Review: I FEEL EXPOSED AND VULNERABLE
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 16, 2014
UnBeloved by Madeline SheehanDorothy, Jase, and HawkOk, well, what can I say.... I feel this wasn't her best work, but it's most certainly not bad, it's good in fact! It's just (I guess) not what I expected it to be.  This book is so many stories in one and the focus is not on one person, but several.  I was hoping for more individuality and distinctiveness when it came to the writing, but to no avail it mildly touched on the subjects I was hoping had more substance and core!  With all that being said, it's still an awesomely written book.  Madeline is one of my favorite authors and will continue to be till the day I go to ground!  Never fear, it's still packed with a s***t ton of chaos, hilarity, sex, and enough violence to bring down the biggest of bikers, so stay tuned for more cause that epilogues is still freaking haunting me!The supporting character cast is great as usual.  Dorothy and her messed up life are very well portrayed and I almost feel like she may even be a girl I used to know!  Quiet, docile, and meek are just a few words I'd use to depict her.... that is until her backbone grows in and you can thank Eva for that.  Now Jason "Jase" Brady... holy freaking hell, this guys is immensely effed up!  He needs AA, NA, or maybe even just a fifth of Whiskey and a loaded gun.  Who knows, but he needs to pull his head out of his butt right quick and in a hurry before he loses what's left of his shambled life.  Hawk is so somber and stoic that just reading some of his parts was really getting to me, making me sob and hold my heart!  He's a great man, and awesome Dad, and working on being an excellent life partner!Great supporting character cast... Cox and Kami were cracking me up as usual, I especially love the "Shut up, Gorbachev" comment... couldn't help but laugh out loud at that one!  Everyone is growing up, seems like a lifetime ago that I was reading Deuce and Eva's book and now it all seems changed yet still the same somehow!UnBeloved is effortless to read just like the rest of Madeline's unique work.  The dialogue flows and feels very natural.  It's 255 (Kindle version) pages long and it was just adequate to build up the tension enough so that the climax was grand!  I have to admit, she left me breathless with that epilogue and I'm going to be waiting (not so patiently) for UnDying to come out!4 Stars!