Brenna Aubrey

It's Dangerous to Go Alone! Mia Strong never expected to be deciding the rest of her life at age twenty-two. Is she willing to become a human lab rat? Does she need to write a will? Does she ever want a family--and if so, with whom? She can't dodge the tough questions--not if she plans to live to see twenty-three. With her life hanging in the balance, Mia wants nothing more than to rely on Adam Drake, but he's hurt her before. You Must Gather Your Party Before Venturing Forth... Adam Drake knows that he's made mistakes, but when he discovers what Mia's facing, he realizes how much those mistakes could cost him. Now he has to choose between being the man who can save Mia's life or the man she can love. No matter how much it tears him apart, Adam knows he has to put Mia first...even if it means he's out of the picture entirely. Will their love survive this epic battle or is it game over? "**This New Adult book is intended for readers over the age of 18 due to adult language, sexual content and adult situations. **" This novel is the third and final book in Adam and Mia's trilogy, but they will be featured in future Gaming the System novels. THE GAMING THE SYSTEM SERIES: "At Any Price" available now "At Any Turn" available now "At Any Moment" available now "For The Win" 2015 (Jordan) "For The One" 2015 (William)

At Any Moment

Anna Ureta

ARC received in exchange for an honest review.

There is an easy solution avoid book hangovers.
The answer is to wait until the entire series is completed.
Just because the solution is easy doesn’t mean it isn’t painful.
Just like in book hangovers, the easiest solution to most relationship problems is to trust and to communicate with your partner. And just because communicating may sound easy doesn’t mean it won’t be painful. While on the road to their forever, Adam and Mia have to learn to live together through the rocky relationship road, and how to go through life when impossible decisions have to be made.

Deciding the rest of your life when you’re twenty-two years old isn’t easy. Life as she knows it, has become extremely complicated for Mia Strong. When faced with decisions that could change her life, or what’s left of it, she wants nothing more than to have her boyfriend, Adam Drake at her side supporting her. However, he has his own ideas of what their happily ever after should look like. Feeling hurt, betrayed and left out of Mia’s life for the past several months, Adam now knows the secrets she’s been hiding. After messing things up with her he’s determined to support her and be a much better boyfriend. Even though he wants to put Mia first he can’t support the decisions she’s about to make regarding their future and her health. Adam and Mia have to make the ultimate decision in deciding what’s more important, being together, or being alive.

Readers, I think, indulge in romance and contemporary romance novels as an escape into a world where romance actually exists. Where there are happily ever afters, where the man will do whatever it takes to make the girl happy, he’ll make sacrifices, put her first above everything, in order to give her the life she deserves. But real happily ever afters and real life romances aren’t like that. They’re hard, they’re stressful, they’re nothing if not painful, but it’s the hard-earned happily ever afters that are the most fulfilling.

 My birth certificate might have stated that I was twenty-two years old but inside I still felt like a girl, immature, scared. Afraid to come out of her shell, open herself up, take a risk. Deep down I was that girl inside the body of a woman. Everyone around me seemed so much more together, so much more in touch with who they were as adults. Especially Adam.

If you’re looking for a typical contemporary romance, where the characters are so happy and everything is honkydory until the very end when shi- hits the fan and all this drama happens, but the main characters find each other and live happily ever after, then this book is NOT for you. At Any Moment is HARD, it’s RAW, it’s EMOTIONAL and full of hard choices. That is definitely one thing this book is full of – hard, raw, and real emotional choices that Adam and Mia have to face. It isn’t fair that a twenty-two year old has to decide these things when she’s so young, having her youth and potentially her lover taken from her. And it isn’t fair that Adam may have to spend the rest of his life without the love of his life at his side. I’m warning you, this is not an easy book to swallow.

I think the worst part and probably the best part, though many will argue, is that in the end, you really don’t know whether or not Adam and Mia will still be okay and still be together? As a reader, you believe and you hold onto your gut feeling that there will be a happily ever after, but while you’re reading, you just aren’t sure… I believe it is much more difficult to write a story that keeps the reader guessing, rather than writing the simple happily ever after formula. Props to Aubrey for keeping her readers on their toes!

 But one thing I’d learned in the previous few months of utter tribulation that we had gone through…happiness and love were fragile things. And we should be thankful for what we have when we have it.

Rather than focusing on all the sad things that bring this couple down let’s move for a moment to the happy things. At Any Moment really does have its moments when you know things are going to be alright. What I missed most of all was the geekiness. Oh how much I missed the Star Wars and the Doctor Who and Firefly references. Let’s forget about serious books and go back to happy ones instead! I mean, don’t judge but I didn’t know about a handful of these references till I read this book! And that’s saying something.

 “So the only thing machete order does is eliminate the existence of The Phantom Menace.”
 “Yerp. But it’s worth it, isn’t it?”
 “Hmm, would be more worth it if someone pulled out a machete and hacked Jar Jar’s head off in the first scene. That’s what I’d call ‘machete order’.”

Besides all the nitty gritty hard stuff and the spurts of geeky relief, what you have is an emotional novel with a beautiful and believable ending. Life can change at any moment, so never forget to appreciate what you have. Love and relationships aren’t easy, but are worth every moment in their happily ever after.

4/5 Hearts of Love

I won't lie, I found myself frustrated with this book at times. But, all in all, I enjoyed this one. Mia and Adam's relationship was put to the ultimate test and I was unable to look away. Feels galore and a few geeky gamer moments that warmed my heart. 

Oh, and For the Win? I can't wait to read it.

It's Dangerous to Go Alone! Mia Strong never expected to be deciding the rest of her life at age twenty-two. Is she willing to become a human lab rat? Does she need to write a will? Does she ever want a family--and if so, with whom? She can't dodge the tough questions--not if she plans to live to see twenty-three. With her life hanging in the balance, Mia wants nothing more than to rely on Adam Drake, but he's hurt her before. You Must Gather Your Party Before Venturing Forth... Adam Drake knows that he's made mistakes, but when he discovers what Mia's facing, he realizes how much those mistakes could cost him. Now he has to choose between being the man who can save Mia's life or the man she can love. No matter how much it tears him apart, Adam knows he has to put Mia first...even if it means he's out of the picture entirely. Will their love survive this epic battle or is it game over? This novel is the third book in Adam and Mia's trilogy, but they will be featured in future Gaming the System novels. Their fourth book, Worth Any Cost is available now THE GAMING THE SYSTEM SERIES: Girl Geek ~ available now (prequel) At Any Price ~ available now (Adam & Mia part 1) At Any Turn ~ available now (Adam & Mia part 2) At Any Moment ~ available now (Adam & Mia part 3) For The Win ~ available now (Jordan & April) For The One ~ available now (William & Jenna) Worth Any Cost ~ available now (Adam & Mia part 4) For The Taking ~ forthcoming (Katya & Lucas)

At Any Moment

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