I'm giving Real 3 1/2 to 3 3/4 stars. I had heard so much about this book from my girlfriends who all feel in love with Remy. It was good, however, its clear that this is the author's debut. There were so many grammatical errors, and not with putting punctuation in the wrong place. Instead there were missed words, and misuse of words, which drives me crazy. For the first 25%, I was annoyed with Brooke and her incessant inner monologue about how hot Remy is, how much she wanted to have sex with him, and yet he continued to keep her at somewhat of a distance. I even remember saying to myself, "something better happen soon". Luckily, something did happen, and I have to say, I honestly didn't know the author was going there. 
 Remmington is a scarred, dark, but very HOT man. And, he is all man! Brooke is dragged by her best friend, Melanie to an Underground boxing ring so that Melanie could feast her eyes on Remy. Who knew that Remy would notice Brooke - and well, she noticed him too: 
 His face is suddenly before me, illuminated by the lights, and I just stare like an idiot from my place. My god. 
 My. 
 God. 
 Dimples. 
 Dark scruffy jaw. 
 Boyish smile. Man's body. 
 Killer tan. 
 A shiver shoots down my spine as I helplessly drink in the entire package everyone else seems to be gaping at. 
 How can you not be intrigued by this guy after this description? Remy and his team hire Brooke to be his conditioning therapist, and ask her to travel with him as he goes through the Underground fighting circuit. Of course Brooke develops feelings for him. And, it's clear that he is enamored by her. However, the sexual "tension" that I am assuming was what the author was going for, just made me annoyed by Brooke (and honestly, by Remy too), because she couldn't stop talking about how hot he was, how much she wanted to have sex with him. Over, and over, and over again. 
 When we find out Remy's secret - because you know either the heroine or the hero needs to have some serious secret that they are trying to overcome - I was refreshingly surprised. However, I question how accurate the portrayal of his medical condition was. But, who am I to judge? I just want to read and enjoy. 
 Overall, I think I was a bit underwhelmed by this book. With the exception of the fact that Brooke did not have any dark, abusive past (I guess that was reserved for the hero this time around), this book was pretty much a cookie cutter of others in the genre. This does not, however mean that I won't read the next in the series. I did hesitate though when reading this passage of Remy talking to Brooke about his arch rival, The Scorpion - with concern that this book was going to go in all the wrong (Fifty Shades of Grey) directions: 
 "I'm going to go break that fucker's face," he whispers, the velvet promise laced with threat as he leans and slips his tongue in my mouth, "and then I'm going to break ,you into my submission." 
 "Remy, calm down," Riley says. 
 Luckily for us readers (thank you Ms. Evans!), Brooke is no wilting flower (or wilting Ana): 
 "That's all right, Riley, I don't break that easy, and he's sure welcome to try," I snap, finally giving Remington the big black scowl he seems to be begging for. 
 As a reader, I appreciate that Ms. Evans did not lower herself to make this character cowtow to big, bad, sexy Remington. In fact, she was more than an equal to him. When he did something so boneheaded and male, she called him on it. I have to say, though, that I did love some of the secondary characters, particularly Pete and Riley. Pete gave us perspective on what Remy had gone through before Brooke met him, which was an important plot point to understand, and fully appreciate the current Remy.