THE VIPER (Untamed Hearts #1) by KELE MOON

‘Thug life usually ended in a coffin or jail.’

Gitte: First of all let me say I absolutely love Kele Moon; she’s one of my all-time favourite Authors. Her writing is superb and the way she writes from the heart drawing out such emotion in me through her words is simply quite breath-taking. So it hurts so bloody much to say The Viper just didn’t have the same impact on me as her previous work. I really enjoyed it, don’t get me wrong, but I didn’t fall in complete love and I didn’t feel as much as I normally do whilst reading her stories.

“No crying. I want you to stop letting the world hurt you.”

Once again, it was brilliantly written, the last 30 % was my favourite part of the story; that’s where the honest gut wrenching emotion and intensity came to play. Also, no one writes fighters and inner struggles like Kele Moon does.

“I just wanted something to hurt me. To make me forget. To make it sting so bad I couldn’t think about anything but the needle digging into my skin.”

However, overall I didn’t feel the intensity of the connection between Marcos and Katie. Nor did I think their respective pasts and current bond and attraction was explored enough to understand what shaped them and truly believe in that powerful connection they had.  In some ways I thought Chuito had too big of a role in this book for Marcos to truly shine and I just didn’t learn enough about Katie to fully connect. I did like both characters though. Marcos was a gorgeous, amazing man with a great sense of humour and Katie was sweet yet strong. I would have loved to know more though.

“I know my limits. You push every single one of them.”

As always the steam factor was hotter than Hades and catching up with familiar much loved characters was fab. I definitely recommend this book and I can’t wait for more in this series and will be eagerly awaiting every instalment.  Kele Moon is a favourite for many reasons and I’ll keep on one clicking! How did you feel about this one, Jenny?

Jenny:  Gitte I’m like you with this author. I never fail to experience that excited anticipation whenever I see Kele Moon has an upcoming release. She’s a definite 1click and always will be. The warmth and humour of her characters, the emotion she evokes in her stories and the beauty of her writing will have me coming back again and again.

“Just make me yours, that’s what I need right now, Marcos.”

It’s with a heavy heart I agree with your thoughts and whilst I did enjoy The Viper I too felt it lacked some of the intensity I’ve come to love from this author. I didn’t connect to Katie and Marcos as completely as I would have liked and didn’t experience their connection as strongly as I had hoped. I too wondered if this was due to the big presence of Chuito , a larger than life character who tended to overshadow Marcos in his own book.

“We’ll share the sins. All of them.”

 Katie was such a sweet character yet she could show grit when required. Marcos was a gorgeous guy and I so felt his inner struggle and his willingness to want to be better, but felt his hopelessness that it may never be a reality.

“You’re the lover. I’m just the fighter.” Chuito

Marcos’s personality really came to light towards the end when the emotion of the story came to a climax. Tia Sofia was a great character who stole every moment she was present. Kele Moon really does write an amazing fight scene. You can almost feel the hits as she explains the process in such vivid detail. The heat factor was scorching! There were some hits and misses in this one but overall I did enjoy it and would recommend picking it up. Looking forward to the rest of this series!