Lash - The Skulls #1 - Sam Crescent
Sum up: (Goodreads)
No one messes with The Skulls and gets away with it!
The last thing Angel Marston ever wanted was be at the mercy of The Skulls. They’re the local bikers and the club that helps keep the town safe, but they have their own kind of rules. They party hard and do whatever the hell they want. But her father’s debts to the club mean Angel has no choice.
Lash loves his club, but he wants a woman who hasn’t slept with all the crew. Angel is just what he’s looking for. She’s sweet, young … and a virgin. He wants her more than anything and has already staked his claim on her.
When Lash touches her, Angel can’t help but melt. He sets fires inside her body with his wandering hands and sinful lips. She can’t say no, and she wants him desperately.
But when all seems to be going so well for Angel and Lash, their pasts catch up to them. The Skulls have enemies who want the town and their women. Lash must decide who to put first, the club or his woman. Is Angel strong enough to stand by his side when the going gets tough? And what will happen when tragedy and pain both hit at once?
Some scenes contain sexual and violent contents that may offend sensibilities of readers.
Plot:
Angel is barely 19 but she has been living with The Skulls for almost a year now because her father is in their debts. As soon as he pays his debts, she is free to go. But the more time passes, the more she realizes he won’t be able to help her. So she tries to continue living her life the best she could… among the Skulls.
That was until Lash decides to make a move. He has been watching Angel for a year like a hawk and he decides that now is the time for her to know that she is about to be claimed. But when he learns that her father may be working with a rival MC club, he will have to move faster than he thought and he can only hope that Angel will follow him in this ride…
Opinion:
I really like Sam Crescent’s work. I have read this book a couple of times now and I finally decided how to write this review. If you — like me — love MC stories, you may like this one. However, it is quite far from the ones I read with Alpha biker males who will stop at nothing to protect their loved ones and old ladies. Here, the males are more "I take, you submit and I don’t care if you don’t agree".
Regarding the characters, Angel and Lash couldn’t have been more different. He is rough, demanding, dominant, impatient… whereas she is innocent as a flower, she has not clue what is going, she is completely submissive and it looks like she doesn’t care about much.
Even though you can feel that Lash wants Angel, I didn’t really feel the chemistry between the two of them. It was very sensual and sexual but I didn’t feel the love and the passion between the two characters.
He couldn’t let her go. Tiny would kill him, and the club would look down on him. He either tamed her or got rid of her.
Yup, you read right: « tame her ». And he doesn’t want to let her go, not because he likes her but because of the vision the club would have of him… Naaaah!
And the way Lash went onto Angel at the beginning of the book almost made me feel like a rape. She’d been around The Skulls for a year but apparently he came onto her out of nowhere and the first night, he kisses her senseless — that’s not bad — but then, he fingers her and she doesn’t seem to be on board and very willing.
“What did I just do?” she asked. Her words were so faint that he only just heard them. “I suggest you get used to my touch, baby. I’m not going anywhere, and you’re going to get used to my touch.”
Angel was going to be claimed whether she liked it or not.
I mean, if a woman — or should I say girl? — doesn’t want to give up her virginity to a man she barely knows, it’s her choice, not his! Same thing applies when he wants to f*ck her bare — which is bad enough when the woman doesn’t see the proof by herself, but whatever — and she tells him she is not on pill and thus could get pregnant, he doesn’t give a crap but he never wondered if at the tender age of 19 she wanted to be a mom.
The first time they had sex also made me cringe. It was the first time for the poor Angel — and we all know how painful it can be for a woman — but he surely was no gentleman with her. I mean, when the girl hurts, you don’t pin her down and continue penetrating her. You stop and try to do it differently.
Anyway, you may have understood that I struggled a bit with how controlling Lash is — I mean, Angel cannot even think on her own, showers on her own, picks up her own clothes… Don’t get me wrong, I really love Alpha males characters, dominant and all this, but it was a bit too much, almost mean.
“From now on I say what you wear.”
Yeaaaaaah but no! I feel like this is more a j*rk move than anything else.
Until he was ready, Lash was the one in control. She didn’t have a say in what she wanted. It was all about what Lash wanted.
I mean « Hellooooo! We are in the 21st century, women can now vote!!!! ».
And the moment when he almost wanted to raise a hand on her… not cool. AT. ALL. Really, really not cool. He didn’t do it but still, it shouldn’t even cross his mind.
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