Edge of Reason by Freya BarkerMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
A Well Written and Thoughtful MC Romance
I’d probably give this book 4.5 ⭐️ if I could.
There are some instances of racial violence described in this book, though not in visceral and emotional detail, but more a reciting of the facts. One of these instances was violence on a child. If these subject matters are triggering for you, then you may wish to skip this book. As I am not a person of colour I can’t say how well these issues are handled from that perspective either. However, it is my belief that the author put a lot of care into how it was handled and the matter of race was discussed thoughtfully. If you have a different point of view after reading this book, I am always grateful to hear from people who have different experiences of life than I do.
Though this is set in an MC, it is not a 1%er club. They have legitimate businesses and also provide housing, care and support for teenage boys. In order to provide that support they hired Trunk, a child psychologist, and when he got hired he joined the MC. The president or ‘Chief’ as they call him, is married to an FBI agent. This gives you some information on the type of characters we are dealing with here. Whilst I like a good MC book, I really don’t like it when the so called good guys are pretty bad so this is the kind of information I like before going into a book. (You’re welcome 😉)
Trunk is a 44 year old black man, who had a pretty hard childhood. He was a street kid for a while and his mother was a junkie. He basically raised his sister, despite being a child himself. He dragged himself out of poverty by getting to college and helped his sister do the same. Because of his experiences he is often able to reach kids that are more closed off. He’s pretty self contained and comes across as a bit gruff and tends to live in the moment. However, he adores his sister and her new baby.
Trunk’s sister is a writer and her PA is Jaime. Jaime is a 38 year old white woman and has a 6 month old son. Her ex-husband is in prison after it was discovered he was a white supremacist who planned to do very bad things. Jaime is definitely NOT a racist and was surprised to hear her husband was as he managed to hide it well.
Jaime and Trunk are very attracted to each other but neither really wants to act on it for various reasons. Obviously they finally get their act together after a few false starts, but it is a gradual build up, which is always fun.
The book has a lot of interesting plot twists and I was kept on the edge of my seat trying to figure out what was going to happen next, and alongside that there was the sweet love story and the gentle relationship between Trunk and River, Jaime’s son as contrast.
I really liked that this was an MC book about people who weren’t in their twenties. The characters have lead interesting lives and had experiences that have altered them. I liked that Trunk was aware of his flaws and addressed them head on and tried to work on them to protect his relationship. They had arguments as they are both strong willed and independent people but those disagreements were handled well.
This is the first book I’ve read by this author and it will not be the last. I will definitely be downloading the next book in this series.
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