Review: "I love you, Button, with every beat of my heart."
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 06 18, 2014
THE STORY:THE GIST: Sass wants a normal life away from the Hellions MC that she grew up with and the man she felt rejected her. Tank is in a coma, unable to wake up but completely aware, after dealing with Delatorre. Sass quickly learns that the normal life she wanted may not be as good as it seemed, and Tank (when he awakes) realizes that he needs to fight for the woman he loves, before he loses her completely.WHAT I LIKED: What I liked the most about FOREVER RIDE was actually Tank himself. I loved his determination and his outright love and devotion. Oh, I also loved the back story of how Tank came to be in the Hellions MC. I also like seeing all the people from the first book back in this one. There were definitely some twists that I wasn't expecting, and the end of Sass' and Tank's was really nice. I also liked the life speeches that were motorcycle related - the road, the journey, etc. They may seem kind of cheesy while reading, but afterward I was left with a smile on my face.WHAT I DISLIKED: While I loved Tank in this story, Sass really annoyed me. She was the definition of a doormat in FOREVER RIDE. She was so strong and confident in the first book, and then in this one she just wasn't. I understand the journey she was on and even a little about how she felt, but that is no reason for her to have allowed Nick to do what he did to her. I just wanted to scream at her to get her act together. I cannot stand heroine like this. There were times that it just got to be too much and I had to take a break. After reading Sass' POV, I really looked forward to Tank's afterward. That's really the only thing I didn't like about FOREVER RIDE, the weak heroine. Although she does get her act together by the end - that's the redeeming quality.THE CAST:Sass: Wants a normal life outside the MC. Lives with her boyfriend Nick. Slowly starts losing who she it as Nick becomes more controlling. Still loves Tank, still visits his bedside, but also keeps a distance between them, since he's a part of the life she wants out of. She makes Nick her priority, but soon realizes that may not have been a good idea.Tank: In a coma after the take down of Delatorre. While he can't wake up, he is completely aware. In this state, he reflects on his life up to this current point. He realizes how much he really loves Sass, and is determined to fight for her.Nick: Sass' pretty-boy boyfriend. He was caring in the beginning but his true color quickly began showing when he asked Sass to make him her priority.Doll: Sass' best friend. Understands Sass' reason and has her back. But she can't help feeling something isn't right.Tripp: Doll's husband and Tank's friend.THE VILLAIN:FOREVER RIDE's villain is none other than Nick, Sass' pretty-boy boyfriend. He basically lured her in by pretending to be this loving a caring guy, but he had his own purposes and agenda. He asks, or more like demands, Sass to make him her priority and uses her reasons for leaving the MC against her to isolate herself from her friends and family. I don't want to say anymore about their situations, because it'll give something away, so you'll just need to read the book to get the full situations and the repercussions.THE ROMANCE:I don't count what happened between Sass and Nick to be a romance, so this is the only time he'll be mentioned in this section.So in the first book, One Ride, we learn that happened between Sass and Tank after the barbeque (which is revisited in this book, but with more detail), and that is what finally lit the fuel for Sass' reason for wanting a normal life. Basically, she's been in love with Tank for a while, they had a night together, then he treated her like one of the club whores. It's not until afterTank's accident during the Delatorre take down that he realizes his true feeling for her in return, but now she's moved on with Nick. So he's got a fight on his hands if he wants to win her back.You really see how much Tank really loves Sass by how hard he fights for her, even as she's trying to push him away. Not only that, but when he sees how she's living now with Nick and how the fire has gone out of her eyes, it nearly destroys him, but it also fuels his determination to make her realize that that life is not what she truly wants.My favorite line is "I love you, Button, with every beat of my heart." Which is literally the truth.I was really disappointed with Sass in this whole book. I was just glad when she finally got her act together and realized that she really wanted to be with Tank the whole time.