I very much enjoyed this book. I was kicking my feet and giggling the whole time. Cheesy, basic romance but was entertaining and I would definitely read again because it's a good palate cleanser after a dark book.

While I enjoyed this book - it didn't feel very special or unique to me. It felt as though the author was doing too much at once. There were storylines that conflicted and not explored thoroughly enough. The romance also felt as though it was being rushed and happened way too quickly.

Although I had issues with some points of the novel, it was a romance and therefore I was entertained and still flew through the story faster than I would a different genre.

This book was overall just ok, I don't think I'd pick up another by this author.

Fight For Her tackles the popular girl meets outcast/bad boy trope. I always enjoy a YA read and this was an easy one to read. It was interesting and I thought some of the plot twists made me want to keep reading. Overall, I liked it and the characters.

I received a copy of this book for a fair and honest review. I read a lot stories on Wattpad so see then get publish is great. I had not read this on there but I still got my hands on a review copy of this book. I thought by just reading the blurb it going to be another Good girl meets bad boy story. It is on the surface but once you dive deep into the story there is so much more to Scarlet and Elijah. Scarlet is such a strong and independent character and that is unique for a romance. Elijah is mysterious and sweet. Of course all books have to have a jerk and that is Scarlet's boyfriend. He is so two-faced it is made me dislike him from the get go. I did not want it to end knowing I would not get anymore chance to see these characters.

This book really surprised me. Our main character is dealing with the grief after losing her brother, not knowing how to cope, feeling so alone. That is until she meets Jack. He was the one who was there for her, he helped her when she needed it most.

But then she meets Elijah and realizes that Jack isn’t who she thought he was. He can be mean and a bully for no reason.

With Elijah she doesn’t feel like she has to hide apart of herself. She gets to be her she gets seen and heard.

Scarlet is thrown into the world of boxing rings and learns that some secrets have been kept from her, secrets involving her brother, his life and how he died. Now Elijah is headed down the same path, can Scarlet save him before he ends up like her brother?

This book deals with grief, has romance, mystery, and a little bit of a crime fighting aspect to it.

Unfortunately I DNF'ed this book pretty early on. The synopsis sounded right up my alley but I just could not get into the story. The writing felt very lazy too me and I couldn't connect to Scarlet at all.

Thank you NetGalley and the author for an eARC of this book, in exchange of a honest review.

I’m sucker for teen romances and this one didn’t disappoint. With the typical “good girl meets the bad boy” trope, I was immediately sucked in and obviously rooting for the two characters. While there were occasional parts where I became bored, I enjoyed the book altogether and it made me want to look for more books with similar storylines.

Wow, what a story. I've always said I'm a sucker for teen romance, but sometimes I'm left feeling disappointed. Not with this book. First of all, it's got your typical "good girl meets bad boy" trope, which is always fun. I never had a bad boy phase as a teen, but as a 20-something I'm finding I enjoy reading about them. Honestly, most of the time bad boys are just misunderstood and just waiting for someone to break the wall that hides their true self. I could tell from the beginning that Elijah was a sensitive soul and an all-around good guy. The way he protects Scarlet is admirable, and something I think we all strive for. They may be teenagers, but they've undoubtedly found true love.

This was completely fine! A very typical "girl's dating the popular boy and more mysterious boy comes on scene" kind of story, with some added complications of loss and fighting to protect what you love.
I really did enjoy my time reading it, and it was a very easy read, but it did get a few eye rolls from me when it was stated that the main character "isn't like other girls" and at one point she let go of a breath she didn't know she was holding... so overall a fun, enjoyable time, but not the next biggest masterpiece in young adult romance.

Title: Fight For Her
Author: Liz Blum
Pub. Date: March 9, 2021
Rating: ⭐️ DNF @ 10%

This will be a spoiler free review. Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for providing a free copy in exchange for an honest review.

I had hight hopes for this book, not gonna lie.

I’ve been loving contemporary books recently (as we all know) and based on the synopsis, I was so damn excited for this book. It sounded like it was going to be right up my alley, and I was going to love it.

That didn’t happen.

I’ve been reading for forever, and while I usually like to give books at least 30% before I DNF (if I’m hesitant or unsure about it) I knew very early on that this book wasn’t for me.

I know it’s an ARC, that it’s not a final published copy and therefore there will be mistakes. This felt more like a first rough draft and it’s a mess. Within the first 10% it’s incredibly repetitive. It’s also really clear that the author relied heavily on stereotypes as none of the characters have any kind of depth and they’re all highly unlikeable.

The MC, Scarlet, is the worst.

We’re supposed to like her, she’s not like other girls, and she knows her boyfriend’s personality sucks, but stays with him anyways.

And I mean, her boyfriend, Jack, the Quarterback who as a high schooler is on the fast track for the NFL (puh-lease) is a walking red flag. He’s a grade-A bully with stupid as hell bullying tactics. His claim to fame is being a Quarterback, he’s gross and he treats Scarlet like a trophy.

But Scarlet – she fucking lets him.

I might’ve been able to look past every single thing I found lacking and terrible in this book, but Scarlet’s inability to stand up for anyone, let alone herself was annoying as hell. She absolutely knows that her boyfriend is a dick, that his personality sucks, that he’s needlessly mean to people because he’s Jack the Quarterback.

Oh, and because he’s not that way with her.

I only read 10%, so I can’t speak on the rest of the book. I did happen to check out some reviews just to find out if this got any better, and I can honestly say that I’m glad I’m not wasting my time with this book. If you read it and loved it, great! I’m happy for you. But I’m not wasting my time reading something that very clearly – in my opinion – needs a serious overhaul in writing, plot and character development.

I had so many issues with just the first 10%, and that speaks volumes.

Fight For Her is my favorite book from Wattpad by far.

It brought me back to my high school writing (in a good way). I fell hard and fast for Elijah (love when that happens). The pace of the story was great and the plot twists were so freakin' fantastic. Oh, and Scarlet being an auto repair tech?! HECK YES LADIES. Once Plum got rolling, it was nearly impossible for me to put the book down. Seriously, a solid Young Adult read.

When I marked this read as complete on Goodreads, I couldn't help but snoop on the reviews of others. I usually try not to do this before writing my own review, so I don't subconsciously steal the words/thoughts of other readers but... I was bummed to see there was only a handful of others who enjoyed Scarlet and Elijah's story as much as me (oh well, their loss). Personally, I found very few things to critique, but I'll mention the things that did stick out to me quickly.

First, Scarlet staying in her relationship with douchecanoe Jack for so long. Although, I shouldn't be one to talk. We've all "been there, done that" right? Relationships are complicated, so I'll let that one slide. Second, why in the nut would her parents do what they did to her?! I'm being vague on purpose so I don't spoil anything, but oof would that throw a wrench in my family dynamic if I was in her shoes.

A very easy 5 leaves for Fight For Her. I'm hoping that this isn't the last book written by Liz Plum.

quote/ Full of crumbling houses, a crumbling economy, and crumbling socioeconomic status.


I don't know about you, but I kind of feel like this story is full of crumbling writing and characters. It's immediately clear from the first few pages of this novel that Liz Plum is an amateur writer. As a result, there are a lot of glaring problems with this book on a story level, on a character level, and on a general writing level. And this issue would be a problem on its own existing in unrealistic dialogue, poorly developed characters, and a lot of telling instead of showing. But, unfortunately, it's not the worst thing about Plum's Fight For Her. Really, it's just the beginning.

quote/ Looking in from the outside, it would appear that high school has really been the best four years of my life.


Full disclosure, I DNFed this book at about 47%. Usually, I try to force myself through at least half of the book before giving up on it (unless it's very clear that the book is problematic) just to give it the benefit of the doubt. It was hard to do that with this one. And I guess a part of me was just hoping for the moment that the main character redeemed herself.

Spoiler alert: she doesn't.

But, honestly, I have some questions about this book's writing.

So, Fight For Her basically details the story of a girl who hasn't gotten over her older brother's death. As far as I can tell, this is the only depth to her as a character whatsoever. Otherwise, she's going to a fancy private school and dating the rich jock bully. Then, she has a weird interest in the school's reject student because he also has a brother who died. And that's it. That's all that matters about her character.

There's this thoroughly weird side plot regarding a dangerous boxing ring and her brother's involvement. But, honestly, I couldn't have cared less at this point. Even if that plot had been interesting--it wasn't--it wouldn't have saved the absolutely poor writing and disgraceful characters.

quote/ "He doesn't even have the money to 'donate' to the school and get out of homework."


Speaking of characters, I'm honestly just kind of baffled at the portrayal of rich kids in this novel. Has Plum even ever met a rich kid? It genuinely feels as though she's spouting off underdeveloped ideas she's generated about how children of well-off parents act that resultingly allows her to play them all off like the bad guys. And damn, it was pathetic.

Like, I get it. Children from wealthy families can be snobbish, elitist, and thoroughly ignorant to their privilege. But just because they can be these things, doesn't mean they also subscribe to the dumb jock who's also a bully stereotype. It doesn't mean that they all have their parents pay the school to get them through with decent grades. It doesn't mean a rich boy who has regular access to daddy's money would have "the NFL [be] the only path in his life."

Give me a break. These characters are very intentionally portrayed this way in order to make them the antagonists. They're also so flat, unrealistic, and boring that I wanted to scream. I get it. We're supposed to hate these characters. We are supposed to see that they're privileged. We're supposed to see that this privilege has made most of them assholes. We, as readers, are supposed to recognize that they're so dumb.

But, not only does Plum spell this out for us every damn chance she gets, it's completely unrealistic and idiotic. The stock market conversation she just threw in to make her main character seem smarter and better than her boyfriend and his friends was the most moronic instance of this. Rich kids would be all over this conversation. But hers were somehow too stupid to care?

quote/ "Keep walking, freak," Jack spits. "You may as well disappear like your crackhead brother and sorry excuse for a father. You may as well not even exist at this school."


Of course, this wasn't the worst part about Plum's novel. It's really just the beginning. You see, the rich jock who's also dumb and an asshole stereotype is used very intentionally to represent Scarlet's boyfriend. He may be the school's biggest bully, but he's different with her. Jack has literally no personality past being the worst stereotypical jock boyfriend who you know is going to get broken up with at some point. He might even get cheated on, but it's justified because he's an asshole.

He spends every moment making us vomit by referring to his girlfriend as "beautiful," taking advantage of her kindness, and having all the girls in school fawn and coo over him and his supposed "southern charm" or bullying the other love interest in both malevolent and the most asinine ways imaginable. Plum makes it very clear that she doesn't have a clue how bullies bully. Or, at the very minimum, doesn't know how to write realistic dialogue.

Maybe part of her was really trying to drive home the dumb jock persona with zingers like, "Hey, look, guys, it's Eli the freak! He left his drugs long enough to actually come to school." Frankly, it's likely a mix of subpar writing and poor character development. I don't genuinely think it came from an intent to make Jack look even dumber.

Either way, in all of that 47% I read, never once did our supposed heroine Scarlet ever tell him to stop. Never once did she stand up to him and call him out for his shitty behavior. We'll come back to this.

I don't know what I hated more. Was it how horrible Jack was as a character or how poorly he was written? Well, all of that kind of pales in comparison to how much I hated Scarlet. Now, Jack is a character...I'll give you that. A poorly written and developed one, but a character nonetheless. And Scarlet is, for some utterly unfathomable reason, in love with him.

quote/ "Maybe you could experiment with some dye. I wouldn't be able to keep my hands off a blond version of you."
"Maybe you could experiment being accepting of your girlfriend."
"I am. She's the only one I want or need."
Such simple words, yet they're enough to have any girl falling in love at dangerous speeds. This is the Jack his friends don't see.


We get sort of a cop out reasoning for why she puts up with his nonsense. It exists in some ridiculousness about how he helped her through her darkness while she was grieving the loss of her brother. But, honestly, this is an incredibly dumb reason to be with someone if you disagree with literally everything they do.

Case in point, she hates his bullying. Supposedly. We get internal monologue after internal monologue that goes on and on about how much she hates his bullying and how he is with his friends. There are all these internalized thoughts about how he takes advantage of her kindness. But then she'll bend over backward for him even though it annoys her. She thinks about how wonderful he is with her when they're alone together, yet we never actually see anything from either character that supports this. To make it worse, she complains about him to others and even half-asses an apology for his behavior toward Elijah.

She has the gall to complain about him taking up an opportunity to help his future on the day of their anniversary literally just a few hours after she forgot entirely that it was their anniversary in the first place. There are several moments of internal thoughts that reference her doubting his love for her or Jack doubting her love for him. It was exhausting.

Then there's the possessive jealousy.

quote / "Why does it matter if Jack knows?"
"It doesn't matter, I just don't want to see you get hurt."
"You don't actually believe those rumors about Elijah, do you?"
"I didn't mean by Eli--though still be careful, he's a little creepy--I meant Jack. We all know he hates Eli, I can't imagine what he would say if he saw you with him."


So, a generous portion of the novel is spent going through Scarlet feeling drawn toward Elijah, the school's supposed 'bad boy' whom regularly is bullied by the rich dumb jocks of their school. For some reason the fact that Elijah's older brother died of an overdose, he becomes everyone's favorite insulting-bag? Yeah, cause the bullying mainly involves cheap shots about his brother and calling him a freak.

As Scarlet begins talking to and spending time with Elijah, Jack unsurprisingly loses his invariably short temper every single time he finds out about it. When Scarlet just bumps into Elijah in the hall, Jack goes off about how he's "going to shove [his] fist up--" before she interrupts and tells him not to worry because Elijah didn't actually talk to her.

It just gets worse from there.

Jack goes on to tell her that he doesn't "want a freak talking to [her]" because "he has no business" and she's "[his] girl." His possessive behavior kind of drips all over their relationship, even outside of his anger about Elijah. Phrases like, "you look beautiful representing me" just fall from his lips regularly. And for some reason Scarlet sees it as sweet. I'm not entirely sure whether Plum intended us to appreciate portions of this or not, but I genuinely just found it disgusting.

Still, she brings Scarlet to a point of recognizing that her words about Jack are making it seem like he's abusive. Of course, Scarlet then backpedals hard to talk about how great he is--which is hilarious, cause she just ends up making him look worse. And, the next thing you know he's kissing her in the cafeteria even though he hates PDA because, "[he] want[s] everyone here to know you're mine, because it seems some people have forgotten. Especially that freak."

quote/ "You may be different from other girls..."


Did I mention that I hated Scarlet?

Well, it's not just that she's a flat excuse for a strong female character. It's not just that she briefly calls out sexist comments and then immediately references them as sweet right afterward. It's not just that she couldn't have the simplest bit of common decency in her that she would call out her boyfriend for being an asshole. And t's not just that the only instance she ever disagrees with his bullying behavior is in her thoughts or her half-hearted apologies.

She's not like other girls.

And Plum spells this point out every chance she gets. It's in the dialogue. It's in her parents' reactions, in Jack's response to her, in Elijah's interactions. What's worse? It's in her thoughts.

This novel was poorly written. And a large chunk of it is just spent on Scarlet's inner monologue. Plum even uses it to have her pull away from conversations that are going on around her. My guess is that this happens because Plum isn't very great at writing dialogue. But, we get a lot of inner thought. From regular references spelling out Scarlet's intelligence to not relating to her friends, we hear how she's not like other girls.

I don't know what frustrated me more: the fact that we had to have all of this spelled out for us or the fact that she just...wasn't like other girls.

But, let's be honest here...that trope didn't really exist well in this novel.

quote/ "Sometimes you have to do undesirable things to fix problems."


I don't really have a lot of feelings about Elijah. Like, he was okay? But nothing about him really stands out. You kind of like him solely because he's the only character in the entire story that isn't awful. And, quite frankly, that's not enough to make him a good character. He's just the best from the slush pile.

He's referenced as a bad boy, but only because of the "deadbeat older brother--who died...due to a heroine overdose." What's ironic is that he could have easily fit the bad boy persona, considering he's involved in an illegal--or, at least, pushing the boundary of legality--boxing ring that results in numerous injuries. And it's like...if you wanted to have that bad boy persona, why not push that a little more in the introduction?

Why are we focused on the dead brother who has no real influence over Elijah's reputation? Why is he getting bullied because of something his brother did? Plum obviously wanted him to be a "bad boy" and wanted him to be bullied. But I just don't think she put any real thought into how to make this happen realistically or organically.

Which is so dumb, because she had the plot all set up to make this a reality. And she just wasted that opportunity.

quote/ I wanted to go to Elijah and comfort him after hearing what happened, because I knew how hard it was to lose a brother. I knew what he was going through. But I've always thought Elijah was an uninviting personality.


So, I've mentioned numerous times that Scarlet is awful. Like, she's literally just an awful human being. I'm not even concerned about how poorly written she is at this point. How can I be? She's a terrible person.

Not only does she put up with Jack's asinine and horrific behavior, but she regularly makes excuses for him based on this love connection she has because he made her forget she was depressed about her brother dying. She references the Jack she sees when no one else is around, but even then that's not enough to make up for the fact that she defends him.

Jack is a horrible person who bullies a kid because his brother died of an overdose.

This is a kid that she feels a connection to, someone she likes as a person. And yet, she just lets Jack bully him. She never says anything, never stands up to Jack. She tries to apologize to Elijah, but her apology is so half-assed that I couldn't even take it seriously. And Elijah just tells her she shouldn't have to be sorry. And I'm like, yes she should.

Scarlet stayed with the guy. She never told him to stop. She defends him regularly. At no point does she ever try to call out his disgusting behavior. Granted, I didn't finish the novel, but you'd think if she actually cared about Elijah or about her boyfriend being a decent human being, she would have fucking said something. I'm sorry, but we're halfway through the novel and it's absolute bullshit that she's still acting like this.

Like, come on guys. Did we even read the same book? What the hell is there to like about this character?

I was provided a free copy of this book via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

The thing with wattpad books is that they're usually not very good, but they are seriously addicting to read. The drama in this book was so over-the-top—it literally went from high school football games to life or death. The writing was extremely repetitive and had trouble finding myself grounded in time. I can't deny that the main characters, Scarlett and Elijah, had great chemistry, but plot lines would just get dropped out of nowhere. You could definitely tell this was a debut novel.

I have a love hate relationship with the rise of Wattpad and self publishing. Some of my favorite authors started off being self published. On the downside, anything can be put out there so the quality is inconsistent at best. This was a DNF for me. It was repetitive, cliche and predictable.

4.5 out of 5 stars!

There are so many books and movies like this now. The fault in our stars. Five feet apart. etc.
But, this one did actually a really good job.
The characters were on point.
The romance was on point
The writing was on point.
The plot was on point.
The reason why I rated this 4.5 starts instead of 5 stars was that it took me a couple of chapters to get into the story. They were just a bit boring at the beginning, but that is like every other book, so it's okay.
Highly recommend this book!!!

I read an arc of this through Netgalley and am leaving an honest review.

We follow Scarlet Tucker who’s father owns a chain of auto repair shops- aka she’s rich. She’s dating the school’s quarterback and is super popular because of that, the only problem? Her brother died a few years back and she’s still trucking with that and her boyfriend is no help to her. When she bumps in the school's bad boy/ loner Elijah Black, she eventually befriends him. This causes her to learn more about her brother's past that she didn’t know before.

Let me quickly explain my backstory with the book, I read it in 2018 on Wattpad for the first time then again in 2019 because I enjoyed it a lot, when I found out Fight For Her was being published I cried in happiness because of how much I liked this book. And it feels exactly the same as it did when I first read it, giving me the same feels of happiness.

I enjoyed Scarlet as the main character, she’s very talkative (like myself) and sometimes says to much, she is a very enjoyable character to read. She befriends people easily as we see her do with Elijah. Her decision-making can be a bit stupid but what teen girl doesn’t make a few stupid choices in her life. Now on to Elijah, he has a tragic backstory that leads him down a dangerous path that we see him come out of. He is fiercely protective of Scarlet once they become friends, he is quiet and sticks to himself usually but Scarlet brings out a side of him that is kind, caring and overall different than he acts around others.

Scarlet and Elijah have a great story that shows you two lives that are different in some ways but similar in others. The story has its ups and downs, you learn more about the characters as you go and you watch Scarlet and Elijah become friends and see how that changes everything around them.

The way a felt while reading this made me happy and put a smile on my face. I enjoyed this so much.

If this isn't optioned for a Netflix series, I will absolutely riot. What an unique book and incredibly intricate story. Scarlet and Elijah are a force to be reckoned with and I really admired their coming together in the face of adversity.

I’ve read Wattpad books a few years ago and this book seems to be written just like them.

I would see this more as a Teens book then YA, just to how the characters were. The plot is like a lot of books out there.

Sadly, this book did not live up to the hype, but I thank NetGalley and the publisher for this ebook arc in exchange for an honest review.

This was such a different read for me. Not good, not bad, just different. The story line was good, the characters were good, but something was off. Maybe it was the writing style. Whatever it was, it made it a longer read for me to get through.

honestly, i'm not really sure what i was expecting from this book, but this was just not good. i mean, it was just super cliche, and it was just kind of a mess. and like the whole fighting part was kind of stupid, since it was just so much drama that wasn't even that good. but, i do wish we got to see some more of the romance, cause her and Eli were just a cute couple, even though they both were kind of boring. and Jack and Scarlett's romance was just so toxic and i mean, it was completely just lust and popularity. and i don't know how eli could just get with scarlett when she never stood up for him, and that kind of just rubbed me the wrong way.