Review: Okay but not for me
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 07 11, 2014
I struggled with the rating because there were some good parts but then there were some really bad parts. The pros include:1. A lot of story and background info on the main characters which helped with character development.2. Subplots and spin-off stories. There's a MC feud, special operations investigation, the mystery of Ryder's father, Ryder's brother and Rebecca, Harrison and the Incident. Ryder and Jade's romance, Razor' s attraction to Lexi, and Lexi' s attraction to Ryder - just to name a few.3. The storyline generates a lot of questions and keeps the reader engaged.4. The story has the makings of a good story. Hot alpha, lots of sex, gritty MCs, antagonists, conflict, a Romeo and Juliet storyline.But here is where it goes wrong for me:1. Sex scenes came across as rape-ppy at times. The heroine never protested but some of the dialogue and actions of the hero was forceful and unsexy to the point of perversion. For example, Ryder decides he must break up with Jade but before he does, decides to have anal sex with her with no prior discussion or warning. He just sort of take it. Jade, who is fairly inexperienced, doesn't protest or say anything for that matter. And then he breaks up with her. Not hot.2. Ryder referred to Jade as "b!tch" for majority of the book. I understand that this may be a norm for MCs but it doesn't carry over well in a love story. Again, not hot.3. 50% of this book included the prequel Ryder which is also  available on Amazon at no cost. Not a big deal but I read  Ryder and was not expecting it to be included in this book. Kind of felt like a cheap trick. Not cool.4. So I thought I caught an error in which Jade was identified as being 23 years old in the beginning but then 22 in another part of the book. I'm not interested in discovering if I'm right but I do know that there is no way she finished college, law school, and past the bar at the age off 22. Not realistic.I've read plenty of MC books but this one was not for me. Can't say I will recommend. Although engaging, I don't care to invest anymore time or energy in this series.