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King's Eyes
by M.D. Gregory, Ki Brightly
Although slightly better than the first book, this was still nowhere near where it needed to be, and I don't think I'm willing to give this series a third chance. Even if the ratings do suggest that the books become much better from here... I just don't have faith in it anymore.
One of my main complaints with these books is the over-abundance of sex. Emotional or generally important scenes are cut short, or even ignored entirely, in favour of more and more sex. Sex is basically the driving force of these books, which I'm personally just not a fan of.
Something I've also noticed is that the Motorcycle Club in these books is not very... brotherly. The loyalty, friendship and brotherhood, which are supposed to signalise these kind of clubs, are severely lacking here. The members all seem to either despise or fear each other. The only one who seems like a somewhat good friend to the other members is Tim (otherwise known as Undertaker), and he is literally a complete creep who enjoys hanging out with corpses. So, that should tell you all you need to know about that, really.
The main selling point of this book in particular is probably the stalking aspect.
Travis is a bouncer and motorcycle club member, who happens to rescue Mackenzie from sexual assault. Travis follows Mackenzie home afterwards, and just... keeps watching. Returns. Keeps watching. Until (in my opinion far too soon) he decides to approach him, and then they.. become involved, and things go from there.
Anyway, I liked the stalker plotline. I thought it was interesting, and I liked it. I wish it was explored a bit more though, as I would have liked to see more from it.
When it comes to the characters, I have to say that Travis really surprised me. He was much.. softer than I imagined. He was really gentle, and almost insecure. He was clearly lonely, and simply didn't quite know what to do with himself. He was a wholesome stalker, if that's a thing. He was also a bit simple, though. As in, he clearly wasn't the brightest bulb in the shed.
Mackenzie on the other hand kind of confused me. He appeared to undergo some sort of personality transplant throughout this novel. He went from sweet and innocent to bossy and confident. It was a bit weird, and made it difficult for me to get a good read on the guy.
All in all, this had a decent relationship with some good drama, that unfortunately does not really go deep at all, since most of their conversations turn into sex almost immediately. Their relationship was also a definite case of insta-lust/love.
There also wasn't much of an interesting plotline going on here outside of the relationship.
One of my main complaints with these books is the over-abundance of sex. Emotional or generally important scenes are cut short, or even ignored entirely, in favour of more and more sex. Sex is basically the driving force of these books, which I'm personally just not a fan of.
Something I've also noticed is that the Motorcycle Club in these books is not very... brotherly. The loyalty, friendship and brotherhood, which are supposed to signalise these kind of clubs, are severely lacking here. The members all seem to either despise or fear each other. The only one who seems like a somewhat good friend to the other members is Tim (otherwise known as Undertaker), and he is literally a complete creep who enjoys hanging out with corpses. So, that should tell you all you need to know about that, really.
The main selling point of this book in particular is probably the stalking aspect.
Travis is a bouncer and motorcycle club member, who happens to rescue Mackenzie from sexual assault. Travis follows Mackenzie home afterwards, and just... keeps watching. Returns. Keeps watching. Until (in my opinion far too soon) he decides to approach him, and then they.. become involved, and things go from there.
Anyway, I liked the stalker plotline. I thought it was interesting, and I liked it. I wish it was explored a bit more though, as I would have liked to see more from it.
When it comes to the characters, I have to say that Travis really surprised me. He was much.. softer than I imagined. He was really gentle, and almost insecure. He was clearly lonely, and simply didn't quite know what to do with himself. He was a wholesome stalker, if that's a thing. He was also a bit simple, though. As in, he clearly wasn't the brightest bulb in the shed.
Mackenzie on the other hand kind of confused me. He appeared to undergo some sort of personality transplant throughout this novel. He went from sweet and innocent to bossy and confident. It was a bit weird, and made it difficult for me to get a good read on the guy.
All in all, this had a decent relationship with some good drama, that unfortunately does not really go deep at all, since most of their conversations turn into sex almost immediately. Their relationship was also a definite case of insta-lust/love.
There also wasn't much of an interesting plotline going on here outside of the relationship.