Review: An emotional, hot and riveting read
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 16, 2014
Lust. Betrayal. Confessions. Need. Pain. Peace.Bella Jewel has a knack for building a world where the men are hard and edgy but yet so damn lovable. I loved Axel. He was broken and had lost all hope of ever feeling again the emotions that Meadow brought in him. I wanted to comfort him just as many times as I wanted to throttle him. *sigh*"She needs to know... she just needs to know that she's not nothing. If that's all I can give her, then I'll give it with all I am."I appreciated the fact that Bella Jewel brought both Axel and Meadow's emotions to the page in a way that felt real. Every reaction, every interaction and every event was placed in the page to bring the utmost impact.Meadow was a great character too. She was strong and gave as good as she got, but underneath it all she just wanted to lead a 'normal' life. She missed out on so much as a young girl and coming face to face with the one man she never forgot and finding herself in the situation she was currently in would have broken even the strongest of souls, but she stood her ground and continued forward. Although there were times where she was close to losing hope, she never gave in. Not even Axel's actions nor his cold affront derailed her from getting to the bottom of what was happening."Watching him lose control, watching the way his eyes almost haze over, and the way his mouth drops open with a groan, has everything inside me wanting more. Needing more of this. Of him. I whimper just from the sight of him releasing alone. He's so perfect. Even when he doesn't see it."Needless to say that Meadow and Axel's chemistry was off-the-charts HOT. Even during the chase and especially after she was captured you could feel the underlying sexual tension between them. They shared a connection that was developed years before, but even time and Axel's behavior could not diminish it. Kudos to Bella Jewel for bringing it to the surface and developing it even amongst all the chaos the story entailed."Once you go here, Cricket, you can't go back. If you accept this, all of me, then I'm never lettin' you go." His voice is serious , his tone determined. I smile up at him. "I say, bring it on."From the lust that sizzled between Meadow and Axel all through the conflicted emotions each was feeling about engaging one another I devoured it all. I got teary-eyed a couple of times, tapped the hell out of my tablet in frustration and anticipation and grinned and drooled when those two came together (no pun intended!). As a first book in the series, Angels in Leather was fantastic.All in all, an emotional, hot and riveting read about second chances in a world where those chances at love are few and far between.