Review: Favorite book so far this year
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 12, 2013
"This is only a preview of things to come"Stephanie Tyler did such an amazing job taking our minds and submersing them into this futuristic yet archaic world. She did it with such intricate detailing that we could not help but live this story step by step with the characters from start to finish. I can without a doubt say this is the best book I've read this year. As readers we are constantly hoping that the time we spend reading a story is worth the price of a book or more importantly the time we put into it. We are here to tell you this book is worth it, we haven't been this excited about a book together in a long time. It was brilliantly written and the story gets better and better the more you read. It's one you don't put down until the very end."Don't you dare come along and make me try to believe in something again. Don't you dare.""You're going to undo me"That was Casper talking to Tru, there is nothing hotter than a bad biker enforcer getting emotional. The relationship between them was so passionate and heartwarming that we lived vicariously through them. We were mad with them about the injustice of their situation, we were happy with them when they finally spoke their minds, and we were passionate with them when they fought alongside each other to better their situation."Men live and die for women. One day, you'll know this. Wise words he'd never forgot from a man he'd never meet."These are words from Casper's father, in the story we learn that not everything is as it seems. Our hearts break over and over for all that he has gone through in his life. We should be so lucky as to have a cause that impassions us from such a young age shaping him into this man that we love from the very start."That's the real world too. So is men hitting women, but we can't let it be normal. I think most of the guys around here don't like it."Tru has seen firsthand the horror that can be found at the hands of men, the men we are supposed to trust and keep us safe. When she was young she ran, I don't think she really had much of a choice in the matter, and I believe it was her only option at the time. When she finally lands back in MC's territory she decides it is time to stop running, and instead of cowering and standing down in a world where we couldn't even pretend to comprehend, she fights back for herself and for every woman who is being mistreated. It takes a real woman to stand by her man no matter what. To trust that he knows what he is doing and is going to come out on top. Tru is that woman for Casper. If there were any other heroines and heroes for me then they just got knocked out of the running for favorite by a mile."Maybe Fiona didn't know any other way.... Or maybe she liked it."The woman in this story pulled on every emotion I have. Every tear I shed throughout this read was for them. While at times I would find myself hating some of them, I still had this pull of sadness for them. I just kept thinking they are just doing what they have to do to survive and a lot of who they are might be because this life has beat them down and they are just trying to make it. Now how they chose to go about it might be ugly and frustrating to me but I got it, I understood it, so while I was hating some of these woman "villains" I couldn't truly hate them. It's a perfect example of how Ms. Tyler really brought these people to life, making them seem so real.I've never been big into the motorcycle books like everyone else seems to be.... In fact they tend to make my blood boil. I could never seem to make myself ok with the things going on in their worlds. Ms. Tyler finally broke through that wall and made me understand it more, not just because of the characters but also because of the dynamic of this world. I can't wait to see which couple will be taking center stage in the next book. There where so many that I want to get my hands on that I pretty sure I'll be good with anyone she picks.Mistress S