Kirsten's Reviews > Hard Roads

3.5-4 Munch stars



The MC life is all Holly is familiar with. Her father is the president of the Dominion Motorcycle Club, so she grew up amongst the tough bikers. Not much fazes her, for she has seen it all. Her life is about to take a big turn when she is kidnapped out of nowhere.



Also accustomed to the life is JD. His father was involved with the Hell's Rebellion MC, so he too grew up in the life. He has one last mission to accomplish for the club before his debt has been paid. This last task will change everything.



Hard Roads is a love story filled with guilt, trust, passion, fear, and some of the most gruesome images you may ever read.






I would consider myself a fan of books about motorcycle clubs. I would also say I am a big fan of Lily White. So to put these two together sounded like the perfect recipe for an intense and brutal read. And fuck me, did this deliver on the brutality. Eek!

Initially when I started reading this, I was a little disappointed. It was very...blah, blah, MC presidents daughter... blah blah... she's a tough cookie... blah blah ... oh no, she's kidnapped by another club... blah blah...sexual attraction...yada yada. Honestly, I wasn't that impressed. And then something takes place, our H/h are separated, and shit gets real! Wow!

The middle part of this book is what sold me. It had my anxiety levels up to a 10, and I could not believe what was taking place. This wasn't a mindfuck situation. This was pure horrific and mind blowing viciousness and gore. A big kudos to Lily for painting such a vivid picture of someone losing their life. The thought process and imagination of events that occurred cannot be scrubbed away from my brain anytime soon.

The last third of the book was good and I did like it. It was really hard to come down from the high after reading some of those scenes though. Since the ending was so tame comparatively, it lost some major oomph on my end.

Character-wise, both were likable, and I was rooting for them in their situation, but I was put off by JD's introduction to what he was like for the second half. We were introduced to a ruthless biker, but in actuality he was more of a sweet guy. I get that being under the guise of a kidnapper he should act rough, even if that's not his true self. But even his POV in the beginning made him out to be more of an outlaw than he actually was.

Overall a decent MC read and I would only recommend if you are not bothered by dark content and graphic murder.