REVIEW

WARNING FROM THE AUTHOR

Recommended for readers aged 18+. Please heed this warning. If you don't like leading males that are possessive pr**ks, Dominic is NOT for you. If you don't like leading females that are stubborn bi**hes, Dominic is NOT for you. If you don't like characters who have bad tempers, Dominic is NOT for you. Most of all, if you don't like characters who CURSE A LOT and say EXACTLY what they feel and are thinking without sugar coating it then Dominic is REALLY NOT for you. I just want this warning in here so people will be aware of the book content, thank you! :) 

Its taken me a few days to process this book, trying to formulate in my head the words I would use to describe this book.  Before you start thinking the worst case scenario, STOP, its not bad.  I'm trying to formulate words in my brain because its great and I want to express that greatness in this review because it deserves it.

The first thing that popped into my head was, Travis 'Mad Dog' Maddox, Remington 'Remy' Tate watch your back, Dominic Slater is coming your way and he's ready to rumble for your thrones!!! 
Dominic is determined and what Dominic wants, Dominic gets. The only difference with this book is that the female lead Bronagh Murphy can dish out punishment just as good as she gets it!!!

After the death of her parents Bronagh Murphy shuts out the world and makes herself invisible to those around her.  She doesnt attract trouble, she just goes about her business and pretends that she's invisible. Unfortunately this makes her an easy target for bullies, which she takes and goes about her business.  Her mental scars, which i can so relate to, keeps her firmly locked behind a brick wall so high no one can penetrate it.
Till the day that Dominic and his twin brother Damien walk into her homeroom class that is.
Its almost like someone threw a can of gasoline and someone lit a match in her vicinity.  She goes from quite to damn angry and defensive in a nano second around Dominic and everything he said or does around her makes her see red, bringing out a side of Bronagh that not many have seen.  The fist-swinging-ass-kicking-cussing-like a sailor that's released whenever Dominic is near.  
She's a breath of fresh air in female leads - she tells you like it is with some very colorful language that would leave a lot of mums in the old days wanting to wash out her mouth with soap and filling their swear jars in the space of a few hours.

 

Dominic and his 5 brothers move to Dublin, Ireland due to "family business" which you discover later on in the book is alot more complex then taking over from dad.  
He's a fighter with lightning quick reflexes that earn him the nickname of "Rampage" in the top secret underground fighting circuit he participates in.
He's full of himself at time in the sense that he thinks the world revolves around his pretty boy status and at times he's a right royal pain in the ass that you just want to slap him around the head to knock some sense into him, but that's what makes his character great. He is who he is and he's not about to change for anyone. Did I mention he's arrogant???

He's determined to win Bronagh by any means possible and that turns him into this possessive beast that you cant turn off once he's been turned on. He talks with his fists now and asks questions later sometimes with dire consequences.
Bronagh see's red because as her sister puts it, she just cant admit that she likes Dominic and wants something more with him.  She's not afraid to swear at him or knock some sense into him literally with her fists. She becomes hotheaded around him, probably to hide her vulnerability.  She admits to him that she's afraid to let someone in because she's afraid to lose them as she did her parents.

This book is a roller coaster ride from start to finish with some unexpected turns and twists and you find yourself turning page after  page wanting to know what happens next. 
You laugh at times till your belly hurts. 
You cry when they do, and once or twice you find yourself wanting to wrap your arms around them and tell them that everything is going to be okay. 
At times you get so angry that you just want to jump into the book and shout at them 'what the hell do you think you're doing' and other times you want to slap them silly. 
You feel the tension both emotional and sexual. The sexual tension between them  makes you want to shout 'what are you waiting for' yet you respect how Bronagh waits till she's ready to go that extra step with Dominic, considering he'll be her first. Which makes their coming together that extra bit special and every bit meaningful.

This is one of those books that you feel every single emotion with the characters and for me that's one must have in an awesome book.

I loved Dominic and Bronagh, they're made for each other with their love/hate relationship. A clash of two powerful individuals and a definite yes to the opposites attract theory.  Although they balance each other out, almost like a ying/yang effect.

I'm so looking forward to the next books in the series!!

A very well deserved **** 1/2 stars!