Elect (Eagle Elite #2) Review

 

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Title:  Elect (Eagle Elite #2)

Author:  Rachel Van Dyken

Published:  December 10, 2013 by Forever (Grand Central Publishing)

Genre:  New Adult, Romance

Click here to preorder/buy Elect from Amazon.com

This is the second book in a series.  So if you like to be totally surprised, go read Elite first.  You can see my review on Elite here.

 

Trace’s grandfather is in hiding for killing the De Lange leader.  Nixon has to figure out if the De Lange family was behind Trace’s parents’ murder, and he needs to find out fast.  One of the original Sicilian families has come over to investigate the death of the De Lange leader, and they want Trace’s grandfather to pay; a life for a life.  Nixon needs to work fast to save Trace’s grandfather, but he also needs to keep Trace under protection, keep their relationship a secret.  So Nixon and Chase do the only thing they can think of, have Chase who is already acting as Trace’s bodyguard also act as her boyfriend.  Will Nixon’s plan have a happy ever after or will Trace forget about Nixon, and fall in love with Chase?

Warning:  once you read the prologue you’re not going to want to stop.  Elect is a continuation of Elite.  The only thing that’s different is that the story is told through Chase’s and Nixon’s point of view instead of Trace’s.  I normally am partial to the female’s point of view, but I still thought this was a great book.

I love to be surprised when I read a book, so I hope I’m not giving too much away.  As you can probably guess there ends up being a sort of love triangle with Nixon, Trace, and Chase.  That’s all I’ll say about that.  🙂

The one thing in the story that didn’t feel real to me was how the characters acted like carrying a gun, beating people up, etc, was no big deal.  But then when I thought about it, if that is the life that they grew up in, then maybe they are just so used to it and desensitized about it all by the time they are in college.

I have some go-to authors, and Rachel Van Dyken is becoming one of them.  She has an art for storytelling; she brings you into her world and you don’t want to leave.   I would definitely recommend Elect.

Elect is available to buy on December 10th, 2013.

 

My Rating:  4 out of 5 stars

 

~Pam

 

*****I received this book free from Netgalley, in exchange for an honest review.*****         

 

2 thoughts on “Elect (Eagle Elite #2) Review

  1. This: Warning: once you read the prologue you’re not going to want to stop. I hope every book is like this you know so we’d all stay driven to read them until the end. Though I haven’t read a lot of books about mafias, gangs or mob clans, I really love watching movies about them. I think Godfather really made an impact on me.

    Re: what you said about the characters handling arms like it’s the most normal thing in the world, it’s not really surprising. As what you’ve said, people act that way if they grew up in such environment. Here in the area where I live, we still have natives who dominate the suburbs. And their way of life is fighting, hunting, etc. So if I go visit their place, I always expect to see children as young as 12 years old carrying shotguns. It’s scary though.

    • I don’t think I’ve actually watched The Godfather all the way through yet. I should do that sometime. 🙂 Wow, about the guns where you live. But yeah, if that is what’s common then I guess it’s no big deal, huh? 🙂

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