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A review by stillhurtingolive
Axel by Lola Wright
1.0
I originally gave this book (and book 6 which I read first) four stars. I went on to binge most of the series. There were so many little red flags that I am upset with myself for ignoring. There's problematic language that gets excused away by saying, "oh well they're bikers, they're not going to be politically correct." But there are lines that are just completely unnecessary, transphobic comments especially.
Just a few qualms:
- The fourth book (Cash) has a gay character that hits on the guys in the club to make them uncomfortable as a "joke" and is always wearing something rainbow.
- The repeat background character named Candy (appears in Pooh's book and Cash's book) who they make fatphobic and transphobic jokes about because she is not conventionally attractive so obviously it's open season on her.
- Craig, the four year old who talks and curses like a 30 year old, was cute for like five minutes but it quickly reaches an unrealistic and uncomfortable point.
- The "club sluts", something I know that is going to be in any and every MC book. But to have the female main characters constantly talk terribly about these while simultaneously calling out the double standard of the men's sex lives to the club girls' sex lives. Pippa (from Pooh's book) literally says that girls like the "club sluts" are the demographic for the halfway house she runs, but never once offers them help or to come stay at New Horizons. How this author constantly preaching feminism, while tearing down background women in the book, disgusts me. If your feminism isn't inclusive, it's not feminism.
I was so desperate for an MC romance because I love the found family trope that often comes with it. But I'm done. (And yes, I am cross posting this to all the books I read because I think its important)
Just a few qualms:
- The fourth book (Cash) has a gay character that hits on the guys in the club to make them uncomfortable as a "joke" and is always wearing something rainbow.
- The repeat background character named Candy (appears in Pooh's book and Cash's book) who they make fatphobic and transphobic jokes about because she is not conventionally attractive so obviously it's open season on her.
- Craig, the four year old who talks and curses like a 30 year old, was cute for like five minutes but it quickly reaches an unrealistic and uncomfortable point.
- The "club sluts", something I know that is going to be in any and every MC book. But to have the female main characters constantly talk terribly about these while simultaneously calling out the double standard of the men's sex lives to the club girls' sex lives. Pippa (from Pooh's book) literally says that girls like the "club sluts" are the demographic for the halfway house she runs, but never once offers them help or to come stay at New Horizons. How this author constantly preaching feminism, while tearing down background women in the book, disgusts me. If your feminism isn't inclusive, it's not feminism.
I was so desperate for an MC romance because I love the found family trope that often comes with it. But I'm done. (And yes, I am cross posting this to all the books I read because I think its important)