Author: C. Renee
Publisher: Amazon Digital Services LLC
Release Date: January 10, 2017
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This was the first motorcycle club book that I've read and let me say that at first I was worried about how I was going to like it. I've never been into violence in books and I've never been one to want to read about MC gangs. To be 100% honest. But once I started reading The Precious Ruby it became very hard for me to put down. From all the twists and turns that were happening in Louise's life, I loved how things were evolving. This is the author's debut novel and for a debut I have to say that it was surprisingly good. There were tidbits of things that need to be worked on, such as typos (but that was due to her previous editor, which whom she is not working with anymore) and some of it seemed to move too fast. I loved how Lou happened to try and get over her abusive ex-boyfriend Matt, but I personally felt as though she got her life together too quickly... After three years of abuse I thought it would take longer than about a week for her to get back on her feet. More nightmares more fear, that kind of stuff.
Louise, I adored her character she was different and spunky and you could tell that she had a lot to offer. How a woman like her ended up with a bastard like Matt I have no idea, although I read the backstory of their love and what not, I still can't believe it. She is way too good for him. Although I have to say that she can be a little dense sometimes, I love that she wanted a new life, I love that she worked hard and got herself up on her feet and I was proud of that. But what I mean by dense is that she made the choice to go back, she made the wrong choice. There were lots of things that I was unsure of why she was doing such things, why she was going out - why she felt the need to go back when she could've ran with Jax. There were a lot of things that I wondered throughout the book. But Louise is a kind character and although I have never been in those types of situations she was easy to connect with - which is a huge thing for me when it comes to reading a book. I need to find a character that I can connect with. I felt for her - I wanted to cry when she was in pain, she was one of the characters that you could build a relationship with - in some aspect because I have had friends in similar situations.
Matt - now onto the bastard that I cannot stand. I feel as though his character was written well - he was the president of a biker gang and obviously he has to be a hardass but sometimes he just pushed it too far, which I'm sure that men in those situations can. He just seemed ever so bi-polar and that she wasn't sure what he wanted. If he didn't want Lou anymore then why keep her around? If he wanted other women why was it the end of the world that she was talking to someone else? I just don't understand him, and you do get the backstory on why Matt turned from sweet caring guy to an asshole but it's like, "did a switch just flip?" because personally I want to know more. I want to know how his brain was thinking what he thought he was doing, how he possibly thought that it was okay to do those things? Regardless of his status with the MC (Bleeding Eagles) if he truly ever loved Lou, why not just let her go?
Alex, the handsome and sweet mystery man with the green eyes. He sounds delicious, he is caring and he's just such a wonderful person. I don't have much to say about Alex, although I got to read his point of view throughout the book I just think that he's the right choice for Louise. I think that Alex is a kind heart - and although he's a manwhore, you can tell once he admits his feelings for Lou that he's going to try his best to change that. Especially, knowing that she doesn't deserve everything after what she had been through.
This was one of those books that makes you so thankful that the main characters of Louise and Alex have best friends like Steph and Reece. I feel as though both of them complete the other, Steph is the best friend that Louise needs. She is confident and a little cocky in the best possible way which is exactly what Louise needs to help her especially after leaving Matt in the beginning of the book. As for Reece and Alex, they are wonderful together as best friends just because you can tell they have one of those friendships that is totally a bromance, and it's adorable how much they can depend on each other and count on each other.
Overall this book was fabulous a four star rating from me. It had it's moments that I wondered what C was doing, and why she was taking the book in the direction that she was taking it - but everything happened for a reason and now I sit here and anxiously away for the second book to release hopefully soon...
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