Vicious Cycle by Katie Ashley
Published- 2nd June 2015
Publisher- Headline Eternal
Pages- 336 pages (paperback)
Deacon is in charge of the Hell's Raiders, a motorcycle club, but what will he do when his 5 year old daughter (that he knew nothing about) turns up on his doorstep? To complicate matters further Willows Teacher, Alex Evans, also turns up on his doorstep wanting her to come back to school. With Alex teaching Willow at the biker compound what will happen between her and Deacon?
I had never read a motorcycle romance novel before this one, however I had seen season 1 of Sons of Anarchy. This reminded me a lot of SOA in the fact that that also contains elements of romance, gun smuggling and a lot of violence/death. The bikers featured in this novel were people you began to really care about and feel real emotions for. You saw not only their hard and violent sides, but also their soft and caring sides when it came to Alex and Willow. Deacon's first chapter in this novel was really emotional and almost made me cry when Willow met her father for the first time. She wouldn't speak to him, she just went over and gave him a massive hug and he said that no one would ever hurt his daughter again.
Deacon was a great character as you saw him change over the course of the novel. He went from wanting to kill his enemy to falling in love with Alex and wanting to protect her and Willow. Alex went from being a kind of damsel to being a hard ass. She gained courage and would do whatever it took to protect her new family, after losing most of her real family. Willow was a feisty little girl who always knew how to get her own way from her father and Alex.
Rev and Bishop were also great characters as you could tell they just wanted to find what Deacon had with Alex. Rev wanted this the most though. Rev did want to be with Alex but he knew they would never be anything more than just friends. Case was a great president of the club as he just wanted to protect everyone and get the job at hand done. He would do anything he could to protect his family, his club and his brothers. Despite being an ever present topic throughout the novel, Sigel wasn't a good bad guy in my eyes. He wouldn't hurt someone when it came to it, but he did strike in his own ways. He got all his henchmen to do the dirty work for him instead of doing it himself most of the time.
This novel does contain a lot of swear words and sex scenes. However, that is to be expected in a novel about criminal bikers. I liked learning more about rules of a motorcycle club and how they would find ways of doing jobs and protecting each other. The language was really easy to read and didn't involve me looking up any words because I didn't know what they meant. The book flowed easily and it was a great read. When I picked this up I didn't want to stop reading as I just wanted to find out what happened next. Which is especially hard when you have to stop reading and an action scene has just occurred, as I had to wait until the next day to find out what happened next. I also like the alternating chapters told from Deacon and Alex's points of views. However, the novel did start with Willow telling the story and finished with Rev telling the story. The end was happy and both sad at the same time.
Overall, I gave this novel 5/5 stars and it has become one of my favourite novels. I will definitely be picking up the next two books in this trilogy in the near future which are Redemption Road (about Rev) and Last Mile (about Bishop). I can't wait to look out for more motorcycle romance novels to see how they compare to this trilogy by Katie Ashley. Also, after I've eventually watched season 4 of SOA I will be able to read the SOA novel Bratva. Definitely read this novel is you love motorcycle romance, romance novels in general or you love SOA.
I had never read a motorcycle romance novel before this one, however I had seen season 1 of Sons of Anarchy. This reminded me a lot of SOA in the fact that that also contains elements of romance, gun smuggling and a lot of violence/death. The bikers featured in this novel were people you began to really care about and feel real emotions for. You saw not only their hard and violent sides, but also their soft and caring sides when it came to Alex and Willow. Deacon's first chapter in this novel was really emotional and almost made me cry when Willow met her father for the first time. She wouldn't speak to him, she just went over and gave him a massive hug and he said that no one would ever hurt his daughter again.
Deacon was a great character as you saw him change over the course of the novel. He went from wanting to kill his enemy to falling in love with Alex and wanting to protect her and Willow. Alex went from being a kind of damsel to being a hard ass. She gained courage and would do whatever it took to protect her new family, after losing most of her real family. Willow was a feisty little girl who always knew how to get her own way from her father and Alex.
Rev and Bishop were also great characters as you could tell they just wanted to find what Deacon had with Alex. Rev wanted this the most though. Rev did want to be with Alex but he knew they would never be anything more than just friends. Case was a great president of the club as he just wanted to protect everyone and get the job at hand done. He would do anything he could to protect his family, his club and his brothers. Despite being an ever present topic throughout the novel, Sigel wasn't a good bad guy in my eyes. He wouldn't hurt someone when it came to it, but he did strike in his own ways. He got all his henchmen to do the dirty work for him instead of doing it himself most of the time.
This novel does contain a lot of swear words and sex scenes. However, that is to be expected in a novel about criminal bikers. I liked learning more about rules of a motorcycle club and how they would find ways of doing jobs and protecting each other. The language was really easy to read and didn't involve me looking up any words because I didn't know what they meant. The book flowed easily and it was a great read. When I picked this up I didn't want to stop reading as I just wanted to find out what happened next. Which is especially hard when you have to stop reading and an action scene has just occurred, as I had to wait until the next day to find out what happened next. I also like the alternating chapters told from Deacon and Alex's points of views. However, the novel did start with Willow telling the story and finished with Rev telling the story. The end was happy and both sad at the same time.
Overall, I gave this novel 5/5 stars and it has become one of my favourite novels. I will definitely be picking up the next two books in this trilogy in the near future which are Redemption Road (about Rev) and Last Mile (about Bishop). I can't wait to look out for more motorcycle romance novels to see how they compare to this trilogy by Katie Ashley. Also, after I've eventually watched season 4 of SOA I will be able to read the SOA novel Bratva. Definitely read this novel is you love motorcycle romance, romance novels in general or you love SOA.
Rating 5/5
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