BOOK SPOTLIGHT: The Matriarch by Sloane Howell
THE MATRIARCH: AN EROTIC SUPERHERO ROMANCE
Author Sloane Howell
BLURB
Betrayal is easy, sex is a weapon, and information is power. Maggie Madison sits in the lofty towers of her city during the day, but at night she lurks the seedy underbelly, looking to snare the man who stole her innocence. Her simple quest becomes complicated when she meets a man who is as light as she is dark, as straightforward as she is deceptive. When a villain rises and sets her world alight, she must weigh her need for revenge against the good of the city she vowed to protect.
ABOUT SLOANE
Sloane Howell lives in the Midwest United States and writes dirty stories. When not reading or writing he enjoys hanging out with his family, watching sports, playing with the dogs, traveling, and engaging his readers on social media. You can almost always catch him on Twitter posting something goofy.
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MY REVIEW
(Originally posted 13 Dec 2015)
Okayyyyyy, so I'm not really sure where to start because I flipping LOVED this book!!! Like I'm in love with it. Seriously.
So I should say, I absolutely love Marvel and DC. I've always wanted to find a book that had epic comic book style characters with a plot so thick you can't see the shockers coming and sex so hot you need to take a breather. That is this book.
It reminded me a lot of the TV series Gotham and Arrow (DC). The heroine, Maggie, is like a female batman and she's awesome. She's had a flipping tough life, the things she's seen are horrific and, ultimately, she not only wants to be a survivor but she wants to be the hero. She's along the lines of Black Widow, really fecking bad ass.
This isn't a fluffy book, there were bits that left my mouth agape and I rarely show reactions when reading, I've trained myself to look neutral (haha!) but I couldn't do that with this book! I only just managed to stop myself screaming 'WHATT??!!?' at my kindle, so I screamed it the author instead. :-)
I'm not one to give away spoilers, and the same goes here, any attempt to summarise the plot wouldn't do it justice or could ruin it so I'm just going to say this; if you like your books to have action, suspense, a bit of gore that will make your palms sweat, if you like your books to make you feel like you've been transported into a film, if you like your sex scenes so hot you feel the need to leave the room, if you like your books to shock you, and if you want to read a book so good you'll have no option but to read it in one sitting, then this might
be the book for you!!
This book was everything I've been looking for, it combined all my loves and did it incredibly well! Sloane's writing is amazing, you are completely taken into the book world, the images he paints with words create such a vivid picture in your head it's hard to believe you're still reading.
I've never really found a book that's made me really want to throw it at people and say 'read this, read this now, I'll even buy it for you!' but as soon as I finished this book I decided to do a giveaway for it! Have I made it clear enough yet that I loved it? I think I'd go as far as to say it's the best book I've ever read. Christmas has come early, I finally have a book that was everything I ever wanted from a book!
Okay I'm done gushing now. :-P BUY THE BOOK! It's ONLY 99p!!
(I'd give it 6 stars if I could)
HERE'S AN EXTRACT...
I turned the key again. Same result. Men yelled and raised their guns in my direction. I heard the crackling of handheld radios and orders being barked. "There! There!" The men howled and ran toward me. I beat on the gas tank of the motorcycle. "Start you fucking piece of shit." To my surprise, I flipped the key and it came to life, purring between my legs. With a twist of the wrist, I hammered the throttle. The back wheel slid sideways, trying to gain traction. The men opened fire. Bullets peppered the trees and bushes around me as I tore up the grass, before finding pavement. The bike howled as I shifted the gears, my body wrapped tightly around it. I looked back as the men and their guns grew smaller, the sound of gunfire fading. I stared straight ahead at two black cars blocking the street. Men in uniform pointed weapons at me. They opened fire. Bullets ricocheted off the plexiglass shield that curved in front of my face. Thank god Grandpa installed this shit. I looked around for any means of escape. Hammering the brakes and flipping the handle bars, I spun to my right as the back end of the motorcycle slid and my foot planted on the ground. My forearm flexed, hammering the throttle as I rocketed toward a side street. A steep, man-made irrigation ditch appeared between me and the road. I leaned into the bike and cocked my wrist on the throttle, pegging it to red. I ramped a small hill in front of the creek, soaring through the air. Bullets sliced past me. I floated over the creek bed and braced myself as the tires slammed into the asphalt. The bike corrected and I sped down the road with a smile on my face, thinking about Kiril's bandaged face and his reaction when he learned of my escape. I laughed to myself.
