Review: Shade's Angel
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 27, 2014
Shade's Fall was the most anticipated book for us Jamie Begley fans to get our hands on. I remember the first time I came across Razer's Ride on Amazon and reading the preview, it caught my attention, little did I know then that I was going to find one of my favourite authors and begin my ride into the mc world, one which only Jamie Begley knows how to deliver with class. I fell in love with Shade and Lily from the start. Seeing Shade's desires to make Lily his from Razor's Ride, Viper's Run, Knox's Stand and Sex Piston kept me on edge and craving more for these two to get together lol. In Shade's Fall we truly get to understand Shades' love for Lily, his possessiveness and dominance was so intense, the guy was so cunning and a mastermind in plotting to make Lily his, there wasn't anything underhanded that he didn't do lol. This book doesn't pick up from the prologue in Tainted for Shades Fall, where Shade is sitting with Lily in the hospital, intent to uncover her secrets before he plunges the room into darkness, which was abit disappointing to not begin this story with, as we were left in the dark about what he had discovered or did? We pick up with Lily who has been working at the factory for over a month after her near death experience, this is where we get to see Shade's plan in action, after waiting so long for Lily, he forces her to spend time with him, takes away her options, lures her in so that she learns to trust him, lean on him for support and feel safe in his company. Shade made Lily feel emotions which she denied herself to feel, for the sake of keeping her sane and demons at bay. Lily was a beautiful damaged soul, a girl who suffered pain and neglect at the hands of her mother, my heart broke for her, as the story unfolded and the pieces of her life were put together for the reader to truly understand why she had so many fears and anxieties around men and alcohol, and how Beth and her parents provided stability to keep that fear away. I loved how Shade forced Lily to have lunch with him, and while she tried to get out of it ended up with self-defence classes too, that was pure brilliance on Shade's part, bit by bit patiently he worked with her to overcome her anxieties whilst leaning on him and becoming a stronger woman, still fighting her attraction towards him and feeling unfamiliar emotions which Shade explains to her lol! His method to calm her down and trust him was so touching when he would give her time out in her corner and then where he had her sitting on his lap, awh he was just so sweet! There were many beautiful quotes from Shade's Fall and things he did that made me love him even more, I did find his treatment of Lily abit harsh at times when Charles was on the scene and when she discovered the truth about the Last Riders. The only time I did want to slap him was when he was instructing Rider on how to please Bliss in Lily's presence, I wished Lily had been more verbally abusive towards him, as I thought that was disgusting and hurtful towards her, god I hate Bliss lol! We do see Lily stand up to him throughout, and I loved it as she showed him not to underestimate her, and he showed his dominant side as her punishment, albeit to make her want him more. Lily grows in this and learns to value herself, believe that she deserves a happy ending, gain independence and understand the meaning of love through Shade's touch, which helped heal her heart and walk through the door of pain. I loved how everyone was in on the action towards the end, Rachel omg the girl is crazy! I can't wait for her story along with Killyama's and the Predators! The reunion between Vida, Sawyer and Lily was so touching and I was glad they were reunited, love the girls. The scenes between Shade and Lily were so freaking HOT! Shade is the ultimate sexy, intense and possessive Dom. My heart was all over the place with Beth and Razor in their hea! If there was anything that niggled me it was, the one scene where Shade and two others play, it was sexy as hell, but I thought Shade was so possessive of Lily that he wouldn't want anyone to see her but him, so that threw me off, especially when he couldn't bear Lily even kissing the other Rider's on the cheek, also I wanted to hear their wedding vows as we had been waiting forever for these two to get their hea and it was left out, maybe this will be still covered in the series with more of Shade and Lily's hea as it just wasn't enough lol! Shade's Fall was a beautiful love story, one which I never wanted to end, I loved Lily's character and how Shade finally get's Lily by healing his angel.