Sheltered. Naive. And completely clueless.Mary is everything I shouldn’t want.I like them fun, crazy, ready & willing.She’s pure, innocent, and fears us all.But there’s something there,Something brewing…We all know the truth,A secret that could destroy her,A fact that she’s got a damn right to know.But when she does,The sweet little thing just might be ready for a crazy ride,A ride with me, … does,
The sweet little thing just might be ready for a crazy ride,
A ride with me, on the wild side a life,
A ride that will damn near start an all-out war,
Anarchy all over again.
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I am sad to say that I am vastly disappointed in this book. It was a lackluster and underwhelming ending and conclusion to a series and really just made me wonder what the point in writing the book was. I couldn’t really see any passion or originality behind the work and it honestly just felt like the author was milking the same plot from book one.
To say that the story was rushed is an understatement. It all went over so fast that I didn’t see any development happening. Not in the relationship and not to the characters. I have had issues before in the series where I felt it was rushed and lacking some depth, but nowhere near this bad. Emma and Mikey felt like rehashed versions of Lucy and Jordan, except that they didn’t have much of any chemistry between them. Sure, the dialogues between suggested that they were head over heels in love, but nothing in the story made me actually believe it. All there was was those dialogues that tried to convince me of what I didn’t see and that only made it worse. They had nothing to say to each other than sappy sentiments of how into each other they were. Rule number one is to show the reader their connection through depth, growth and action, not to tell us through conversations.
What have me the most annoyed however is how senseless this book was. I don’t understand what the point of ending the series with a copy of the first book. Because that was what Anarchy was. It was the same plot, but way less depth and way too rushed, with just different characters. History repeats itself? Was that the point of the story? Because the way it was handled didn’t really tie all the books together at all, not like the end of the previous book actually did. And all that heavy stuff from Reckless, where did all that go? It had a big impact so it should have been a major thing in the conclusion to the series but, minus a vengeful President (where was even Lady in all of this?), it was like it never even happened.
If you ask me having Emma and Mikey as the main characters was the first mistake. Having a recap of the first book was the second. Since this was the final book it should have been used to wrap things up in a complex, original and impactful way. It even had all the ingredients to do so with a tragic backbone to lean on from Reckless, plus the fact that we learnt that there was a bigger enemy at play throughout the series that still hasn’t been dealt with. Involving completely new characters forced the story to stay unresolved and it gave an unsatisfying ending.
I’m just spitballing here, but I think it would have been better use the previous main characters as actual main characters instead of having new lesser copies of the old ones that weren’t there when everything went down. They could have concluded the story beautifully since they were actually there through it all. No need to start a new story when you have the old ones to conclude. Go out with a bang instead of a whimper.
Another short, fast paced instalment in the Deathstalkers MC series. We’ve come full circle with this one. Back in book one we saw Lucy make her escape from the cult that has caused nothing but trouble for the club throughout the series. Now in the finale, we have Emma; Lucy’s niece, turning up looking for sanctuary from the sickos of her community. All is going well; she’s getting to know her aunt and the other girls in the club, she has started a relationship with Mikey/Tank; the club brother that was charged to look out for her and she could see a real future for herself… that’s until Emma discovers a secret that the club has been keeping from her and history ends up repeating itself all over again. Will the club be able to help Emma and finally take care of their enemy once and for all?
I enjoyed the story, although I will admit I was hoping for a bit more to the final confrontation. I’ll be looking out for the next generation series that is planned and I give Anarchy 4 stars.
This was amazing, and quick story. I laughed at the similarities between Emma and Lucy. It had everything I could wish for. I loved how it made you smile, but also wanted to smack someone.
I loved Mikey, he is caring, loyal and follows his head. He stood up for what he believed in.
I loved Emma, she is sweet, innocent and happy. She fights for what she believes.
I loved this book, and highly recommend it.