Publication: February 9th 2016 By: Pocket Star / Gallery Books
Series: Wind Dragons MC #3.5
Genre: Adult-Romance, Contemporary, Novella
Format: e-ARC Source: Publisher via Netgalley
My Rating: 3.5 Stars
Review
Dirty Ride turns out to be the perfect little escape from reality. It only took a hot second to read it, and I was satisfied in the end. It’s quick and dirty, which is what the description and cover promise. I haven’t read the previous books, but I had no problem getting to know Irish, bad boy extraordinaire to the Wind Dragons Motorcycle Club.
Valentina’s character was the focal point to this story, as she’s the one running from an abusive past. I was open to the possibility that this would be insta-love, so I wasn’t surprised really. My rational side says that the pace is too fast for this type of plot. Girl running from her past, meets hot guy in a bar, within days they are joined at the hip. Not very smart of Tina to do since she is trying to get her life together, and she just ran away from an abusive relationship. Bad boy Irish is the right man for the job as rebound. He’s not only hot, bud badaxx with connections. Who better to protect Tina than him? So yeah, my bad conscious told my good conscious to shut the hell up and leave them be.
You have a woman on the run, a bad boy who falls in love with her, a ruthless motorcycle club, and hot romance – the perfect little escape. I will definitely be reading more of this series.
Challenge Met: Netgalley/Edelweiss Reading Challenge
Seems like from your review this book was just “meh” glad you enjoyed it enough to finish and great review, I think I’ll skip this one for a read you like better.
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Quick and dirty can be just what the doctor prescribed in certain cases, Lekeisha 🙂 I’m glad you enjoyed this even without having read the other books in the series. Great review!
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Oh yeah, this is my kind of read. Bad boy all the way.
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I think this is why romance novellas don’t typically click with me, because it’s so hard not to do insta-love when you have a certain number of pages to develop a romance. I prefer more slowburn, but I’m glad to hear you had a good time with this! Sometimes you just need a good escape book.
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I’m glad you liked this one. I love a good romance novella sometimes. They’re a great diversion.
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Haha, yes, sometimes one needs to turn a blind eye to things to enjoy a story. Glad it hit the spot. I’ve read a few MCs lately so I’ll keep this in mind if the mood continues.
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I haven’t read a MC book…i know!
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oh this one sounds wonderful!!! I love those irish heroes…I am always on the lookout for a hot romance to devour. Great review.
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I don’t generally go for books like this but I have to say that I’m a little curious. I grew up Sturgis SD, home of the motorcycle rally where over half a million people come to visit for one week a year. It’s full of biker gangs and all that. I know from experience that many of these bikers look scary but really they are softies on the inside. And very, very generous. So I’ve been considering reading a book like this and see how I feel about it.
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Sometimes, quick, fun and dirty are exactly what you need! I struggle with the pacing with novella or short stories so I can definitely see why you expected it to be insta love.
Glad this was good overall though!
Lovely review, Lekeisha!
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I like to hear that he’s irish. Something about it I really love. Sounds like a nice in between read!
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This does sound like a fun little escape read, those really are the best.
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I haven’t read any of this series, but it definitely sounds interesting! I love a bad boy so I’ll have to add the first one to my to read list. 🙂
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Yeah shut up and leave them be! Hahaha
I’m not sure if I’ll like this one, I might find the girl too drunk in love to know better. TSTL for short
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It’s good that starting this one in the middle of the series didn’t hinder it in the slightest. I also really like the sound of this one being the quick, cheeky escape that you sometimes need. Whenever I need an escape from reality I always end up turning to the romance genre.
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Great review, Lekeisha! I swear I read another book with almost the same exact cover….lol. I am not a fan of insta-love but sometimes I can just go with it if it works in the story and it sounds like it does in this one. This book does sound like the perfect excape from reality.
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I almost requested this one and now I’m kicking myself for not doing it… It sounds like just what I need right about now. Great review, Lekeisha!
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