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Beyond Innocence
By Kit Rocha
For years, Jared has existed on the fringes of both Eden
society and Dallas O'Kane's Sector Four gang. He travels between these worlds,
protected by his money and power--money he earned selling his body, and power
that comes from knowing secrets. He's untouchable—until he starts a new life
gathering intelligence for the O'Kanes.
Lili Fleming walked out of Sector Five with a gun, the
bloodstained clothes on her back, and an icy determination to survive. She
finds herself in a world where people live hard and love harder, and nothing's
more terrifying than how much the O'Kanes wake her up, make her feel—especially
Jared.
Emotion is a risk he can't afford, and a complication she
doesn't need. But neither can resist the lust simmering between them, and the
sparks that could either melt the ice around both their hearts…or get them
killed. Because the only thing more dangerous than loving an O'Kane is loving a
spy.
This is book 6 in Kit Rocha's sexy post apocalytic series. Previous books I've reviewed in this series include Beyond Shame, Beyond Control, Beyond Pain, Beyond Temptation, Beyond Jealousy, Beyond Solitude, Beyond Addiction, and Beyond Possession. Needless to say, once I found them, I inhaled them. We've got a couple of giveaways here, and then my review.
Beyond Possession
by Kit Rocha
I received an ARC of this book from the Publisher, via Netgalley, in exchange for an honest review.
This is listed as book 5.5 in this series. You can read previous reviews here and here.
This is a novella in what is a rather gripping post-apocalyptic dystopian world. While the author states she tries to make the novellas more accessible to new readers, at this point I don't think it is possible. The world building and characterization of the other main characters in the series are simply too far along. So new readers, don't start here, and don't read this review if you don't want spoilers for the previous books.
I really enjoyed Zan and Tatiana's story. Zan is recovering from when he almost died attempting to protect Trix. Tatiana on the other hand is struggling to maintain her balance in Sector 4 as her father was the ruler that O'Kane over threw in order to come to power. O'Kane isn't universally loved so this puts her, and her sister, in a hard place. When rebellion starts brewing, and her sister trapped on the wrong side, few choices falls down to none. Since this is a short story, there isn't much to the courtship process, so Zan and Tatiana's connection relies on back-story not seen on the page, which I infinitely prefer to the insta-connection. They are sweet and sexy, and Zan for all his dominant ways was remarkably sensitive to Tatiana's needs. And Tatiana for her part recognizes this and learns to bend and to trust, but I appreciate the level of independence she maintained compared to some of the other heroine's in this series. This book is grittier than the previous one and gives us some new insight into the politics within Sector 4. Overall 4 stars, but I couldn't rate it any higher because Tatiania seemed a bit shoehorned into joining the O'Kane's. I absolutely cannot wait for the next book, because that one should be another full-length one.
Beyond Addiction
by Kit RochaI received an ARC of this book from the Publisher, via Netgalley, in exchange for an honest review.
This is book 5 in the Beyond Series, a post-apocalyptic erotice/romance series. You can read my previous reviews here.
Trix was left hanging with one hell of a cliffhanger at the end of the last book. That is rather expeditiously resolved at the beginning of this story, when she lands right back into Sector 5 and the hands of her former lover, Finn. Finn is a man on the edge, a man who only wants a front row seat with no exit plan to the ruination of Sector 5. But, when Trix shows up everything changes. While he doesn't start out wanting to change his path, he does have a new goal.
Despite the action, this book seems both more relaxed and introspective. Overall, I'd say this book was less about Trix and Finn (though don't get me wrong, there was plenty of sizzle), and more about expanding the world building. And that is the thing about these stories; they are creating such a novel, raunchy, post apocalyptic-dystopian world, that these books just aren't stand alones. While this is absolutely not my favorite story or couple, I still enjoy the world that is being built and can't wait for the next one.
But one more thing, I'd love to find out more about Ryder.
3.5 stars
Kit Rocha's Beyond series is a post apocalyptic dystopian series where after the apocalypse the world is split into sectors where each one is pretty different. Think the Hunger Games without the explicit child abuse but with a hard pornographic edge. The entire series is EXTREMELY adult content and features sexual relationships in a variety of configurations, voyeurism, and BDSM. There is no real info dumping so you glean information about the world and culture around the characters as you go through the stories. Personally I tend to prefer that approach, but if you are the sort of person who needs more background at the start, then this is probably not the series for you.
I sat down and devoured the entire series in a couple of days so I am just going to post all the reviews on this one post.
