Under Locke

Had to read another one of Zapata's books after reading The Wall of Winnipeg and Me. Had the same issue with too much unnecessary boring details and skim read the majority of the book. I didn't like Dex and Iris in this one as much as I liked Vanessa and Aiden in the last one. I enjoyed the biker setting and the related drama was very believable but Vanessa was a bit too childish for the independent background that the author wrote for her. There were just some things about her history that just didn't match up with her personality. Consequently, I didn't think the relationship between she and Dex was believable partly due to her immaturity. I also didn't think it was believable because their relationship seemed like it was primarily based on sexual tension. There was no root to their connection, nothing to ground them as possible love interests.

In comparison to the last book, there was more attention paid to the drama that was going on with Ris's dad than the relationship between the two main characters. While the plot was somewhat intriguing, I wish it had focused primarily on creating a tenable connection between Dex and Iris.