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Deacon (Unfinished Hero, #4)

Kristen Ashley

Start date: May 18, 2023

Finish date: May 23, 2023

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Sep 20, 2014 Laura Elizabeth rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: alpha-hero-is-a-reformed-dawg, aloof-hero, mystery-man, burned-before, meh, anti-hero, grow-a-pair

Wow this was a tough one to rate. In general I liked the story and enjoyed reading it but as you can see from my comments below I had issues. Some spoilerage below

Since this is the great KA I'll give it four stars. But that's being generous. Her last few books were so disappointing to me. Had high hopes here and the sample chapters made him out to be a badass of the Lucas Stark/Hawk variety.

Speaking of badass, the word is used 45 times. He calls himself a badass. A true badass never needs to te Wow this was a tough one to rate. In general I liked the story and enjoyed reading it but as you can see from my comments below I had issues. Some spoilerage below

Since this is the great KA I'll give it four stars. But that's being generous. Her last few books were so disappointing to me. Had high hopes here and the sample chapters made him out to be a badass of the Lucas Stark/Hawk variety.

Speaking of badass, the word is used 45 times. He calls himself a badass. A true badass never needs to tell people that he's a badass, it's a given, everyone knows it (ex. Hawk, Tack, the hot bunch). This supposed alpha male, (when he comes home after not seeing Cassie for five weeks ) wants to be fed before he fucks her. (Ugh Deacon, you are supposed to be a badass KA alpha male. Please check your handbook under " fucking your woman senseless" and get back to us). Fortunately he changes his mind ten minutes later.

Speaking of overused words "beauty" is another one. This word is used for everything and this also happened in her last few books as well. Shut up Beauty, tired of it.

Then the entire middle of the story is focused on home improvement and property maintenance. This is where it goes down memory lane with a Jagged/Kaleidoscope vibe. I was waiting for Marcus Sloane to show up with a nail gun and drag the hot bunch along on retainer.

So then we have some contrived drama ( was expecting something to leak to Cassie from his "badass world") but that didn't happen. He leaves Cassie for six months thinking that he is a married man when she finds evidence but he does not explain to her.

He comes back with a stupid song, does not grovel ( for fucking once I would like to see a KA alpha male have to grovel) then does something that for sure will have Hawk,Tack,Tate and the hot bunch showing up at his door to revoke his KA badass alpha male card.

We had a happy little reunion with the rest of the characters from this series setting up Knights brother Nicks book.

Epilogue stunk, very unusual for KA.

That being said, her books still auto buy for me but expectation bar officially lowered.

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Mar 07, 2015 Michele ~ la Smoocherina rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: military-special-ops-seals, requires-release-upon-reading, bdsm-with-love, alpha-male, real-world-problems, dom-sub-in-bedroom-only, hot-as-hell, has-the-plot-of-a-romantic-comedy, good-dirty-talk-or-phone-sex, character-asshole-for-a-time

So! For those of you that don't use my shelves as a shorthand review, I'll give it to you straight! 5 GLEAMING STARS!

Seriously!

And here's what I'll say, straight up. I LOVE Kristen Ashley! She IS my rock star. But in this series, you could read this book as a stand-alone. I loved Knight, it was book one - the others in the series, are not my favorites, but let me defend my 5 star rating of Deacon. (I know all you review judges out there are thinking I'm leading with my heart and have zero brain ...more

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Jan 24, 2017 Karen rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: audio-book

Loving audiobooks as re-reads.

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Dec 13, 2015 Kristiana rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: romance-rc-2016, 2016, re-read, 2015, 2017, 2020

Update 2020:
Habis baca Raid, langsung kangen Deacon. Ga bosen bacanya.

Dibaca untuk Romance RC 2016
Tema : The Darker Part of Romance

First read : 4-5 Dec 2015 (4.5 stars)

“Anything. You want it, I got it in me to give it to you, you got anything from me.” (Deacon)

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Nov 10, 2014 Stacie rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: must-reads

I have loved the Unfinished Heroes Series. For me, each book continues to get better. I loved Deacon. He's the man every woman wants. Cassidy is a strong female character. She is not weak, which earns her more points in my book. Her friend, Milagros, same way. This is a must read. It can be read as a standalone but I would recommend reading in order so you know more about the characters that are also in this book.
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