Review: I was not blown away!
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 05 12, 2014
I am in love with most of the MC books that seem to be so popular now, and since I have definitely read my fair share of books from the whole Biker Romance genre, I think I being more than fair when I say this book was just okay and somewhat watered down. I don't know if that was done intentionally to try to put an end to biker stereotypes, cliches, and misconceptions....maybe!As a loyal Kristen Ashley fan, I would have to confirm that I also detected some stealing from the "Chaos Series," Cole is just another version of Kane "Tack" Allen, Parker "Shy" Cage, and Tate Jackson (from the "Colorado Mountain Series"). Don't get me wrong, I liked Cole, but he wasn't as hard as I expected him to be. I think he was fiercely loyal, but he fell really hard for Scarlet really fast, so that left me feeling like...when the hell did that happen?I really, really liked the female lead, so that was one of the things that this book really had in its favor. Scarlet wasn't just some shrinking flower, she was strong, sassy, she didn't take any crap from anybody, and she knew her stuff about the whole biker culture because that's how she grew up. I think she certainly made some stupid mistakes, but her mistakes weren't to keep putting Cole in danger and eventually get herself killed in the process, but because she was only human. For Scarlet, it wasn't about being defiant or rebelling against Cole, she was just trying to do the right thing and save everyone around her a lot of grief and trouble. I respected that!All in all, the book is worth the read, but it is still missing some of that raw, gritty, sexy, raunchiness. This book doesn't have the edge, and perhaps that's your thing because some people can't handle the intensity of this lifestyle. However, if you are someone like me then you want to read about the really, really nasty bad boys and their bikes. Therefore, I suggest read Kristen Ashley's "Chaos Series, Nina Levine's "Storm Series", or one of my new favorites, Joanna Wylde's "Reaper's Property Series." I have also just started reading Bella Jewel's "Hell's Knight's Series" too, so that's still undetermined right now.Warning...."Reaper's Property" isn't for the faint of heart, so if you don't like intense you may want to skip that all together. Marcus "Horse" McDonnell and Jesse "Ruger" Gray are some extremely intense alpha males, and that's putting it mildly. Plus, the last two books haven't been released yet, but they will be in June and September in case you are interested. The people who HAVEN'T read any of those can thank me for the advice on that later.All things considered, I didn't hate this book at all, but it just felt like it was missing something. On top of that, I don't suggest things I don't like, or books that I haven't actually read, so if you like this genre as much as I do check those authors out. You won't be disappointed!