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Washed In Blood

Ashley Lane

3.5 AVERAGE

jackies_journal's review

2.75
adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
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katiepooh13's review

3.5
adventurous dark emotional tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

The whole twist I saw coming from a mile away and Doe's whole character just didn't make sense tbh. Also would have liked to see more of a lean into the supernatural angle.
dark tense 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 fast-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
dark tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This one was good but not amazing, I mean that huge reveal about her being Doe's baby was fucking obvious from the start. Although I guess the characters didn't know that so i guess Priest torturing himself about it fits.
There wasn't a whole lot of character development on page .. the guys i understand but Willow going from barely able to withstand a shout to being strong and able to stand up to the guys, straight from the hospital, makes zero sense to me. Although we didn't actually see much of her character growth when she lived with them so i guess thats par for the course.
Not sure if i want to continue this series or not.

erinmd156's review

3.5
challenging dark emotional sad tense 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: No

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I wanted to love this book. It’s a supernatural spin on motorcycle club dark romances, but it’s not too heavy on these paranormal elements. While I liked the two main characters, Priest and Willow, the side characters were mostly lacking. I love Demon, but it turns out that his book doesn’t even exist on Amazon anymore! The other guys--Angel, Bullet, and Patch didn’t particularly interest me, despite their tragic backstories that were hinted at.
I love the idea of how Priest died when he was only 16 years old, spent about 8 minutes “on the other side” and met the Angel of Death, who’s directed him in what to do with his life. I wish that more time was spent exploring his supernatural calling. Of course, this book has insta-love, though it was a little too insta, in the sense that they never really questioned their own feelings for each other. This is particularly strange when you consider Willow’s bad luck in love in the past.
One thing about this book that really grated on my nerves was inconsistencies in the timelines and the way that the author related how much time has passed. It bothers me to no end when it’s clearly the next day, (Like, with a literal “The next day, she woke up”) yet the characters say that something that happened the previous day happened “last week”. It pulls me out of the story, because I’m trying to figure out when things have really happened. I can tolerate this a few times in a book, but this happened a dozen times.
All in all, 3 stars because it’s a unique spin on the MC romance, but I don’t think I’ll be exploring the rest of the books in this series (unless Demon’s book randomly reappears on Amazon).
adventurous dark emotional fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix