Review: SOA fans beware!
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 02 26, 2013
The initial set up is a rip off of Kurt Sutter so if you are a ride or die fan of SOA you are likely to be pissed off or disappointed.  Dax (SOA's Jax) is VP of Phantoms (SOA logo) a gun running MC in little town similar to SOA's charming. His ol' lady is a doctor named Trisha (SOA's Tera) who is off for weeks at a time at least a 100 miles away, but still can fix up club members when needed. Enter Rhee who becomes the other woman in SOA's season one love triangle. Hawk the MC prez is a clone of Clay Morrow but acts like a wus. Wince is (SOA's Juice), yep also a computer hacker. There is no Gemma counterpart in this story which probably explains why this "innocent" survived the club life so long (3 months in the clubhouse and nobody tries to tap her)?. If you have read Undeniable by Madeline Sheehan then you might think Rhee situation is somewhat like Eva's.I spent the first 15% of the book thinking really? Everything bad that could happen to a woman has happened to Rhee except by some miracle she is a virgin. Mickey who plays such a big part of the heroine's motivation isn't really developed. I got a Jones to dig out my SOA DVDs. When does season 5 come out again?Having decided to consider this a form of fan fiction therefore there was  no need to email Sutter; I settled in for the rest of the read. Action scene's were not well written. Vixen tends to include too many characters in them so instead of developing one really nasty character the reader is left flat.Other things don't make sense like why a person with no insurance would spend a week in hospital for a head wound and busted ribs? Most hospitals would observe for 24 hrs, tape the ribs, and send her home. Especially with the grunts (SOA's prospects) sleeping the room. Why Dax (Jax) would deny himself some with a phantom stalker (club whores)when his ol' lady was gone for weeks at a time. Does it really take 5 days to get over one "dose" of drugs?Having said this I am intrigued to see how Vixen resolves the cliffhanger and whether she can create a world not dependent on SOA in the next book. I won't say out right, but fans know Jax has two of something that Dax doesn't have currently. Will Dax have to go all the way to Ireland to get that something back?