A review by jmreadssmut
Lethal by Cassandra Robbins

dark tense fast-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

1.0

Giving it a 1 star for effort of publishing a book. even when it is this horrendous

 The first 15% of this book were promising even though the writing is absolutely horrendous & basic. I actually enjoyed how "trashy" it was, until it started to feel like I needed to bleach my eyes.

The MMC is not a brutal president of a 1% motorcycle club, he is just a piece of shit hypocrite who insults junkies yet does coke and is literally always drinking, says "I don't condone violence against women" (black on white), yet insults all the women around him, treats them like cattle & "holes" (again, written black on white) and threatens the FMC with selling her to a human trafficking ring if she complains that he does not come home after a party... Yikes ! After 35% of the book where he treats her like absolute shite, being abusive, manipulative and grooming (he is in his 30 and she is 18), I thought "we are going to get some grovelling, there is going to be some character development and a turning point". NOPE. He is just a gas-lighter, absolutely awful man. And the way he kept calling her a "badass" when she is absolutely spineless and a total pushover + he snuffs out any complains she might have with violence and threats of rape was ICKy to say the least. Disgusting and barf-worthy to say how much I despise him.

The FMC is not even better. The internalised misogyny of the author shows. A LOT. That's actually the only personality trait of Eve, the FMC: she hates other women, insults them, sneers at them, degrades them... It's just bad all around.
She also "tricks" the MMC with pregnancy, and honestly I already hate pregnancy trope but when it is done in a manipulative way. I could excuse it if it was done well, or because of her age but the way it was written and brought up was just wrong and showed how awful of a person she is. They fucking deserve each other.
The way she kept saying "I felt so safe in his arms" after he literally threatens to put a bullet in her head if she "lets another man touch her" or threatens to sell her to be gang-raped was just disgusting and unbelievable.

There is nothing in this book that would make it good, there is no love, it's abuse and grooming only. 
And the word "gypsy" is used so many times, it is so problematic ! 
AVOID