Name: Jasmine's review of Wrong Ways Down by Stacia Kane
Item: Wrong Ways Down
Rating: 5
Author: Jasmine

Stacia Kane

"It's a thin line between right and wrong. It's an even thinner one between wrong and dead... Terrible has always been on the wrong side of the law, living up to the only name anyone ever gave him. As the chief enforcer for Downside's most powerful criminal, it's his job to collect debts and protection money by any means necessary. And he's very good at his job. But part of that job is also to keep Bump's various employees safe. So when a street dealer is found dead and a prostitute is brutally attacked, Terrible immediately starts using his fists to hunt down the ones responsible. He's determined to find and destroy them. They're determined to use his desire for the woman he secretly loves to break him"--Page 4 of cover.

A Downside Story

Wrong Ways Down

Maria Victoria Farrugia

Jasmine

Reread: November/01/2021
This isn't a super long book but this time around I really took my time living through every moment and appreciating Terrible for the complex character that he is. I know he's more than capable of protecting himself but dammit if I still want to protect him from the world. His love for those he cares about i.e his daughter Katie, and the love of his love Chess is just the most beautiful thing.

 The scene where they stay up watching a detective movie at his house on the couch and Chess falls asleep on his lap is one of my favourites moments. I love how these books always highlight the simpler moments and give them so much importance to these characters, and as a reader so many little details to get lost in. Chess and Terrible scenes always give me such a rush. Seeing as all 5 books in the series are entirely in Chess is POV that makes this novella even more special. 236 pages and not a moment is wasted. 

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Reread: 10/08/2018
And no reread of one of my favorite UF series would be complete without reading my favorite character's own book!!! My poor Terrible realizing how much he suffered for most of the first books (can't even imagine book 3) destroys me but like hell if that doesn't make love him even more! Especially how he wants desperately to be a part of Katie's life and more than just as Uncle Terry even if knows that will likely never happen. His unwavering love for Chess is still about the sweetest thing ever, and fact that he never thought it would be reciprocated😭... but oh how wrong he will be! Despite the fact that he is not the most attractive guy, beats up, and kills people for a living there is just something about his character that completely attaches him to my heart, I can't even explain it! 

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Original Review
5 Terrible Stars

Oh, Terrible just when I thought you couldn't get more amazing...Sigh* you really do 


  “It were … she’d fell asleep, and she’d fell asleep on him. Like she trusted him that much she could just sleep, she were that comfortable. She weren’t freaking out touching him or blushing or looking all embarrassed or rushing to get away, though he knew she might when she woke up. But for that moment she were just sleeping there, next to him. Like she was his.”
 <--- yep this little moment killed me, his love for Chess is so beautiful it's heartbreaking. 

This book takes place between the first and the second. It involves Terrible hunting down someone who has been attacking prostitutes in the downside. Terrible is such an intriguing character for me so the fact we get a whole book from his perspective is heaven!! It also means we finally get his inner feelings on Chess and some big moments like their first kiss and the first real conversation they have at Chesters airport. 

First, I love everything about the downside series from the storylines, to the romance, to the amazing characters, but Terrible is still the best part out it all imo! Here is a character who is an enforcer he solves most of his problems with his fists, he has never known his parents, doesn't have a real name, only has a vague idea of his age, his daughter has no clue that he is her dad, and the only girl he loves sees him as just a friend. It doesn't get more tragic than that no way was I not falling for his beautiful broken self.

 I always could tell there was a lot going on inside his head, but I never realized how in tune with everything and everyone he is. It breaks my heart how people assume because of his appearance and lack of education that he is just some dumb muscle who works for Bump, but I love how he uses all of it to his advantage. When he is with Chess it's so natural because she lets him be himself and they can just hang out and joke around together. I especially loved all the Chess moments in this book, and there wasn't a lot but the ones that were there were perfect. Ahh I mean his love for her is so precious and one of a kind! All the events that take place in the later books have an even greater impact after knowing all his thoughts. Apart they are two broken people but together they fit perfectly. All in all, I wish this series was dual pov because I would die to know his thoughts on things that take place in later books... yep pretty sure that would kill me!

Nickie Mohler

Prostitutes are being brutalized, a dealer is found dead. Sex magic felt in each case. These are all problems for Terrible, Bump's chief enforcer to deal with. All while he's got nothing but Chess on the brain. Using his street smarts, and all the things Chess has taught him, he sets out to find the assholes and make them pay. All the while thinking about how much he loves Chess. This series keeps getting better and better!! I want them together now!! The suspense is killing me!!

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Wrong Ways Down by Stacia Kane

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