Spectra a Paranormal Romance
This was my first Paranormal Romance. I was wondering if I was going to like it. And because it was an easy read and I was intrigued to see what was going to happen in the next chapter, I just kept reading and reading. I did really like how Spectra was written as a strong, non-caring teenager who had some spunk to her. She knew how to carry her head on her shoulders from what happened to her in her past. But the minute she met Bay, she tried to act like he's a suit, but it kept going and going. Their relationship was very interesting in the different worlds they lived in. And how he was so intrigued by Spectra that it I was rooting for him.I felt the beginning with her old boyfriend that broke her heart because knew she wasn't good enough for him and the kind of person he was, their "friends with benefits" kind of annoyed me. But I thought I would see more of him in the book.
And the other boy toy, I felt there needed to be more of a relationship with those two to counteract her relationship with Bay.
The things I got confused about in the story:
Too many characters involved with too many story lines. Especially Bay's crew. It was a little too much going on with too many characters.
Things I did like from this story:
It was a little Romance that was in a paranormal world. But it wasn't a Romance in a structural sense. But there still was romance. And I was kind of surprised of the ending, but I felt it should of gone to the norm because that's just the kind of Romantic person I am. I thought it was unique story. I didn't mind reading it. It went much easier than I thought it would of. And I'm glad this was my first Paranormal to start me out.
Reaper's Claim: Satan's Sons MC Romance Series Book One
When I got this story to read from Inkitt, I was like "Oh Boy" a biker book. Since I lived about 20 minutes from Daytona Beach for 10 years after growing up in Chicago, I was never a biker-lover. Not only the noise, but the attitude on how bikers thought they owned the road in that area. So I sort of had a bias to not like this book when I first started reading it. When I first started reading I figured all biker club background has to set up which I understand. But then I found a lot of beautiful writing in describing simple words throughout the book. Every once and awhile I would think "Wow that was beautiful."
I did like Abby and Kade's journey throughout the whole book.
I felt that the book was very lengthy (I read an ARC copy, which it looks like it was shorten a little.) Especially for it to be part of a series. It just was starting to get very lengthy at times. There seemed to be a lot of times where the stakes were high and it made me more interested to read. But some other times, I felt it was getting repetitive. A lot of time when there was so much heartbreak it was so sad. And I wanted to yell at Abby or at Kade and say "NO she wants to be with YOU." But it wasn't that I was annoyed with the writing, the opposite. I was investing to these characters. This is where I feel Simone Elise really won me over. Not only for describing feelings in a beautiful way, but also how she did transfer from each Point of View from each character.
I do believe though some characters didn't need to be in POV though. (Even though it may be a prelude for the next book)
I would have liked to have had this well written book to be a standalone that could be a prequel to last chapters. I really thought though the last couple chapters were suspenseful which I really liked, but I am NOT a fan of a cliffhanger if I have to wait 3-6 months to find out what happens. (It is like watching How to Get Away With Murder to find out there aren't any episodes for 3 months because you're watching the fall finale!)
