Review: Frustrated and confused
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 02 14, 2014
Okay ... here's my problem. I've given this book 2 stars for a few reasons. The story felt far too rushed for me. It appeared that in the opening pages the author already began contradicting herself. *the wind whipping my face* then four paragraphs later *the wind is non-existent*. Not a huge deal but kind of sets this book up for how it's going to continue.There are also quite a few times where the author, who is Australian, doesn't take into account that her character is American as well as lives in America. The USA does not have twenty cent pieces, we rarely measure in meters and I've never even heard of a singlet top.There were grammatical errors and the writing style wasn't enough to keep me interested, even though I did finish the book.Here's the main problem. Many parts of this book .. I've read before .. when it was called UnAttainable by Madeline Sheehan and UnDeniable by Madeline Sheehan. The main characters, Axel, in Angels in Leather was very, very similar to Dirty from UnAttainable. Unable to perform unless he feels the fear in his partners, waking up with dreams of hurtful masturbation, fighting the demons of abuse. Granted, one of these things would have been conincidental but to have them all rolled into one character when I just read the scene in another book? No.I also seem to remember Ellie from UnAttainable almost being raped and Dirty coming to the rescue and executing revenge on her behalf ... I also read something similar in Angels in Leather.Deuce and Eva ... Deuce is 18 years Eva's senior and met her as a young girl and formed a friendship in her early teens ... much like Axel and MeadowDeuce has a habit of asking Eva (many times throughout all books) "do you want it hard or do you want it soft" .. It would appear that Axel liked to ask the same thing of Meadow.Deuce had a favorite club whore named Miranda who he'd been using for many years .. she was a big breasted blonde and got walked in on while Deuce was using her body ... Axel also has a Miranda who's been walked in on by Meadow.Dirty couldn't "traditionally" have sex with women ... he needed them to fight .. Kinda the same with Axel.Then there are other authors who struck my mind while reading Ms. Jewel's book.Sylvia Day - Bared to You - I remember a scene or two where laying in bed with Gideon, Ava was woken up with nightmares that Gideon was having and was almost abusing himself.Crystal Spears - The Breakneck Series - The MC in this book came into contact with a sex trafficking ring where they saved the women, took them back to the clubhouse and took care of them; getting them back on their feet and such. A similar type scene takes place in Angels in Leather, when the club comes across women who have been raped by a rival of sorts and the club takes them back to the clubhouse to take care of them. I assume they help get them back on their feet and if I'm not mistaken, Ivy (who is the h in the next book) is one of those women that was helped.Am I accusing this author of plagiarism? NO .. i am not. I'm saying that the lack of originality is frustrating. If one is going to use characteristics from another book, don't make it so obvious. Creativity is always a plus. If all you read in the sub-genre that is MC books, you are probably going to notice quite a few of the same things .. if you don't, I can understand the higher reviews.Now the reason I didn't 1 star or DNF this book ... The plot and story line (98%) was original, it wasn't a copy but it also wasn't well written. Like I said before .. riddled with grammatical issues, misplaced words, lack of American research to make this book plausible (unless there is a San Diego, Australia that I'm not aware of).