4.5 stars!!! 
 Fighting Solitude is book #3 in the 
 On the Ropes Series 
 . It's about Quarry (Q), the youngest of the Page brothers. 
 It's also the story of Liv James - Leo James's daughter - a hispanic girl who is tougher and more of a troublemaker than she looks. 
 Liv has suffered throught a serious traumatic situation when she was very young, which has left her with some issues. She is terrified of 
 Silence 
 . 
 Liv and Q meet when Q is 10 yo (Liv is one year younger than him) ... and they quickly become very good friends... they're both broken inside, they're kids with issues... and there's a connection that forms between them. 
 As it happend with Q's Oldest brother - Till - in book #1 of the series -Fighting Silence- Q is also gradually 
 losing his hearing 
 . 
 When Liv finds out about it, she is Devastated ... 
 "I don't want you to have to live like that. It's gonna be so scary, Q." 
 " You don't have to deal with it. I do. You're in the clear" 
 "If it happens to you, then I have to deal with it too. You watch my back, and I watch yours. It's the most important rule of being best friends." 
 "What if you just promise not to go deaf?" 
 "I'll try." 
 "Okay, and while you work on that, I'll learn sign language. That way, we can still hang out if it happens." 
 But ... Q has 
 his own issues 
 ... and at 13 yo, after not being able to protect Eliza (in book #1 of the series) or his brother, Flint, he feels like he 
 fails 
 everyone who is important to him... so he is afraid he will fail Liv too... 
 so he Freaks out and before he can fail her and lose her... he pushes her away... by doing something horrible to her... 
 Liv Runs away and never sees Quarry again.... 
 ... for 3 years... until she reads a magazine article saying that Quarry "The Stone Fist" Page, a well know amateur boxer has turned 
 Deaf 
 . 
 Liv's heart breaks with the news... she Can Not Bare Not to See Q anymore ... so she goes to him... 
 "Rushing forward, I slammed into his back and wrapped my arms around his waist, burying my face between his shoulder blades. 
 His hands stilled in midair, but his muscular body instantly relaxed." 
 "Hey, Rocky," he said in a deep baritone without even looking back. 
 Staying flush against his back, I lifted my hands in front of him and signed, Hey, Q. 
 "I was wondering if you were going to show up." 
 I continued to clumsily sign with my hands in front of him, using his body to make some of the gestures. I just heard. I'm so sorry. Are you okay? How are you doing? 
 His shoulder shook as he chuckled. "I'm okay. I see you kept up your end of the deal and learned sign." His voice was thick but unreadable. "I'm kinda failing on my end. Sorry." 
 Seeing him again, Liv realizes she 
 still Loves Q 
 very much (she had a crush on him when she was 12)... but she soon comes to know that Q has a girlfriend, Mia March. 
 "When he leaned down and caught her mouth in a kiss, I heard the actual crunch of the shards of my heart being stomped on." 
 But... the Connection between Liv and Q is Still There... and she is still Very Important to Q... 
 Mia and Liv end up becoming Best Friends... Mia is a crazy Nuts, Fun girl which Liv couldn't possibly Ever Not Like... so Q, Liv and Mia turn into Best Friends and hang out together all the time. 
 Liv's Fellings for Q never do disappear though ... she just tries to hide them deep down ... Q has Mia and he's in Love with her... and Liv loves Mia too... she's her BFF. 
 BUT when Life takes a Turn for the Worst and a 
 Horrible, Unexpected thing 
 happens to change 
 FOREVER 
 the Life of these 3 Friends ... What Can they do to cope?! Will they Ever be Happy Again? 
 I Really Liked the book... even if it was 
 Heartbreaking 
 (even more because I've "known" Q since he was a little kid, from the previous books) ... I actually cried at parts... 
 But still, I Really Liked reading this one... the 
 Healing, Ment-to-be Love 
 was just BEAUTIFUL. 
 "Every single day," I admitted. "Every. Single. Day." 
 We, even, got to see a bit of Till and Eliza's; and Flint and Ash's future lifes (and kids) which I Really, Really Enjoyed :D