Stag by Brooke Summers ARC Review

 

Title: Stag (Fury Vipers MC #1)
Author: Brooke Summers
Publish Date: February 24th, 2022
Publisher: Self-published
Source: Huge thank you to NetGalley and Next Step PR for providing me with an ARC for review!

She’s a princess locked away without any hope. He’s her dark knight in leather.

Stag has been in and out of juvie for years, but now he’s determined to keep his nose clean… or as clean as the Road Captain for the Fury Vipers MC can be.

He's found a brotherhood, one that he'll protect until his dying breath.

Then he sees her and his plans go up in smoke.

She’s the club princess and completely off limits.

An accident destroyed everything. Kinsley's life is now her own personal hell.

Having to pay for the mistake that she made, Kinsley's now bound to a man that makes her skin crawl.

She has no other options and eventually she learns that life isn’t a fairytale.

Then she meets Stag and he has her dreaming of a life that's without pain.

But Kinsley knows that for her, there's no escaping the crumbling castle that she’s been locked away in.

Not if she doesn’t want anyone else that she loves to be hurt.

Can her salvation also be his redemption?

Penelope's Review

This was a great start to a new series! It's the first book I'm reading by Brooke Summers and I'm looking forward to reading others. This is a very intense, dark read that touches on a lot of difficult topics. I think the author handled these triggers really well - she wrote about rape and abuse in an honest, straightforward manner. The main female lead, Kinsley, was tough despite everything she had gone through. She was incredibly brave and loyal to her friends and family. 

Stag was just the right amount of possessive and totally in love with Kinsley. I loved watching the two of them get closer and watching that protective side come out in Stag. He was just what Kinsley needed, always putting her fears of shame and unworthiness to rest. 

I haven't really read many biker club romances before so this is a new area to me, but I'm excited to delve more into this world now! Looking forward to the other books in what is sure to be a great series!

Rating: 4/5 Devils!