Withstanding Me by Crystal Spears Review

Withstanding Me by Crystal Spears

Note from author: ***WARNING*** This novel contains explicit language, sex, drugs, abuse and sexual situations that some might find offensive.

Synopsis

While the chaos and bloodshed have slowed for a short period, life is never quiet in the world of Breakneck. The club is taking time to regroup from internal betrayal and the changing of the guard in a rival group.
Zig Zag became a father at the age of thirteen. While raising a child has never been easy, now his eighteen year old daughter Tatiana makes his life downright hard. She has caught the eye of Travis, the new President of the rival MC Gunners, but all she really wants is Shadow, the newest addition to the Breakneck family. When Shadow’s rejection sends Tatiana running from the only family, home, and safety she’s ever known, ZZ is crazy with worry. The distraction caused by Tatiana’s disappearance could prove to be Zig Zag’s downfall.

If that isn’t enough, ZZ finds himself rampantly attracted to the one and only Storm. She’s beautiful, quick and witty. Their friendship is the one thing that keeps him from growing crazy, and Storm stands by ZZ through all the turmoil. Zig Zag is not accustomed to hearing the word no, so Storm’s constant withstanding just draws him in deeper. Their friendship is one thing keeping him from going crazy, until one night…

The club is regrouping and rebuilding from the mayhem known as the Russian Mafia. A hit is ordered on Tatiana, Storm, Winter, and Piper.

Tatiana’s egg donor reveals secrets that a thirteen year old Zig Zag was too young to understand.

Braxxon is out of reach while he helps Greg Cage deal with some dirty business.

Bloodshed… Secrets… Betrayal… Trauma… Welcome back to the Breakneck world.

My Review

Withstanding Me by Crystal Spears is the second book in the Breakneck Series, following Seize Me. It follows the story of ZZ and Storm and begins where Seize Me ended. This book kept me on the edge of my seat, wanting to see what the next twist was going to be and where it would take us. There is so much going on, but once you start reading the book, there is no going back. I was in it until the end.

We met the Breakneck Motorcycle Club members in the first book, Seize Me, and the characters are the same in Withstanding Me. We learn about ZZ, whose real name made me swoon. I know, it’s a name, but really…Mason.Allen.Dillan. Really? Swoon. 😉  I really liked finding out more about ZZ and what makes him tick, his childhood, the fact that he became a father at such a young age, and how he deals with everything tossed at him.

We’ve seen Storm before, she was rescued from a strip club in Seize Me, and she works for Winter at the new club. She is a strong, feisty woman bent on ZZ. They have such a spark and a love that’s truly meant to be despite the life that they live in.

It takes a bit to get into the book because each chapter seems to be from a different POV. Once I got into it though, it didn’t distract me. The story itself kept me reading, the relationship between the members of the MC and the women in their lives.

It was a quick read, I was able to finish it in just a few (uninterrupted) hours. I know, finding those uninterrupted hours is difficult, but I did it after the kiddos went to bed. I’m looking forward to the next book in the series, Shadowing Me, because it will be about Shadow and I want to read more about his “other” life and what will happen between him and Tatiana.