Life as I knew it ended with a bullet.
It stole my brother from me and destroyed my family.
From the ashes, I rose stronger and meaner, to exact the kind of revenge best served bloody and cold.
I took out every single person I held responsible,
Except one.
He’s a phantom but his days are numbered.
Because I won’t stop until I’m done.
Then she shows up.
The forbidden fruit.
A light to my darkness.
I should resist her because what I touch, I destroy.
And my feisty wildflower deserves more.
More than this.
More than me.
But there is a monster lurking in the shadows.
A psychopath.
Watching her.
Watching us.
His threats torment her.
And they make my black heart burn.
But he should know,
You don’t ever mess with me, or the people I love.
JACK, is book one in the Kings of Mayhem MC Tennessee series.
For readers 18+
My Review:
I was really excited for this book after reading books in Penny Dee's Kings of Mayhem series and loving them. I don't know if it's just been a while since I read that series or if it was because I decided to read this book while rewatching Sons of Anarchy but this book just didn't do it for me for a few reasons.
So, Jack's little brother that he essentially raised is murdered and Jack gets really depressed and tries to push everyone away including his first wife and she just lets him? I thought biker wives or "Old Ladies" were supposed to be in it for the long haul and she just leaves him knowing that Jack is depressed and eventually marries someone else? Doesn't sound like any other MC type book I've read before but I suppose the author had to free up Jack to match him up with his new toddler... I mean love interest. You could have killed the wife off, really made Jack on the warpath.
Which brings me to my next point, Jack is killing people - scumbags granted - but like nobody cares that these people are just dropping dead? The cops aren't investigating? Not checking who had a grudge against these guys? It's just cool that Jack is murdering people? Alright I guess...
Then there is Jack and Bronte's relationship. Not only did they have little, if any, chemistry but trying to do the math on their age difference made me a little sick. Bronte was basically a toddler when Jack moved in next door who was already late teens/early twenties, MARRIED and a father of THREE KIDS. Bronte befriends Jack's brother who is around the age of Jack's three small children and Jack basically watches Bronte grow up and now the author wants readers to be okay with Jack hooking up with Bronte? It just didn't sit well with me. I mean I can handle age differences in books, but this is a pretty huge gap.
Overall, I really did not enjoy this book and once I figured that the author was pairing up Jack and Bronte I lost interest in finishing the book and mostly skimmed the ending.
My Rating:
