Review: Difficult Storyline Told Really Well
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 15, 2014
Rating:  3.5 StarsThe story of Grayson (member of Defiant Motorcycle Club, ex-prisoner, would be hero) and Promise (member of the Faithful Last Disciples and Saints religion, midwife, cousin to Rachel).  Promise is forced/coerced into marrying an older leader of her religion.  Needless to say after the 'wedding night' things did not go so well for Promise.  When she runs into Grayson and begs for his help, the relationship between Promise, who is trying to heal, and Grayson, who wants to protect her, is born.From the beginning, this book was intense and contained some uncomfortable brutal scenes, well written, but brutal.  Grayson was a gentle soul.  If it was not for the motorcycle, you would have no idea that he belonged to a MC.  I was emotionally drawn to Promise in the beginning.  She went through a lot and stayed strong.  The action drama...AMAZING!!  I was sitting on the edge of my seat screaming at my reader!  Several characters from book one, "Know Me" were weaved into this story:  Kira/Orion, Rachel/Casper, Maddox, Brandon, Teague.  I hope more books will be coming in this series about some of the secondary characters!Why Not 5 Stars?Rawness of the MC -  This did not feel like a Motorcycle club.  I had no idea what the club did for money or what they were into.  In fact, if you took away the bikes, this was just a story.  I like my MC books raw and edgy.  Other than the biker's use of profanity, they have a squeaky clean club.  Grayson, while he was sweet and tender, I did not see any of his hardness throughout the book.  *Sigh*Change in Character Personalities -  I was endeared to Promise in the beginning.  However, she totally changed and none of her previous qualities remained after she got busy with Grayson.  She all of a sudden turned into some hard chick.  It was just not believable.  Don't get me wrong...I loved her for the fight scene...she rocked it!  Kira, what happened to her?  She came off as a 17 year old high school girl who bounces into rooms.  This was not her personality in "Know Me".  I did not understand the need to change it.  I hate to pick on Grayson again, but after the scene where he initially meets Kira, that was the last time we saw our tough, kick-butt hero.  His character turned into a wuss.  Very disappointing.Unfinished Business -  I had several unanswered questions:  There were many ends that needed to be tied up.Edit, Edit, Edit!!!  I typically breeze by editing mistakes.  However, there were so many that I noticed them and it was distracting.