May 2015, Mira Ink, 496 pages, Paperback, Review copy
Content: teen romance, motorbike gangs, some danger, alcohol, tissues needed, humour
Summary from Katie's website
Seventeen-year-old Emily likes her life the way it is: doting parents,
good friends, good school in a safe neighborhood. Sure, she's curious
about her biological father—the one who chose life in a motorcycle club,
the Reign of Terror, over being a parent—but that doesn't mean she
wants to be a part of his world. But when a reluctant visit turns to an
extended summer vacation among relatives she never knew she had, one
thing becomes clear: nothing is what it seems. Not the club, not her
secret-keeping father and not Oz, a guy with suck-me-in blue eyes who
can help her understand them both.
Oz wants one thing: to join the Reign of Terror. They're the good guys. They protect people. They're…family. And while Emily—the gorgeous and sheltered daughter of the club's most respected member—is in town, he's gonna prove it to her. So when her father asks him to keep her safe from a rival club with a score to settle, Oz knows it's his shot at his dream. What he doesn't count on is that Emily just might turn that dream upside down.
No one wants them to be together. But sometimes the right person is the one you least expect, and the road you fear the most is the one that leads you home
Oz wants one thing: to join the Reign of Terror. They're the good guys. They protect people. They're…family. And while Emily—the gorgeous and sheltered daughter of the club's most respected member—is in town, he's gonna prove it to her. So when her father asks him to keep her safe from a rival club with a score to settle, Oz knows it's his shot at his dream. What he doesn't count on is that Emily just might turn that dream upside down.
No one wants them to be together. But sometimes the right person is the one you least expect, and the road you fear the most is the one that leads you home
Nayu's thoughts
I'm
grinning as I type this review because this book was AWESOME! Okay
there were a few choices which Emily made which I didn't agree with,
and I really had thought there would be a bit more action with the
rival gang, hence the almost perfect score, but apart from that it
held elements I enjoy in thrillers – drama, lots of family secrets
being revealed at odd moments, unique characters and characteristics,
and humour to name a few. Family
based reads are a huge hit with me, so it made sense that even though Emily was reluctant at first, slowly she got to know her family, even
if it did take her forever to let them know her.
Being
thrown into a different world was scary, especially when the plot
twists were on an epic scale and took me by surprise. I'm eager to
reread this book – it won't happen for a while but it's so good
that I want to reread it straight away. I'm hoping that Emily will feature heavily in book 2, whose start indicates that the point
of view may be told from a different person. I've seen that done in
series and it works well – I just get attached to a character and
want to see the all the time! Although the teen romance was a huge
part of the book, I was way more interested in how Emily got to know
her family, how her thoughts and feelings towards them changed both
as she got to know them and as she realised that certain facts she
thought she knew weren't exactly true.
Find out more on Katie's website.
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