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Seven Crows by Kate Kessler
5.0

My favorite place to discover new gems is the discount section of our local bookstore. The cover of Seven Crows caught my eye, and the synopsis reeled me in. I thumbed to a few random pages to sample. The violence was sticky with blood, the language was vicious and mean, and this character—"Killy" Delaney—brought both by the boxcar like a runaway train. I wanted to read more, so I added this read to my stack.

This book is about revenge but also love, making tough choices in an even tougher world, and a reminder that not everyone gets an easy ride. Killian is flawed, and sometimes I wanted to tell her to cool out, but then I'd hang on, walk into the fray alongside her, hand clenching the brass knuckles in her clenched fist as she made a mess of the bad guys.

This book has plenty of bad guys, and they are precisely the type of punchable trash you love to hate in a book like this. After a while, I was counting the pages to find out what kind of bone-breaking bashing "Kill" would bring to them.

Young love, prison, street fighting, bikers, sex, friendship, secret organizations, and family—Kessler's characters cover a lot of ground in 350+ pages. It's an exciting page-turner with interesting leads and savory breadcrumbs for the following books in the Killian Delaney series—I'm on the hook for more.

If you're into high-action badassery where the bad guys get stomped, the good guys aren't invincible, and the world isn't bright and sunny, Seven Crows may be a read for you.