Review: Shade

Shade by Jamie Begley

My rating: 1 of 5 stars



There was just too much in this book for me. It was pretty much an overview of everything that happened in all of the past books. It made it seem super long, drawn out and a bit boring. There wasn't much more than the same stuff from all the books with a bit more insight into Shade. This book did not make me like him more. I'm undecided on whether I dislike him as much as I did before or if I dislike him more. He still wasn't the man for Lily. I felt like he forced so much on him. He seems a bit psychotic to me. There was no need for Shade to feel jealous of the other brothers since Lily wasn't interested in any of them like that. I barely understand why he was in the club since he seemed to be such a possessive crazy person.

Half the time in this series I feel like the brothers crossed the line when pursuing the women that they wanted. I feel the most like this in regards to Winter and Viper. They all pretty much forced her to be with Viper. Other arrangements could have been made since she really didn't want to stay at the house with them. Why should their lifestyle be forced on others that have never showed an interest in it and they feel uncomfortable.

It was even more so forced on Lily. There's no reason that she should have felt betrayed by the keeping that part of their lives from her. She more than likely should have been in some mental institution for most of her life. She couldn't handle anything like that and she honestly still couldn't handle the parties and liquor after she married Shade. Her sister (Beth) was trying to protect her by not talking to her about it. She never really understood. The conversation at the table when she was so offended by the fact that Beth would have to take a punishment as little as washing dishes shows how much she really couldn't handle things. The people in the club wouldn't be there if they didn't want to and it obviously wasn't her business to begin with. Uggghhhh how these characters annoyed the fuck out of me. It took me forever to get through this book it seems.



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