
By: Laura Kaye
My Copy: Ebook from Publisher
The BookWhisperer's Rating:
A shy and distrustful woman running from a
controlling ex-fiance seeks shelter with an outlaw motorcycle club with a
tradition of protecting those who can't defend themselves, and falls under the
watchful eye of the club's mysterious and intense leader who's intent on
discovering all her secrets
Brotherhood.
Club. Family.
They
live and ride by their own rules.
These
are the Raven Riders . . .
Raven
Riders Motorcycle Club President Dare Kenyon rides hard and values loyalty
above all else. He’ll do anything to protect the brotherhood of bikers—the only
family he’s got—as well as those who can’t defend themselves. So when
mistrustful Haven Randall lands on the club’s doorstep scared that she’s being
hunted, Dare takes her in, swears to keep her safe, and pushes to learn the
secrets overshadowing her pretty smile.
Haven
fled from years of abuse at the hands of her criminal father and is suspicious
of any man’s promises, including those of the darkly sexy and overwhelmingly
intense Ravens’ leader. But as the powerful attraction between them flares to
life, Dare pushes her boundaries and tempts her to want things she never
thought she could.
The
past never dies without a fight, but Dare Kenyon’s never backed down before . .
.
I loved the Hard Ink series and I have been waiting for the
Raven Riders series to begin because Laura Kaye + Bikers = just what this girl
needs.
Haven flees from her abusive
father and lands in the hands of the traffickers we meet in Hard Ink. After being saved, Haven and her friend Cora is
housed by the Raven Riders, who take in those who are defenseless and need
protection.
There were things that I
liked - a new series by Laura Kaye because she is fantastic and I love reading
what she publishes. I liked knowing how
the Ravens reacted to the death of two club members after the wrap up of Hard
Ink because you don’t get to see how they handle it when the story was focused
on Nick and his gang. I liked how
protective they were and relocated people out of the club’s funds so that they
no longer had to live in terror. I also
liked getting to know the background of the club members. All seemed very
interesting and I am sure their stories will just add to this series.
However, I did find that
there were some dislikes lurking around.
What was hard for me to wrap my head around was the sweetness of the
club members. Each member didn’t seem
like a badass biker dude, which is what I was hoping for. I’m not saying that they had to go commit
violent crimes, I just felt like they needed to be a littler edgier. I know that I stated above that I liked how
protective and invested they were to those who couldn’t defend themselves but
it seemed that everyone was just nice as pie and it was hard to see that being
that they were a biker gang.
I also had a hard time
understanding Haven and Dare’s relationship.
Haven, coming from an abusive home, quickly started to trust Dare only
after a few interactions with him. One
moment, he would woo her and she would be wrapped around his fingers and the
next he would say something horrible to her and she would just stand for
it. It was a teeter-totter of Dare being
sweet and then being nasty to her. He
knew what she had been through but still would push her away in the worst
ways.
Then there was Haven’s
extreme innocent side that would all of a sudden turn into lust-ville in a matter
of seconds. One moment she would be shy
and refuse to come down to talk to anyone, taking her dinner up in her room,
and the next she would all over Dare. It
was hard to add up for me.
I am curious to see how the
rest of the series plays out. I believe
Laura Kaye has set us up for a good one. (Even though I had a hard time getting
into this one doesn’t mean that I still don’t love her and her books and am
looking forward to more.)
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