Tempting Fate (Black Shamrocks MC: Australia Book 1) by Bella Faust – Review by Helen Dawkins

Tempting Fate: a dark and angsty love triangle romance by Bella Faust
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

This is the 1st book in the Trilogy, but there is a previous book, Craving Control, from the beginning. I personally don’t think it needed to be read before reading Tempting Fate, but if you do want to read it, please note it is way darker than most books.

Tempting Fate is a dark book as well, but it isn’t too dark. I do warn you to read the trigger warnings beforehand, though!

I have conflicting opinions about this book. It isn’t a bad book, but it isn’t a book I will remember or read again. I really doubt I even read the next book in the series.

The author has a great writing style. I do enjoy how she describes things and leads up to certain situations. But, I felt the book was extremely predictable. There wasn’t any “twist” or “turn” that I didn’t already think was going to happen.

I love Lily (Anna/Lilianna/Cherub). I think she is a wonderful character, and you get to see her at every angle. She is a force to be reckoned with, and I do love to see her on her journey. She is the main reason I am giving 3 stars. I loved her transformation and just her in general.

The only other character I did like was Slash. But I felt like I needed to know more about him. His character was a breath of fresh air, and I feel his character showed how a person can be an enforcer but still has a heart.

Now… other characters in the book I truthfully didn’t care for…. Venom(Zeke) specifically I did NOT like. I felt his character constantly was going from one extreme to the other. His actions were very chaotic and didn’t make much sense… In all honesty… I don’t find him much different than Alex. Except he didn’t PHYSICALLY harm Lily. But his character truthfully wasn’t that different from Alex.

I think that the storyline itself was decent, but it could have been better. Again, I don’t think it’s a bad book, just… wasn’t spectacular either.

The one thing I did LOVE, though, was that Bella Faust did not take a back seat to the darkness. She went full throttle in explaining and detailing the darker aspects of this book. I also love that the darker, horrible psychopath who was head over heels for a woman was not redeemed… but the other dark men were never a “threat”. Sometimes, we need that realness that some psychopaths are just that. Psychopaths. And just because they have an object of affection does not mean the woman will fall for them.

One last note, PLEASE READ TRIGGER WARNINGS BEFORE BEGINNING THIS BOOK OR CRAVING CONTROL.

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