, they both feel so undeserving and believe in suffering for their sins.
“..what we were doing took two people to build this two-way street. Requited. Mutual. Reciprocated.”
“Two villains falling in love? That was something too diabolical and that would upset the greater balance. We both deserved second best as penance for our sins.”
I loved these two characters so much and the way they loved each other was beautiful! Their story will overwhelm you with emotion and consume you with hope! I loved Hunter’s need to start s**t at the end of the story, it was exactly what I would expect from this series. Monroe doesn’t disappoint when it comes to drama! I loved our ending epilogue of sweet danger! Oh, my heart! I’m very interested in seeing what will come for Caden. Very happy with this book and the way his story was written, it’s not overwhelmed with conflict or as angsty as the previous books. But the level of emotion is just as strong. A wonderful way to end 2019 with this Five-star read! I received an Arc in exchange for an honest review.
This is the first time I’ve read a book by this author.
This book is part of a series and this is book 4 and I highly recommend you read those first. I read this book in one sitting and it was enjoyable.
Hunter is a selfish, arrogant and sometimes annoying character who wants what he can’t have. He’s been in love with Layla for a very long time but just loved her from a far he has a lot of Unrequited love for her. Five years ….. Passed.
She’s moved on Layla got a new life.
When he meets Addie he soon realises that she is a polar opposite to her in every single way possible.
Addie also has her own crap going on and she gets constantly compared to her sister which is exhausting. Addie is sometimes, I feel quite egotistical and selfish herself.
The relationship between these too is very sexy, fast paced, rough around the edges and deep. They are both very honest with each other, and at first Hunter only lived for Layla even talked in his sleep. They both have a lot of banter between them and Addie is a tough cookie.
This book is about two people who are going through some crap an and are dealing with a lot, in there mind’s too.
I enjoyed reading this book and this author writes very well.I didn’t like the characters at first and I thought they were going to be annoying, but actually the author captures them both perfectly. This book does deal with some real issues too.
This book is written from different points of view which I always like from Hunter and Addie views, and always a bonus is an epilogue and prologue. We get to see a little of Caden which is intriguing too.
I would recommend reading the others in the series first as this is book 4 in the series.
Thank You to the author and publishers for allowing me to read an early copy of this book.
ARC provided in exchange for an honest review
4 criminal stars
I really love this series, and this novella is a great addition !!! I love how this author has blurred the lines between right and wrong / acceptable and unacceptable and makes the people that are involved relatable and lovable.
Until now I didn’t like hunter . I couldn’t get past The sinners opinion of him . I was firmly on their side . But this book shows another side of him . And his side of the story . And although I first wished that we saw this earlier in the series I think the timing is perfect . I now like hunter . Yes he’s a criminal and he is far from perfect but he’s protective and caring for those he cares about . He’s a hard shell with a soft centre .
Addi is the same . She’s young and an actress that finds it fairly easy to switch between characters. She cares a lot about what people think of her and she has tried to mold herself into her own unique person . But in this story her journey is finding herself and learning to be happy within herself . And hunter helps her do this .
Their story is far from a perfect romance. They are broken and they are comfortable with taboo criminal things .
It was a great read ! I really enjoyed it and I’m really looking forward to Caden’s story next !!!
This book is a part of a series . I highly recommend reading the previous books first before this one for the story line and character relationships to make sense ! They are all great reads and well worth your time !!
Ps the ebook has a teaser for the next book – Caden’s story ! I can’t wait to read it !
This is Hunter and Addi’s story. Both characters are broken, and although I really wanted to hate Hunter, this author has spun this tale with such depth and in such a way that it is impossible! This is a well written novella which has several laugh-out-loud moments, and I look forward to reading more from this author in the future.