ARC received from publisher via Eidelweiss for an honest review

Wow! Just wow!

"Do you want me to lie, or do you want me to tell you the truth?" about Better When He's Bad?

We have met the Marked Men in Rule, Jet, Rome and Nash, now it's time to meet the men of The Point.

Shane "Bax" Baxter is not your average bad guy. Yeah, he does bad things, but at the root of it all he's not bad. As the story progresses we learn more and more about things that have happened in the past and about how why Bax turns out the way he does. And it is surprising that he is not worse than he is. Though I have to admit, at first I wasn't such a fan of him, but about 1/4 in I was hooked on him.

Dovie "Copper-Top" Pryce. So different from Bax's other women. Is she too different or is she just what he needs.

Welcome to the Point

I liked her. For someone who everyone thinks is going to be timid and meek she sure showed them. I loved how she stood up to people, firstly Bax then the other baddies around. The one thing that I didn't feel as much for was her work at the group home. I just felt that with everything else that was going on with her, this storyline was a bit superfluous?

Loved Bax's relationship with Race - as confused and messed up as it is during the story. You could feel the tension and the disharmony between them while things got worked out. I am still not sure if I like or don't like Race!

I also felt that with Bax the street fighting storyline was a bit unnecessary. Bax seemed to love the boosting and restoring the cars, and yes, while the fighting was a big part of his past, I don't know, did he really need to go back to it? I know it brought characters into the fray that were a big part of the later story. Maybe this is just me though!!

There were some great secondary characters, especially Titus King. Again, took a while to figure out if he is a good guy or a bad guy, but I just loved that he was around. I hope we get more of him!

There was just so much going on in Better When He's Bad. It was hard to know who was good and who was bad, who to trust or who to be wary of.

Ms Crownover has weaved a web of lies, deceit, revenge. From the moment I picked it up I was intrigued about all that had and was happening.

I never thought that one of Jay's men could ever take the place of Rule, but Shane Baxter might just do it!

Now, can't wait for Race's story in Better When He's Bold