The Price of Redemption

0 Stars= I did not finish

DNF @ 30%

TRIGGER WARNING: KIDNAPPING, TORTURE, CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE (OFF PAGE), PAST TRAUMA, MURDER

Trope: Age gap (18 years), Virginal HeroinePOV: Multiple, Third Person Series/Standalone: StandalonePart of an interconnected series: YesFirst in interconnected series: YesSafe or Dark: Dark (See trigger warning above)

I was excited when I found this free on Amazon and wanted to like this book so bad, but at last it just wasn't for me, and because I had to force myself to finish the previous book I read, I just didn't' have the strength to push through this one.

The premise was an interesting one, but sadly, the execution was poor. The pace was too slow for me. This is more of a suspenseful motorcycle club book with a little romance sprinkled in than a romance novel. It focuses more on the club's activities than Gabriella and Iceman's actual relationship. The dialogue between the two seemed forced, and the chemistry just wasn't there.

Things were just too unrealistic and, at times, seemed over the top. I did read one of the sex scenes, and it was awkward and uncomfortable. I also skipped ahead to the ending and found it to be weird. I don't know; it was just...why end a book like that?

While this book can be read as a standalone and we get a complete story out of it, the ending does somewhat set it up for the next book in the series.

Maybe my mindset going into the book wasn't the best, and that's why I didn't enjoy it. Plenty of other people seemed to have loved it, and I am happy for them.