Ratings29
Average rating3.3
After moving to Austin following six months of unemployment, Iris Taylor knows she should be glad to have landed a job so quickly ... even if the tattoo business is owned by a member of the same motorcycle club her estranged father used to belong to. Except Dex Locke might just be the biggest jerk she's ever met. He's rude, impatient and doesn't know how to tell time. And the last thing they ever expected was each other. But it was either the strip club or the tattoo shop ... maybe she should have chosen the strip club.
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2.5
I don't know what to say...
From “fleshly valuables” to saying “babe” on every page, the writing leaves much to be desired.
While the premise was interesting, the delivery was just not it and I will excuse Mariana because this was her debut novel. Thankfully her writing has improved because this book was a no for me.
It pains me to rate this book so low because I have loved every other book Mariana Zapata has written. Under Locke just didn't do anything for me. The writing was sort of a mess and the story was hard to follow at times. Iris was beyond annoying and even though she's supposed to be 24, the way she acted and spoke reminded me of a teenager. I've also concluded that maybe motorcycle club books just aren't my thing because I'm not here for big, burly caveman-type dudes who speak in grunts and resort to fighting and violence when things don't go their way.
Esse é meu primeiro livro da Mariana e estou animada para ler os outros, mesmo não tendo gostado muito da história. Seria ótimo como uma leitura para passar o tempo, se fosse 200 páginas menor.
O Slow Burn, pelo que a autora é conhecida, é muito bem feito e sempre acho mais crível e realista os personagens começarem a se gostar aos poucos (embora nesse livro em específico eles até que se gostam bem rápido). Gostei muito de como a autora aprofunda os personagens, a primeira parte do livro foi bem interessante pra mim. Mas a linguagem... Não uso palavrões e sabia que obviamente haveria pelo background dos personagens, mas pra mim empobreceu bastante a prosa da autora. Achei os diálogos bem agressivos e misóginos e não me apeguei aos personagens. Mas, como algumas amigas me garantiram que vou gostar de vários dos livros da MZ vou persistir e partir pro próximo livro dela, Kulti!
⭐ Ponto positivo: o plot é muito bom e amei a coisa toda de “família que a gente escolhe”
❌ Ponto negativo: a linguagem
I loved the build up, the side characters, and the main characters. It was 4 stars, because It took me a minute to get sucked into the novel.