Thank you NetGalley for the eARc. I absolutely loved this. I love anything by Sam Crescent but this particular book has made the top 5 of my favorites. I didnt read book 1 but i was able to keep up with the storyline. The ending made me extremely happy for this couple. I hated the mother and im glad she got what she deserved. Well done

This book is everything I love romance stories with a bit of suspense! Strong H, strong h, a well written backstory as well as a fully developed plot, mix in action, character development and spice, great book.

Grant, I didn’t want to like you. I really, really didn’t.

Damaged Souls is the 2nd Book in the Chaos and Carnage MC series, the first being Size Matters. We first met Grant in Size Matters and I’ll be honest, I didn’t like him. So when I heard he was going to he the hero of the 2nd book, I was sceptical.

But Sam has done it, she managed to redeem him AND make me feel sorry for the poor man. I adored Grant by the end of the book. The way he fought for Aria not only with the club drama going on but with her mother and her own self esteem issues had me swooning. And how he was with Wanda (the dog) just ugh…the man has my heart.

Overall Damaged Souls is about just that. 2 damaged souls coming together and finding the happiness that they both don’t believe they deserve. It has all the drama, action and spice that you want in an MC Romance but it also has the gut punching angst and grovel that I’ve really come to love from Sam’s recent releases. It also has a great family element with Aria and her sister Isabella that was really heartwarming. I absolutely loved Damaged Souls and I 100% recommend this.

Oh and I really REALLY hope we get a Lidia book. She is honestly the best side character I’ve ever read. We stan Lidia!!!

I really enjoyed this book. Grant and Aria are two wounded souls who find each other. Throw in a MC club, a drug cartel, a few lovable dogs and you have a good story that keeps you interested from start to finish.

This book has it all. Characters you love and root for, drama between families, couples in love, and the MC club issues. I loved Grant and Ari so much and their love of dogs was perfect. Having a main character who isn’t model skinny is always nice and I loved how the story played out.

I am always looking for next MC series and thought I would give this one a try. I read it one evening so there was enough there I liked to keep me turning pages. I think this book could have used an editor for things like continuity ( there were times that character discovered things they had already learned previously etc) but also to dial back certain elements when they become over the top and allow space to better develop others. Too many evil parents, too little depth given to the MC storyline. I won’t be circling back to the first book in this series but I don’t regret picking this book up.

I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

2/5 Stars + 3/5 Spice

- Romance
- MC Club
- Dual POV
- TW: WEIGHT** see below, bullying, murder, abuse

Thank you to NetGalley, Evernight Publishing and the author Sam Crescent for the opportunity to read and review an ARC of this book. All opinions are my own.

I’m going to start this off with a huge disclaimer about the trigger warning. If you have any, and I mean ANY, issues with discussions about weight, being overweight, underweight, eating habits, exercise, disordered eating and/or offensive language used in relation to weight, weight loss, appearance etc, I would stay far, far away from this book.

This is the second book in the Chaos and Carnage MC series by Sam Crescent. I do not think it is necessary to read the books in order and that this book can easily be read as a standalone.

I have no idea how to rate this book? I didn’t hate it but I didn’t necessarily like it either. It’s a weird one for me. Take my rating and review with a grain of salt because I’ve changed my overall rating like 3 times. I’m gonna settle on 2 stars. I just don’t think this book suited me the way I thought it would.

Although this book features a MMC who is part of an MC Club and an MC Club is discussed, the majority of this novel focuses on the weight of the FMC. She is described as “curvy” by the majority of the characters. However, she views herself very negatively due to constant bullying throughout her life. There is a lot of inner dialogue reflecting how she views herself and comparing herself to others. I personally am not someone who would necessarily avoid a book based on a trigger warning about weight. Despite that, I still had trouble sometimes with the language and terms used to describe, disrespect and bully our FMC - and it was pretty constant throughout the entire book.

Overall, was there romance? Check. Smut? Check. MC Club? Check. Was there also incredibly harsh language and viewpoints surrounding weight? Yes. Were there times I physically winced, cringed and/or had to look away from any given page? Also yes. I didn’t hate it, but I didn’t exactly like it either. As a mood reader I was hoping for more of a focus on the MC Club portion of this story. I still think I would pick up another book by this author and even in this series and give it another shot, this one just wasn’t my cup of tea.

Aria is beautiful and curvy. Her mother has told her all her life that she was fat, ugly, and didn't measure up to her sister. She is a receptionist at a veterinary clinic and loves her job. One say in walks a gorgeous, tattooed biker. Grant was VP of the Chaos and Carnage Motorcycle Club until he is suspended. Grant is known all over town as being a playboy and he keeps asking Aria out. Aria doesn't understand and thinks he is joking because she hears her mother in her head saying ' nobody would want her because she's too big '. But Grant wants her and will do anything to convince her. When she receives a video of Grant talking to her sister, she believes he was really being mean to her and doesn't really like her. Someone is out to bring the town down and they take Aria and Grant rescues her. Grant loves her more than anything and will do anything to get her to forgive him?

I loved this story. Aria needed to tell her mother off years ago. She's beautiful but has no self esteem. Grant doesn't take crap from anyone and tells it like it is. Sex. Bikers. Fighting. Language. And happily ever after.

* Voluntarily read and reviewed for Netgalley *