I seem to have hit a slump on everything at the minute and decided to give myself April off so that I wouldn’t feel pressure to do anything, but what a book to come back on.
Wolf.e
Paisley Hope
As president of the Hounds of Hell motorcycle club, my life has been infused with darkness and trauma since the day I was born. Chaos is my birthright. I crave it to feel stable. Secure. Whole.
The only people I care about are the ones who don my cut.
Women are just a tool.
Never to covet, only to use, each face blending into the next.
The formula I live by is simple.
Death is always at my door.
I am a soldier of bedlam.
Until a little hummingbird flies into my crosshairs, and I’m forced to feel something I haven’t felt for as long as I can remember…alive.
Let the hunt begin.
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To drag me out of my reading slump, I knew that I needed a book that would instantly hook me, something I didn’t need to think too hard about, and this was a great pick for that. It had romance, it had action, it had steamy scenes, it was the perfect escapism, the kind of book that I can pick up and know I’m going to be easily transported away from life.
The story was very enjoyable, it was fast-paced, and I quite liked that the romance started in a bit of an unexpected way. It was at times quite dark in nature, I mean, it’s a motorcycle club, I was expecting a bit of violence, but the darkness bled a little into the romance aspect as well, which wasn’t entirely my thing. When you read it, you’ll know. I mostly skim-read certain bits, but I’m sure others will love it.
I loved the chemistry between Gabriel and Brinley, they are very different characters, but it works very well. She is a bit sheltered, a little naive, and maybe a little judgmental at times, but she manages to discover a different side of herself as the book progresses. He is controlled, protective, and pretty ruthless. Naturally, he isn’t looking for any kind of relationship, but makes an exception for Brinley.
The one thing that I struggled with between them was that Gabriel kept referencing Burnley’s wild side, but there hadn’t really been any evidence of it. He tells us quite a lot that she is wild, but I felt we don’t really see it from Brinley. It kind of shines through once he coaxes it out of her, but I don’t feel it was evident. I would have preferred to see it from her, not just be told.
Wolf.e was a brilliant bit of escapism, and I’m glad to know that there are other books in the series in case I need help with another reading slump.
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