Review: Insightful and Moving
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 15, 2013
Jayna Vixen's introduction to Dax in "Earning the Cut" is extremely compelling.Reading the inner thoughts and history of an abused child through his teen years helped me understand this kind of character in a way I had never understood them before.  It was a very fresh take that Dax does not reject the mainstream lifestyle because he doesn't consider himself good enough (the classic motivation of an abused child), but because he genuinely doesn't want it.  He feels at home with the biker crew because that's actually where he came from.  He is certainly looking for the dad he never had, but bigger than that, it's a lifestyle he likes.The idea that a grubby bike bar would be more appealing than going to college and being with the adorable Trish reminded me of "Beasts of the Southern Wild," where the clean, mainstream world seemed hellish compared to the swamp life the heroine and her compatriots came from.  In Dax's case, he forges the life for himself that he really wants, and it makes him a refreshing character himself.I found the book to be quite well written as well.  Look forward to reading more of Vixen's work.