4.27 AVERAGE


Iโ€™โ€™m not hooked and Iโ€™m so bored of this back and forth of Otto wanting to keep treating Raven as a sister but then does stuff with herโ€ฆ like make up your mind?!
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ladymreads's review

4.0

I've read a handful of books from this author, and even though they're darker and more violent than what I normally read, I have been enjoying them. This one, overall I did like, but it started getting old of the Otto not being good enough, and she deserves more, blah blah. What kept me going was the suspense element, I had an idea on some, but there was a jaw dropping moment for me. One I definitely did not see coming! I ended up skimming half of the naughty scenes because the romantic part just wasn't doing it for me as much, I liked them together, don't get me wrong, but the Romantic part just felt a little drawn out for me. But it was still worth reading for that and all the action.
challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
emotional funny mysterious

๐™ธ ๐š ๐šŠ๐š—๐š ๐š๐š˜ ๐š๐š•๐šข. ๐™ธ ๐š ๐šŠ๐š—๐š ๐š๐š˜ ๐š›๐š’๐šœ๐šŽ. ๐™ฐ๐š—๐š ๐™ธ ๐š”๐š—๐šŽ๐š , ๐šŠ๐š•๐š• ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ ๐š ๐šŠ๐šข ๐š๐š˜๐š ๐š— ๐š๐š˜ ๐š๐š‘๐šŽ ๐š๐šŽ๐šŽ๐š™๐šŽ๐šœ๐š ๐š™๐šŠ๐š›๐š ๐š˜๐š ๐š–๐šŽ, ๐š๐š‘๐šŠ๐š ๐™ธ ๐š ๐šŠ๐š—๐š๐šŽ๐š ๐š๐š˜ ๐š›๐š’๐šœ๐šŽ ๐š ๐š’๐š๐š‘ ๐š‘๐š’๐š–. 

Otto + Raven 
๐Ÿงœ๐Ÿผโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿงœ๐Ÿผโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿงœ๐Ÿผโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿงœ๐Ÿผโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿงœ๐Ÿผโ€โ™€๏ธ
๐ŸŒถ๏ธ๐ŸŒถ๏ธ๐ŸŒถ๏ธ

๐š†๐š‘๐šŠ๐š ๐šข๐š˜๐šž ๐š ๐š’๐š•๐š• ๐š๐šŽ๐š:
โ€ขbrothers best friend
โ€ขitโ€™s always been you
โ€ขtouch her and โ˜ ๏ธ
โ€ขmorally grey hero
โ€ขage gap
โ€ขex-motorcycle club
โ€ขsecret society 
โ€ขband of brothers 
โ€ขsmall town
โ€”โ€”โ€”โ€ขโ€”โ€”โ€”โ€ขโ€”โ€”โ€”โ€ขโ€”โ€”โ€”
๐‘๐ž๐ฏ๐ข๐ž๐ฐ 
Oh the beautiful way AL Jackson has these two came together is perfection. After year, ๐ฒ๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ฌ of denying their feelings for each other when a break in focus Raven to stay with Otto they couldnโ€™t deny it anymore. 

Otto tried to deny his feelings. Trying to play it off as seeing her like a little sister, but man when he gives in ๐ŸฅตThen the banter they toss to each other is perfection. 

Otto is such a possessive alpha in the best way. When someone continue to come after Raven he will stop at ๐ง๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐  to keep her safe. 

Bouncing between past + present we slowly find out about the pain and turmoil they went through. 

The spice was spicinโ€™ ๐Ÿ˜ฎโ€๐Ÿ’จ the suspense was nail biting and the band of brothers makes you want to be a part of the crew!
dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

bookdragonalways's review

5.0

I was hoping Otto and Raven would get a chance after seeing their chemistry in Book 1. This is not what I was expecting.
This is so much more than just a forbidden romance. There are so many layers to them and so much history! She was his little sister's best friend before she died. Now, she's still his best friend's little sister.
There is so much healing that goes on, and so many secrets revealed - you won't want to stop reading! I saw some twists coming - but one of them was so surprising and I never would have guessed it
Otto and Raven are like magnets drawn to each other - inevitable.
*Please read trigger warnings!*
Main points:
โค๏ธ Forbidden romance
โค๏ธ Brother's Best friend
โค๏ธ Band of brothers
โค๏ธ Mutual pining
โค๏ธ Forced proximity
โค๏ธ Obsessed MMC
โค๏ธ OTT protective MMC
โค๏ธ Strong, fiery FMC
โค๏ธ Healing
โค๏ธ Small town
dark emotional inspiring medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ
๐ŸŒถ๏ธ๐ŸŒถ๏ธ๐ŸŒถ๏ธ

Oh this book. I donโ€™t know what else to say but I loved it. The characters, the story, the twists in the plot, literally everything. It was soo good and I loved it. 

The two lead characters were fab. We were introduced to them in the first book of the series and it was so good to get to read their stories. Both the FMC and MMC which technically would be considered as morally grey at best but they are both generally nice people who care so much about each other and their โ€˜familyโ€™.

Raven as the FMC may be one of my all time favouriteโ€™s. She is just brilliant and I really enjoyed hearing her perspective. Otto as the MMC is just dreamy and I donโ€™t use that word often. 

This is a MC romance but think of that more as a back drop rather than a main feature. This is all about loss and trauma and the inner strength you donโ€™t know you have. 
emotional fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
dark emotional tense medium-paced