Prose Before Bros by Cathy YardleyMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Finding A New Way Of Doing Things
This is the third book in a series of connected books. This series is a spin-off from The Winston Brother Series written by Penny Reid, set in the same world, but written by different authors. The book stands alone but does have some cross over of characters and shared history.
Thuy has never lived anywhere other than Oakland, California, but she’s helping her best friend in the world, Maddy, in Green Valley, which is a tiny place in Tennessee. It’s a bit of a culture shock, especially because they are dealing with the death of Maddy’s father, who had not been a particularly pleasant man, and who had been a dreadful father. Maddy hadn’t been back to Green Valley since she went away to college, where she met Thuy. Maddy has helped Thuy through so much and she wouldn’t have graduated without her help, so helping to Tetris the food they’d been given into the fridge seems like a small step towards paying her back. Though she is a little taken aback when Maddy decides to stay and asks Thuy to stay too. Being a big city librarian hasn’t given her enough training to work a farm, but for Maddy, she’ll try.
Drill is in a 1% MC. He’s been part of the club since he was kicked out by his father aged 16. His father cut him off completely but he felt he had a much better family in the Iron Wraiths MC. He still kept a distant eye on his sister, Maddy, but contact with blood family isn’t allowed by the Iron Wraiths MC. Over the last few years, the Iron Wraiths have had a lot of adjusting to do after key members were imprisoned. Drill has had to step up as one of the longest-serving members, and one of the toughest enforcers. However, things aren’t really sitting right with him lately and he’s been questioning some of the decisions being made. When he meets Thuy he’s instantly attracted to this pocket-sized Vietnamese tower of strength, which only confuses him more because he’s forbidden from getting involved with her.
On the surface, these two characters have little in common, but as they dig deeper there’s much more to connect them than discourage their feelings. Drill’s crisis of identity is central to this book and Thuy is a surprising source of consolation and guidance as he tries to sort out what he wants from life. She is also a source of fascination and desire. Both are trying to lead different lives and they aid each other on the way.
This book was very different from what I was expecting. Both characters were filled with surprises and I enjoyed that a lot. Maddy was a little annoying, but she’d been through a lot so I gave her a pass when I read about that, plus how she’d helped Thuy in the past made her much more endearing. Though she wasn’t the main character she was a major part of the story and being ambivalent about her was a little distracting.
As this author is new to me, I will definitely keep an eye out for other books by her that I might enjoy. In the meantime I’ll keep reading this series.
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