Review: *4 Deliciously Wicked Stars* ~ Can you tame a Runaway Viper?
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 22, 2014
This is the 2nd book in the  “Viper” series by Kirsty-Anne Still.  It picks up immediately after the first book ended and boy, does it ever start off with a bang!  A quick one two punch to the reader and we are thrown right back into the dark world of Clara Delvine and her Viper Girls.  If you thought that the series was over when Jace rescued Joely from her contract as one of Clara’s girls - well, you’re just like me and we are both wrong.  Joely fleeing from her life at the club was just the beginning…When we catch up with Joely and Jace again, we learn that they have spent the last seven months on the run - in an almost hazy state of bliss as they hop from one country to the next.  Joely has never been happier - she has her freedom back, and the man she loves at her side.  Jace kept his promises to her - he freed her from that life and he was steadily working on bringing her back to the girl she once was.  Unfortunately, their peaceful time together isn’t meant to last, the danger that they are running from is always looming over them - a dark and sinisterI love the way that Joely and Jace’s relationship has progressed.  Kirsty-Anne does a beautiful job with Joely’s character  - we see her transform in many different ways over the span of these two books.  Specifically in The Runaway Viper, she is put to the test in unthinkable ways by the unimaginable bitch Clara, however she is able to hold on to her strength and push through the worst of it.  The love and protection that Jace always showed her is what she uses to surround herself with - she doesn’t break and that drives Clara almost to the point of madness.I had an idea of how I thought the book was going to end all the way through it, I thought I was so smart to figure it out..was I right?  Nope!  Kirsty-Anne throws a curveball at us that I sure as hell didn’t see coming.  It frustrated me and made me so angry, but it was oh so deliciously good at the same time.  This is one of those books that gets your insides twisted up, that has you investing all of your emotions into the storyline and characters right up until the very last word.Jace is such a strong male lead - he loves Joely with every fiber of his being and he will do anything to protect her and fight the darkness that threatens them.  A lesser man may have run for the hills when the s*** hit the fan, but his heart and feelings are true and he made me swoon in more ways than one with how fiercely he stuck by her.This book ends with such an impending feeling of doom!  I’m on the edge of my seat waiting for the next one...think you can tame a Runaway Viper?  Pick up a copy and dance with the devils to find out ;)xo Cassiadeliciouslywickedbooks.com