Motorcycle Man (Dream Man, #4)

by Kristen Ashley

[stacey_is_sassy]

I don't want to change my rating.

I finished it.

I can honestly say, that if I didn't love this story so much I would have cut my losses on the audio for Motorcycle Man. Unfortunately, the narrator does not do a male character well. I don't know about you but I always picture bikers as having deep and rumbly voices. Well, Tack sounded like a mafia hitman from the Bronx (guessing, don't kill me, I'm not great with accents) and his brothers didn't sound much better. I'd even say they sounded a bit whiney. It almost made me cry. I suffered through and gritted my teeth because the story is still worth listening to, until...

Lee Knightingale's voice was higher pitched than mine... NOOOOOO!!!

Hawk, Mitch and Brock's weren't great but they were better than poor Lee. Lee's a bad@ss in my head and for the narrator to do that to him, it's just WRONG!!

Anyways, I loved Motorcycle Man to read. This is the perfect story to showcase Kristen Ashley's amazing talent. She takes one of the ugliest scenes where you're sneering at the hero and hating all men for their douchewaffle ways, and makes you completely backflip. Oh, you still have your arms crossed and making squinty eyes for awhile, but then he comes good. Like really, really good. He's so good by the end you're swooning and turning to your hubby to ask them how they feel about motorcycles, tattoos and hog roasts.

Tyra and Tack's story is bumpy, with a mountain to cross before they even get settled. There are intense scenes of mayhem and madness. Fists are flying, guns are cocked and knives are sharpened. Tack is hot, sexy and sweet. He tells it like it is which can hurt like all buggery one minute, then makes you swoon the next. I'll take the swoony Tack any day. Tyra is feisty but she really gains confidence and attitude when she settles into her place as "old lady". They are the King and Queen of biker royalty, with the brothers and their women as loyal followers.

I loved the story but did not love the audio which is very disappointing. I had held off buying the audio because it was a little pricier than other KA audio's and now I wish I had saved my money. The sample certainly didn't prepare me enough.

I won't change my rating because I still love the story. If and that's a big IF I was to rate it on the audio alone, I hate to say it but it wouldn't have rated higher than 2 stars. Take my advice, if you want to hear Motorcycle Man, read it to yourself out loud.