3.85 AVERAGE


King Kyle Garro is the sweetest badass biker. This book was the first biker book I’ve read about and it was amazing.
Cressida was a great character but I couldn’t connect with her.

The first half of this book had me laughing, blushing and outright cackling. It was so fun and cute and enjoyable. I think it started of REALLY strong but started waning towards the end.
I did start to lose interest in the last 40% of the book but I read it and it wasn’t that bad. There was just too much back and forth between them. But there’s just something about the book that made me want to keep reading.

I really like tayline an cy and Zeus and all the rest of the side characters. Also Danner has piqued my interest. Can’t wait to read the rest of the series!
emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective 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
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

4 stars ✨ 

I read the second book in this series as a one off a few years ago and ever since then these characters have been running around my brain, eager to escape. I knew it was finally time to start from scratch.

I do love a taboo, forbidden romance, and Gianna Darling does them well. It was sexy without being weird.

The dynamic between our two main characters was a thrill to read. I adored the way that King loved Cressida. Oh, MC men.

There was a consistent, strong plot throughout so you never found yourself bored.

I’m definitely going to reread the second book and continue with the series! :)

i’m usually a fan of the teacher/student trope, but this is the first book i’ve read where it was at the high school level. if they’d been in college or grad school it would have been less cringe in my opinion. cressida was really immature. it was hard to fathom that she’d been married for 8 years & was quite a bit older than king. their relationship didn’t seem to be all that positive for either of them honestly. she didn’t treat him well to be so obsessed with him. also, their names? not a fan. i tried to read this a few weeks ago and couldn’t get into it, but came back thinking maybe once the story picked up i’d change my mind, but it never really did it for me. i have no plans to continue the series at this point.

reminded me so much of kristen ashley books.
very quick read too!

Honestly it was almost a dnf but I pushed through because I didn't want to miss anything if I read the other books.
adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Mweh 2.5 stars

Favorite contemporary standalone ever!!!

I just adore this book! I have a thing for reverse age gap romance, and this is the pinnacle of perfect example of that!
King is my perfect book boyfriend: he's intense, incredibly smart and well-read, responsible and dirty talks like I love!
Cress is a great FMC, you can feel for her when she doubts...
King will forever own my heart. ❤️
adventurous medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

It was a decent story but really poorly written. Amateurish characters and use of descriptors.