This is what I signed up for.I knew it from the start.I’m the newest prospect for the Deathstalkers MC Club.I’ll do whatever they ask–whenever they want it done.No questions.I’ll take their bullshit and follow orders, like nobody’s business.Cuz once I get that patch, that label, I’m in.But when one of the old ladies takes in a stray,I can’t help but feel the pull toward her.Izzy makes me … feel the pull toward her.
Izzy makes me question everything.
But I can’t.
I have to sit back and pray like Hell that someone else,
One of these bastards doesn’t claim her for himself.
If he does, I have to let her go,
Let her walk away,
Into his arms,
His bed.
And I can’t do that.
Deathstalker prospect or not,
I know what I want,
And I want her.
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I am noticing a pattern with this series and while I have enjoyed the storyline so far, it now starting to get a bit too repetitive for my taste. That’s not to say that Broken was boring or unoriginal. I really liked the new twist with the main character having Amnesia and the main guy actually not liking the old ladies and being a bit grumpy towards the previous main characters. Apart from that however, I felt that this book was a blend of all the previous books in the Deathstalker series.
Being that Izzy had Amnesia the book had an intriguing start with an annoyed Max and the old ladies finding her bruised and aimlessly wandering. Not knowing who she is, why she was beat up and why she had that picture really made me hopeful and excited for this plot. It started of so different and the romance between Izzy and Max built up so beautifully. It made it just so much more compelling that they were forbidden during his patch to get together. In that sense it was kind of similar to Corrupted with Lucy and Jordan not being allowed to be together, but in this case I still felt the plot take another path so it wasn’t really that repetitive.
If the story had kept going its own way I would have absolutely loved it, but sadly it dipped into the same seen trudges as previous books with bad men from a rival MC gang forcing themselves on the main girl and assaulting her, leaving the main guy to rescue her and on the way kill/fight the bad men with his own MC gang. Since I have already seen it be done trice then there is just no excitement nor want for me too see it happen again in the same way. Not only that, if all the main characters have the same conflicts in every single book, it takes a big hit on the realism of the story. Because how likely is it that every single woman associated with the club gets sexually assaulted and taken repeatedly against their will by another MC club? Yet it is that exact same thing that happens every single time. Don’t get me wrong, I love the deeper emotional struggles, drama and heartbreaking romance that comes with it. But there are so many other ways to achieve that without having to reuse the same plot conflicts. The Amnesia and the whole family revelation would have done the trick so perfectly on its own if focused more attention on.
I really wish I could say the repetitiveness was my one and only issue because despite that I did really enjoy the story and romance. I cannot ignore the insensible plan from the villains side though. Was there even a plan? Because the original plan we learned about gets dropped immediately and they stage some sort of meet and greet for no understandable reason other than get Izzy and maybe have the MC know about it. Then they went into the MC’s domain vastly outnumbered and surrounded with guns pointed at them from every angle. It seemed more like a suicide mission with no explanation behind it. Nothing they did really made any sense and the reason behind it all was even less sensible. Why exact revenge on someone who did nothing instead of the guys who did you the harm?
I am really on the fence with this book. While I wouldn’t say that I am disappointed with the outcome I still had issues with it. However considering how I still managed to get reeled into the story and fall for the romance I will give Broken a solid three stars.