Review: Kade and Nikki's story
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 06 18, 2013
While I had my issues with Chase, none of which had to do with book but my own personal preferences. Kade is the same.Nikki is a heroine that takes no prisoners. She says what she wants, does what she wants, she has no inhibitions and has absolute nerves of steel with Kade (bahahaha nerves of Steele, get it? Get it?) I admired how brave she was, because despite everything that happened to her in the past she still took a chance on someone like Kade.I loved that when the time came, she put herself first. Walking away from someone you love is never easy, but truth be told, I'm so sick of heroines who take shit in the name of true love. You shouldn't ever let someone put other people before you in a relationship, no matter how noble and kind they were being, and that's a valuable lesson Nikki teaches you in Kade. Enough is enough.I loved Kade in the first book - he and James were highlights of that book for me.And for the most part, he was a great hero. I didn't really think he would do something that would usually piss me off, like cheat, be a womanizing douchelord (thank you, India Lee <3), or idk, your usual NA immature hero behaviour. However, he still managed to do it a couple of times.Kade is absolutely clueless as to what his relationship with Ashley is doing to Nikki and him. God, I wanted to smack him over and over again. OPEN YOUR EFFING EYES, KADE.Seriously, Nikki is a saint for putting up with that for so long. She's not just silently accepting the situation, though, but there was just no getting through to Kade.He's loyal till the end which I admire, but sheesh, there must be a limit. Sometimes I felt it was the three of them in a relationship rather than two and it frustrated me so much!Can I talk about James? I have theories. Spy, CIA, undercover cop, Interpol, mafia, hitman, underground fighting, corporate spy... I WAS DYING TO KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON. Don't hold your breath for it, though, just accept the fact that you won't find out. The authors tease you relentlessly about it, but no.Oh, a vigilante! I don't even know.James gets his own book, and I think it's my most anticipated book just because of this whole mystery.My issue are mirror scenes. Yeah, the story is told in dual POV, mostly Nikki's, but you get a glimpse into Kade's head every now and again. However, sometimes they are just the same scenes from his POV.The beginning felt a bit rushed. The story happens simultaneously as the one in Chase so there are a couple of repeat scenes now and again.The second part of the book is so much better paced and I found myself really enjoying it (oddly enough, I remember saying the exact same thing about Chase). Lots of laugh out loud moments, a couple of tearjerkers as well (there was one scene that really got to me :().Some graphic sex scenes in the book. They weren't over the top, and again, I thought they were better than in the previous book.I love seeing authors grow and develop their style, and improve their writing. This is what I felt reading Kade. Absolutely love it.