Reaper's Property by
Joanna Wylde
My rating:
4 of 5 stars
(Warning: This review contains spoilers, read at your own risk)
This book started out a little slow for me, and i'm not a fan of the jumping back and forth in time, but, i'll conceded that in this story it was a necessary evil and in the long run (for me) it worked.
Once i got past that, this story grabbed ahold of me and kept me turning the pages. It was a good story, it was fun, and it was hot!
There were a few things that i would have liked to have seen expounded on, i'll put them as a spoiler for those that haven't read this book yet.
Begin Spoiler:
Max attempted to rape Marie, he was caught in the act by Horse. Horse, being the very protective, bad ass biker that he is, literally beat Max to a pulp, and Max was only saved from Horse killing him when another brother stepped in. Okay, very good so far. Max's final punishment would have, should have, and did, come from the Reaper's club as a whole, but what punishment did he receive? He was gone "for a couple months", but there had to be some real punishment for such an infraction. i would have liked to have known what it was.
There was the whole "secret email accounts" between Marie's brother, Jeff, and herself. Okay, i found a couple holes in this one. First, if Jeff *or* Marie had contacted each other and said.. "hey, lets set up these private email accounts so we can communicate", wouldn't someone that was monitoring their *real* email accounts have seen this communication? i just felt that if they were both being monitored so closely, especially, Jeff, someone would have seen *something*, and/or figured out about the secret email account. i didn't like the fact that Marie was lying to Horse about it, but i understand why she felt the need to do so... at the time. Did she ever confess to him? Did she ever show him the communication she had with Jeff, and what led her to do what she did?
Okay, one other thing, going back to when Max attempted to rape Marie. Later in the story, Max is back in the club, pretty much keeping his distance from Marie. Good. But the first time she has to go somewhere (from the funeral to the armory) who is it she lets in her car? Max. Really? If she couldn't get Horse on the phone, by calling or text. She was *still* at the funeral, all she had to do was get out and walk over to him and ask for someone else to go with her. And when horse found out, he was like "good call, babe". Hmm.
Not to mention, in all of that, Marie murdered 2 men. All i can say is the Reapers must have one heck of an attorney on retainer. LOL
The "Jacks", there was such a build up on this front, then it kinda fell flat with, 'oh, and by the way, everything is cool, they went back to where they came from', i would like to know what went on in that meeting. Even though Jeff was killed, if there was that much bad blood between the Jacks and all the other MC's, i just don't see them "letting it go" without *some* kind of fight.[Max attempted to rape Marie, he was caught in the act by Horse. Horse, being the very protective, bad ass biker that he is, literally beat Max to a pulp, and Max was only saved from Horse killing him when another brother stepped in. Okay, very good so far. Max's final punishment would have, should have, and did, come from the Reaper's club as a whole, but what punishment did he receive? He was gone "for a couple months", but there had to be some real punishment for such an infraction. i would have liked to have known what it was.
There was the whole "secret email accounts" between Marie's brother, Jeff, and herself. Okay, i found a couple holes in this one. First, if Jeff *or* Marie had contacted each other and said.. "hey, lets set up these private email accounts so we can communicate", wouldn't someone that was monitoring their *real* email accounts have seen this communication? i just felt that if they were both being monitored so closely, especially, Jeff, someone would have seen *something*, and/or figured out about the secret email account. i didn't like the fact that Marie was lying to Horse about it, but i understand why she felt the need to do so... at the time. Did she ever confess to him? Did she ever show him the communication she had with Jeff, and what led her to do what she did?
Okay, one other thing, going back to when Max attempted to rape Marie. Later in the story, Max is back in the club, pretty much keeping his distance from Marie. Good. But the first time she has to go somewhere (from the funeral to the armory) who is it she lets in her car? Max. Really? If she couldn't get Horse on the phone, by calling or text. She was *still* at the funeral, all she had to do was get out and walk over to him and ask for someone else to go with her. And when horse found out, he was like "good call, babe". Hmm.
Not to mention, in all of that, Marie murdered 2 men. All i can say is the Reapers must have one heck of an attorney on retainer. LOL
The "Jacks", there was such a build up on this front, then it kinda fell flat with, 'oh, and by the way, everything is cool, they went back to where they came from', i would like to know what went on in that meeting. Even though Jeff was killed, if there was that much bad blood between the Jacks and all the other MC's, i just don't see them "letting it go" without *some* kind of fight.
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All i all, this was an enjoyable read, and i'm glad i came across it and made it a
BOTM for my group
. i *do* look forward to reading more in this series. i'd like to know where Horse and Marie go from there, what other adventures they can get into, maybe another reason for the Reapers to get into it with the "Jacks", or another club, would be interesting.
Oh, and the sex in this book was HOT! A particular scene between Marie and Horse (on the stairs), good hot angry sex that teetered on the line of non-con was exciting for me! :)
i would recommend this book to others that enjoy borderline Lite BDSM (Dom/sub references), hot sex, a great plot and story line, well written by a really good author. It's a solid 4 stars from me.
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