Unleashed (Devil's Reach, #3)

by J L Drake

[Eve1972]

I'll admit right up front I went into this one without the same level of excitement as I did with book two. However, I signed up because I loved this author's writing and loved the first two books. I had hoped with this being the third book (featuring this couple), in addition to all the other stuff going down with the club, we would be spared the extra drama caused by other women that got tiresome halfway through book two. Alas, that was not the case, and it really took away from my enjoyment, and I found it completely unnecessary plotwise.





Unfortunately, my tastes have changed a lot since I read book one and two. I am just not a fan of stories featuring one couple being drug out over several books anymore, and this one felt just that drug out. Like the author didn't have enough actual plot to fill a third full-length book. So instead she just added a bunch of needless drama, 1001 pointless flashbacks, and an uninspiring third POV.

I also have ZERO patience for pointless other women drama. And like I said, this one had an over abundance of your typical cliché type of OW drama. From Peggy, the club whore who came THISCLOSE to having Trigger's dick in her mouth and who for some reason was still around when she should have been kicked out the first time she caused issues. Then we had Melissa with the oh so original "Trigger is the father of my baby." plot twist. If that wasn't enough we then get a random he was hard for at 67% and thinks to himself "She had plump lips, which could be used in my favor." this was AFTER he has already asked Tess to marry him mind you and had Tess not intervened I am guessing he would have dropped his pants for her, and the implication he cheated on Tess even later in the book that was never really cleared up. -- Just for the record I don't THINK he did, but as I said, it is never made 100% clear he didn't either. Which annoyed me because it needed to be made clear because I finished this book not really believing 100% in Trigger's ability to stay faithful. It was seriously all so unnecessary and eye-rolling to me.





If I set those issues aside, the rest of the book was OK. Obviously, it was my least favorite of the three, but I was still connected enough with the "mole" plot and whatnot to stay engaged. I found the pace kind of dragged in parts. It also didn't have the same energy as the first two had. However, the secondary characters remained intriguing. Denton and Fin were adorable, and Tess was BADASS. Last, it was all wrapped up in a satisfactory, but somewhat lackluster ending considering all the buildup with the mole, Allen, and whatnot through three entire books.





So yea, a bit of a mixed bag I guess with this one. The other women drama just felt like filler to drag out the story and create more unneeded drama. There was already enough drama with the mole storyline that would have carried the story forward all on its own. The OW stuff could have been dropped with no effect on the overall plot at all. After two books I was expecting this couple to be more solid and be a team working to expose the mole. All the relationship drama (not to mention all of Triggers hot and cold weird ass moods) took away from the overall story and slowed the pace. Maybe it is my mood today, or as I said above my tastes have changed, whatever it is I am sure I will be in the minority, and that is fine. So please do read other reviews before deciding on whether to read this one or not.