**Stars**
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Overall
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3
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Business as usual at Reaper's MC (motorcycle club) – sex, blood, parties, and bikes. Plenty of memorable quotes which help balance out shudder inducing cleaning details. "Sons of Anarchy" fans will enjoy. |
Fantasy
World
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3
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Wild parties are mostly abandoned for trips to the dungeon. Gritty details are not spared. |
Tingle
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3
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Picnic is too well behaved, and London's constant squeamishness is a buzz kill. |
Characters
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2
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London is neither likable nor admirable. She's a helicopter mom on steroids who treats her niece like a small child instead of a new adult. Picnic abandons previous outrageous behavior to accommodate her prissy views. |
Story
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4
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Villains are lacking. Plot is overly focused on London's maternal urges instead of romance or club intrigue. |
Reaper's Stand by Joanna Wylde is
the story of Reaper's Club President Picnic Hayes and a
sanctimonious, prudish cleaning lady. Saint London is overly proper
and reading her say “heck” even in her own private thoughts was
annoying. How is this woman even remotely a match for Picnic, the man
who lives by his own rules? I was very much looking forward to
Picnic's story, and I can't help but feel let down. It's always fun
to visit the Reapers, but previous books were much more enjoyable. I
can see the author was trying to introduce us to a different side of
Picnic, but softening him up didn't do either him or the reader any
favors.
Reaper's Stand is worth the $5 -6
cover price for 336 pages, but just barely. It can be read as a stand
alone book, although I recommend starting with the first book,
“Reaper's
Property”. I love this series, and hope upcoming books get back
into the outlaw MC mindset.
Favorite Quote
“Nice. Fucking bitch
thought I was nice. If she thanked me for being her friend, it
was over. I'd have to go on a killing spree.”
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