Cut Wide Open (A Bleeding Scars MC Book 1)

MC books with trigger warnings...? Hell! I'm in!!This book is more than an MC book; it's also a second chance romance. Charlotte (Charli) lives with her foster parents across the road from Gunner. She notices him when she is just 8 years old, he is 10. For a couple of years she just watches him... Is drawn to him. When she is 16 she ends up pregnant with Gunners child. Shortly after Gunner joins the Hades Runners and loses contact with Charli. He then spends the next 8 years trying to locate her.Charli is doing what she can to survive and provide for her son when she suddenly meets back up with Gunner. Unfortunately Enrico Santos, drug lord of Colombia has decided to make Charli his and takes her for his own. Charli is drugged, raped and badly beaten. Gunner then makes it his mission to find Charli and take back what is his.This book is told both from a dual POV and second person. For the majority of the book, the story writing was good. The plot was good too but I felt poorly executed in places. When the MC were on a rescue mission battling Enrico's men it felt like something out of the 'A Team'; I don't think the author truly got to grips with the grit needed for MC battles. She just didn't capture the angst or the darkness for this genre. Whilst narrating Charli and Gunners story, the writing was good and flowed and was very addictive. I was drawn into this book from the very first page. My heart just bled at the real crappy life Charli endured. A couple of times I felt scenes were rushed. They lacked detail and feelings and felt a little disjointed. It's really hard to describe but I would say the author is probably more suited to angsty romances rather than the dark romance genre. As it is in the darker scenes when I felt the writing fell apart a little.There are a few twists and turns and secrets get revealed. The plot was well thought out and keeps you guessing throughout.Please take note of the trigger warnings if dark romance isn't your thing then don't read this book. It does end on a cliff hanger and I can only assume that book 2 will continue with Charli and Gunners story. There are plenty more secrets to come as Gunner sets off on a mission to find the truth!

Another fab new author for me to follow and another MC series to get hooked on. This is book 1 in this series and what a great start to the series it is.This book has a darker side to it with what Charlie, aka Mouse, has to go through but it so written so well. The pain and horror she goes through is so raw along with the pain Gunner faces in trying to find her. You get a great insight into the background of these two and why there is such a beautifully intense connection between them.Loved all the characters in this series and especially the Bleeding Scars MC boys Shane, Ace and Riggs.It's hard to write a review without giving the storyline away but I don't want to spoil it. I will just say READ IT, I totally loved this book and the boys in the MC. Abby is certainly an author I will be following in the future.

4* read. This is a very dark read and so anyone with triggers shouldn't read this book. Me I can be funny with dark reads, I either love or hate them depending on the authors writing style. I have to admit it was hard to read in places and I felt myself having to walk away to take a breather. That been said it was well wrote and I did enjoy it. Even when I put my kindle down and walked away I still felt myself itching to get back to find out what happens next. This was way more then just a MC read and although it doesnt end on a cliffhanger it does end on a open note which will flow through to the next book. This book will stay with you for a long time after you finish it and yes it was hard to read at times but them parts were necessary to the story and well wrote by this author. I can't wait for the next book in this series.