Own the Wind (Chaos, #1)

by Kristen Ashley

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I discovered Kristen Ashley's (KA) books around the end of 2012. A bunch of blogs that I errr ummm..stalk, kept mentioning how much they loved the hero Tack Allen from Motorcycle Man. So I picked up Motorcycle Man and gave it a gander. Let me tell you, boy I absolutely fell and I mean fell hard for the hero Tack Allen, of Motorcycle Man and KA's writing style. KA hit all the right buttons for me with this hero. It was like she was in my head and knew all the things that would make me swoon. Anyway I went on a reading frenzy of her books. I spent two weeks floating on KA euphoria and on an alpha man high. Point to all this is to mention that Motorcycle Man is part of KA's Dream Man series and it was the last book of that series. Own the Wind is a spin-off from Motorcycle man and is the start of KA's new Chaos series. I've been impatiently waiting for this book since I read the last pages of Motorcycle Man. Now I shall commence gushing about Own the Wind. :)

My Synopsis:

Tabitha "Tabby" Allen has had a crush on Parker "Shy" Gage since she was sixteen yrs. old. Tabby is the daughter of Tack Allen, who is the Chaos Motorcycle Club (MC) president. Parker nicknamed Shy by his MC brothers is the resident man-whore. Shy, being the resident man-whore really says something since I think most of the guys in the club are pretty free with their peener lovin'! :) Shy and the other boys from the MC had to step in and rescue Tabby, when she was sixteen from a bad situation. This incident has stayed with Shy and it's his basis for deciding to dish out a cruel lesson towards Tabby three years later. This lesson changes the course of things for both Shy and Tabby. Tabby spends the next years avoiding Shy, and Shy spends the next year unable to forget the taste of "the kiss" Tabby gives him at the end of that lesson. Fast forward three years later and a heartbreaking tragedy strikes for Tabby. Tabby never imagines that she'd be able to dream again after this tragedy and then Shy re-enters back into her life. Shy has his own tragedies that has shaped him. Will these two be able help one another live and dream again?

My Thoughts:

A lot of KA fans were worried about how this book would differ from her self published books. Own the Wind is her first non-self published book. KA's writing style is magic and her books are addictive. She sucks me into each world she writes about every time with her special magic writing powers. In my humble opinion I think KA's writing style, still rock balls and kick ninja butts. Was it perfect? No! But it was near darn perfect for me. Yea, I miss the epically long books and I miss some of the girlfriend chatting moments but none of these for me, took away from how awesome this book still was. She still delivered on all the things that I needed to love her books.

She gave me the alpha hero, Shy. Shy, oh shy...how I love thee! You are so a mini Tack. We didn't know much about his character going into this book, except that he was a major man-whore to the 10th power. I wasn't sure how KA was going to make me believe that Shy would drop his man whore ways, to just give his magic stick loving to just one special gal. I had nothing to worry about because again, KA made a believer out of me. I love the way Shy loved Tabby. The things that came out of that boys mouth had me in a puddle. His bossy alpha side had me wanting to drop down and give it to him! And Tabby..yea love that girl. She so sweet but at the same time holds her own and will go toe to toe with Shy when it's needed. I loved watching her come into her own. Favorite scene in the book was her going toe to toe with her step-mom, Tyra and the Chaos boys. Made me tear up for Tabby and Shy, during that scene.

One of the things that I love about KA's writing is I feel like she allows us to watch the couple grow together. You are on that journey with them. She delivers this in Own the Wind again. I adored watching the two, fall in love. KA still manages to throw in the little things that make you swoon over the story of the couple. The foil wrapper ball...so love that. I really enjoyed the fact that these two were friends and each others support system before they became lovers. It was the foundation and what made me believe that Shy in all is whore ways could give it all up for that one girl. And once these two love...there is no holding back for either. They are the rock for each other. They have each others back and it was a beautiful. And the sexing was yummy. It was filled with hot smoking and sweet poignant moments that makes a girl sigh.

Fans will be happy to hear that we get, lots of yummy Tack in this book. Tack and Shy's come to Jesus moment was great. Love how Shy gave it to Tack on how it is with his and Tabby's relationship. I was in Chaos heaven when we got glimpses of one new recruit (Joker) and getting page time with some of the other Chaos members. One new character also stole the show for me. Can we say Landon? I hope KA finds a way to somehow fit this boy somewhere in her world and give us his story.

To wrap this up...I freaking loved this book. I cannot wait for the next book in the series. If you haven't discovered this author yet...now you've been ed-u-macated. This book stands alone very well without reading Motorcycle Man, but I would still recommend you read that book first. I say this only because I think you'll get more enjoyment. You'll get the full affect of the motorcycle club.

Note: Own the Wind picks up about three years later from Motorcycle Man. Tabby is nineteen and Shy is twenty-four at the start of Own the Wind. Also on a side note..seriously this title cracks me the fudge up. Makes me think of breaking wind...anywhoo...anyone else think that?