Review: Rival (The Aces MC Series Book 1) by A J Macey

Rival by A.J. Macey
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

MC vs The Mob

This is quite a violent book, and the one perpetrating most of the violence isn’t the retired assassin it’s the thief.

Keira, is also known as The Cat. She started stealing when she was 9 years old from her father’s friends. Her father happens to be a mob boss and he didn’t treat his only daughter well. Over the years her stealing had one object, to get enough money and power to destroy her father.

Keira is arrogant, prickly with a hot temper and an abundant sex drive. She won’t tolerate any kind of control or disrespect and will often lash out violently when it happens. We don’t know what happened with her father, but from everyone’s reactions, including hers, we know it’s bad.

Six months previously she met Chase. He was an assassin sent to kill her. Instead he fell for her and moved in, teaching her everything he knew. Her step-brother is in The Aces MC, an officer of the club. Her best friend is also married to a member, so she has connections. When a club Old Lady is kidnapped, her step brother Garrett suggests that they hire The Cat to steal her back. That’s when she meets the President, Boss, and the the enforcer, Stone.

I really enjoyed the strength of Keira. She is fearless and angry and determined. She is badly damaged, and it shows in her behaviour, but I can’t help but like her. She is intelligent and ruthless and goes after what she wants. I also love Chase who is ridiculously enthusiastic about everything and a vegetarian to boot, because humans usually deserve to die, but animals don’t. He adores Keira and will do anything and everything to keep her happy, including accepting her sleeping with other men, in fact he quite enjoys watching if she does.

This reverse harem is unusual and violent and convincing. The characters are multi-dimensional and intriguing. There are lots of more back stories to come, I’m sure.

The plot is complex and fascinating and held me in it’s grip from start to finish. This is an excellent MC book and I can’t wait to read what comes next in the series.

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