Rating: 4
Steam: 3
PoV: dual, 1st person
Series: The Smoky Vale Alliance #3
Genre: contemporary dark romance, MM
Main tropes: age gap, past trauma / abuse, bikers
“I’m this close to spanking you.” Logan held up his thumb and forefinger with barely any space between them. “Let’s go.”
I loved being back in Smoky Vale, and the first part of Bloom and Logan’s story was an intense and slightly unhinged romance with plenty of suspense!
After reading this, I totally understand why Bloom and Logan needed two parts for their story, and I’m grateful that they will get the space needed for their story and relationship to fully unfold. It was interesting to get to know more of Bloom and his past, the first chapter was difficult to read, being told from Crowe’s perspective about the day they found Bloom. I knew his past would be horrible, but it was still worse than I ever could have imagined…
Both Bloom and Logan were complex characters, with their own traumas and baggage to carry, and my heart ached for both of them. There was more about Bloom’s background in this part, but it was obvious that Logan also had a past that was haunting him. I loved the many layers of Bloom that was shown here, everything from the unhinged and bloodthirsty enforcer, to the unexpectedly vulnerable boy who just wanted to be loved. His character was very well written with a lot of depth to it, and I loved the nuances it added. It took a bit longer to get to know Logan, but once he accepted and acted on his attraction to Bloom, he opened up a little more, and I’m eager to learn more about him.
I loved seeing the bikers again and being back in Smoky Vale amongst familiar characters, and the glimpses of Jamie made me smile a lot. The plot got intense mostly towards the end, with events that required some suspension of disbelief from my side, but it certainly made for a suspenseful and entertaining story. I’m thrilled to see how things play out in part two of Bloom and Logan’s story – it really can’t come soon enough!
Logan picked me up. “When are you going to learn, Bloom? With me, you don’t call the shots. I’m in charge.”
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