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A review by risafeather
Ride by J.C. Emery
3.0
This book was kind of hard to rate/review. I felt it had a lot of potential to be a really good book, with lots of build of, then kind of fell short for me in the end.
Ride, is about Alex a 19 year old, privileged, sheltered Italian Mob daughter princess living in Brooklyn. Despite all that, she's not blind to the reality around her. She makes a mistake during a violent night, and because of it her life is now in danger, from her own family no less. With no one else to turn to she is whisked away by a new branch of family she has never known, and now under the protection of the FORSAKEN Motorcycle club. Thrust into a completely new and unknown world that's is completely different from whats she's grown up with. She's instantly drawn to member Ryan, who of coarse is deemed off limits from the start. Through out it all neither one of them can deny the pull they feel towards each other, regardless of how the club and everyone else feels about them getting close. Ryan is determined to keep Alex at arms length, not wanting to let her in. but still cant stay away from her.
I must say from the beginning my interest was piqued. To read about two different world kind of colliding was interesting. It's the type of story where you can just tell there's more juicy dirt you need to uncover. All the while you're kind of pulling for Ryan. hoping he'll pull his head out of his ass soon and start acting like a real man. I have to say he is NOT your typical hero. He's an ASS!! Seriously this guy is crude, and emotionally detached, and just kind of stupid. I know that's how he's supposed to be, and whole premise around there love, is that Alex will make him a better man, but....REALLY He more of less treats her like garbage, and she's so on the hook for him, that any time he flashes her a smile, shes right back in his hands. I think I might have been more forgiving to his character, had we got more of an ending. There was a lot of build up, for this show down, and of coarse for these two kids to fall in love. Alas, it was pretty anti-climatic and felt rushed. We have like 250 pages of Ryan being this total d-bag (I mean there's "BAD BOY" then these this guy ya know??), and after Alex has a life threatening scare (that was really cut short and again...anti-climatic) he succumbs to her admitting his love, and that's more or less the end. We don't to actually see any of them being good together or each other which for me was kind of a let down considering the genre of this book.
I've been told the second book [b:Thrash|18730386|Thrash (Bayonet Scars, #2)|J.C. Emery|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1385971915s/18730386.jpg|26604322] is worth checking out, so I may give it a go. though I know its about another couple (we know of from Ride) I'm hoping maybe I will get a little more insight to Alex and Ryan.
It was a quick good read, but not one of my favorites. if you like biker romances,and a tattooed bad boy (ass hat) then this could be a good one for you to pick up.
Ride, is about Alex a 19 year old, privileged, sheltered Italian Mob daughter princess living in Brooklyn. Despite all that, she's not blind to the reality around her. She makes a mistake during a violent night, and because of it her life is now in danger, from her own family no less. With no one else to turn to she is whisked away by a new branch of family she has never known, and now under the protection of the FORSAKEN Motorcycle club. Thrust into a completely new and unknown world that's is completely different from whats she's grown up with. She's instantly drawn to member Ryan, who of coarse is deemed off limits from the start. Through out it all neither one of them can deny the pull they feel towards each other, regardless of how the club and everyone else feels about them getting close. Ryan is determined to keep Alex at arms length, not wanting to let her in. but still cant stay away from her.
I must say from the beginning my interest was piqued. To read about two different world kind of colliding was interesting. It's the type of story where you can just tell there's more juicy dirt you need to uncover. All the while you're kind of pulling for Ryan. hoping he'll pull his head out of his ass soon and start acting like a real man. I have to say he is NOT your typical hero. He's an ASS!! Seriously this guy is crude, and emotionally detached, and just kind of stupid. I know that's how he's supposed to be, and whole premise around there love, is that Alex will make him a better man, but....REALLY He more of less treats her like garbage, and she's so on the hook for him, that any time he flashes her a smile, shes right back in his hands. I think I might have been more forgiving to his character, had we got more of an ending. There was a lot of build up, for this show down, and of coarse for these two kids to fall in love. Alas, it was pretty anti-climatic and felt rushed. We have like 250 pages of Ryan being this total d-bag (I mean there's "BAD BOY" then these this guy ya know??), and after Alex has a life threatening scare (that was really cut short and again...anti-climatic) he succumbs to her admitting his love, and that's more or less the end. We don't to actually see any of them being good together or each other which for me was kind of a let down considering the genre of this book.
I've been told the second book [b:Thrash|18730386|Thrash (Bayonet Scars, #2)|J.C. Emery|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1385971915s/18730386.jpg|26604322] is worth checking out, so I may give it a go. though I know its about another couple (we know of from Ride) I'm hoping maybe I will get a little more insight to Alex and Ryan.
It was a quick good read, but not one of my favorites. if you like biker romances,and a tattooed bad boy (ass hat) then this could be a good one for you to pick up.