Just finished Storm and I think it’s my favorite book in the Bad Boys of X-Ops series. That would be more than likely because it has less of a military and more MC feel to it. I like to dabble ever so often in the MC world. Military stories all come across to me too sacrificial, too ‘I’m gonna save the world’ for my liking which is not a turn on in my book. Bikers, on the other hand, have this edgy side to them that can be so sexy attractive. Then the whole dirty, disgusting misogynist side comes out that drops me right back in to reality on why I only wander into MC world on occasion.
I really didn’t think much of Storm in the previous books. His character never really stood out for me. Now he is front and center in his own story. In the beginning, I really wasn’t too impressed with him. He has this whole caveman attitude with Blaize that was driving me batty. He wasn’t alone in the driving me batty department either. Blaize…sheesh! I get it, she’s in charge, the head cheese for these guys and for some crazy reason I kept thinking she was quite a bit older, but still there was something about her that I found obnoxious. Knowing these two were the least favorite of the series for me, I was shocked on how much I liked them in the end. What clinched it for me is when they both bared their deep dark secrets, painful ones, to one another.
On the whole, Storm was a good read. There’s lots of MC characters that are crazy scary that offer a very ‘colorful’ side to the whole story. There were moments I felt everything had strayed into the stereotypical biker story. You know, good guy trying to take the bad guys down from the inside, bad guys die, good guy rides off into the sunset with his woman. Okay, for the most part that did sort of happen. So what was it that made it good? Storm and Blaize. The dialog between them was snappy, hotheaded and flirty. The sexual tension between Blaize and Storm is enough to cut glass with and at times hysterical. Storm certainly loves to get a rise out of her. But in the end, it was my perception of Storm. He went from a X-Ops guy, to a biker to someone that family means a lot to him. Ahhh…big fluffy heart beneath all that bravado.
I’ve been a fan of Ms. Warren’s work for quite a few years now. Her characters have always been stellar for me but this time around, I am struggling to connect with them or their stories. There are moments that do stand out and do help draw me back in to the books but I’m not sure if it’s the whole military side, or how the Ops story isn’t tying in with the Carolina boys other than in passing. I, however, be finishing the series. Bane seems to hold quite a few secrets that have me intrigued. Here’s hoping his story is the one that works for me.
I received this book from the JeepDiva for the express purposes of an honest review. The opinions and rating of this review are solely mine.
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