REVIEW: Consume Me by Ryan Michele

Ryan Michele definitely knows her way around a biker book. She takes readers back into the world of the Ravage Motorcycle Club in Book 3, Consume Me, once again giving us a great story with an alpha male hero who is hell bent on claiming the girl he wants and a sassy heroine who has a past that has scarred her in so many ways that her walls have constructed walls on top of themselves. Amidst Tug and Blaze’s “will they or won’t they” situation, Michele keeps the club and its dealings, both good and bad, in the background of the story, providing insight into the aftermath of various situations from Book 2 and establishing the fact that in a MC, anything can happen, and it usually does in a rather messed up way.

I have to say that I love the idea that the hero is a prospect in the club; yes, Tug’s connection with Casey put him on readers’ radar, but usually, MC books are about full fledged members of the club – those who have clout and status, so it’s a refreshing spin on the established genre. Two things in Tug’s life exponentially changed him, and he’s still dealing with those repercussions in Consume Me. The brotherhood and family atmosphere that the club offers Tug is something he desperately needed when he got out of the service, so it makes sense that the club is his life. He’s had his fair share of the lifestyle and lived it up, but now he wants Blaze, and he will stop at nothing to have the unattainable Vixen. He definitely has his work cut out for him, but Tug’s up for the challenge, and he’s not backing down.

Blaze never imagined she’d be a headliner at a strip club owned by a motorcycle club, but that’s the hand fate dealt her and she’s doing her best to stay under the radar and live her life. In the time she’s worked at X, she hasn’t allowed anyone to get even a piece of her; she has trust issues and a man, especially a biker, is a complication she refuses to have. That doesn’t mean she doesn’t want Tug or feel a pull to him every time he’s around her; it just means that she won’t allow herself to have him because the stakes are too high for her. I have to admit that even though I understood why she tried to keep Tug at arm’s length, the mixed signals she was sending him and the push and pull between them got on my nerves a bit.

Consume Me is a great addition to the Ravage MC series. It continues to provide insight into how the club is dealing with the fallout of the kidnapping in Book 2, unraveling connections that play a role in Tug and Blaze’s storyline. Tug is a hero that any reader would root for, and Blaze’s backstory will draw readers in and hope that for her sake she allows Tug in and sees the type of man he is and what he has to offer her.

A complimentary copy was provided in exchange for an honest review.

4 poison apples