Psychopath/ˈsʌɪkəpaθ/nounA person suffering from chronic mental disorder with abnormal or violent social behaviour.synonyms: madman/madwoman, mad person, deranged person, maniac, lunatic, psychotic, sociopath- informalan unstable and aggressive person.- informal/2F R O S T EllaSince I was a little girl, I have been surrounded by hate, death, murder, and slavery. I’ve been guarded my whole life by … informal/2
F R O S T
Ella
Since I was a little girl, I have been surrounded by hate, death, murder, and slavery. I’ve been guarded my whole life by my brother—Raze, the kingpin of the underworld and the most feared individual in the United States of America. And then further more guarded when I found out the president of The Devil’s Own MC was my long lost half-brother. Being tossed around from one extreme protection to another has left a part of me yearning to break out of it’s cage. The part that I’ve tried to sugar coat and hide, because if she’s unleashed, everyone would see just how much like my brothers I am.
Panting, wanting, needing to unleash the side of me I’ve always known was there.
My secret is mine and my brothers.
Only they know what I hide and why I hide it. How I fight for love because if I don’t, my rage would win and I’d be a mere shadow of the girl people have grown to know.
But I broke.
And the man who held the hammer that shattered the walls I spent years building to cage in my rage—was a psychopath.
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One of the things I love most about reading books by Amo Jones is the surprises she always has in store for me. That woman’s mind creates books with such scintillating wit, spine-tingling horror, angsty romance, and phenomenal characters that I can never predict how the story is going to go. I’ve been eagerly anticipating Frost’s book. And when I say anticipating, I mean I was one thirsty little —–, but it was definitely worth the wait.
While Frost was a diagnosed psychopath, Ella was raised to be one. Like typically recognizes like and these two connected like pieces of a puzzle. Or like oil and water, depending on the circumstances. Together they were sexy, combustible, incendiary, fierce, emotional, dramatic, hurtful, toxic. Possessiveness was a mild term to describe what they felt for each other. And this claim lasted years!! But each of them had a huge role to play in the plot that has taken its toll throughout this series, and some roles are easier to play than others. Some roles hurt others while at the same time keeping them safe. It was sometimes hard to tell the difference. But despite time and distance and people and complications, there was never any doubt in my mind that these two belonged together.
I’m intentionally keeping this review vague because, in truth, this story is far from over. There is still so much happening behind the scenes and I’m sure the author has something in store to wow us once again. I’m preparing myself for more darkness and destruction and I cannot wait to see all of these fearless characters again, fighting the good fight and loving like there’s no tomorrow. Next up – Miles!!
Loved these characters! Psychopaths both. But together they are explosive. Apart doesn’t fit either after seeing them together. Two wrongs don’t make a right, but in this case it make them more human.
This series continues to twist in the most devious and manipulative ways. What seems to be happening is indeed something else and many people are pulling strings. It requires focus to sort it out and still surprise reigns.
The story line was great, the character work was fantastic and the book had a fairly smooth flow to it. I had some serious issues with this book. There were spelling and grammatical errors. There were,once again,timing issues. There were so many errors with the characters that it was ridiculous. In Razing Grace 1 when Frost and Ella see each other for the first time Ella has one brown eye and one blue-green eye; one to match each brothers (Beast and Raze) eyes. In this book she suddenly has one blue and one hazel. In Razing Grace 2 “The Operations” was known as “The Syndicate”. In Razing Grace 2 the human lie detector was Angel and not Miles. When Ella just finishes telling Melissa that Raze told her that Hella left her, she immediately turned to Beast and demanded to know why he would tell her that. Either Melissa wasn’t paying attention or the author, editors and beta readers were not paying attention. In One Hundred and Thirty-Six Scars in the dream (or whatever that was) Meadow and Beast had named their daughter Israel, but in this book her name is Ivy, which I suppose is okay since that was some sort of dream sequence, but generally a person will tend to stick with that name and not change it. Also, The Devil’s Own do not have a chapter in Westbeach. That is an ally club The Sinful Souls. The Sinful Souls were the original stories and The Devil’s Own were a spin off from that series. It would be nice to see some consistency. If your editor is not catching the numerous errors then it may be time to find a new one. There is nothing more annoying when an author cannot or will not keep track of their own characters.
Just when I thought this series could not possibly get any darker, it went to places I was even shocked it went to. I have really loved immersing myself in the Devil’s Own World and I cannot imagine where Amo will take Miles but I am going to make sure that I strap myself in tight for that ride.
I chose the book because of the psychopath element, and I will be honest and say I had some expectations that were ultimately not met.
First off, while I respect the authors research on the topic and her trying to keep her character “real” I just felt that she tried too hard. The story read to me very stiff and formatted; I did however believe he was a psychopath (at least for the first half), so there’s that.
The plot is a little all over the place, I felt like the author tried too much. Now, granted I have not read the first few books in this series, so that might be on me as this might not truly be a standalone.
Another thing, there were three psychopaths in this story, not just one, and that sort of killed the main characters uniqueness for me. If there are so many then he is nothing new and different so I was turned off. Oh, and near the end, his lady “uncages” her monster and there is a really cringe worthy, rolled my eyes (shall I say crappy) scene that just seems out of place, over the top and unnecessary. I only mention this because it makes the psychopath seem normal and sweet. The author lost me on the second half of the book. I feel like this book was an outline of everything she could possibly want in the book, and it was never full flushed out to its final potential.
Lastly there were a few too many editing errors, interesting word choices, missing punctuation, and sentences that I had trouble reading, examples:
“Except the fuck you do need to.” Or “How’s the girls this morning?” or even, “It’s where I first ever saw him.” While more of an annoying issue it stunted my reading flow and made it a very choppy read.
I have read a few of this author’s more recently published books and have loved them, so I think her growth as an author is huge. I will continue to read her books, but might wait on her past books to come on sale or read them with a grain of salt.
I feel like I’ve been waiting forever for Frosts book (i haven’t but it felt like it) and boy was it worth it.
Frost intrigued me from the very first mention of him in a previous book and I was dying to get to know the real Frost. I LOVE Frost so much. He’s everything I love in a fictional man. He’s hot, scary, unpredictable, a psychopath and he’s definitely met his match with Ella.
Frost has always been a bit of an enigma. He absolutely fascinates me. He’s got that dark, broody, intense vibe going on that I can’t get enough of and I don’t know how Amo Jones did it, but she managed to make me love him even more by the time I’d finished this book.
Ella was a complete surprise for me. I struggle with female characters quite a bit and it’s very rare one wins me over as quick as Ella did. From the start I found her very easy to like and as I got to know her character better, that like soon turned in to a full on girlie crush. There are no words to describe Ella. She’s everything.
This book has everything any Amo Jones fan wants from her books. The story had me hooked, the characters will make you love them (especially Ella) and there’s a perfect balance of action, angst and hotness. If you’ve read her previous books then you kind of know what you’re getting into. If she’s a new to you author, I honestly can’t recommend her books enough. Each book is better than the last and each one leaves you desperate for more and The Devils Match is no exception.