Unraveled by Nicole Dykes

Title: Unraveled

Author: Nicole Dykes

Publication Date: OUT NOW
Publisher: Self-Published

Blurb:

Shriller

I have everything I could possibly want. My career is at an all-time high, I have a hot, low maintenance girlfriend, and a group of friends that have become my family. Then it all comes crashing down and I’m forced to rely on that group to get me through. In particular, my friend Alex who I’ve known for half my life. Hopefully I can get out of this with our friendship and my balls still intact.

Alex

I finally have it all together. I’m engaged to an actual adult, instead of waiting around for my usual immature type of guy to commit. I own my own salon and live close to my best friend and her growing family. Then I get a phone call stating that my longtime friend had an accident and everything starts to unravel. Now it’s up to me to get him through this mess while keeping everything I’ve worked so hard to get.

Review:

Unraveled by Nicole Dykes is a dramatic whirlwind of sex.  Some of you might be thinking, “That doesn’t sound like my kind of book.”  Others might be thinking, “Wow, that sounds exactly like my type of book.”  I happen to enjoy whirlwinds of sex with interruptions of drama and exes who belong far in the past.

I would like to start off by mentioning that this book is not a standalone book.  If you like series, great!  If you don’t, you might want to take a chance because author Nicole Dykes’ books are all available on Amazon for $0.99!  You heard me. $0.99!

Unraveled has Shriller and Alex, two people who are more similar than different (they just can’t see that).  Shriller is an internationally known racer and adrenaline junky with the looks to land him modeling jobs when he isn’t racing.  He’s the typical alpha male character, you know… the type that are so unpopular in romance novels these day (totally a joke.  We obviously love them).  And he’s sort of blind to his own feelings re: Alex.  He has a quirky sense of humor that will have you chuckling between all the sex.

Alex is a fun twist on the usual romance heroine (although, these days her type is probably becoming more popular).  She’s covered in tattoos.  She’s her own kickass boss.  She’s got lots of piercings (but none rival Shriller’s cough cough penis piercing.  Did I just type that?  Yes, yes I did.)  She’s a fun character to read because it’s clear that author Nicole Dykes has given her a distinct personality.  When you’re reading Shriller’s sections and Alex’s sections you don’t just read the names at the top of the titles and see who you’re reading, you know who you’re reading.  I like that in a book.

The writing is simple.  Not in a bad way.  Sometimes I’m looking for a book that has all that dramatic language and work usage that has me rolling my eyes, but also into it… you know?  Think like… Nora Roberts, Jayne Ann Krentz, Susan Elizabeth Phillips.  But sometimes you want something realistic, where the characters talk like your best friend and her boyfriend, where their words are the same ones you use and where you feel like you might be the characters between those pages because they are just like you.  That’s Unraveled.

Unraveled is book 5 in the Monroe Family Series.  I haven’t read any of the others and you don’t have to.  It sure sounds like there’s some good stories in those pages though.  The next book in the Shriller and Alex story is Undone and it isn’t out yet, but you’ll probably be clambering to get your hands on those pages.

You can order Unraveled and the other books in the series here.