Review: A sad and violent coming of age story
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 4, 2014
I picked up this book at the same time as the free prequel because I loved the intro and Asher intrigued me enough...love a tatted, bad boy. It was harder to get through than I thought though...mainly because it was so darn depressing! Audrey and Asher both were dealt some pretty rough cards in their too short lives, being only 18 years old. One has a drunk for a father who uses him for a human punching bag when he is out of control and the other lost her father to a drunk driver, Ash's abusive father! It made for a resentment between two former friends and also made it hard for Audrey (who loved Ash) and for Ash (who thought she hated him for what his dad did). Throw into the mix some well meaning friends, some family secrets, mafia underground fighters and you have a dangerous and sexy mix of teenage angst and life gone bad too soon.At least there is an HEA (for now) at the end of this one and the next books will center on each of the other boys.**** 4 **** "brotherhood ties" stars