I’m mostly out here on my own (several of my friends loved it) but I couldn’t connect. This scenario is common with mc reads… a badass biker H that’s secretly a sensitive softy (unless dealing with a clubwhore) saved by a beautiful, kind (unless dealing with a clubwhore) virginal h… but it didn’t work for me this time. It all felt stale, and I couldn’t get lost into the story.
Logan felt WAY too jaded and overdramatic for a 25-yr-old MC Club vice-president. His pity party in the first chapter felt contrived and unrealistic.
Today is just another reminder of just how fucked up life is. It's also the only day I allow my old habits to seep in.
Fifteen years ago, on my tenth birthday, was the first of many losses in my life.
His many loses are… losing his mom (but gaining a great support system from his uncle and club), losing his aunt, and his HS girlfriend. I get it… that sucks, but he’s a badass biker dude sitting around feeling sorry for himself YEARS later.
Things aren’t great for Bella either. She’s got a dead dad, a deadbeat stepfather, and a spineless/doormatty mother that makes her help support the deadbeat and raise her little sister… and everyone seems to want in her pants.
I struggled with the writing. Their backstories were delivered via info dumps. There were inconsistencies, like her and her sis being only a year apart, then several years later in the book. And it drove me batshit that she used Spanish words to spice stuff up show us the character was Hispanic/Latino but translated it directly after… EVERY time the word was used. puta, bitch; Mierda, Shit; Qué, What; again and again. These were not difficult/rare Spanish words, and I bet most readers didn’t need the translation, but no one needs to be told 6 times that puta means bitch.
Bottom Line- This was work to finish, but I am intrigued by Gabriel, so I will give his book a shot.
Safety- The H is with a club-girl before he meets the h. The sex was off-page and safe after that.
There’s a fair amount of slut shaming going on. (h’s are virgins) I LOVE hating the wannabe OW and have no problems with her being a giant slutbag (SB)… but this giant SB was only a SB because she was a club girl. It was black and white… the females were either good girls or SB’s and treated accordingly. The good girls get rescued and respected, but the SB’s get…
I wrap my hand around the bitch's throat and push her against the wall. Her eyes got big, shocked by my actions. "Bella is none of your fuckin' business. You, Cassie, are a club girl, and your only business is laying on your back or getting on your knees.
That's it. In one swift move, I bring my fist up, punching the whore right in her nose. I strike her so hard, it causes pain to explode in my hand. Cassie drops to the floor, cupping her nose. Her shrieking sounds like a dying cat.
I was never going to be yours. A whore like you has nothing on a woman like Bella.
I don’t mind hating Cassie, (I prefer my wannabe OW to be evil) I just wanted/needed more
(manipulating, bitchy, etc.) from her to get behind it.