Life on the Edge (Edge, #1)

Posted on 20 March 2018 by Jennifer Comeaux

Nineteen year old Emily is new to pairs skating, but she and her partner Chris have a big dream to be the first American team to win Olympic gold Their young coach Sergei, who left Russia after a mysterious end to his skating career, believes they can break through and make history.Emily and Chris are on track to be top contenders at the Winter Games But when forbidden feelings spark between Emily and Sergei, broken trust and an unexpected enemy threaten to derail Emily s dreams of gold. Best Read Life on the Edge (Edge, #1) By Jennifer Comeaux For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr Life On The Edge is an intense, dramatic, passionate novel about a young, talented figure skater with a dream to participate in the Olympics Through hard work, sacrifice, and perseverance Emily and her partner are well on their way to achieving that goal However, there is one thing that is standing in their way Emily s heart Jennifer Comeaux has done a fantastically beautiful job constructing a story I shall never forget I m truly impressed this is Comeaux s first novel Remember her name Life On The Edge is an intense, dramatic, passionate novel about a young, talented figure skater with a dream to participate in the Olympics Through hard work, sacrifice, and perseverance Emily and her partner are well o...ROMANCE ON THE EDGE I have to say right from the start that books, be they fiction or non fiction, about sport, are not generally my cup of tea, although I am a big fan of figure skating and ice dancing, purely as an armchair critic When I discovered that the author Jennifer Comeaux was a big fan of figure skating, I did wonder if her enthusiasm for the sport would overshadow any romantic storyline that was to run alongside and intertwine with it.I quickly realised however, that Jennifer s obvi ROMANCE ON THE EDGE I have to say right from the start that books, be they fiction or non fiction, about sport, are not generally my cup of tea, although I am a big fan of figure skating and ice dancing, purely as an armchair critic When I discovered that the author Jennifer Comeaux was a big fan of figure skating, I did wonder if her enthusiasm for the sport would overshadow any romantic storyline that was to run alongside and intertwine with it.I quickly realised however, that Jennifer s obvious passion and enthusiasm for figure skating, only served to enhance the storyline, giving it an authenticity and reality, which it may otherwise have lacked The vivid and informative descriptions of both ice skating competitions, practice and coaching sessions and the inherent rivalry between competitors and i...I received a free copy via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review I was really excited about reading this book, since as far as I remember I ve never read a book about sports, and ice skating has always had an appeal to me, it s not only very demanding, but also incredibly beautiful.And who didn t grow up watching movies like Ice Princess starring Michelle Trachtenberg Emily and Chris always made me feel like I was right there with them, feeling nervous just before every competition, aI received a free copy via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review I was really excited about reading this book, since as far as I...Skating is Emily s life Unless she can be on the ice every day, she isn t happy Pairs skating is just a new way of skating and achieving her dream of being in the Olympics More than that, both she and her partner Chris want to get gold while they re there Their coach is Sergei, much younger than average and with a past he s not inclined to share With his help Emily and Chris have the gold medal in sight, but then a problem starts to develop the feelings between Sergei and Emily Somehow th Skating is Emily s life Unless she can be on the ice every day, she isn t happy Pairs skating is just a new way of skating and achieving her dream of being in the Olympics More than that, both she and her partner Chris want to get gold while they re there Their coach is Sergei, much younger than average and with a past he s not inclined to share With his help Emily and Chris have the gold medal in sight, but then a problem starts to d...review WOW I have always said that I am not into sports books and now I need to reconsider it seriously At least when it comes to sports romance books I have changed my mind Especially when it comes to ice skating romance books Life On the Edge was an experience to me in so many different ways Firstly, one of the few sports I am following and watching in TV is ice skating I grew up with it and I knew all the big names in ice skating, also the ones mentioned in Life On the Edge Ice skating review WOW I have always said that I am not into sports books and now I need to reconsider it seriously At least when it comes to sports romance books I have changed my mind Especially when it comes to ice skating romance books Life On the Edge was an experience to me in so many different ways Firstly, one of the few sports I am following and watching in TV is ice skating I grew up with it and I knew all the big names in ice skating, also the ones mentioned in Life On the Edge Ice skating was the sport which was always broadcasted during the Soviet times because Russians were very good at that and I always was glued behind the TV because ice skating is one of the most beautiful sports in my opinion With that said, I loved Life On the Edge by Jennifer Comeaux It was a beautiful book which showed the daily life of ice skaters and forbidden roman...I m fascinated by figure skating especially pairs skating so when I found this book and read the blurb about a pairs skater falling for her coach and their forbidden love another of my favorite themes in romance books , I knew I had to read it I was surprised because I thought the age difference between Sergei and Emily was going to bethan his 25 to her 19 Told strictly from Emily s POV which had me wishing for Sergei s POV especially in some scenes , I found that I wasn t immediatel I m fascinated by figure skating especially pairs skating so when I found this book and read the blurb about a pairs skater falling for her coach and their forbidden love another of my favorite themes in romance books , I knew I had to read it I was surprised because I thought the age difference between Sergei and Emily was going to bethan his 25 to her 19 Told strictly from Emily s POV which had me wishing for Sergei s POV especially in some scenes , I found that I wasn t immediately drawn in Instead the magic of this book slowly wrapped around me in the story and characters until I was totally unaware of anything else but this world that Jennifer created And I definitely did not want to leave Not only did I love Sergei s character sigh but I found myself also connecting with Emily as well I was so invested in them getting their HEA They struggled through the book with their feelings for each other and having to hide them from pretty much everyone And how hiding their relationship affected...Yes Life on the Edge is a sweet, thought provoking, funny, sports story Emily Butler has been skating her whole life, yet horrible competition anxiety has kept her from being successful So, she agrees to try pairs skating and meets with an up and coming young pairs coach, Sergei Petrov They agree to work together and a star is made Sergei is wonderful at helping Emily overcome her nerves As is her partner, Chris I thoroughly enjoyed the daily grind, hours of practice, and tremendous effor Yes Life on the Edge is a sweet, thought provoking, funny, sports story Emily Butler has been skating her whole life, yet horrible competition anxiety has kept her from being successful So, she agrees to try pairs skating and meets with an up and coming...It seems that lately I have struggled with rating books, and this is another one This book has a lot going for it A nice older young adult romance, ice skating, and it s completely clean This is the most exciting part of the book for me No profanity, and no sex scenes Your teenager can read this, and your mother in law can, too I have to say that Sergei and Emily are great together, and you can sense the chemistry from the start Not only that, Sergei is a fine coach, and he is a real man It seems that lately I have struggled with rating books, and this is another one This book has a lot going for it A nice olde...I know absolutely zero about ice skating but this book had me on the ice soaring thru the air doing all kids of fancy spins and lifts I found this little gem of a story by picking up a novella free on my kindle called Reaching the Edge After reading the 12 page short story I had to pi...I expected a lotI don t want to be the only mean person who gives this book the lowest rating but I can t lie and say it was amazing when I thought it was just an average story Sorry,I really,really wanted to love it since I am a huge fan of forbidden romances However,I did manage t...

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20 March 2018

Jennifer Comeaux