Series Recommendation #13: The Wild Side by RK Lilley

If you have not started this series yet (although I wouldn't understand why you haven't yet), please, please do. It's imperative that you do.

The entire series seriously got me mind-blown. Well, RKL's books alwasy have that effect on me but this one? It had some serious stuff going on that my head was all over. What the hell. I was constantly going on what, what, what mode and I really thought all the mystery was going to get the better of me.

So I managed to hold in my frustrations (barely) and after the second book, I gave a shot at guessing one of the twists and I actually managed to be correct. But that ending though. Boy, oh, boy. As I said, mind-blown.

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The Wild Side

Iris

Dair

Dair by RK Lilley

After yet another shocking discovery, followed by a disturbing letter, Dair is almost certain Iris has left his life for good. He tries his best to move on. 

Easier said than done, and when an unexpected and dangerous opportunity arises for him to find out what happened to her, he doesn’t hesitate to take it. 

As usual, with Iris, the answer leaves him more lost than the question. 

Every revelation is shrouded in mystery, and every disclosure leaves Dair more in the dark than ever. 

And when finally, the messy truth is revealed in its entirety, will he be ready for it?


Ahhh, what can I say except that this is an epic conclusion to this series? I mean, RK Lilley is one of my most favorite recent authors and when you read something like this, you would understand why.

It had been one of a rollercoaster ride ever since the start of this series. And when I say rollercoaster, I mean the extreme kind. My feelings have been stretch quite to the limits in the first two books and I was glad to find to find out that nothing had changed when I read this one.

It was a bit disappointing though that I actually got the first twist in the book right even before I read it. Well, I had my hunches when I finished the previous book but I had my sad face on when I found out I got it right because, you know, I still love for plots to surprise me and prove me wrong.

Nevertheless, the second twist was something I did not expect. There's a much, much better surprise for me, after all. RKL just kept the goods coming in this series that learning about a spinoff series from it had me frothing at the mouth. Don't tell anyone. 


Final verdict: 9/10. Great read. 


The Wild Side series:
The Wild Side
Iris

Iris by RK Lilley

ARE YOU READY FOR A TWIST? 

Who is Iris? Where did she come from? Where has she gone? 

Alasdair Masters has more questions than answers about his new, too young obsession, and when he finds out she’s been lying to him, from their first meeting to their last one, he’s more confused than ever about her feelings, her intentions. 

And what’s just as confusing are his own feelings. Has he turned something purely physical into something emotional in his own head? Is any of it mutual? 

The only thing he doesn’t question is whether he’ll keep going back for more. 


Ahhh, the second book in The Wild Side series. After waking up at 5am today (on a Saturday!), I skipped my morning run and breakfast for this baby. And boy was I glad I did.

Dair and Hannah are at it again two months after their falling out at the end of the first book. But instead of getting answers, this book will leave you more questions that the first book did. I don't think I can handle any more intrigue than than what I already in my plate with these two but I am left with no choice. Such is life.

I would love to itemize some stuff from the book but that will be breaking out the spoilers. Let's just say that RKL is a master of putting together twists that'll hit you when you least expect them. I have given up trying to second guess her storylines and just leave everything to what I'm reading. Go with the flow, as they say. This book just gives more build-up to what, I expect, is going to be a fantastic third book.


Final verdict: 8/10. Great entertaining read.


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The Wild Side

The Wild Side by RK Lilley

ARE YOU READY TO TAKE A WALK? 

Alasdair Masters is in a rut.  He just hit forty, has been nearly celibate for the past year, and his life has turned into a daily sequence of lonely patterns that revolve around avoiding human contact.   

His tidy life is turned on its head when a hot young blonde at the gym that’s been pseudo-stalking him decides to rock his world.  A very young blonde.  Way, way too young for him.  The problem is, he can’t seem to tell her no, and she just keeps coming back for more. 

It doesn’t help that he’s ninety percent sure she’s a criminal, and still, he can’t seem to turn her down.  What is a dull introvert to do when a chaotic cyclone that oozes sexuality comes twisting into his life?     

At first, he thinks she’ll give him a heart attack, but after his twenty-year marriage ended a year ago, he’s been a little lost, and when she comes crashing into his life, he realizes that he’s never felt more alive. 

Is a walk on the wild side just what he needs to get his on track or a disaster in the making?  Is it possible for someone that much younger to be just what he needs, or is she a fortune hunter, as everyone keeps telling him?  Is it his hormones telling him that the mysterious younger woman is the one, or could it be more?


I have been intrigued by this book ever since I read an excerpt. I would be intrigued by what ever RKL writes, to be honest. Up In The Air is still one of my favorite series so when she releases something new, I am bound to be a happy camper.

So the premise of this story isn't one of my favorites--I want my men and their ladies to be closer in age than not. But I was somehow intrigued enough to want to know what twist RKL will put in it. And I was right in setting aside whatever else I was reading to make way for this.

This is not a light read although not a dark romance either. It's somewhere in the middle with loads of lies, lack of trust, but also lust. Our two main characters just couldn't get their hands off each other even knowing that they were still keeping things from each other. As for the chemistry? RKL had that down pat.

What I liked best about this story is that this part was told from Alasdair's POV. This rarely happens because we almost always have stories start from the female POV. I was also hooked because damned if Iris wasn't overflowing with intrigue. She felt like a random character at the start and I just couldn't help second-guessing who or what she is and what she was really doing in Dair's life.

And that little teaser at the end of this book? OMG! If I could foam at the mouth, I prolly would. I can't wait for the second book! Hurry, hurry, hurry!!!


Final verdict: 8/10. Great read.