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Wait For Me
Star
He was just a crush.
That was the party line everyone used after I saw him with other women, breaking my young heart.
When he stood there and carelessly asked me to marry him, two weeks after seeing him screwing my best friend, I knew it was time to go. My place in my family’s club be damned. I ran.
Then, after everything had changed, I was called home.
Bagger
They ruined me.
She was a club princess with a crush.
My club tried to force a union to keep her safely ensconced in our world.
I screwed it all up because I wasn’t ready.
Then I fell for her as I was forced to watch from the shadows. If only they had given me the security detail the first time, maybe I would have chosen her instead of feeling like she’d been forced on me.
She’s back now, and I need to decide if I’m finally ready.
He was just a crush.
That was the party line everyone used after I saw him with other women, breaking my young heart.
When he stood there and carelessly asked me to marry him, two weeks after seeing him screwing my best friend, I knew it was time to go. My place in my family’s club be damned. I ran.
Then, after everything had changed, I was called home.
Bagger
They ruined me.
She was a club princess with a crush.
My club tried to force a union to keep her safely ensconced in our world.
I screwed it all up because I wasn’t ready.
Then I fell for her as I was forced to watch from the shadows. If only they had given me the security detail the first time, maybe I would have chosen her instead of feeling like she’d been forced on me.
She’s back now, and I need to decide if I’m finally ready.
252 pages, Kindle Edition
First published March 13, 2022
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Anne Storm
12 books175 followersAnne Storm lives on the side of a mountain in north Georgia, writes most days, and enjoys the quiet of the wilderness around her.
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The reader warning below is written at the beginning of every single book written by Anne Storm and can be found by using the "look inside" feature prior to purchasing!
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Anne Storm books are not for “safe readers” and may contain triggers. If you are a “safe reader” back away now and find something else!
DO NOT READ IT!
♥
XO,
Anne Storm
˚triggers may include: foul language, violence, cheating, sex between H and h, sex between H and others, h and others, and nudity described on the page. There may also be sexual situations involving chocolate sauce, and disturbing, dark humor. This is a general warning. Something not listed here, might be found inside a book too (some of the things listed might not be found in a particular book at all).
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September 1, 2024
Re-read:
I liked this even more the second time around as the heroine is smart, not afraid Rostand up for herself and take swift action. The H is another idiot that thinks with his zipper, but he does straighten up.
First review
Non-traditional MC heroine that sees the love her life having sex with her BF. In public. Yuck. Shortly after he proposes to her with a smirk on his face because her father came up with the brilliant idea that the H could marry his beloved daughter to keep her close, but it would be okay for the H to keep up his whoring ways as long as the daughter was happy. Newsflash, pretty much all the male characters are complete and total idiots in this book. The H doesn’t want to marry her at all, and only goes through the motions because he doesn’t want to get in trouble. He’s shocked, SHOCKED I tell you, when she turns his awesome self down.
The heroine knew she would probably have to leave, and with the insulting proposal at her back she get her motor running and travels the US. Along the way she ends up snookered by some other men and makes several million dollars. This is not as implausible as it sounds as she gets in and out of cryptocurrency at just the right time.
She finally comes home to the old MC gang, aka the menfolk, where they tack on hypocritical to stupid. They have one hissy fit after another that she left and didn’t come back. She couldn’t have stayed unless she was someone’s old lady or one of the MC girls, so she really didn’t have many options. I guess they wanted her to stay at home twiddling her thumbs until it was time to let her out of the house.
The bad BF is back and is now married to h’s brother. The only male character with one bit of sense is her uncle. I wonder why the author even created her father as he is so off page and distant for a supposed doting daddy.
The H finally gets the girl, but it was all so anti-climactic and passsionless. Even with other MC romances where the H is a bottom dweller he still wants his girl and vows everlasting devotion if not fidelity. After all his whining about how much he wants her now (this started about five minutes after she left) he forgets to buy her an engagement ring when they get married.
For all that, I am keeping it to three stars for a heroine with a head on her shoulders and more than fleeting concept of self respect. The trade off is a lack of passion and oomph.
I liked this even more the second time around as the heroine is smart, not afraid Rostand up for herself and take swift action. The H is another idiot that thinks with his zipper, but he does straighten up.
First review
Non-traditional MC heroine that sees the love her life having sex with her BF. In public. Yuck. Shortly after he proposes to her with a smirk on his face because her father came up with the brilliant idea that the H could marry his beloved daughter to keep her close, but it would be okay for the H to keep up his whoring ways as long as the daughter was happy. Newsflash, pretty much all the male characters are complete and total idiots in this book. The H doesn’t want to marry her at all, and only goes through the motions because he doesn’t want to get in trouble. He’s shocked, SHOCKED I tell you, when she turns his awesome self down.
The heroine knew she would probably have to leave, and with the insulting proposal at her back she get her motor running and travels the US. Along the way she ends up snookered by some other men and makes several million dollars. This is not as implausible as it sounds as she gets in and out of cryptocurrency at just the right time.
She finally comes home to the old MC gang, aka the menfolk, where they tack on hypocritical to stupid. They have one hissy fit after another that she left and didn’t come back. She couldn’t have stayed unless she was someone’s old lady or one of the MC girls, so she really didn’t have many options. I guess they wanted her to stay at home twiddling her thumbs until it was time to let her out of the house.
The bad BF is back and is now married to h’s brother. The only male character with one bit of sense is her uncle. I wonder why the author even created her father as he is so off page and distant for a supposed doting daddy.
The H finally gets the girl, but it was all so anti-climactic and passsionless. Even with other MC romances where the H is a bottom dweller he still wants his girl and vows everlasting devotion if not fidelity. After all his whining about how much he wants her now (this started about five minutes after she left) he forgets to buy her an engagement ring when they get married.
For all that, I am keeping it to three stars for a heroine with a head on her shoulders and more than fleeting concept of self respect. The trade off is a lack of passion and oomph.
March 9, 2022
Since this is missing any blurb…
Star is the club princess/daughter of the MC president. She’s had a crush on Bagger/Jared (her big bro’s BFF) forever, but he ignores her and screws pretty much anything with a vagina (typically more than one at a time). Their MC has a rule that once you reach 18, you either become a member or old lady… or leave. The book opens with Jared “proposing” to Star on her birthday two weeks after she witnessed him screwing her BF and another club girl. ** There’s also a note from the author that her books are not for “safe readers” and even though there is technically no cheating (no relationship or even a kiss), I agree with the author because there’re scenes with the H and OW having sex. (2 or 3 I think)
Wait for Me is like the trashy TV version of a romance book. It’s OTT, not serious, nothing heavy, but entertaining AF if you’re in the right mood. It’s no secret that trashy/soapy reads are my jam, so I jumped in… and was originally GOBBLING it up. We even have a h that leaves the H and MOVES ON including CASHING in her V-card instead of pining for the H!!
But then the plot fell into this cycle of time jumps and spinning wheels and I started to lose steam. Around 50% Star finally comes home but we’re still doing the same dance. I only have so much patience for the conflict being drug out when a conversation can solve it… and IMO this was pushed way too long. There’s no reason why Jared didn’t track down/reach out to Star especially when she came home.
It’s also a peeve of mine when on-page OW sex is thrown in but not explored or acknowledged. We sit through
Bottom Line- I liked it but grew impatient at times. It’s free to read with KU, and I recommend to anyone looking for a Jerry Springer-ish read. Unfortunately, it’s low on feels because the main characters never have serious discussions or work through trust issues. There’s not even drama from any of his former conquests.
Notes that won’t fit in case I read other books. SPOILERS
-Violent Order the bad guys
-Kip & Ashlyn’s son is named Knoxville Cross Martin.
-Breakneck into the nanny Nova.
-Tripp dad of Davina’s (Vina) sick daughter. He was engaged to June before but knocked up Star’s mom during ONS when they were fighting.
-Trench (Mike) caught w/ Mitzi
-Kip meets woman in Vegas.
“I didn’t have to apologize to you because you deluded yourself into thinking you could have someone who didn’t want you.
“So what, Star?” She yelled at me. “Was every woman in the world just supposed to bow down to your claim, just because you were the princess? He didn’t want you. He had no problem fucking me though.”
Ashlynn was my best friend, she knew how I felt, and yet in choosing to hurt my brother she chose to hurt me too. That was something she did, in plain sight at the clubhouse. My house. Where I lived.
“So, it’s okay for people to lash out when they have a broken heart? It’s quite all right for them to hurt other people as a means to spread the misery and laugh in their faces instead of focusing on their own hurts? It's okay to be disloyal now?”
“Fine, but the more time you take before you go apologize to her, the less
likely she’ll be to want you around.”
“Your wife never once apologized to me for what she did.” “Yes, she did,” Kip argued. She offered excuses, cried about how unfair I was being, and then she told me I needed to grow up and get over the fact that Bagger never wanted me to begin with.” “No!” Kip argued again. “She told me that she apologized to you and that you would never accept it.” “Then I have good reason not to trust her still, because that never happened.”
Who am I supposed to believe?” “I don’t know man, maybe the one person who has never lied to or betrayed you.”
Star is the club princess/daughter of the MC president. She’s had a crush on Bagger/Jared (her big bro’s BFF) forever, but he ignores her and screws pretty much anything with a vagina (typically more than one at a time). Their MC has a rule that once you reach 18, you either become a member or old lady… or leave. The book opens with Jared “proposing” to Star on her birthday two weeks after she witnessed him screwing her BF and another club girl. ** There’s also a note from the author that her books are not for “safe readers” and even though there is technically no cheating (no relationship or even a kiss), I agree with the author because there’re scenes with the H and OW having sex. (2 or 3 I think)
Wait for Me is like the trashy TV version of a romance book. It’s OTT, not serious, nothing heavy, but entertaining AF if you’re in the right mood. It’s no secret that trashy/soapy reads are my jam, so I jumped in… and was originally GOBBLING it up. We even have a h that leaves the H and MOVES ON including CASHING in her V-card instead of pining for the H!!
But then the plot fell into this cycle of time jumps and spinning wheels and I started to lose steam. Around 50% Star finally comes home but we’re still doing the same dance. I only have so much patience for the conflict being drug out when a conversation can solve it… and IMO this was pushed way too long. There’s no reason why Jared didn’t track down/reach out to Star especially when she came home.
It’s also a peeve of mine when on-page OW sex is thrown in but not explored or acknowledged. We sit through
Bottom Line- I liked it but grew impatient at times. It’s free to read with KU, and I recommend to anyone looking for a Jerry Springer-ish read. Unfortunately, it’s low on feels because the main characters never have serious discussions or work through trust issues. There’s not even drama from any of his former conquests.
Notes that won’t fit in case I read other books. SPOILERS
-Violent Order the bad guys
-Kip & Ashlyn’s son is named Knoxville Cross Martin.
-Breakneck into the nanny Nova.
-Tripp dad of Davina’s (Vina) sick daughter. He was engaged to June before but knocked up Star’s mom during ONS when they were fighting.
-Trench (Mike) caught w/ Mitzi
-Kip meets woman in Vegas.
“I didn’t have to apologize to you because you deluded yourself into thinking you could have someone who didn’t want you.
“So what, Star?” She yelled at me. “Was every woman in the world just supposed to bow down to your claim, just because you were the princess? He didn’t want you. He had no problem fucking me though.”
Ashlynn was my best friend, she knew how I felt, and yet in choosing to hurt my brother she chose to hurt me too. That was something she did, in plain sight at the clubhouse. My house. Where I lived.
“So, it’s okay for people to lash out when they have a broken heart? It’s quite all right for them to hurt other people as a means to spread the misery and laugh in their faces instead of focusing on their own hurts? It's okay to be disloyal now?”
“Fine, but the more time you take before you go apologize to her, the less
likely she’ll be to want you around.”
“Your wife never once apologized to me for what she did.” “Yes, she did,” Kip argued. She offered excuses, cried about how unfair I was being, and then she told me I needed to grow up and get over the fact that Bagger never wanted me to begin with.” “No!” Kip argued again. “She told me that she apologized to you and that you would never accept it.” “Then I have good reason not to trust her still, because that never happened.”
Who am I supposed to believe?” “I don’t know man, maybe the one person who has never lied to or betrayed you.”
April 22, 2022
4 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ - Liked it!
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Our heroine moves on and leaves Zero in the dust! #HappyDance
Zero continues behaving like a spoiled child, but gets his head out of his ass!
The ex best friend is a selfish whore and her brother deserved it because he married the bitch.
I'm curious to read the next one!
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Our heroine moves on and leaves Zero in the dust! #HappyDance
Zero continues behaving like a spoiled child, but gets his head out of his ass!
The ex best friend is a selfish whore and her brother deserved it because he married the bitch.
I'm curious to read the next one!
Jared had specific tastes in women, ones I had been unfortunate enough to witness on more than a few occasions. His tastes ran toward trashy, high class, blonde, brunette, redheads, sassy, quiet, and everything in between - so long as he could have more than one at a time.
“Thanks, Ash.” The words were suddenly on repeat as I watched my best friend’s wide eyes turn toward me, looking shell-shocked, and then scared when she noticed me standing there.
My best friend going there was another story. Hell, Jared going there with my best friend while he did his level best to ignore me these days, that was a stab to the ticker too.
The only member I was interested in, didn’t see me the same way. He was too busy fucking multiple women,
Jared’s stupid proposal of marriage was real, not a joke, but it hadn’t been his idea.
“Not only did you not do the right thing, the thing you agreed to, but you chased off her only fucking friend outside of the club too?” My aunt asked, horror laced every word she spat at Jared.
And I was under no illusions. If I was married to Star, Mack and Tripp were not going to tolerate me fucking the club whores too. It didn’t matter what other members did whether they were married or not. The same rules would not apply to the princess’ husband.
“Make it real then. Make her think it’s real and keep your other shit quiet.” “You would seriously condone me cheating on your daughter?”
“I do this for you – it’s club business. I need you to understand that my heart ain’t in this shit. I don’t love her – hell I barely know the girl. Won’t fuck her either because I’ll be with other people and that’s the only way that I know to show my respect to her and to you.”
His daughter might have caught feelings for me – for whatever reason, I’ll never know – but the reverse wasn’t true. I’d avoided her for years in the hopes that she’d get over her little crush.
Truthfully, if not for Kip, I would have been up in Ashlynn’s pussy a long time ago. She was just my type. Tall, blond, thin, and with just the right amount of backbone and sass to make the ride worth it. She wasn’t an innocent little princess either. The bitch had made the rounds in high school and unlike other guys who would slut-shame her, I fucking liked that she took what she wanted and made no apologies for it.
“We should fuck,” Ash stated coolly, as if she was asking me to go get a beer. “Yeah? You know how I like to fuck?”
There always had to be more than one bitch when I was fucking so that none of them got any ideas about being special.
Unfortunately for me, the very first person I noticed was Bagger, in profile view with his ass hanging out, as he banged away at some rough looking biker chick.
“Yeah, well, Bagger has never been picky about who he sticks his dick in.”
That revelation was how I ended up dating the same woman for the past six months. There wasn’t a doubt in my mind that Missy was the wrong woman for me in the long run, but she filled a void I hadn’t known had been there before. She was a good girl with a bad streak a mile wide.
“I see why now. It’s easier to marry your sister’s enemy if you keep her out of the picture, right?”
July 11, 2023
Despite the title, nobody wait for anyone here.
And this is the only good point of the book, but one that didn’t make me rate it higher.
It is a sad and depressing book, at least in my opinion.
I wonder if really MC members are this shallow, disgusting and awful.
Are they somehow involved with criminals? Because if they are, it’s ok and I accept their debauchery and their inability to be decent human beings.
This is what I feel here. Men that are not able to be decent, not awesome decent but minimum wage decent.
In a world full of everyday heroes, where heroes are men who daily have to fight for theirs and their beloved well being, fighting silent but brave battles against poverty, illness, or just everyday challenges and still they remain ethically whole, I find those characters- especially the males but also some of the females, really disappointing and unacceptable.
The heroine is the MC president daughter, the ahem … hero is a member of this club and the heroine’s father asks him to marry his daughter to allow her to stay inside the club.
He can cheat and he can do whatever he wants, but he can’t tell her. He has to pretend he is faithful and in love.
The hero is only 21 going on six, with a brain that would guarantee him an annuity for mentally disabled people if he were to be tested. He only wants to have sex with multiple women and doesn’t want to get married. He knows the 17 yo heroine has a crush on him and the best way to make her understand he doesn’t want her is to have sex in front of her with her best friend, that is, btw, heroine’s brother love interest. So the hero, because he has not the balls to tell his president that he doesn’t want to marry his daughter, ruins the friendship of three people with one act. Applause.
The heroine of course rejects his stupid proposal and spends one year earning the money to leave the damned club and the town, which i greatly appreciated.
She had to suffer the bitchy ways of MC whores who after having sex with the hero enjoy to tell her what he did with them. This is mean and useless. Those women are lowlife.
After one year she leaves and the hero has to follow her to see she’s well, this is pure stalking and violation of privacy. I don’t know why but he has some kind of revelation that he loves her and wants her and tries to stay celibate for one year, without of course trying to talk to her or to meet her. How is she supposed to know he changed his mind about her and doesn’t see her as an annoying brat anymore?
Thank god she soon moves on, and even falls in love with another man. Could the author give her a good man? No!
He’s married with a family. The heroine goes back to town after one year and what does she see? The hero having sex with a random woman and her brother who accuses her to be selfish because she stayed away. Wtf?
Of course after this such loving reception the heroine leaves again.
The only person who helped her and loved her is her aunt, so when after some years she finds out the aunt is sick she goes back again and helps her aunt. This time the hero has a stable gf because he had not the balls to pursue the heroine so he kept a girl as her placeholder.
The heroine is quick to forgive and forget and I think that this was because she had boyfriends, good sex and made a lot of money, so thank god she was not the usual loser who doesn’t live because she pines after an idiot. This was the only silver lining in the whole awfulness of the story, and eventually she and the hero are together.
I never had the impression that they were in love. The hero for sure never tried to pursue her or to declare his feelings for her, she seems to be over him and none of them is overwhelmed with passion or love for the other. It’s all so cold and robotic. It seems to me that the hero thinks she would be very good for his business plans since she offers to support his restaurant, but I couldn’t feel anything more.
There’s also a very yucky thing in the end when a club whore comes back with a lil daughter and guess who’s the father? No, not the hero. Worse. The heroine’s father. Yuck.
As I said, sad and depressing.
And this is the only good point of the book, but one that didn’t make me rate it higher.
It is a sad and depressing book, at least in my opinion.
I wonder if really MC members are this shallow, disgusting and awful.
Are they somehow involved with criminals? Because if they are, it’s ok and I accept their debauchery and their inability to be decent human beings.
This is what I feel here. Men that are not able to be decent, not awesome decent but minimum wage decent.
In a world full of everyday heroes, where heroes are men who daily have to fight for theirs and their beloved well being, fighting silent but brave battles against poverty, illness, or just everyday challenges and still they remain ethically whole, I find those characters- especially the males but also some of the females, really disappointing and unacceptable.
The heroine is the MC president daughter, the ahem … hero is a member of this club and the heroine’s father asks him to marry his daughter to allow her to stay inside the club.
He can cheat and he can do whatever he wants, but he can’t tell her. He has to pretend he is faithful and in love.
The hero is only 21 going on six, with a brain that would guarantee him an annuity for mentally disabled people if he were to be tested. He only wants to have sex with multiple women and doesn’t want to get married. He knows the 17 yo heroine has a crush on him and the best way to make her understand he doesn’t want her is to have sex in front of her with her best friend, that is, btw, heroine’s brother love interest. So the hero, because he has not the balls to tell his president that he doesn’t want to marry his daughter, ruins the friendship of three people with one act. Applause.
The heroine of course rejects his stupid proposal and spends one year earning the money to leave the damned club and the town, which i greatly appreciated.
She had to suffer the bitchy ways of MC whores who after having sex with the hero enjoy to tell her what he did with them. This is mean and useless. Those women are lowlife.
After one year she leaves and the hero has to follow her to see she’s well, this is pure stalking and violation of privacy. I don’t know why but he has some kind of revelation that he loves her and wants her and tries to stay celibate for one year, without of course trying to talk to her or to meet her. How is she supposed to know he changed his mind about her and doesn’t see her as an annoying brat anymore?
Thank god she soon moves on, and even falls in love with another man. Could the author give her a good man? No!
He’s married with a family. The heroine goes back to town after one year and what does she see? The hero having sex with a random woman and her brother who accuses her to be selfish because she stayed away. Wtf?
Of course after this such loving reception the heroine leaves again.
The only person who helped her and loved her is her aunt, so when after some years she finds out the aunt is sick she goes back again and helps her aunt. This time the hero has a stable gf because he had not the balls to pursue the heroine so he kept a girl as her placeholder.
The heroine is quick to forgive and forget and I think that this was because she had boyfriends, good sex and made a lot of money, so thank god she was not the usual loser who doesn’t live because she pines after an idiot. This was the only silver lining in the whole awfulness of the story, and eventually she and the hero are together.
I never had the impression that they were in love. The hero for sure never tried to pursue her or to declare his feelings for her, she seems to be over him and none of them is overwhelmed with passion or love for the other. It’s all so cold and robotic. It seems to me that the hero thinks she would be very good for his business plans since she offers to support his restaurant, but I couldn’t feel anything more.
There’s also a very yucky thing in the end when a club whore comes back with a lil daughter and guess who’s the father? No, not the hero. Worse. The heroine’s father. Yuck.
As I said, sad and depressing.
March 23, 2022
So, the H doesn't cheat on h exactly; rather he is a manwhore who was asked to marry the club princess (h) by the club prez (h's dad). The h catches H in the act with her so-called best friend and (of course!) she leaves. She comes back a millionaire and helps H start his business and he marries her.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
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March 4, 2022Amazon blurb:
Star
He was just a crush.
That was the party line everyone used after I saw him with other women, breaking my young heart.
When he stood there and carelessly asked me to marry him, two weeks after seeing him screwing my best friend, I knew it was time to go. My place in my family’s club be damned. I ran.
Then, after everything had changed, I was called home.
Bagger
They ruined me.
She was a club princess with a crush.
My club tried to force a union to keep her safely ensconced in our world.
I screwed it all up because I wasn’t ready.
Then I fell for her as I was forced to watch from the shadows. If only they had given me the security detail the first time, maybe I would have chosen her instead of feeling like she’d been forced on me.
She’s back now, and I need to decide if I’m finally ready.
NOTE: Anne Storm books are not for “safe readers” and may contain triggers. Use "look inside" feature to check those out.
Star
He was just a crush.
That was the party line everyone used after I saw him with other women, breaking my young heart.
When he stood there and carelessly asked me to marry him, two weeks after seeing him screwing my best friend, I knew it was time to go. My place in my family’s club be damned. I ran.
Then, after everything had changed, I was called home.
Bagger
They ruined me.
She was a club princess with a crush.
My club tried to force a union to keep her safely ensconced in our world.
I screwed it all up because I wasn’t ready.
Then I fell for her as I was forced to watch from the shadows. If only they had given me the security detail the first time, maybe I would have chosen her instead of feeling like she’d been forced on me.
She’s back now, and I need to decide if I’m finally ready.
NOTE: Anne Storm books are not for “safe readers” and may contain triggers. Use "look inside" feature to check those out.
April 25, 2022
DNF 94%
I just…yeah.
Super surface.
Super whore H.
Super special-mc-princess h who makes 7 figures on a $3k bitcoin investment that she then parlays into 8 figures…yeah, I didn’t make that last bit up.
Did I mention this was super, super SURFACE???
All tell, no show…soooo BORING
And almost ZERO MC action…wtf?!?!?
2 stars
I just…yeah.
Super surface.
Super whore H.
Super special-mc-princess h who makes 7 figures on a $3k bitcoin investment that she then parlays into 8 figures…yeah, I didn’t make that last bit up.
Did I mention this was super, super SURFACE???
All tell, no show…soooo BORING
And almost ZERO MC action…wtf?!?!?
2 stars
March 12, 2023
Bagger the male biker slut and Star the sheltered biker princess.
3 stars because it was so entertaining. ..but romantic? No, not really.
It was a modern version of a trainwreck romance with all the OW action BUT, because it's a more modern take, the heroine wasn't celibate. She had some power and really he should be thanking his lucky stars she ever looked at him again. -sheesh-
The club president tries to force Bagger to marry his 18 year old daughter, Star. He is young too and doesn't want to be tied down. He's too busy screwing all and sundry and doesn't think of Star 'that way'. So he makes sure she catches him with his pants down with her best friend. (so original I know *roll my eyes*)
Star leaves town and becomes a millionaire.
She spends years away from the club and all the idiots there.
After she leaves, Bagger realizes that maybe he does have feelings for her after all.
She does try to come back after a while and say hi... but catches him with his pants down yet again! (with some other guys old lady. Can this guy pick the ladies or what!?)
SOoo she leaves again and this time nobody can find her. But she does stay in contact with her aunt who was the ONLY person who treated her with respect. When her aunt gets cancer, she returns to help out.
What is Bagger up to now? He's in a relationship with some well to do skank named Misty. So now Star won't be his first serious relationship either. That's just grrrreat. -sigh- I just want to dip Bagger in bleach by this point.
The saving grace of the book, is that Star did not wallow about in poverty with her va-jay-j gathering cobwebs. She became wealthy and had several relationships with good sex. Unfortunately these other guys ended up being losers too. But then the skanks Bagger was with were losers too.
By the end I was OK with them ending up together. Star has all the money and most of the brains, so if she wants to marry and idiot like Bagger, that's her choice, lol. I enjoyed the parts after Star returns when she doesn't know that Bagger's feelings have changed. She does a fabulous job treating him like nothing special!
Actually, the character I hated the most in the book was her brother. He shut her totally out of his life, not telling her that he married her ex-bff (the one Bagger bagged) and had a child with her. He kept all of this secret from Star and acted like a spoiled toddler.
I like this authors books (more often than not) because her heroines are good for speaking frankly to the idiots that are foolish enough to treat the heroines badly.
Safety is not good, obviously.
3 stars because it was so entertaining. ..but romantic? No, not really.
It was a modern version of a trainwreck romance with all the OW action BUT, because it's a more modern take, the heroine wasn't celibate. She had some power and really he should be thanking his lucky stars she ever looked at him again. -sheesh-
The club president tries to force Bagger to marry his 18 year old daughter, Star. He is young too and doesn't want to be tied down. He's too busy screwing all and sundry and doesn't think of Star 'that way'. So he makes sure she catches him with his pants down with her best friend. (so original I know *roll my eyes*)
Star leaves town and becomes a millionaire.
She spends years away from the club and all the idiots there.
After she leaves, Bagger realizes that maybe he does have feelings for her after all.
She does try to come back after a while and say hi... but catches him with his pants down yet again! (with some other guys old lady. Can this guy pick the ladies or what!?)
SOoo she leaves again and this time nobody can find her. But she does stay in contact with her aunt who was the ONLY person who treated her with respect. When her aunt gets cancer, she returns to help out.
What is Bagger up to now? He's in a relationship with some well to do skank named Misty. So now Star won't be his first serious relationship either. That's just grrrreat. -sigh- I just want to dip Bagger in bleach by this point.
The saving grace of the book, is that Star did not wallow about in poverty with her va-jay-j gathering cobwebs. She became wealthy and had several relationships with good sex. Unfortunately these other guys ended up being losers too. But then the skanks Bagger was with were losers too.
By the end I was OK with them ending up together. Star has all the money and most of the brains, so if she wants to marry and idiot like Bagger, that's her choice, lol. I enjoyed the parts after Star returns when she doesn't know that Bagger's feelings have changed. She does a fabulous job treating him like nothing special!
Actually, the character I hated the most in the book was her brother. He shut her totally out of his life, not telling her that he married her ex-bff (the one Bagger bagged) and had a child with her. He kept all of this secret from Star and acted like a spoiled toddler.
I like this authors books (more often than not) because her heroines are good for speaking frankly to the idiots that are foolish enough to treat the heroines badly.
Safety is not good, obviously.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
March 15, 2023
Star had a teenage crush on Bagger. He’s 4 years older and a manho. She sees him having sex with her bff and another club whore.
She leaves town and travels the country for 4 years. The finally kiss at 65%. Then move in together. They aren’t together for most of the book. It’s well written we n and I didn’t skim so 4 stars for that but the romance in this book was nil. It’s more of a voyage of self discovery for the fmc.
She leaves town and travels the country for 4 years. The finally kiss at 65%. Then move in together. They aren’t together for most of the book. It’s well written we n and I didn’t skim so 4 stars for that but the romance in this book was nil. It’s more of a voyage of self discovery for the fmc.
March 2, 2022
Some strong writing at times-mainly first 3rd. Then lots of clichés.
August 8, 2023
I love me some heart wrenching beating OWD ignorant imbecile until they figure it out Hs so clearly I loved this stuff.
I loved allll of the angst. I LOVE that she gets hers in so many ways. She’s strong. She’s independent. She got her own money honeyyyyy.
She is the best. We need more MC hs like her who make their men grovel and step on their backs while still looking up and down their noses until they have LEARNED.
This H just took sooooo long to freaking stop doing stupid stuff. It really was a roller coaster high brow ride lol
I reallllllllly love her though. She’s like “oh. You gunna keep on playing these games. Well I’m gunna find the hidden tracker in my trunk and BE OUTttttttt”
I loved allll of the angst. I LOVE that she gets hers in so many ways. She’s strong. She’s independent. She got her own money honeyyyyy.
She is the best. We need more MC hs like her who make their men grovel and step on their backs while still looking up and down their noses until they have LEARNED.
This H just took sooooo long to freaking stop doing stupid stuff. It really was a roller coaster high brow ride lol
I reallllllllly love her though. She’s like “oh. You gunna keep on playing these games. Well I’m gunna find the hidden tracker in my trunk and BE OUTttttttt”
May 18, 2025
Reread 17/05/25
What a great first series starter. Look I do love me good drama filled MC read and boy did this deliver. I was a blubbering mess from the first few pages, and the other emotions that followed made me a mix of rage and love
Bagger was an Idiot, Star well she was everything you want in a heroin. Strong, determined and didn’t take no crap. This is shaping up to be a series that going to leave me hung over for the next release!
What a great first series starter. Look I do love me good drama filled MC read and boy did this deliver. I was a blubbering mess from the first few pages, and the other emotions that followed made me a mix of rage and love
Bagger was an Idiot, Star well she was everything you want in a heroin. Strong, determined and didn’t take no crap. This is shaping up to be a series that going to leave me hung over for the next release!
July 14, 2024
What a ride
Let me tell you I loved Star she was far from a doormat. She was a bada$$. Now Bagger on the other hand liked to bag every female. Star had a crush on him for years or at least until she saw him with her BFF bent over the pool table. I was so glad that Star was able to pound the daylights out of Ash, how could a mother do that with their baby there?
Just wish there was some more detail with the intimacy between the H and h so I could feel their connection. I felt like it was lacking.
Let me tell you I loved Star she was far from a doormat. She was a bada$$. Now Bagger on the other hand liked to bag every female. Star had a crush on him for years or at least until she saw him with her BFF bent over the pool table. I was so glad that Star was able to pound the daylights out of Ash, how could a mother do that with their baby there?
Just wish there was some more detail with the intimacy between the H and h so I could feel their connection. I felt like it was lacking.
April 11, 2022
Don’t even waste your time on this book, life is too short for bad writing and boring storyline’s.
July 11, 2022
This isn’t my typical read far too much drama before getting to the juicy stuff for me but I was intrigued by the premise. So our girl Star is the daughter of the prez of the Savage Vipers she also has had a massive crush on Bagger/Jared for years. Her eighteenth birthday is fast approaching and it’s a club bylaw that you are either a club girl, property or a rider to stay part of the club other than attending the family events.
Bagger called such due to his proclivities of tagging two girls at once a habit formed to keep their expectations of him low and to avoid attachments is strong-armed into offering Star marriage something he’s clearly not ready for. He in turn self-sabotages hurting Star and sending her running for the hills. What follows is a period of a few years these two then spend running rings around each other. Both leading completely separate lives Star to move on and grow from her past whilst Bagger/Jared realising he’s made a colossal mistake and wanting nothing more than a second chance with the girl who should have been his.
This was well written but highly angsty. If I’m honest it was a bit too angst for me at times and I was starting to lose all hope that these two would finally get it together. There’s also no actual physical contact at all not even a kiss between them to well over halfway through this and when that did finally become intimate I found it anti-climactic there was so much build-up that I was then left feeling disappointed.
There isn’t any actual cheating as these two are not together but there are encounters from both sides with other partners it’s not overly detailed but still. So Jared is definitely a lot of a man-ho but does try to temper this somewhat after Star skips town. In fairness it should also be noted when they do finally get it together he is faithful to her but it was such a small bit of the overall story and they do spend most of this apart and banging other people.
This was essentially entertaining I felt like I was watching car-crash TV and I was mostly hooked due to all of the unnecessary drama unfolding also it did feel quite soap operish at times. I probably won’t be reading any further in the series as this wasn’t quite my bag. I like a male that’s all in and will do anything to secure his girl and definitely a man that’s much more proactive than Jared is. I mean he just basically sat around twiddling his thumbs waiting and even when Star comes back to town he’s hardly insistent. He came across to me as a bit of a Beta and I definitely prefer an Alpha male.
I will say I loved that Star basically didn’t wait around and keep that V card she’d initially been saving for Jared. You’ve got to love a bit of karma and all I think this one’s mainly going to come down to your taste in fiction. I was entertained but I’m also still slightly on the fence.
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October 15, 2024
Though i appreciate the success the h had but it didn’t seem plausible that she is a millionaire just after some advice and even she is intelligent enough to invest in a startup!!!!! Nope can’t digest coz we didn’t ever see her intelligence in play all we knew was she mooning over H.
Also didn’t see any chemistry between them nor did i believe the love coz it came out of nowhere.
And this felt reading about other things happening to different people rather than the love story of H and h.
I like my H’s to be alpha and this one definitely was a beta.
Also the fight between the h and the ex bestie was not in good taste and didn’t go with the character of h.
Raffealla has better reviews than what i wrote.
Also didn’t see any chemistry between them nor did i believe the love coz it came out of nowhere.
And this felt reading about other things happening to different people rather than the love story of H and h.
I like my H’s to be alpha and this one definitely was a beta.
Also the fight between the h and the ex bestie was not in good taste and didn’t go with the character of h.
Raffealla has better reviews than what i wrote.
August 5, 2024
3.25/5 ⭐️ Good angst and drama, with good personal growth from MMC and FMC.
April 15, 2023
It wasn’t a bad book it just really wasn’t a romance. Maybe you would call this women’s fiction if it wasn’t for the fact that half the book is the MMC’s POV. For 70% of the book the main couple aren’t even together. The last 25% was barely the getting to know you, resolution of some minor but over blow conflicts between some of the main and side characters, and then the HEA that was barely earned because it felt too easy considering the main couple only got together in a short amount of time, a couple months to be exact. Especially considering they were apart for over four years and never actually a couple or barely even friends before that separation.
I honestly didn’t care for the MMC as he was a moron with a penis. That seemed to be his only brain cell. Smdh. All the angst was mostly off page. The entire book was about coming of age for both characters really. Well mostly the FMC. I still felt the MMC just floated through his life not doing anything other than f#€king or f#€king up.
Oh and why didn’t the FMC’s father give her some damn money! Seriously, she might as well have been an orphan who aged out of the foster care system, broke and homeless on her eighteenth birthday for all the care and concern her father had ACTUALLY shown her. His plan to marry her off was the most asinine thing I’ve heard of. And considering he’s the club’s president it makes me wonder how his club has survived at all. The FMC basically raised herself and then traveled her way into wealth without any help from this motorcycle club supposed family, that this whole book kept harping on about that they were (again, supposedly) to her. Not!
Now the plot twists at the end with the FMC’s father and the new cancer baby and the brother’s prostituting wife was interesting and I would like to see their stories play out but I felt no romance in this book. I wasn’t even very interested in the couple getting together. This story is very lacking in the love department and lust department too for that matter. The MMC had more on page s e x with other women than he did with the FMC. Again, not a lick of romance in this book. Smdh.
I do want to read Nova the Nannie’s story and I hope it comes out soon. But only because I think her trials and tribulations well give a decent gut punch. I do hope she over comes them just as strong if not stronger than this books FMC did hers though. Good luck.
I honestly didn’t care for the MMC as he was a moron with a penis. That seemed to be his only brain cell. Smdh. All the angst was mostly off page. The entire book was about coming of age for both characters really. Well mostly the FMC. I still felt the MMC just floated through his life not doing anything other than f#€king or f#€king up.
Oh and why didn’t the FMC’s father give her some damn money! Seriously, she might as well have been an orphan who aged out of the foster care system, broke and homeless on her eighteenth birthday for all the care and concern her father had ACTUALLY shown her. His plan to marry her off was the most asinine thing I’ve heard of. And considering he’s the club’s president it makes me wonder how his club has survived at all. The FMC basically raised herself and then traveled her way into wealth without any help from this motorcycle club supposed family, that this whole book kept harping on about that they were (again, supposedly) to her. Not!
Now the plot twists at the end with the FMC’s father and the new cancer baby and the brother’s prostituting wife was interesting and I would like to see their stories play out but I felt no romance in this book. I wasn’t even very interested in the couple getting together. This story is very lacking in the love department and lust department too for that matter. The MMC had more on page s e x with other women than he did with the FMC. Again, not a lick of romance in this book. Smdh.
I do want to read Nova the Nannie’s story and I hope it comes out soon. But only because I think her trials and tribulations well give a decent gut punch. I do hope she over comes them just as strong if not stronger than this books FMC did hers though. Good luck.
July 12, 2024
Love it
I love this book just as much as the first time round I'm reading it this time as the next installment just came out tomy knowledge so had to recap on it I can't wait for book 2 and 3
I love this book just as much as the first time round I'm reading it this time as the next installment just came out tomy knowledge so had to recap on it I can't wait for book 2 and 3
October 25, 2024
DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME.
August 6, 2024
I was wanting something with some drama and angst and was hoping this was going to deliver. It didn’t but I did have fun reading it for the most part. It was missing the longing and pining from the h in the beginning and I wanted way more angst. The drama was fun though. The biggest miss for me was the ending. The author could have used that time to give us a lot of romance and scenes that would have lead to me being more connected to the MCs relationship instead we got a bunch of silly and soap opera-y drama about side characters. Whomp whomp, still a quick read that kept my attention though.
February 28, 2022
What a ride!
This book was amazballs. Watching everyone grow as people was awesome. The family dynamics were great and the reminder that secrets never keep was needed. Just read it!
This book was amazballs. Watching everyone grow as people was awesome. The family dynamics were great and the reminder that secrets never keep was needed. Just read it!
November 13, 2024
This was a new to me author.
To be perfectly honest, I liked this book, a lot.
The FMC is one of those strong, smart ass a whip females that I enjoyed. Her father is a putz.
I know I’ll be reading all of her books now and am sure I won’t love every one of them but that ok. This author will definitely be on my list to watch and read.
To be perfectly honest, I liked this book, a lot.
The FMC is one of those strong, smart ass a whip females that I enjoyed. Her father is a putz.
I know I’ll be reading all of her books now and am sure I won’t love every one of them but that ok. This author will definitely be on my list to watch and read.
September 1, 2022
The h hits the road after she realizes that her family has put her in an untenable situation with the H. A little background: In this MC, when female children of members turn 18 they are given four choices: They can become prostitutes (club whores), teen brides ( old ladies ), murderers (become club members) or leave their homes and find their own way, only being allowed to see their family and former friends a few times a year on "family days.
Her father is high up in the club, but isn't around and has never bothered to give her any sort of ideas of what options might be open to her at 18. She assumes she's going to have to leave. She's unaware that her dad has asked the H to to make the her his old lady. Her dad has also told the H that he doesn't care if he cheats on his daughter; he just needs to marry her so that she doesn't have to leave the club.
The H, who really doesn't want to do this but is risking his patch if he doesn't, proposes to the h at the absolute last moment. He does it in a really insulting offhand way and then has sex with her best friend and another woman that same evening in front of her. By the way, forewarned is forearmed: the sex scene is just terribly gross, not because it has two women together, but because the " best friend " doesn't want to do this really, she just wants to hurt someone, so she finds herself doing something sexually she has zero interest in doing and you can tell that she is just not into it.
The h is horrified and hurt and naturally declines and prepares to leave the club. She gets a reprieve when she goes to live with a nearby uncle, but she decides that she is going to save her money and get the f out of town because she hates all of these people now. She works really really hard for a year and has no social life and rarely shows up at club events using her multiple jobs as an excuse. When she takes off, the club sends someone after her to track her to make sure she's safe since she is the child of a club leader. The original person trailing her is the H, who is resentful of that but since he lost his patch he has to do this sort of probational activity. The H tracks her for a while, but then has to return home because of illness in his family. During the time that he tracks the h he falls in love with her because she is super awesome. He just didn't realize it and wasn't ready for commitment. In fact, he was so unready for commitment that he only would have sex with two women so that no one woman could ever feel like she was special to him. Truly, he was a delight.
A new probational member comes to track the h and reports back to the club that the h is doing well and that she has fallen in love with a handsome older man and has lost her virginity to him. The H is furious about this and blames the h for having an affair with a married man, as if there was any possible way that she knew this.
The H is upset about being involved with a married man, but he did leave her with a valuable gift, specifically the advice to invest in cryptocurrency and guidance on how to continue to grow her money. She is a millionaire as a result and therefore has much more leisure to continue to travel.
She stays on the road for a few more years, only keeping her uncle up to date on where she is. He says that he will keep her secret but that he will eventually call in this favor. He does, and she returns to the MC. She finds that a lot of things have changed; however, the most important thing is that she has changed. She has continued to invest her cryptocurrency money, so she is very wealthy. This gives her a lot of confidence even though she doesn't flash her money, she knows she has resources if she needs to use them for anything.
Although the h does eventually accept the H, it's not without a lot of proof that he has changed. He makes mistakes, and she cracks the whip immediately. When she doesn't make him suffer for it, it always appears to be a choice made with the implied understanding that because she has so much money, she will just walk away if he does anything that pushes her too far. Therefore any of the concessions that she makes come from a position of power, rather than some sort of weakness.
I would recommend this book because of the strong h, her position of power, and because the circumstances that she fights her way through are very interesting.
Her father is high up in the club, but isn't around and has never bothered to give her any sort of ideas of what options might be open to her at 18. She assumes she's going to have to leave. She's unaware that her dad has asked the H to to make the her his old lady. Her dad has also told the H that he doesn't care if he cheats on his daughter; he just needs to marry her so that she doesn't have to leave the club.
The H, who really doesn't want to do this but is risking his patch if he doesn't, proposes to the h at the absolute last moment. He does it in a really insulting offhand way and then has sex with her best friend and another woman that same evening in front of her. By the way, forewarned is forearmed: the sex scene is just terribly gross, not because it has two women together, but because the " best friend " doesn't want to do this really, she just wants to hurt someone, so she finds herself doing something sexually she has zero interest in doing and you can tell that she is just not into it.
The h is horrified and hurt and naturally declines and prepares to leave the club. She gets a reprieve when she goes to live with a nearby uncle, but she decides that she is going to save her money and get the f out of town because she hates all of these people now. She works really really hard for a year and has no social life and rarely shows up at club events using her multiple jobs as an excuse. When she takes off, the club sends someone after her to track her to make sure she's safe since she is the child of a club leader. The original person trailing her is the H, who is resentful of that but since he lost his patch he has to do this sort of probational activity. The H tracks her for a while, but then has to return home because of illness in his family. During the time that he tracks the h he falls in love with her because she is super awesome. He just didn't realize it and wasn't ready for commitment. In fact, he was so unready for commitment that he only would have sex with two women so that no one woman could ever feel like she was special to him. Truly, he was a delight.
A new probational member comes to track the h and reports back to the club that the h is doing well and that she has fallen in love with a handsome older man and has lost her virginity to him. The H is furious about this and blames the h for having an affair with a married man, as if there was any possible way that she knew this.
The H is upset about being involved with a married man, but he did leave her with a valuable gift, specifically the advice to invest in cryptocurrency and guidance on how to continue to grow her money. She is a millionaire as a result and therefore has much more leisure to continue to travel.
She stays on the road for a few more years, only keeping her uncle up to date on where she is. He says that he will keep her secret but that he will eventually call in this favor. He does, and she returns to the MC. She finds that a lot of things have changed; however, the most important thing is that she has changed. She has continued to invest her cryptocurrency money, so she is very wealthy. This gives her a lot of confidence even though she doesn't flash her money, she knows she has resources if she needs to use them for anything.
Although the h does eventually accept the H, it's not without a lot of proof that he has changed. He makes mistakes, and she cracks the whip immediately. When she doesn't make him suffer for it, it always appears to be a choice made with the implied understanding that because she has so much money, she will just walk away if he does anything that pushes her too far. Therefore any of the concessions that she makes come from a position of power, rather than some sort of weakness.
I would recommend this book because of the strong h, her position of power, and because the circumstances that she fights her way through are very interesting.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
March 11, 2024
I wish I'd known before I picked this up that Anne Storm was a pen name for Christine Michelle. I probably would have still checked it out, but I spent the whole book thinking of the similarities between the two authors. Also, I understand why some authors choose pen names when branching out to other genres, but this wasn't any different from her other MC romances, so I couldn't really understand why the pen name was necessary.
Either way, this was maybe a little better than 2 stars, but not up to 3. It read a lot like Angel Girl (and there are going to be a looooot of comparisons in this review between the books), where the FMC was the "princess" of a biker gang who had a thing for the MMC, who was an asshat to her for Reasons. In this case, Star leaves to go on a road trip, finds herself, and comes home years later. I was actually a little surprised she didn't fight the attraction to Jared/Bagger a little more, but in the end, I was glad the book had her mature out of her childhood crush. It made her a better character.
Just like AG, we have characterizations that are all over the place - Star's brother starts off as a good character, starts acting like an asshat, turns into a complete shithead, and then goes back to being a loving brother. I'm not even certain her father had a characterization. I never could figure out how he was going to react in any given scene. Star herself seemed pretty even-keeled, and once Jared gets his head on straight he wasn't bad either. I came across this book on a "cheater" list, but I actually don't think what he did was cheating at all. I also kinda get why he did what he did. It was OTT and could have been resolved in other ways by using his words, but this isn't that author.
There was some serious WTF-ery going on, especially in regard to Star's investments (also, Star would like a word with Sam Bankman-Fried), and there was definitely one of those tropes that drives me crazy where every dude she meets is into her. Jared keeps screwing up over and over again until he finally doesn't and then... actually he isn't a bad character. Definitely better than his MMC counter-part in AG, who was whatever the author needed to be from page to page. It makes me wonder which book was written first, to be honest. If this one was the newer version, it shows Anne Storm/Christine Michelle's growth as an author. If AG was newer, then... yeesh.
Overall this book was fun. Lots of angst, lots of "You huuuurt meeeeee" but generally directed at the people it belonged to and not quite as long-winded as other books by this author (The Other Princess, I'm lookin' at you). I enjoyed it while reading, but at the end of the day it would have benefited from less angst more plot. If you haven't read Angel Girl, skip it and read this one. If you have... well, sorry. I will be skipping sequels though. I'm concerned about this author's habit of turning halfway decent characters into shitheads when they aren't the *ahem* stars of the book.
Either way, this was maybe a little better than 2 stars, but not up to 3. It read a lot like Angel Girl (and there are going to be a looooot of comparisons in this review between the books), where the FMC was the "princess" of a biker gang who had a thing for the MMC, who was an asshat to her for Reasons. In this case, Star leaves to go on a road trip, finds herself, and comes home years later. I was actually a little surprised she didn't fight the attraction to Jared/Bagger a little more, but in the end, I was glad the book had her mature out of her childhood crush. It made her a better character.
Just like AG, we have characterizations that are all over the place - Star's brother starts off as a good character, starts acting like an asshat, turns into a complete shithead, and then goes back to being a loving brother. I'm not even certain her father had a characterization. I never could figure out how he was going to react in any given scene. Star herself seemed pretty even-keeled, and once Jared gets his head on straight he wasn't bad either. I came across this book on a "cheater" list, but I actually don't think what he did was cheating at all. I also kinda get why he did what he did. It was OTT and could have been resolved in other ways by using his words, but this isn't that author.
There was some serious WTF-ery going on, especially in regard to Star's investments (also, Star would like a word with Sam Bankman-Fried), and there was definitely one of those tropes that drives me crazy where every dude she meets is into her. Jared keeps screwing up over and over again until he finally doesn't and then... actually he isn't a bad character. Definitely better than his MMC counter-part in AG, who was whatever the author needed to be from page to page. It makes me wonder which book was written first, to be honest. If this one was the newer version, it shows Anne Storm/Christine Michelle's growth as an author. If AG was newer, then... yeesh.
Overall this book was fun. Lots of angst, lots of "You huuuurt meeeeee" but generally directed at the people it belonged to and not quite as long-winded as other books by this author (The Other Princess, I'm lookin' at you). I enjoyed it while reading, but at the end of the day it would have benefited from less angst more plot. If you haven't read Angel Girl, skip it and read this one. If you have... well, sorry. I will be skipping sequels though. I'm concerned about this author's habit of turning halfway decent characters into shitheads when they aren't the *ahem* stars of the book.
August 5, 2023
This started off strong, and I was really enjoying the first half of the book...but when you realise at the halfway point, the hero and heroine are still in the exact same position as they were at the beginning, it makes for an incredibly frustrating read. I was also confused about a few things. Like after yet another time jump of two years, the hero is thinking how he's been a monk for two years...except for a few slips ups here and there (of course), yet in the next paragraph, he's been in a relationship with another woman for the last 6 months? Didn't really make sense. Unless he's talking about the overall time the heroine has been away, but with the time-jumps all over the place, it was a little confusing.
The heroine surprised me. While she'd been pining for him before he fucked up huge, she doesn't continue to wait around for him and goes out there, living her life. Moving on. She didn't make the best choices, some of which I cringed at, but I liked that she gained some independence and was learning to stand on her own two feet. However, I didn't understand why she had to leave in the first place. Why didn't she talk to her family about it?
The hero was disappointing. He was too whiny - too much of a sook - to feel anything positive for, and I couldn't understand why the heroine even wanted him in the first place. The on-page sex with others (only the hero. Never the heroine, of course *insert eye roll*) made very little sense. It did nothing to drive the story forward, and there's no huge confrontation or fall out from those scenes, so what was the point of putting them in there? Missed opportunity for some decent angst. Another thing that annoyed me was the heroine's best friend. She ended up being a one-dimensional with no depth, making her a boring villain. I was expecting more of an emotional hit from any scene with her in it. Didn't happen.
Still, if you're looking for something to pass the time and have no triggers when it comes to cheating, then this is for you. It served the purpose I wanted (reading something different than what I normally do to get me out a reading slump) so for that, and for Mack and Viv who were the only two characters whose relationship I actually believed in, I can't rate it lower than 3 stars.
I was going to say do not read this if you hate cheating because this book is not for you. But then how fucking ridiculous is it of me to think I could ever think it's okay to tell someone what they can and can't read. So how about if you don't like cheating, you're probably going to not enjoy this one. Yeah, that's better :)
The heroine surprised me. While she'd been pining for him before he fucked up huge, she doesn't continue to wait around for him and goes out there, living her life. Moving on. She didn't make the best choices, some of which I cringed at, but I liked that she gained some independence and was learning to stand on her own two feet. However, I didn't understand why she had to leave in the first place. Why didn't she talk to her family about it?
The hero was disappointing. He was too whiny - too much of a sook - to feel anything positive for, and I couldn't understand why the heroine even wanted him in the first place. The on-page sex with others (only the hero. Never the heroine, of course *insert eye roll*) made very little sense. It did nothing to drive the story forward, and there's no huge confrontation or fall out from those scenes, so what was the point of putting them in there? Missed opportunity for some decent angst. Another thing that annoyed me was the heroine's best friend. She ended up being a one-dimensional with no depth, making her a boring villain. I was expecting more of an emotional hit from any scene with her in it. Didn't happen.
Still, if you're looking for something to pass the time and have no triggers when it comes to cheating, then this is for you. It served the purpose I wanted (reading something different than what I normally do to get me out a reading slump) so for that, and for Mack and Viv who were the only two characters whose relationship I actually believed in, I can't rate it lower than 3 stars.
I was going to say do not read this if you hate cheating because this book is not for you. But then how fucking ridiculous is it of me to think I could ever think it's okay to tell someone what they can and can't read. So how about if you don't like cheating, you're probably going to not enjoy this one. Yeah, that's better :)
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May 24, 2022
DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME. What was the point of this book. There is basically no MC story, no romance story, No Point Really. Jared (Bagger) and Star are not even a couple in this book (until the end). This was pointless. Some people should stop writing reviews.
THIS WAS SOOOOO BORING.
THIS WAS SOOOOO BORING.
April 30, 2023
My rating: 3 stars
What I liked: I liked Star(h). She was a strong character and knew her worth. Loved how she kicked Ash’s ass. I liked how Bagger/Jared(H) told the president how he felt about the whole situation (this was actually my favorite part of the book because I really got to understand his character better). Also, loved Mack and Viv and their relationship (do they have a book??)
What I didn’t like: Not going to lie but I wished we got more sexy time between Star and Jared. Or at least their first time together. Also, I didn’t like how rude Tripp was to his sister. I really hated how Jared had sex one last time with ow.
***Major Spoilers/ Details/Triggers: h is turning 18 and since she is staying at an MC (which her dad is the president) she needs to leave unless she marries an MC guy or she becomes a club chick. h’s dad comes up with a plan and asks one of his brothers, who is the H and a huge manwhore, to marry the h (h has had a crush the H for awhile). H agrees because the h’s dad said he didn’t have to be faithful and it was only to keep the h around. H starts to get nervous and not wanting to go through with it even though he said yes. So H decides to have sex with the h’s best friend in front of everyone and h sees it. H asks h, she says no and decides to travel. H is demoted because of the shitty way he handle it and is sent to watch over the h secretly. H starts to realize he has feelings for h and regrets how he has been behaving. H needs to come home because his mom is sick. While home H stops having sex. While traveling, h meets a guy, gives her virginity to him only to find out he is married. h also becomes rich during this time. h heads to bike week to surprise her family and sees H screwing someone’s old lady. h’s brother gets smart with her and tells her how their uncle put a tracking device on her car and had a tail on her the whole time. h gets upset and leaves destroying the tracking device. h finds another guy and dates him for 7 months only to find him sleeping with her “friend”. h heads home when her uncle calls in his marker telling her that her aunt has cancer. H during the time the h left the second time cleaned up his act. When he sees a picture of the h with a guy he decides to start seeing ow and remains faithful to ow. When h comes back and the ow sees her, she confronts the h and tells her to stay away from the H. H overhears and when the ow lies about what she says dumps her (but before he does he has sex with her one last time *insert eye roll*). H decides to pursue the h. h finds out that her brother married her ex best friend and had a kid with her. Ow (H’s ex) causes problems but everything gets handled. h moves in with H. H and h finally get their HEA with them getting married and her pregnant.
Descriptive Sex: Yes
Final thoughts: This was an ok read for me. I just wished we got to see more of them as a couple. I especially would have like to have read the first week she moved in with him. Definitely will read the next one.
What I liked: I liked Star(h). She was a strong character and knew her worth. Loved how she kicked Ash’s ass. I liked how Bagger/Jared(H) told the president how he felt about the whole situation (this was actually my favorite part of the book because I really got to understand his character better). Also, loved Mack and Viv and their relationship (do they have a book??)
What I didn’t like: Not going to lie but I wished we got more sexy time between Star and Jared. Or at least their first time together. Also, I didn’t like how rude Tripp was to his sister. I really hated how Jared had sex one last time with ow.
***Major Spoilers/ Details/Triggers: h is turning 18 and since she is staying at an MC (which her dad is the president) she needs to leave unless she marries an MC guy or she becomes a club chick. h’s dad comes up with a plan and asks one of his brothers, who is the H and a huge manwhore, to marry the h (h has had a crush the H for awhile). H agrees because the h’s dad said he didn’t have to be faithful and it was only to keep the h around. H starts to get nervous and not wanting to go through with it even though he said yes. So H decides to have sex with the h’s best friend in front of everyone and h sees it. H asks h, she says no and decides to travel. H is demoted because of the shitty way he handle it and is sent to watch over the h secretly. H starts to realize he has feelings for h and regrets how he has been behaving. H needs to come home because his mom is sick. While home H stops having sex. While traveling, h meets a guy, gives her virginity to him only to find out he is married. h also becomes rich during this time. h heads to bike week to surprise her family and sees H screwing someone’s old lady. h’s brother gets smart with her and tells her how their uncle put a tracking device on her car and had a tail on her the whole time. h gets upset and leaves destroying the tracking device. h finds another guy and dates him for 7 months only to find him sleeping with her “friend”. h heads home when her uncle calls in his marker telling her that her aunt has cancer. H during the time the h left the second time cleaned up his act. When he sees a picture of the h with a guy he decides to start seeing ow and remains faithful to ow. When h comes back and the ow sees her, she confronts the h and tells her to stay away from the H. H overhears and when the ow lies about what she says dumps her (but before he does he has sex with her one last time *insert eye roll*). H decides to pursue the h. h finds out that her brother married her ex best friend and had a kid with her. Ow (H’s ex) causes problems but everything gets handled. h moves in with H. H and h finally get their HEA with them getting married and her pregnant.
Descriptive Sex: Yes
Final thoughts: This was an ok read for me. I just wished we got to see more of them as a couple. I especially would have like to have read the first week she moved in with him. Definitely will read the next one.
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June 18, 2025
The beginning and middle of this were strong. Star proved herself to be independent and self-sufficient, and I liked that she wanted to make it on her own. She went out and experienced life, but was still drawn to come home to her family, even though many of them kept treating her like trash.
Why the ending was somewhat of a let down:
1) Star and Bagger had so much push and pull. The angst between them was perfect. He messed up, and she called him on it. Every. Time. When we finally get to see them coming together as a couple, their first time is off page. We are shown a quickie, after the fact, instead. Don't get me wrong. Those are cool too. But we just spent the whole book waiting for these two to get their lives to align, and it feels like we missed their homecoming. Their welcome into one another's arms as forever. It was wasted build up, and it would have been better even as a ftb scene.
2) At about 80-85%, the family drama overtook Star and Bagger's story just as it was reaching the climax. I know it was setting up for the next books, but I hoped for more of them happy together.
These things aside, this was high on the angst level, which I loved, and the fmc was smart and brave. I admired her so much. I plan to continue the series at some point.
Why the ending was somewhat of a let down:
1) Star and Bagger had so much push and pull. The angst between them was perfect. He messed up, and she called him on it. Every. Time. When we finally get to see them coming together as a couple, their first time is off page. We are shown a quickie, after the fact, instead. Don't get me wrong. Those are cool too. But we just spent the whole book waiting for these two to get their lives to align, and it feels like we missed their homecoming. Their welcome into one another's arms as forever. It was wasted build up, and it would have been better even as a ftb scene.
2) At about 80-85%, the family drama overtook Star and Bagger's story just as it was reaching the climax. I know it was setting up for the next books, but I hoped for more of them happy together.
These things aside, this was high on the angst level, which I loved, and the fmc was smart and brave. I admired her so much. I plan to continue the series at some point.
October 25, 2024
3.5⭐️
Ok so I love a good MC book and this one was good.
Just gonna say that it made me mad sometimes how some of the characters even the supposedly mature ones were stupid.
Star’s father for example I wanted to punch the guy in the face 🫣
Star had a crush when was a teenage girl and when she witnessed the betrayal by her best friend and her crush she decided to go explore her wold and potentials, and that’s what made me love this book because she deserved the best and I loved how her experiences made her grow up and be a smart and strong woman.
Jared was an a**hole, he knew about Star’s crush on him but he chose to be stupid and a coward rather than just man up to her father and that just made him not worth it in my mind,
I know I know he was young and stupid but dude you can’t be that stupid.
Eventually he knew that he made the biggest mistake of his life which cost them years, but that’s the thing about growing and it was so good to read.
Ok so I love a good MC book and this one was good.
Just gonna say that it made me mad sometimes how some of the characters even the supposedly mature ones were stupid.
Star’s father for example I wanted to punch the guy in the face 🫣
Star had a crush when was a teenage girl and when she witnessed the betrayal by her best friend and her crush she decided to go explore her wold and potentials, and that’s what made me love this book because she deserved the best and I loved how her experiences made her grow up and be a smart and strong woman.
Jared was an a**hole, he knew about Star’s crush on him but he chose to be stupid and a coward rather than just man up to her father and that just made him not worth it in my mind,
I know I know he was young and stupid but dude you can’t be that stupid.
Eventually he knew that he made the biggest mistake of his life which cost them years, but that’s the thing about growing and it was so good to read.
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