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Make Me Your Villain by Lani Lynn Vale | Book Review

Mar. 08, 2022

Iris and Shine are going to make you fall in love from the first moment they meet. No couple could be better suited. Lani Lynn Vale has outdone herself with this one.

Make Me Your Villain by Lani Lynn Vale | Book Reviewfive-stars
Make Me Your Villain by Lani Lynn Vale
Series: Battle Crows MC #2
Genres: MC Romance

Flaws—he has them.
Laws? He breaks them.
Dues? He’s paid them.
Scars? He bares them proudly.
Lessons? He’s learned them.
Problems? He has one.
Her name is Iris, and she’s the one thing in his life that he can’t control.


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In this series: Always Someone’s Monster , Rattle Some Cages, Not a Role Model, Get Tragic, Strange & Unusual
Other books from this Author Hail Mary , Quit Your Pitchin', Too Bad So Sad, Mess Me Up, Trash Talkin'

I received this book for free from in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.


Review


Shine is Haggard’s brother and let me tell you I loved Haggard but Shine certainly takes second place there. I LOVED the way he and Iris met. Let me tell you there couldn’t have been a funnier meeting ever. I wish I could share with y’all because I know that y’all would laugh as well.

Honestly there was just so much that I enjoyed about this book. Shine (Callum is his real name) is of course a member of the Battle Crows Mc but he also owns a landscaping business and a tree farm. Can I just say that Lani Lynn Vale certainly made that tree farm very interesting? Again, I loved the farm.

Iris was just so cute and wonderful. She was a ray of sunshine throughout the whole book. I will say that as an invisible child myself I understood so well. I grew up with a sister who was ill which meant I was overlooked a lot because she needed more attention than I did.

While, I don’t begrudge her any of that I will say, like Iris, it is tough being the overlooked child. That was written beautifully into the story and I loved that Shine didn’t let her get overlooked. He always seemed to sense when something was wrong with Iris and was just there. Both of their exes left a lot to be desired and I hated them. Although Lindy did redeem herself a bit by the end.

We did get a bit of Bram and Dorcas’ story here and I can’t wait for their book. I think I am glad though they are the last book in the series because I feel like there is so much missing from their story and it needs more time to brew. next up is Price and if the preview at the end of this book is anything to go by it is going to be amazing!

Family Connections

Hero’s Family:  Sister, Cannel from Chalk Dirty to Me Brothers who are members of the Battle Crows MC as is his parents, Derringer and Reedy. The brother’s books are all a part of this series. Many of whom are listed in the previously section.

Heroine’s Family: Iris has a sister Abby and a brother Anderson. I would love to know more about Anderson but him and his wife are side characters. He just seemed so great.

I ran across the parking lot, ignoring the roaring of my name and the pounding of feet behind me, and all but threw myself onto the back of Thoralike’s bike. The man that’d told the most epic story ever froze, looked behind him, and saw who it was on the back of his bike. I completely expected him to throw me off of it. He didn’t. He started the bike up with a roar, kicked it into gear, and set off at such a fast pace through the parking lot that I squealed.

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About Lani Lynn Vale

Lani Lynn Vale is a USA Today Bestselling Author of over thirty titles. She is married with three children, two dogs, two cats, a donkey, and a couple (a couple also meaning over twenty) chickens.

When she’s not writing, you can find her curled up in her favorite chair reading.

Lani is married with three children, and lives in the Great State of Texas.

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Comments

  1. Kim Henrichs says

    March 8, 2022 at 11:33 am

    This looks like a pretty good set!

    Reply
  2. Piroska says

    March 8, 2022 at 3:53 pm

    Thanks for your great review. The book sounds intriguing. Nice cover!

    Reply
  3. bn100 says

    March 8, 2022 at 9:03 pm

    interesting book title

    Reply
  4. Bea LaRocca says

    March 8, 2022 at 10:00 pm

    Thank you for sharing your awesome review of this book, this sounds like a must read book and series for me

    Reply
  5. Marisela Zuniga says

    March 8, 2022 at 10:26 pm

    Thank you for sharing, this looks great!

    Reply
  6. Eva Millien says

    March 8, 2022 at 10:55 pm

    Wow, Make Me Your Villain sounds like another great MC book for me! Thanks for sharing your review and have an awesome day!

    Reply
  7. Adriane says

    March 9, 2022 at 12:32 am

    Sounds like you really enjoyed it!

    Reply
  8. Judy Thomas says

    March 9, 2022 at 6:50 am

    I love how the characters in these books are connected , it makes me feel like I already know them.

    Reply
  9. Brittany Gilley says

    March 9, 2022 at 12:30 pm

    I love this series!

    Reply
  10. CB says

    March 9, 2022 at 3:21 pm

    I want to read this now just to find out the funny story of how they met!

    Reply
  11. heather says

    March 11, 2022 at 7:45 pm

    Oh boy this one sounds super good and one I would love to read for sure.

    Reply
  12. LeonieT says

    March 15, 2022 at 9:32 am

    I love MC books, this sounds amazing!

    Reply
  13. Dawn Newberry says

    March 16, 2022 at 8:50 am

    Thank you for sharing, this looks like something I should check out.

    Reply
  14. Karen Mead says

    March 16, 2022 at 12:04 pm

    I’ve never read any of these but I think I may check them out!

    Reply
  15. Megan Allen says

    March 16, 2022 at 10:31 pm

    This is another one of those automatic one click authors for me. I love how you explained the character relationships here. Thanks for sharing!

    Reply
  16. Phyllis Huebbe says

    March 17, 2022 at 2:52 pm

    I like the cover on this one.

    Reply
  17. Audrey Stewart says

    March 19, 2022 at 10:29 am

    I love Lani Lynn Vale and her books. ‘The Heroes of The Dixie Wardens MC’ book series is a favorite of mine.

    Reply
  18. Erin Ellis says

    March 25, 2022 at 8:20 am

    This sounds like a great series! The cover art is also intriguing! I think this series is right up my alley. Thank you!

    Reply
  19. Phyllis Huebbe says

    March 30, 2022 at 3:15 pm

    Love the cover of this book

    Reply
  20. Phyllis Huebbe says

    April 5, 2022 at 12:12 pm

    I love books about motorcycle clubs

    Reply
  21. Phyllis Huebbe says

    May 13, 2022 at 2:35 pm

    Thanks for the review, sounds like a good book

    Reply
  22. Nichole says

    May 29, 2022 at 3:47 pm

    Thank you for sharing your review. Sounds like a very interesting book (and series). Can’t wait to have a chance to check it out.

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