Second Chance by Anni Lee is the second book in the Fighting Chance series. And this was a mess.

First of all, there is no mention of the fact that this is the 2nd book of a duology, if you check Goodreads. I also had no idea. I thought it was a standalone mm romance novel. That was the reason I requested for an arc. Well, turned out it was a part of a series and I had to read the first book first to actually read this one. Not a hard work but I am annoyed.

In the first book - Fighting Chance, we had followed Jay and Roland. Jay and Roland had an amazing romance. It wasn't my favourite. But I enjoyed it.

Now, in this second book, hero changes. We go back in the past where Jay and Brad were together as a couple. We saw Brad in the first book. He played the role of Jay's best friend in that one. They still are bffs. But once upon a time, they were together. Now, we have to see their romance; how they had got together, when they had kissed for the first time, how they used to have sex...etc etc. Like, what the f*ck! I get that Jay has always been a mysterious character and we crave to learn more about him. But that's not how you give us that, Anni Lee.

It was to awkward, cringe and mostly annoying to read about Jay and Brad's romance when we already know they have broken up. Even Jay says at the first page of the book -"I have Roland now. I'll always love him. Brad is my past." Yet the author thought it was okay to give us a story of Jay and Brad's romance. It was extremely uncomfortable - to say the least.

I would have been still okay with the novel if it was eventful. But it was not. We learn nothing new. We see nothing but Jay and Brad fooling around and having sex. There was absolutely no point of this book. Why the hell we would need the stories of the main characters' past relationships??
I thought we would get more of Jay and Roland. Instead we got Jay's ex boyfriend and his tanctams...

Waste of time.

Second Chance is about the music industry and crime. The two lead characters are likable, but that's the best I can say about the novel. The plot did not win me over. It didn't make much sense, to be honest. I'd like to see the author do another novel with good character development and a more believable plot.
Thanks NetGalley for the ARC.