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A review by izziede
Deadline to Damnation by Anne Malcom
3.0
I'm not sure how I feel about this book.
I'll start by saying you need to have read the series before starting this one as there is a war brewing through the series and this is the conclusion to that main enemy.
Also previous couple's and characters all make an appearance or are mentioned towards the end, even having multiple POV, so to understand things fully it's best to read in order.
I started with Making the Cut, which I initially loved, when I reread it some time later I did find Gwen a bit overly dramatic but it was well written and set the scene for a good series.
As the series progressed I found after Mia and Bull's book that a lot of the books started to feel all the same, tortured Hero who had lived through dark experiences and was scarred by those, this was also true of the heroines and it bled into the spin off Security series, even Rosie and Luke's story, which I had looked forward to from Making the Cut but was really disappointed in the way Rosie was developed.
This book worked a bit better for me, maybe because it was second chance.
Jagger and Caroline had plans for a future together, marriage kids, then he declares he's going to war. Seemed to come out of the blue...
He is reported dead and she is distraught, along with his family who are devastated.
14 years later she runs into him at the club.
I'm not sure I could have forgiven him, what he did was awful.
He had his reasons and if he felt he couldn't be in a relationship, that's one thing but he also let his parents and his sister believe he was dead.
The heroine does give him a hard time about it and doesn't just accept him back easily, they have a rocky road.
I didn't really understand the premise of her being a reporter and telling the club's story so being accused of being a rat. I struggled with her excuse for being there.
It is well written.
Funny banter.
HEA.
The HEA is for the main couple but also updates on previous characters and couples.
I appreciate my review may be in the minority but it is what it is and although there are some very good parts I just don't want to read the same dark, depressing couples over and over in each book.
Please judge for yourself, if you've enjoyed the series I am sure you will love this one too.
There are no intimate details of anyone other than the Hero and heroine.
No cheating.
During the separation there are others for both of them .
The Hero did try to start a life with another woman but he wasn't giving it his all but it's a bit hard to forgive when you see what he promised Caroline and how he lied about bring dead.
There is ex drama but not in a spiteful way, the ex interacts with both the Hero and heroine but is no threat.
There is some violence.
I'll start by saying you need to have read the series before starting this one as there is a war brewing through the series and this is the conclusion to that main enemy.
Also previous couple's and characters all make an appearance or are mentioned towards the end, even having multiple POV, so to understand things fully it's best to read in order.
I started with Making the Cut, which I initially loved, when I reread it some time later I did find Gwen a bit overly dramatic but it was well written and set the scene for a good series.
As the series progressed I found after Mia and Bull's book that a lot of the books started to feel all the same, tortured Hero who had lived through dark experiences and was scarred by those, this was also true of the heroines and it bled into the spin off Security series, even Rosie and Luke's story, which I had looked forward to from Making the Cut but was really disappointed in the way Rosie was developed.
This book worked a bit better for me, maybe because it was second chance.
Jagger and Caroline had plans for a future together, marriage kids, then he declares he's going to war. Seemed to come out of the blue...
He is reported dead and she is distraught, along with his family who are devastated.
14 years later she runs into him at the club.
I'm not sure I could have forgiven him, what he did was awful.
He had his reasons and if he felt he couldn't be in a relationship, that's one thing but he also let his parents and his sister believe he was dead.
The heroine does give him a hard time about it and doesn't just accept him back easily, they have a rocky road.
I didn't really understand the premise of her being a reporter and telling the club's story so being accused of being a rat. I struggled with her excuse for being there.
It is well written.
Funny banter.
HEA.
The HEA is for the main couple but also updates on previous characters and couples.
I appreciate my review may be in the minority but it is what it is and although there are some very good parts I just don't want to read the same dark, depressing couples over and over in each book.
Please judge for yourself, if you've enjoyed the series I am sure you will love this one too.
There are no intimate details of anyone other than the Hero and heroine.
No cheating.
During the separation there are others for both of them .
The Hero did try to start a life with another woman but he wasn't giving it his all but it's a bit hard to forgive when you see what he promised Caroline and how he lied about bring dead.
There is ex drama but not in a spiteful way, the ex interacts with both the Hero and heroine but is no threat.
There is some violence.