Lock by Debra Anastasia

My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I met her among the chaos of a gang fight—one that I inadvertently started. 

Ember. 

Beautiful, feisty, and passionate. And the sister of Mercy, an infamous assassin. 

We fell for each other, hard. 

Until forces outside of our control intervened. 

Now, she’s a prisoner, doing everything she can to keep her family safe. And I’m her guard, doing everything I can to set her free.

I’d take a bullet for her…Hell, I’d take a few. 

In this dark, twisted world, we only have each other. But I have to wonder, is that enough?

Lock

So intense!

The following ratings are out of 5:
Romance: ❤️💙💚💛💖
Steam: 🔥🔥🔥
Story/Plot: 📕📗📘📙📔
World building: 🌏🌍🌏🌎🌍
Character development: 😠☺️😋😉😍
Narration: 🎙🎙🎙🎙🎙
Narration Type: Dual Narration

The Hero: Sherlock (a.k.a. Lock) – he was jumped into a gang yesterday. Despite the injuries suffered in the initiation, he is up and showing how tough he is by attending a party with a possible concussion, broken ribs and a limp, among other things. They were gathering to show their rivals they aren’t afraid at what is basically an invitation to start something. His father was recently indicted on false murder charges. He didn’t want Lock to do what he was doing, but Lock couldn’t see any other way to make sure his mother and special needs little sister didn’t end up on the streets.

The heroine: Ember – she is the younger sister to Nix from Mercy and she played a big part in Havoc. Her mother was killed by Nix’s father when Ember was very young, because he found out that Ember wasn’t his. Ember was raised by her aunt and didn’t see her brother until she was seventeen. She recently found out who her father was. Her brother (and father) thought she had a good life and didn’t want to get in the way, but they didn’t know how hard she had it, being separated from her brother, not knowing who or where her father was or if he was the monster that raised Nix. Now she, along with 3 bodyguards are attending college 10 hours away from her family.

The Story: Lock meets Ember after he got beat for the second time in 24 hours and thrown through a window at a pizza parlor. Ember has her three bodyguards help the handsome guy. Lock had been trying to help a girl that was roofied at a party and ended up starting something with his own gang. He was able to cause enough of a distraction for the girl to get away. Lock fell in lust at first sight on meeting Ember.

So many things happened in this book and it certainly held my attention throughout. Both Lock and Ember were put in terrible situations where they had no control over their own lives. I sometimes hate when books show the criminal underbelly and how women are treated as objects and the violence that is all a part of it. Ember found herself in a position where there was nothing she could do but go along with it. Though the story was excellent and kept my interest throughout.

This book is told in dual points of view via dual narration and was narrated by Rose Dioro, Zachary Webber and Benjamin Charles. These same narrators did the last book as well. Rose and Zachary are two of my favorite narrators and Benjamin did a fine job on the last book. This one turned out great.

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