Rome is Home, but Not Really Back.

Rome (Marked Men #3) by Jay Crownover

I enjoyed Rome and I thought Jay did a wonderful job writing about what this particular soldier went through after coming home from fighting in a war.  We met Rome in the first book in the Marked Men Series, Rule.  Rome is Rule’s older brother.  He was always the protector of the twins and he even joined the military in order to protect them on a larger scale, to keep America Free.

Cora is a great character, we get to know her a little in Rule and a lot more in Jet.  She lives with Jet and Ayden and she has a smart mouth and she seems to keep everything in the Marked tattoo shop running, she also does the piercings and she has a loud mouth, did I already say that?  That seems to be her biggest and greatest quality.   That’s why she and Rome seem to mesh, because he seems to always get in the last word and over powers her large personality. 

I have enjoyed this series a lot.  I hate to even say this, but I feel that I must.  I found so many typos in Rome.  Just the use of the wrong word here and there.  I was able to easily overlook it and keep reading because Jay writes her characters for us to fall in love with them. 

I have recommended this book and the entire series to people that I think would enjoy them.  As always with New Adult genre, only eighteen and older should read these books.  I hope you read a book you love soon!  Keep Reading my Friends!

Rock-n-Roll is in Jet's Blood!

Jet (Marked Men #2) by Jay Crownover

Did I mention in my Rule blog that I now really want a tattoo?  I have wanted one for quite some time, but after reading Rule and Jet, I want one real bad.  Not anything big or attention grabbing, that isn’t my personality.  The problem is that I can’t make up my mind what I want.  Lots of book nerds get words of their favorite author on their body, that is not me.  At least not yet.  Then others put animals or designs, gosh there are so many options that I have no idea where to start.  So for right now I will go without.  Until I find exactly what I’m looking for, I won’t have one and I’ll keep reading books about guys and girls that have tattoos and I’ll love every minute of it. 

We met Ayden Cross as Shaw’s roommate in Rule the first Marked Men novel.  She’s fun and interesting and smart.  We also met Jet Keller, the rocker of the group who is dark and dangerous and has really descriptive eyes that tell you what he’s thinking without opening his mouth.  So far in the series Jet is the confident one, he knows who he is.  There is no identity crisis there, he wears his tight purple pants and his band t-shirts extra-smedium and he is head over heels in love with Ayden. 

I have never been a huge fan of multiple points of view within a book, it’s hard for me to keep reading when I get to a character that isn’t my favorite.  So, here’s the answer to that dilemma, love both characters and you won’t get stuck.  That’s how it’s been so far with the Marked Men series.  I love the guys POV just as much as the girls and therefore I read them pretty fast because I can’t wait to see what the other person is thinking. 

I loved to see what Rule and Shaw were up to and glad to get to know Cora and the rest of the gang better throughout the book, I can’t wait to see what’s going on with Rome and Cora.  And Rowdy?  I can’t wait for his book, he seems like the cream of the crop, let’s hope he doesn’t disappoint. 

Something I noticed that Miss Crownover did in this book was the use of inanimate objects.  I love it when an author says that a character can smell something that doesn’t smell or hit you with something that’s not possible.  In Jet, Ayden is having a very hard time after some drama takes place and Shaw is worried that Ayden is going to beat Loren (a girl that works at the bar with them) with her own stupidity.  Brilliant!  I love it!

I did catch a few typos, but it didn’t distract me from the plot and I still loved the book and the characters!

I highly recommend this to the 18 year and older reader out there.  With almost all New Adult books I cannot condone any young reader to pick this one up.  Although Jay does a great job of keeping the language to a minimum and I appreciate that. 

I can’t wait to start reading Rome!  Keep Reading my Friends!