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Dirty Ride by Chantal Fernando
3.0

3.5 Irish Stars

ARC kindly provided via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Not really sure what to say about this one. I was intrigued straight away by the prologue of this book. No-one deserves to put up with any form of abuse from their partner - or from anyone at all for that matter.

With Tina starting anew and meeting Ardan at the bar, you just knew straight away that with him being a biker this would be an interesting story, coupled with what she was running from. Tina and Ardans relationship seems to move fairly quickly and I feel like things could've been explained a bit better, instead of it just moving so fast.

I haven't watched the complete series of Sons of Anarchy, but I've watched the first couple of seasons, and I couldn't help but think of them when Ardan was talking about the club, being all badass biker, or they were actually at the club itself with the other members and old ladies.

I love the badass biker side of things and I really did like Ardans character. I also loved how Tina realised that none of what happened to her was her fault. People like Darren are the ones with the problem and in the end it was an interesting outcome.

The epilogue makes me wonder if what Ardan told Tina is going to come back and bite him in the Arse, so it actually makes me want to read this series. This was my first Chantal Fernando book, so I'd be interested to read the first couple and then continue on with the ones that come after this one as well.

A quick read with some quirky characters. Would recommend.