Book Title: Remy (Real Series Book #3)
Author: Katy Evans
Date of Publication: November 26, 2013
Publisher: Gallery Books
Blog Tour Hosted by: The SUBClub Books
Underground fighter Remington Tate is a mystery, even to himself. His mind is dark and light, complex and enlightening. At times his actions and moods are carefully measured, and at others, they spin out of control.
Through it all, there’s been one constant: wanting, needing, loving, and protecting Brooke Dumas. This is his story; from the first moment he laid eyes on her and knew, without a doubt, she would be the realest thing he’s ever had to fight for.
I think everyone in the universe needs to experience first hand the amazingness that is Remington Tate, but in case you haven’t kept up with the series…the first book is Real. Check out my review here.
A fallen boxer.
A woman with a broken dream.
A competition…He even makes me forget my name. One night was all it took, and I forgot everything and anything except the sexy fighter in the ring who sets my mind ablaze and my body on fire with wanting…
Remington Tate is the strongest, most confusing man I’ve ever met in my life.
He’s the star of the dangerous underground fighting circuit, and I’m drawn to him as I’ve never been drawn to anything in my life. I forget who I am, what I want, with just one look from him. When he’s near, I need to remind myself that I am strong–but he is stronger. And now it’s my job to keep his body working like a perfect machine, his taut muscles primed and ready to break the bones of his next opponents . . .
But the one he’s most threatening to, now, is me.
I want him. I want him without fear. Without reservations.
If only I knew for sure what it is that he wants from me?
And the second book in the Real Series is Mine. You can check out My Review here.
He’s mine, and I’m his. Our love is all-consuming, powerful,
imperfect, and real…In the international bestseller REAL, the unstoppable bad boy of the Underground fighting circuit finally met his match. Hired to keep him in prime condition, Brooke Dumas unleashed a primal desire in Remington “Riptide” Tate as vital as the air he breathes… and now he can’t live without her.
Brooke never imagined she would end up with the man who is every woman’s dream, but not all dreams end happily ever after, and just when they need each other the most, she is torn away from his side. Now with distance and darkness between them, the only thing left is to fight for the love of the man she calls MINE.
We go toe-to-toe. I feint and Hammer swings, opening his side. So I jab his ribs, feel the satisfying punch race up my arm, and we bounce apart. Hammer is stupid in the head. He falls for all my feints and never covers right. I ram him hard enough to make him bounce on the ropes and drop to his knees. He shakes his head and hops to his feet after a moment. I love this. My heart pumps slowly. My every muscle knows where to move, what to do, where to send my power—right from my center, up my chest, shoulder, down the length of my arms, to the tips of my fucking knuckles that hit with the force of a charging bull.
I take him down, and then I do the same with the next foe. And the next.
A powerful energy takes over me as I fight, and I fight knowing that Brooke Dumas watches me. If there’s anything in my head other than winning, it’s that I want her to think inside that lovely round head of hers that she has never, ever, seen a man like me.
By the time the tenth guy falls, sweat coats my chest, and as the ringmaster raises my arm, I’m anxious to see the look in her eyes. I want to see that she liked it, that she—like everyone else in this room—thinks I’m the shit. Our eyes lock, my gut goes hard and twisted and wild with desire, and I smile at her as I try to catch my breath.
When the ringmaster releases my arm, I cross the ring, jump over the cord, and land in the aisle, watching her part her lips in shock as I come over.
People go crazy when I go outside the ring, and they’re losing their shit right now.
The whole room screams with their applause and cheers. And I know they all can see where my gaze rests and where I’m headed.
“Kiss his heart out, woman!”
“You don’t deserve him, you bitch!”
“You go, girl!”
I smile down at this woman who has stolen my thoughts, and as I wonder if she wants me to, she looks pleadingly up at me, almost begging me not to kiss her here. My blood simmers as I remember her lips on mine, but it won’t be happening again.
Not until you’re ready, Brooke Dumas.
I bend to her and scent her hair, whispering at her temple, “Sit tight. I’ll send someone over for you.”
I back off before I lose it, and climbing up into the ring, I steal one last look at her. My chest does all kinds of strange things when our eyes lock.
“Riptide, people!” the announcer screams.
The yells feed me. I suck them in with a smile, full of pride and satisfaction. I can see in every one of these people’s eyes that I’m the man. But I want to see it in her eyes. That. I’m. The Man.
The man who wants to be hers.
Remy by Katy Evans
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
*ARC Given to Blog for Honest Review*
4 “Fuck me standing.” “Little Firecracker” “Mine.” “Riptide” Kisses
I love Remy. Like…he’s one of my top book boyfriends of all time. There is just something about him that makes him irresistible and endearing and…perfect. Remy was all that I was expecting…probably more so. I loved Real but after Mine, I was…worried and concerned with some of the things that I had heard…but if I learned one thing…don’t doubt the power of Remy. 🙂
Remington Riptide Tate…my poor Remy and his tortured soul. He is so hard on himself it breaks my heart. Its so much more enriching hearing his thoughts and seeing things from his eyes, I can’t even tell you. I loved it…more than I thought I would actually. It made me love him more. I felt like I got to understand him on a deeper level. He’s much more complex than you would think. It’s so easy to take him at face value, but being in his POV gives you a more complete perspective. Plus getting to see events that have already happened and some events that we heard about but never actually got to experience, did help me enjoy the story that much more. Remy is so many things; there are so many levels to his personality besides this primal beast that just drips sexuality. There is a kind, gentle spirit inside the beast that has never experienced love until a brunette girl stole his heart with just one look.
‘I want to make her mine.
Mine.
I want to smell the fuck out of her ‘cause it gets me all cranked up and nothing has ever cranked me up like her scent just did. I want the joy of looking at her and touching her and I want. To make. Her. Mine.’
Brooke Dumas…oh Brookey, if she only knew that going to one Underground fight would forever change her life. It was really interesting seeing Brooke through Remy’s eyes. For the most part, I have always liked her…there were times that she irked me in Mine which carried over into Remy but I think Remy’s feelings and love over powered any and all negative feelings I could have had for her. Seeing Brooke from another perspective did enrich her a little bit for me…because like I said I always had love for her…but seeing her from the perception of someone who loves every part of her…who can’t help his feelings for her…it was just…nice. I liked it. To a certain degree, I always knew how Remy felt, but actually hearing it from him…in the moment…made more of an impact for me.
‘I want to be with her. Alone.
If I can’t fuck her year, I want her close. I want her in my space, so deep that soon I want her space and mine to be the same – to be buried to the hilt in her, and she’s wrapped, hot and wet, all around me, and we’re just Brooke and Remington.’
If you’re expecting a brand new story with Remy and Brooke…you’re not going to get that. I was 100% A-Okay with that. I don’t mind being told the same story from a different POV – as long as there is new information to be learned…and in my opinion, being in Remy’s POV gave me a lot more insight. Part of me would have liked to possibly see past scenes that weren’t in either book but would have helped to show how and why Remy is the way he is. Like some of the history with his family…how he met Pete and Riley…the day he ruined his professional boxing career…or even the days he was black before they went to get Brooke in Seattle. I was disappointed we didn’t get to see some of those because there were a few instances where we replayed events that…honestly, didn’t need to be rehashed. Was it nice seeing them through his eyes? Yeah…sure…nice, but not as necessary.
‘I’ve never waited so long to claim something I want, and I’ve never wanted anything like this. It’s driving me insane and crazy.’
Plus, like I said, you get to see Brooke’s actions in a completely different light and it’s effects on Remy…it puts a huge spin on things and completely changed my emotions from the first time around. I may have been empathizing with her and silently cursing Remy the first time around, but being in his head…everything just clicked. It made sense and I flipped – I was silently screaming at Brooke to leave my poor Remy alone and stop being mean to him! Remy always wore his heart on his sleeve, whether it’s realized or not…and once I learned to take everything that he said at face value, the more I fell in love with him. He is insanely strong, but so guarded because of his past, so the fact that he wanted to have a relationship with Brooke in the first place is monu-freakin-mental. Off the charts. Ground breaking. Even the people he is closest with never really knew him…not like Brooke did/does.
‘There are things you’re certain about. That you’d bet your life on. Things that you just know. You know the heat of a fire will burn you. Water will quench your thirst. She is one of those things; the most unerring certainty of my life.’
I am usually a little sketchy on the bouncing back and forth with time…if not written properly it can get very confusing…but I thought Remy was written very well. Another thing that surprised me was how funny it was! Remy is pretty dry and I liked the little bits of sarcasm that we get with his personality, as well as Riley and Pete. Speaking of Riley and Pete…obviously, we get to see them a little bit more and the little pieces of the ‘future’ since Mine ended were…nice, as well at the touches of Melanie and Nora. But apart from the past/present different, Remy has all the same classics that Real and Mine did. Same über delicious alpha, same hot sex and the same story about this fantastic couple that was made for each other.
‘I am a fucking pendulum.
Any disturbance to my balance, and I swing.
The doctors taught me this.
Once I swing high, nothing on earth will stop me from crashing back down. I fall by gravity. Natural urge of the body to restore balance.
But that’s the thing. A pendulum always seeks its balance.
She’s my balance. I need her more than air.’
So the pitfalls…well, take it as you will…it can be a pitfall if it bothers you, but it’s the same story, but I’ve already addressed that. The other thing…the same problem that I had in Mine, I had with Remy. The repetition. I didn’t think it was as bad as it was in Mine…but it was still there, just instead of the focus being on him, it was on Brooke…‘her hair’, ‘her eyes’, ‘her pony tail’, ‘her legs’…it got to be a bit over the top at times. Other than those two things…I really loved it. I know – I’m blinded by my love for Remy, but I can’t help it! Those damn blue eyes get me every time.
‘Still, I want for once in my life for someont to come to me because they feel I’m wroth it. No, not someone. Her. I want the woman I love to come to me because at last someone in this world understands me. How the fuck am I supposed to leave, to live, without her?’
I am hopeful for Ripped…it’s a new couple, a new dynamic…new possibilities, while still giving us a teeny tiny taste (hopefully!) of Brooke and Remy. I’m even more excited for Raw…especially since the jealous alpha got the order switched, but even more reason for me to keep my hope alive for this series.
Hey! I’m Katy Evans and I love family, books, life, and love. I’m married with two children and three dogs and spend my time baking, walking, writing, reading, and taking care of my family. Thank you for spending your time with me and picking up my story. I hope you had an amazing time with it, like I did. If you’d like to know more about books in progress, look me up on the Internet, I’d love to hear from you!
