Outlaw (Evil Dead MC, #1)

3.5 ★'s

Let's cut to the chase ~ overall, I enjoyed the story. I liked both Cole and Angel. But were there problems, definitely...I'll get to those later. Cole comes across Angel while he's at an allied motorcycle club and she's a victim at the hands of one of those members. That was a pivotal moment for Cole and he couldn't stand by and do nothing. It was a bit disconcerting how quickly Angel got over the incident and wanted to be with Cole...but she's a cop's daughter and I could imagine that she was raised a certain way. She wanted her due and Cole helped her get that. From that shared caused, the relationship morphed into something more. It seemed they both found something in each other that they needed. U

nfortunately, not everyone was happy about Angel and Cole's relationship. I was a bit surprised at Mack's involvement and what all he did...especially since there didn't seem to be any repercussions!! This book really reminded me of Sons of Anarchy and Cole is definitely Jax. But Cole suffers from the "woe is me" syndrome and thinks he's too dark for Angel and obviously this causes a lot of problems. They both have too much pride and are too stubborn to try and figure things out and just let their relationship go even after it's obviously they were manipulated by someone else! But they do have some really sexy scenes and I loved when Cole would get all Alpha and want Angel to say she belonged to him. And of course, I loved when he talked dirty! There's some interesting twists and Angel comes back into Cole's life but Cole has changed. Regrettably, he still doesn't come clean with her and this leads to his downfall.

I've seen it said that the Cole in the first half of the book is not the same as the Cole in the second half and you're darn right he's not. Thankfully, he decides what he wants and goes after it. I loved the change that came over him and "who" he had to be for certain someones! Angel's Aunt Natalie was amazing but I was a bit surprised at who she got involved with! Crystal was intriguing and I would have liked to see more of her as well as Crash. I enjoyed quite a few of the other brothers - Cajun, Red dog, Kilt Boy and Green - and would love to read their stories! Onto the problems: * The main one for me was the editing...it really needed more editing and less describing of every little detail. * I loved how it veered away from SoA but by that point, it was already so heavily ingrained that I had a hard time with Cole just being Cole. * Some of the events were definitely unbelievable...i.e., the tattoo (I guess it could be realistic...it just didn't 'read' that way), Mack not being held accountable, someone being the PERFECT match (although I was happy about it), and what Shannon did to name just a few. * As I mentioned, Cole did change but what was weird was the way he spoke changed about two-thirds through and he started sounding like one of Kristen Ashley's men. Even with the problems, I still enjoyed the story. And I was happy to get an epilogue but it's almost as if things wrapped up too perfectly. Good thing I loved every minute of it! Favorite quotes: ♥ “This meant something to me, Angel. I want you to know that. You giving that to me, letting me be the one you trusted enough to let in. Meant the world, babe.” ♦ “It’s just, I’m trying to figure you out, man. What was that all about? We ain’t the Justice League.” ♥ “I feel like I’m in a deep, dark hole, and I’m tryin’ to climb out of it, babe. I’m trying to do it, for you. But I need your help, baby. And I don’t know where to start. Tell me where to start, Angel. Please. I’ll do whatever you say I need to.” ♥ It was all he could do to whisper the words in her ear, “You better come running.”

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