No Prince by Stevie J. ColeMy rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ stars
No Prince by L.P. Lovell & Stevie J. Cole is a dark read and
quite different from what I normally read. The book looks at the characters
Zepp and Monroe. Zepp is no king, rather he is the devil in the dark waiting to
take you soul. Both are living in a small town, suffocating by its
repressiveness and helpless in getting out. Basically, it is a town that once
it has its claws in you, you’re never going to get out.
Zepp and Monroe’s relationship comes to a
head when she steals a car that he and his boys are trying to take right from under
his nose. From there, it starts an almost cat and mouse relationship of both of
them trying to survive their small town but also each other.
Monroe is trying to get out of her small
town and doing things she wouldn’t necessarily do or likes to do in order to do
that. Under the thumb of her mother’s nasty boyfriend she is struggling to
survive, even if it means that she ends up black and blue from doing so. In contrast,
there isn’t anything Zepp won’t do for his brother, long putting his life in hold,
he is just surviving by any means possible. When reading the book, you see how
strong these two characters are, people who are put in a certain class because
of where they live in town, they are seen as lesser and that is kind of
highlighted throughout the book with various other characters. There are
certainly battle lines drawn in the sand when it comes to this small town.
The story takes a lot of twists and turns
when Monroe ends up owing Zepp for him helping her. In a way it starts the
development of their relationship from enemies into lovers and then into
something more. Monroe and Zepp certainly have a lot of chemistry and it was
hot reading about it, but there was more to this story than just sexy scenes.
There are a few moments which are heart-breaking
for both characters and that is what keeps you turning the pages…you just need
to know what happens to them and if they get a HEA. The authors makes you
invested in this story and characters and you’re rooting for them most of the
way.
ARC received for a
fair, honest and sometimes long review 😊
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