Reviews
Rating 3 Stars-Liked It Fire Inside is the same timeline as Own The Wind (Chaos #1). All the times Hop and Lanie were sneaking around in Own The Wind, Chaos fans will finally get the goods on what was going on between them and a little more. Since it was the same time frame, Hop’s story had no action or edge of your seat moments. For it being the same time frame I am happy that some of the drug lord scenes were not rehash from Own The Wind. Fire Inside is about Lanie fighting the demons inside of her from being kidnapped and shot because of her dead husband actions in Motorcycle Man (Dream Man #4). Loved how we got to get inside Lanie’s head on what happened to her and the effect it had on her. If have not read Motorcycle Man do not worry Kristen Ashley did a great job with just enough info on what happened to Lanie. Loved how Lanie and Hop were total opposites and fit so well together. Loved how Kristen Ashley cleared up a scene with Hop and Bebe from Motorcycle Man. She has way of making a scene more than what it really is. Hop is sexy with his alpha male attitude and loved every moment of it. Loved his jealous side especially when it came to Lanie going on a date with someone her friends were trying to hook her up with to get her back in the dating scene. No one knows she is seeing Hop. I wanted more with these scenes and felt it was pushed to get a jealous moment out of Hop. A few things were a bit repetitive, like his mustache when ever he kissed her. I would of liked some of the repetitive stuff taken away and added more to the storyline with something new. The storyline for Fire Inside and Chaos series is so far missing some intense moments and action like her other novels. But that will not stop me from continuing the series. I will read and buy anything Kristen Ashley writes. Loving the cover for Fire Inside and look forward to the new cover. ARC provided by publisher, Forever (Grand Central Publishing) from NetGalley for an honest review. Originally posted at Wickedly Delicious Book Blog
Unfortunately, this book was a little disappointing. The characters are well developed, but the main female character is a high maintenance, drama queen which makes her hard to like. It helps that the book is written in first person so we see her internal conversations helping us understand her motivations a little better. The main male character is pretty soft for a supposedly bad ass biker. Also, there really isn't any suspense until the epilogue. This is really just a normal contemporary romance that happens to take place in a motorcycle club. I really like Kristen Ashley's work, and this book isn't bad. It just left me feeling a little flat.
Find this review and more at kimberlyfaye reads . After finishing Own the Wind, I decided I needed to keep bingeing the hell out of the Chaos series. I was in Kristen Ashley's world and had no desire to leave. I wasn't 100% sold on the idea of Lanie and Hop, knowing them separately from the previous books, but of course I was willing to give them a shot. KA isn't going to steer me wrong, right? Right! I didn't love this one as much as I did Own the Wind or Motorcycle Man, but it was still a really good book. The pace of Fire Inside is quite a bit slower than the other two KA books I've read. I think that's part of the reason I struggled with it at times. Instead of there being a big outside conflict between Hop and Lanie, it was as though the biggest problem was in Lanie's head as she tried to work through her past. Which, is totally understandable. She had a rocky past for sure. But, I think part of that past – and the time spent in her own head during this book – made it a little tough for me to connect with her. Hop seemed like a good guy who made some questionable choices in the past, but there was more to his story. Some parts were more difficult to deal with than others. But they all helped me better understand the man as he was today. When all was said and done, I was an unapologetic Hop and Lanie fangirl. I loved how each character grew over the course of this book. Opposites really do attract... and when they do, the fire burns bright. And hot. Oh, and it's worth mentioning, the ending of this one?! It hit me right in the feels. More than you can possibly know.
