Traitor

Iron Vultures MC #1

by Himera Ink

"He made me his. Then, he branded me a traitor."

Elyna thought she finally escaped her past. Running from a dangerous MC, she found refuge with the Iron Vultures and in the arms of their ruthless president, Bones. For eight months, she lived a lie — wrapped in his leather, sleeping in his bed, believing she was safe. Believing he loved her.

But secrets have a way of surfacing.

When her past is exposed, Bones doesn't ask questions. He doesn't listen. He marks her. He brands her. And he sends her back to the very men she ran from.

Left for dead, broken beyond repair, Ely swears one thing: if she survives, she will burn it all down.

Now, she has a new name, a new life, and a new purpose. She is no longer the girl who loved a man who betrayed her. She is the woman who will never make the same mistake again.

But Bones?

He isn't done with her.

And he'll do anything to get her back.

This book contains graphic content, violence and strong language. Reader discretion is advised. This is a standalone book, part of the Iron Vultures MC series. Happy-ever-after guaranteed.

Genres: Second Chance, Dark, Romance, Dark Romance, Second Chance Romance, Contemporary, Abuse

473 pages, Kindle Edition

First published April 27, 2025

About the author

I write what your heart fears and your soul craves.

Twisted romances. Dark fantasy. Gods and monsters. Broken mates. Unapologetic grovels. Stories that will make you rage, cry, and laugh when you least expect it. And yes, I also sprinkle on some cheese. I've seen your reviews! They were entertaining.

If you love betrayal, revenge, morally gray heroes, and fierce, wounded heroines who rise from the ruin, you're in the right place.

By day, I work with words, images, and strategy. By night, I disappear into worlds of dark love, forbidden magic, and shattered bonds.

You’ll find me surrounded by at least three oversized cups of coffee, hunched over a laptop full of heartbreak, and vibing to a playlist that swings from heavy metal and electro-pop to tragic cellos and violins.

Follow me if you're ready to feel everything, and then some.

Reviews

[Miki’s⚠️ Safety Reviews & Rants⚠️ · Rating 4 out of 5]

REVENGE!!
I didn’t realize this would have so much revenge. And IM HERE FOR IT!

💯This is a great reversal of almost every betrayal book we have been forced to accept as the norm.

⭐️Couldn’t give this 5 stars cause it’s way too long and the writing isn’t the best.

‼️In EVERY betrayal/grovel book we get the same crap…
-Celibate h
-Manwhore H that’s continues to sleep around proving he doesn’t give a crap about the h.
-Barely any grovel. So minor it can hardly even be considered an apology. -And def doesn’t match the level of betrayal!
-A h that forgive to fast and way to easy

BUT NOT HERE FOLKS NOT HERE!🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳 and I’m here every delicious second!

💩So if you like all the previously listed crap then this book isn’t for you.

”Women are to be protected. Cherished. Respected, you stupid fuckers! "Especially the women you claim to love. And especially the women you claim as family."

THE BETRAYAL:
Betrayal: I have lots of thoughts here but
I’m not gonna clog this review up with my thoughts cause EVERY single one is addresses by our h at some point in the book. And so I felt that the author did address my thoughts about why he did what he did. He doesn’t get away with BS excuses.

❣️Things I Liked/Loved❣️
-She shootings ass 😂😂😂
-She tortures him -not 💯 sure if I liked this that much cause he didn’t do that stuff to her and he didn’t know….but I do like the idea.
‼️❤️She sleeps w OM and has GOOD SEX! Love this!

Things I Did 💔 Not Like
-THIS BOOK IS WAY TO LONG
-The writing is not great- I kept me a bit disconnected emotionally. And I found the impact of stuff wasn’t as deep cause of her writing.
-I hate time jumps
-I hate dream scape
-I hate seeing the story from past scenes
-I hate when the MC gives up. I’m sorry but you’re the one who fucked up you don’t give up… Period! Here I guess after a while he had to let her come to him but I don’t know I don’t love that.

‼️I definitely don’t think the side character books will be for me. AT ALL!‼️
And after going to this authors WATTPAD page I can see I’m not gonna jive with her safety in general. So this book may be a one off for me.
-Ghost- his book is a NO cause he is horrible. And neither were celibate in a 13yr separation. He is irredeemable… period. Not my kind of betrayal or H. His book is half finished on WATTPAD and I just can’t.
-Joker- ABSOLUTELY NO! No cheating for me! No OW baby the h gets stuck accepting and raising. Fuck this book and fuck Joker I’m not even interested.
-The others? We will have to wait to the premise and safety.

🥀 Hero:
Bones
MC prez- so this guy FUCKS UP so bad. Like really really bad. Like I really thought I would never forgive him.
And IT IS UNFORGIVABLE!

What I did like… that he persevered to find her and win her back against all odds and everyone telling him to give up. He stayed LOYAL to her… a little too late… but once he realizes he is wrong he NEVER GAVE UP….. I liked that a lot. He knows he deserves what she is dishing out and he takes it. Even when he thinks she is w OM.
Most books would have had him balls deep in OW pussy well before this. So I loved this! That he stayed faithful.

Welp until he does give up!!?? WTF

Bones is the prez and should be able to think and be smarter.

🦋 Heroine:
Temper-
She started off so sweet and just wanting a family and the betrayal just kills her. 4 yrs later she is a different person. She’s angry and harder. She was just happy to live and start a new life and thinks her past is in the past.
She doesn’t think she will ever see the H again. She works hard for her recovery. So when the H shows up she gets her pound of flesh from the people who betrayed her.

I will say I loved the revenge and the fact that the h gets hers back. But at times her hardened self was a bit much for me. Not sure I liked EVERYTHING she did. I m glad we got a good LONG grovel but this book is long so I think it started to drag and I was like ok forgive him already lol.

💭 POV:
FIRST PERSON DUEL

😡/😍 Angst level:
medium

❤️‍🔥 Sex & Burn Rate:
75-80% ish
The steam was just ok for me.
And I hate dream sex or memory sex not my thing.

🌓 Push/Pull:
Yes loads from both at diff times

☠️ OW/OM Drama:
Minor OW- a club who’re is the one who rats out the h and makes accusations. And the whore what’s the H he shuts it down asap. There is also the mention in f a possible arranged marriage for the H and he shuts it down fast!

OMD- the h goes on a date w a guy. He kisses her. She stops it but the H sees and takes care of the guy 😉

OMD- the h has a FWB she has been seeing for a while and she plans to hook up w him after the H is back in her life. She just dancing w him and kisses him but she doesn’t end up hooking up w him at all after the H is back. But the H thinks she is ands has to see her w this guy a few times.

🤮 OW/OM Sex / Fluid or DNA Exchange:
None on page. The h does have regular sex w OM after the betrayal for years but we don’t see it.

No OW at all. He isn’t interested

SA- not on page just mentions

🤬 Cheating:
None

👰🏼‍♀️ Virgins:
None

H- H was a regular MC dude w club girls and sex before the h but the minute he sees her it’s her and ONLY her from that point. Zero OW for him.
🥳The H is celibate for the 4 yr separation!!! 🥳🥳 AS HE SHOULD BE! He is the one who fucked up and he is the one who needs to prove his loyalty.

h- was only w one guy before the H. It was like 4/5 year of SA. But she has regular GOOD sex after the betrayal for 4 years! 🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳 LOVE THIS… FINALLY!
❤️She has sex and dates men. Nothing serious. She has GOOD SEX 🥳 As she should. She had no choice but to move on. The H made her have no choice. He demolished her!
‼️She has a FWB after the H comes back into her life and she goes out w OM one night thinking to hookup. She kisses him. But does NOT HOOKUP.

⚠️‼️I would love to give props to the author here cause we ALWAYS get douche bag H that fuck up and then continue to prove their weak assholes by sleeping w every available hole while the h stays celibate. Even though she is the one who should move in and enjoy life and have good sex after a huge betrayal. But nope they always stay celibate and injured while the H is off having all the best sex and moving on physically at least. I really HATE this and I’m so glad we FINALLY have an author who is not afraid to give us what we want!‼️⚠️

⛈️Separation/ 3rd Act Breakup:
4/5years separation

Safety⚠️Triggers🗡️:
Stalking
SA
Horrible betrayal
Murder
Attempted murder
Attempted murder of the h

🌈Epilogue:
Yes married w remains on the way and super happy

🥂HEA:
Yes
Lots of therapy for both and healing


❌My opinion is just that… MY OPINION.❌
I know we all get passionate about our favorite reads and characters but we should respect each opinions a thoughts. ~Thank you

[cajareads · Rating 5 out of 5]

4.5⭐️

Probably one of the few MC books that I really enjoy reading. The betrayal was heartbreaking, the angst was sooooooo good, the groveling was top notch and the writing was great. There’s also some fun chapters and I love the side characters as well and I cannot wait to read their books!

This was close to getting 5 flawless stars but I couldn’t make myself rating it full stars because of the betrayal. It was tragic and painful to read and I was literally sobbing and getting my own heart breaking for the fmc. I know some readers wouldn’t be able to forgive the mmc for what he had done. For me though, I actually really appreciate how the author didn’t skip on the fmc’s journey to heal and to move on. It’s not just a couple chapters of grieve but full blown healing and going to therapy. Now that’s what I call as brilliant plotline and satisfying reading.

I love those last few chapters where the main characters were trying to move on from their hurtful past. And the grovel, I freaking love it. The mmc groveled for more than the half of the book and oh it’s not just the mmc that did it but the whole club! It was appropriately so because even I as the reader couldn’t easily moving on from the betrayal that happened.

Safety info; no cheating, the mmc celibate during four years of separation but the fmc moved on and had flings with few men. I don’t care if any of you is gonna call me out for the double standard but it’s been a while since I see celibate hero and non-celibate heroine so 🤷🏻‍♀️

I’m definitely going to read the other books in the series except if it has cheating trope which I’m kinda worried for Joker and Layla book because of what happened in this book but I really, really hope the baby’s not his 😟

[Lidia's Romance]

DNF @ 44%

I really enjoyed the angst at the beginning of the story but situations became completely OTT. I'm all about having the hero pay for betraying the heroine, having him beg and suffer in regret (I want consequences!), but jfc, this was so unrealistic and eye-rolling. I have no issue with her getting her revenge but it defeats the purpose if it's not believable. This could have been a winner if the author had kept it more real. The writing is fine, my issue was with the situations.

Read: 9/6/25
ebook: KU

[Grisette · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.7 stars

For a first novel, my goodness, wow! Pretty solid for a betrayal/ grovel romance and also as an MC romance. For those who know, this author originally published on Wattpad to great acclaim, and then quickly self-published commercially. Her prose is very good and neat, and it was written pretty quickly. I am impressed. Kudos Himera Ink!

TW (just in case because YMMV): personally, things were not hyper graphical though there were heavy issues at hand, namely violence (physical and emotional), rape, murder - btw the very first chapter sets the tone, so if this is already all too much for you, this book might not be for you

In a betrayal/ romance story, most books fail the mark by not delivering on the grovel part. Not so here! Almost 50% of the book is grovel, redemption and retribution. Some acts more on the extreme sides than others - and probably not to the taste of everyone. But this is an MC world, so there is some expectation that violent retribution may happen. I may not have been comfortable with everything, but overall, I appreciated the grovel. I am the kind of reader who needs the amount of grovel to balance the betrayal part. And in this book, Himera Ink was royal in delivery. It helped that the psychological background to the behaviours of Ely/Temper and Bones was rock solid. And Ely/Temper did not suffer from any BBS and there was no grovel sex. Which is a rarity in the genre and a super win for me. They only got intimate again once she healed her demons (for the most part) (in the last 20% of the story 👏👏👏) and Bones remained a monk through all the years since the betrayal (while she didn't). So again, kudos Himera Ink!

As an MC story, it was also a win. A good balance of lawless bikers who actually do bad things (no Barbie world bikers here) but at the same time who have decent brains so that the MC business does not sound like a joke. Also, no offputting MC behaviours on page like orgies, mysoginistic behaviours, nasty club girl dramas etc.

So why not a 5 star rating?
‐ Because for me (and it could be a Me thing), all the angst felt more cerebral than emotional. Part of it was because the author decided to not go deep into the graphical horror of all the bad things that happened to Ely/Temper - I appreciated that because more graphical would have been hard to read, but at the same time, it kind of muted the potential emotions. So maybe it needed a bit more balance on that?
- Also, I noticed that the POVs of Ely/Temper and Bones had a common characteristic that unsettled me: in each of their POV, the character always seemed to be able to read the other like an open book (e.g. [not an exact quote] at this, his eyes clouded as if his mind could not bear the pain...). So much, that it seemed like mind reading. It felt too uncanny. Hence, it was transparent that the same writing style was used for different characters - maybe it's using the 1st person narrative that didn't help?.
- I also found the book was a smidge too long (though I am thankful that the author was so generous with all the bonus chapters!).

Of course, given that it's a first novel it's totally understandable and does not lessen the merit of this wonderful story.

All in all, I hotly recommend the book because this author deserves it. Being a prolific writer writing with heart and guts, I will certainly read her future works.


P.S.1 That cover... ❤❤

P.S.2 On the rule that every betrayed heroine needs a psycho girlfriend who will burn down the world with her, Ria certainly is a reigning queen 😅! OTT as she may be, I love her much, much more than another celebrated psycho (the one with the spade) from another author's universe (I won't name that other psycho yet because I haven't reviewed her book yet). IYKYK 😅

[alaynasvanity · Rating 1 out of 5]

Either you’re all doormats or I’m sick in the head because I read so many reviews saying she took her revenge too far and here I am thinking she gave in too easily and could’ve punished him longer. Idk. If she was real with herself, she forgave him a lot easier than he deserved. Joker needs to die a vicious, painful death, Ghost is gonna piss me off so I’ll just skip that and Ria is already too good for tank the doormat.

[Colleen · Rating 5 out of 5]

4.5⭐️

The betrayal!! Omfg! But the grovellllll!!!!!

I loved every single thing about the grovelling.
Although I stg reading books with it makes me positive I’d be immune to it in real life. I don’t think I’ve ever read a book where I’ve got to a point where I personally think ‘ok this is where I’d forgive him’ I think I’m too stubborn and hold grudges too tightly. 🤷🏻‍♀️
So that’s why I didn’t give this 5⭐️ because I’m putting myself in the h’s shoes and regardless of how good his grovelling was I’d never have even considered forgiveness for the H and the mc.
Fucking loved the fmc in this book though!

The grovelling in person started when he found her at 27% in the book but 4 years had passed and he’s been looking for her, sick with guilt and celibate the whole time (as he fucking should) It’s at 77% she decides to try again with him to see if she can be with him and move past it but he’s still making it up to her for more or less the rest of the book.


Dual pov
Motorcycle club
Betrayal, angst and grovelling
No owd- well apart from the ow who told the H about h’s past connection to the rival mc but she wasn’t ex or someone he’d been with, she was a spy for the rival mc and the H took care of her 💀🥰
Omd- the h wasn’t celibate during separation but my hypocritical ass loved this. She really thought she’d never see him again. She didn’t let herself date properly but she had hookups and a fwb. No on page sex with om.
HEA
Epilogue- married and she gives birth to twins

[Serial Romance Librarian · Rating 3 out of 5]

I absolutely loved the angsty setup of this story and the MC setting. This author has a lot of talent. That being said, this book was too dang long! The inner monologues got redundant, as did Temper’s vengeance streak. I wish she would’ve been the bigger person. I did appreciate how she didn’t have BBS.

[Formerly Known as Spoiler W · Rating 1 out of 5]

Editing was not done and it most definitely showed. Yikes.

[Valentine · Rating 4 out of 5]

Note to self for next books:

Joker - cheater
Ghost - currently reading
Tank - to read
Luca - might be interested if he is not sleeping with his wife.
Myth - maybe

[CriSsStina · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5 ⭐️

It has been a long time since I read a book this long in a few hours. I loved ittttt! The heroine!? She was amazing! her healing, her revenge, top top top.

The hero!? stupid lad, stupid stupid. I understood in the end, partially, let's say, why he reacted like that. It's clear tho that he has NO excuse for his decisions. One thing was for sure, he really really loved her and was so remorseful, and the guilt basically ate him from inside, and everyone could see this.

I liked his brothers, except when they blindly followed his orders. But I do think they redeemed themselves.

Some things were very farfetched, but you know, it's fiction, so it worked somehow (like the retribution they inflicted on the rival gang once they were in prison).

Some readers say it was too long. Maybe, but I think that all those small scenes between the two main characters helped in understanding how much they were stuck in their heads, how much they suffered, from his betrayal.

It was angsty and fun at the same time. Her revenge methods sometimes cracked me up.

Now, I will patiently wait for Ghost's book.

What to expect
- MC
- betrayal
- NO CHEATING
- separation for 4 years
- groveling, and she gets her reverge
- second chance
- HEA , epilogues

...........................

"Fuck the money. I'd burn every last dollar, drain the club's accounts, sell my bike, my cut, my cursed soul if it meant I could just have her back."


""Hurt me however much you want, Temper," he looks sadly at me. "My body, my soul, my heart are yours. I'll take all the pain and hurt for just the chance to look at you.""


"This man— this man who destroyed me— he would die for me. By my hand or any other. The weight of that hits me hard. I should have known before, but it's only now, standing here on the precipice of my vengeance, that I truly see it."

[iremucka · Rating 2 out of 5]

Traitor aka Hain 😒

Yerinde intikam nedir, nerelerde bulunurlar konulu araştırmalarım sonucunda bu kitaba denk geldim. Açıklamasından da anlaşılacağı üzere kitap aşırı İNTİKAM içeriyor ama sadece bu bir illüzyon 🙂‍↕️ Okuduğum ilk MC (Motorcycle club) kitabı olması sebebiyle çoğu yer cringe gelse de (neden topluca sürüş yapıyorsunuz mesela?!) ana fikir mafyanın tekerleklisi gibi sanırım 🤨

Ely (23) koruyucu evden eve atlarken kendini bir MC’ de bulur ve found family ayağına istismar edilir, sonra ordan rakip MC’ ye kaçar ve orada anında Bones (28?) ile tanışır ve olaylar gelişir. Aşırı hızlı akan kitap bi yerden sonra bayıyor çünkü neden 563 sayfa anlatsana biraz? Yazarın ilk kitabı olması sebebiyle kendini tutamamış yazmış da yazmış, Wattpad’ den gelme bir hikaye olduğu için anlaşılabilir 🙂‍↕️

Evet intikam intikam ama çiftimizin aşık olmaları, geçmişi vs o kadar sığdı ki olaylara bakmaktan içine giremedim. Serinin diğer çiftlerine de ara ara gözler kırpıldı ve beni çeken hiç bir çift olmadı.

Ama yani kadın adamın canına okudu (her manada) biraz da ilgi çekmek için olduğunu düşünürsek, çünkü ciddi olalım hiç bir erkek topluluğu bunlara müsaade etmez. Neyse yine kurgu diyip geçiyoruz.

Okuduğuma pişman değilim.

Kitabın Özeti: I’m a Survivor ❤️‍🔥

[jen · Rating 1 out of 5]

Unrealistic ×Long grovel ×great for man haters

This book is just basically a very, ,very unrealistic long, ,long, long grovel. For those who really love the MC genre , the real MC authors like Madeline Sheehan, Joanna Wylde, Jamie Begley etc don't waste your time. This a good book for those who hate men and love grovel. This is a mess of a book.

[Shelley · Rating 2 out of 5]

This wasn’t horrible just the heroine was too strong and the revenge was too much. Was just not even the slightest bit believable.
Look I’m all for a strong h this was just on a whole nother level for me. Too much

[Beth · Rating 1 out of 5]

This book had a wonderful idea but terrible execution. Not a romance story. So far fetched and the characters reactions was silly at best. Had such high hopes going into it, but at 30% at had to give up.

[MaryLovesRomance · Rating 2 out of 5]

Dragged on way too long.

Elyna is running from an mc that groomed her and forced her to do things she didn’t want. She had nowhere to go…so she goes to another mc (idk I feel like there has to be other options but she said she went there because her tormentor was afraid of this new mc and wouldn’t come get her there). She meets and immediately sleeps with Bones, the president, and they fall in love and everything is hunky dory until someone tells him her secret and he brands her a traitor and sends her back to her old mc to be tortured and left for dead (he didn’t know that would happen because he thought he was just returning a spy to them not a victim). He almost immediately wants her back but he has to find her and beg for forgiveness.

I really liked the premise of the story. There are often times I feel like the men in these dark romances do something so horrific and then basically only have to say I’m sorry. I was really excited to see a heroine get her own. However, I felt that this rapidly turned into torture porn. There seemed to be no end in sight of the pain and the blood loss that she wanted to inflict on the the man who hurt her and the entire MC. It definitely became too much. I felt like it just kept dragging on and on and even after it happened, there was no forgiveness. I wanted more from the story emotionally.

Overall, I would absolutely not recommend this book. It wasn’t particularly romantic. I love a good revenge story, but it has to be going somewhere.

[Umeed · Rating 3 out of 5]

well I finished it on one sitting, so I guess it's not terrible writing, plot however? I like 60% of it the rest was just cheesy blah blah

[Migle · Rating 1 out of 5]

The immaturity of main characters pissed me off.

[Alyssa · Rating 2 out of 5]

When she spanked him and the entire MC with rubber BDSM paddles..... what are we doing here, y'all?

[Anna Nenna · Rating 5 out of 5]

Dual style narration 5/5🎧 - new favorite female narrator Kingsley Rose - her voice is soft and a bit raspy and she brought so much emotion into this interpretation.
Story 4,25/5 ⭐️
Spice 3/5🌶️
Oh boy… this was heavy and heartbreaking but I was here for all the revenge and rage! There’s betrayal, not the cheating kind, from MMC (and from a large part of her newfound family). I liked how the author wrote all of the turmoil (my stomach was quivering and I was on the edge waiting for the train wreck to unfold!) and completely understand the “whys” of the FMC choices and everything she did to try and heal herself, I am glad she didn’t stay celibate and I am happy the MMC groveled and stayed celibate the entire time!
I did not like the side character’s cheating story(if there’s going to be a book about it I will definitely skip it!)
I enjoyed the writing style, I was intrigued and will be reading some other stories by this author just never those with cheating or detailed scenes with OW!

[Simply Adventures · Rating 2 out of 5]

so I'm 43% in and I'm going to take a break & try reading the rest.

so theres a disconnect with the Main Characters eventho theres alot going on it feels very surface level. theres a ton of background info on other couples (future books probably).

random thoughts.

so both MC (motorcycle clubs) are close together but the FMC decides to go to the MMCs club to get a job after she escapes from Jinx Club because she overheard that they're scared of them??? like why especially since she doesn't tell MMC about Jinx/ his MC. Why wouldnt the MMC know about FMC being "Jinxs Girl"? also if Ghost past with Adora left the MC jaded why wouldnt he have had the MC do basic level recon on FMC when she showed being all scared looking for work?

the revenge is understandable but now it's boring and im only 40% in. this is too long. theres time jumps.in yhe beginning which are okay. I didn't really like the few chapters where it cut back and forth between present day and passed things that were going on like a memory. I feel like by starting the book at the point FMC getting branded a traitor then going back and forth that you don't really form any connection with the FMC or any of the characters and really care about them. also a lot of her early stuff was kind of passed over like her being an orphan I think. we know that Lucas got her into the MC life at 15 and that she had a room when she was 17 there but there's no connection as to showing us how rough her life was just a sentence or two. I feel like it would have been better to start the prologue showing a paragraph or two of her home life then getting into the MC and then dealing with Jinx and then leaving.

I think the idea is a good one and I'm mostly going to go back and try to read this again to finish it up but I'm hesitant as it's pretty long and repetitive.

[Van · Rating 5 out of 5]

4.5 🌟
This author is a very refreshing news on whattpad and seems like a nice woman ( not everybody is like that there)
I deeply dislike a book where hero hurt physically or orders others to do so to heroine . To me there’s no possible redemption after that and it’s a big no but this book intrigued me because Raffaella’s review so …


Spoilers:



The aggression it’s in the first chapter and I was sliding fast 🙄, so the grovel lasts almost aaaaaaallllll the rest of the chapters! My fav

Here’s why the 4.5 stars:

She left and hide from him, she is really done with him
He is the one trying to find her through the years!
He is celibate
She isn’t!!!
He finds her and she kept trying to hook up with her ffck friend
She wants revenge not only on him but to aaaaallll the members of the MC Club who participated or did nothing to help her
She get her revenge! Physical revenge!
For once in an MC book, He is the one who must keep watching her with her ex lover and eat next to him🎉🎉🎉
No club bunnies or OW drama
Very interesting and amazing secondary characters with future books!

Last: I do believe this author loves and understands women needs!

The second book about Ghost is on whattpad and wowww, different triggers but really good!

[Doom Sunshine · Rating 1 out of 5]

DNF 56%

The author states at the start of the book that she has no editing team behind her and it shows.

The author chose to engage in book stuffing techniques. Not only is the book not formatted correctly, she also put little drawings between a lot of paragraph breaks. She also decided to use an amateurish way of writing where each thought is a new paragraph. Due to these page padding practices, the book should be listed 100 pages lower than what is advertised. But hey, these KU authors need to grab every penny, huh?

I liked how the MMC stayed celibate during the seperation. I didn't like how she kept allowing him into her life.

I wish there was some major plot movement between when he found the FMC until the part where I DNF'd, but there wasn't.

There was no reason to keep typing out BLOCK! like that. It was annoying. We didn't need to see every message. But again, without the pictures and the double spacing, we couldn't pad for more pennies.

[Dara · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ohhhh boy did this scratch my revenge-loving little heart! TBH, this is what I wanted when I read Smokey by Sam Crescent. The betrayal/gut-punch is on par or even worse than that book, but this FMC has a spine of pure tungsten and does NOT give the MMC any leeway at all until she has exacted her cruel and bloody revenge. The MMC knows he fucked it all up, knows he doesn't deserve a second chance, and is willing to take any pain the FMC wants to dish out, even knowing she still might decide to wash her hands of him. Delicious.

I will say it is a bit overlong, and many readers might think she should just walk away and throw the whole man out, but I ate it up.

[Misha · Rating 3 out of 5]

3 stars rounded up

Sooooo loooonnnngggg. I skimmed through quite a bit of the second half. I liked his undying love for her and his effort to get her back but just get it done already.

The reaction Bones had to her “perceived” betrayal was ridiculous and then the way he tried to show his remorse OTT. There was a lot of female rage in the book but even as she got her revenge, I didn’t really feel satisfied. I dunno- what was the point of punishing the rest of the MC the way she did or smashing their bikes. What a waste.

By about 68 %, I really wanted to be done with the book- it was an inevitable outcome plus I didn’t really care anymore. I also don’t care about their friends’ drama- clearly being set up in the book.

That being said, the writing is good. I wonder if my mood is tainting my experience but right now, glad to be done.

[Queenrose7 · Rating 3 out of 5]

3/5. DNFed at 55% and I feel I read everything there was to know. There is no point of reading further because the book was dragged for too long.There was not much of a plot. The premise was good but execution was terrible cuz why you got me feeling bad for the man who betrayed the woman. In fact it’s ridiculous how she went about her so called revenge. If the author did not reveal why she was betrayed and revealed those in flashbacks then maybe the book could have been saved .

But there was nothing. Nothing was interestingly worth reading. Plus the time jumps were horrible as she told the story instead of showing the story.

Miss girl was such a brat, it made me lose any sympathy I had for her cuz like who the f are you demand anything from the brothers when they don’t owe you shit. Plus how you expected the MC to trust you when you haven’t told him nothing. Yeah I get he was wrong what he did was unjustifiable. But you got your revenge by selling him to the FBI and then you have the audacity to physically assault him. Nah I feel like hypocrite even reading that far into the book because if it was the other way around I would have dropped the book way earlier . The only one deserving of the assault was joker cuz he’s a cheater.

Plus you were shaken like a leaf when you heard the possibility of your actual tormenter might get release. Maybe I don’t know how real victims works but like you had no fear inflicting pain on the mc cuz you know he won’t hurt you like that but your tormenter have no mercy so you shake like a leaf. Girl give it a break. You moved on. You slept with others while he didn’t and you humiliated him so bad and you still can’t forgive him girl bye.

I don’t know why everyone acting the mc’s betrayal was so bad when it wasn’t that bad. The one who is real bad is joker . Now that guy I will never feel sorry for. The whole story shouldn’t have been second chance cuz the relationship turned toxic and they both need to move on.

[Tedra · Rating 1 out of 5]

Dnf

Giving hardcore Wattpad writing feels. Lots of cliched quotes like the feeling between us was electric - type stuff.

I tried to get in a few chapters but gave up.

[Carrie Dozier · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ok so here me out…..
Bones does the most awful horrible non forgivable betrayal to Temper(no cheating at all) but somehow by the end I was rooting for him🤔I really didn’t know how he could ever come back from what happened but the grovel was great and the h was strong and no dormat😈
I think what really makes this so good, for me at least, is after she disappears Bones is a mess and is celibate the years apart while she is NOT👏🏻Like has great sex and her current “friend”is shoved in his face🤣
Tempers best friend was the best!! She is a total kick ass as well and look forward to her book. She had her back 1000%
No OW drama other than a club girl telling lies which causes the betrayal. Bones never touched this girl and she was “handled” once the truth came out☠️
Bones only had eyes for Temper!
I’m leaving out ALOT of details but there are other great detailed reviews so check them out!!
But safety is good for a mc book!!

[Izzie d]

Unique book, which is sad to say as its rare to find an author who actually does the grovel and sticks to it.
I didn't agree with the violence inflicted on the Hero by the heroine to get revenge but there you go.
What he does it pretty awful could have cost the heroine her life.
She does seem to come back a completely different person.
He makes huge changes.
'We're putting in a system — if a ranked brother doesn't agree with a decision, he can bring it to a vote in Church. No one should have blind ****ing loyalty. Not anymore." '

[MandaC86 · Rating 4 out of 5]

Hooked

I was hooked to this read at least 100pages in a. Hour caused me to get migraine because I couldn't read this fast enough I hope there is more to this series ☺️ a great start to this series

[Sabs ✨️ · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5 🌟