Reckless - Priscilla West

Everything about him warned me to stay away.

I’d seen bad boys before, but he had it all and more. The rippling muscles covered in tatts, the piercing eyes hiding dark secrets, the silky voice that could make a girl come with just a whisper . . .

He was exactly the type of guy that would get me in trouble, but when he jumped off the stage, inked skin glistening with sweat and breathed his seductive words into my ear, I couldn’t resist the temptation.

It was supposed to be the best one-night stand of my life, but fate didn’t let it play out that way. Things happened. I got upset. I got hasty. And worst of all, I got reckless.

After that disaster, I thought it was the last I’d see of him. But what I didn’t know was that I’d started something.

Something that could shatter the very thing I had worked so hard to protect.

I should have known back then that the most seductive things in life are also the most dangerous.
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Reckless - Book One of Two
Reckless 2- Book Two of Two (Coming Fall 2014)

I was truly torn as to how to review this book.  On the one hand, short of the first few chapters and the last few chapters, I enjoyed the flow of this book.  The story was easy to follow and the writer did a good job of keeping us in the point of view of the main character which was how the story was told. 

On the other hand, Riley annoyed the crap out of me.  I could see how West was trying to write her as strong and independent, but even when she was trying to convey that, I found Riley to be annoying and whiney.  But like with most of these types of stories, I did enjoy Jax.  And while he was a little over the top at times, I found more often than not that finding out his story was what kept me reading. 

Another thing that literally caused me to eye roll in the story was the blatant use of pop culture under different names, “Lady Dada” – really? I’m an all in or all out kind of girl.  Either find a way to use her real name (I’ve read plenty of books that reference real people, or name the character something else entirely and explain to me who she/they are – Lady Dada was just too much for me.)

As with all of these good girl, bad boy stories we have the push and pull of “I should stay away from him but I just can’t” type scenarios, and really I’m good with that if the story is good enough and in some ways this one was.   

The last thing I didn’t like was the random chapter toward the end of another POV in the third person.  Again, it’s me personally but I hate mixed persons – First person – awesome, love it.  Third person – not my favorite but sometimes necessary – the mix – turn off for me. 

But like all things, that’s just my opinion.  I think this book is worth the read, and I’m sure I’ll read the sequel in the Fall, just to see what happens.  There is a bit of a cliff hanger at the end, but nothing that I think should stop anyone from reading and waiting for the next book. 

 

**ARC provided via Net Galley**