Review: Charge (Steel Bones Motorcycle Club Series Book 1) by Cate C Wells

Charge by Cate C. Wells
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Good MC Romance

I’d probably give this book 4.5 ⭐️ if I could.

Charge is the laid back best friend to the MC President. His ex-long term girlfriend is his best friend’s older sister. A few months ago she kicked him out of their fancy house (she’s a lawyer) and since then he’s been splitting his time between the clubhouse and his Pops’ house. He’s 30 years old and living out of boxes.

At this point, I have to say how much I love Pops. He’s in a wheelchair having lost both his legs (at different times) and he’s the sweetest natured guy. He’s also hilarious and just says what he thinks. He and Charge have the best relationship.

Kayla moves into the apartment building next door to Pops. She’s 21 years old with a 6-year-old son, Jimmy, and emotionally abusive parents. They have money but Kayla is struggling financially.

Of course, this odd couple ends up being attracted to each other but there is an awful lot of baggage to sort through first. Kayla’s problems with her parents and Charge’s problems at the MC and worry over his Pops taking his medication on time, not to mention the different worlds they come from, are all things that they struggle with.

This is not just a good girl/bad boy age-gap romance, it’s about them as individuals and their own problems. It’s also about a little boy learning to make friends. Jimmy is a key part of this story and I love that he’s not a cute kid. He’s grumpy and wary of strangers, gets into fights, struggles in class and is fiercely protective of his mother. He’s an awesome character when so often kids are simply written in romances as one-dimensionally ‘cute’ and don’t have their own personalities, they are just plot constructs. This author doesn’t make that mistake and I love that.

This is a good start to an MC series and I look forward to reading the rest of it, as the romance part of this book has a HEA but the MC part of the story doesn’t.

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