Forty by Cate C. WellsMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Second Chances
This book is part of a continuing story arc and there is information in it that helps move that story on. However, it could probably be read as a standalone with only a little bit of confusion in a couple of places.
This book needs a caution warning, there are descriptions of sexual abuse of a teenager which may cause emotional disturbance. If this is the case, you might want to skip this book.
Neveah has only ever had one good thing in her life, Forty. She had him for three years when she was a teenager and then he left her to go into the army, not realising what he was leaving her to. She acted up and got cut out of the Steel Bones MC family and was forced to leave. It’s been 10 years and she’s had to come back to the only family she’s got that’s worth anything, her half brother Lou. She’s running from one of her many bad choices in men, only this one happens to work for a mob family.
Forty had a pretty rubbish upbringing. The club practically raised him. He went into the army so he could give Neveah everything. He wanted a home and a family and he didn’t think he could do it without some qualifications and the army would give him those. Only when it all fell apart with Neveah he had nothing so he became a ranger, until he was medically discharged. Now he’s looking to make that family he’s always longed for and he can’t find the right woman. Then Neveah comes back and the club hates her.
Neveah is a bundle of energy, bouncing and fizzing through life. Diagnosed ADHD, but unmedicated Neveah can’t focus properly and gets bored, all of which leads her into trouble. Once more this author gets inside the head of her characters, drawing them beautifully for us to be captivated by. She writes a neuroatypical person incredibly well, so you begin to understand a little of what their brains are like.
Forty is the loyal soldier, who always puts other’s first, especially the club. He’s stoic and pensive and always thinks before he speaks. Neveah is his opposite who draws out his smiles. It hurt when it imploded before but something still draws him to her smile.
This book tells the story of how painful subjects can twist you up and force you to keep secrets. Those secrets multiply until you can’t tell anyone what’s going on and things whirl out of control. It tells of being set against the people you love because you can’t bear that they might think less of you. Where you would rather be hated for a lie, than for the truth.
I am really enjoying this series and this author’s way of looking at the world.
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