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232 pages, Kindle Edition
First published July 29, 2021
book 📕 1: Adversaries (The Lost Souls MC prequel, #.5)
book 📕 2: Adversaries (The Lost Souls MC book 1)
book 📕 3: Frenemies (The Lost Souls MC book 2)
just thought i’d clear that up and save y’all so much time
📚Adversaries📚 is the first, or technically second, book in TL Hodels “Lost Souls MC” trilogy.
i do recommend reading the prequel, it gives you a nice background and is literally a 20 minute read.
in dual POV, this follows Naomi and Chase. Naomi is a college student, and a complete b!tch. i loved her! she’s super stuck up and only expects only the best, i really loved how Chase did not put out with her BS, but also helped her become nicer. Chase is still emotionally recovering from losing his wife and child at the hands of his brother. he only sees destruction and revenge, but then suddenly Naomi intercepts his plans. they instantly dislike each other because she’s a stuck up b!tch and he doesn’t take it and it adds so much tension to their relationship!
let’s talk tropes 👇
✅ age gap (of what i’m assuming is 15ish years? it wasn’t confirmed)
✅dislike to love
✅incredibly sassy and mouthy heroine
✅”tortured” hero
✅MC involvement (not too heavy, but still prominent)
✅college setting
✅tons of tension but not tons of spice (YET!)
my thoughts👇
i came across this when reading Dylan Page’s Bleeding Hearts series, which i highly recommend by the way. the third book, Ashes, was super confusing but it referenced characters here (mainly Micah, Riley, Shelby and Logan, who are main characters in her other series) so i thought i would give this a go and make more sense of the Bleeding Hearts series. i totally didn’t expect to love it as much as i did! i love, and i mean love a dynamic of a stuck up b!itchy heroine with an alpha male who brings her back down to earth and helps her become a better human. this gave me all of that! there is also a part to Naomi that i can see really affected her but we don’t know what is it quite yet. i love Chase, i felt his emotions deeply and my heart broke for him!
the plot
the plot was good. it was a little confusing with all the motorcycle clubs and gangs, but it made a lot more sense towards the end and i’m intrigues to see where it goes.
my fav quotes ✨
“someone up there decided to send me an angel. she may not be the harp playing, kind cherub that people expected, but she was the angel i needed.”
“relax it’s just s*x, it’s not that big of a deal”
“Like f*ck it isn’t Naomi” Chase roared, shocking us both. “I swear to you, if you touch another man, i’ll break his d*mn neck”
My brow rose while my heart fluttered. “You’re not going to start that mine crap now, are you?”
“Yeah, I’m gonna start that mine crap.” His angry glare locked with mine.” You got a fucking problem with that?”
“Look, Riley, Naomi is…” He stopped and looked back at me for a second before continuing, “Well, she’s Naomi.”
Gee thanks.
that about summed Naomi up, yeah
overall, i was surprised by how much i enjoyed this! i really didn’t want to like it, mainly coz of that cover man. i probably wouldn’t have picked it up if i didn’t think it would help me better understand the plot of Ashes/The Bleeding Hearts series. i’m totally continuing onto Frenemies and very excited to go into it right now! i don’t think i’ll be reading her other series with the opp characters, it seems a little too high school for me.
4/5⭐️
3.5/5🔥