Reviewed by Becca

TITLE: Flawed Justice

SERIES: The Asylum Fight Club #1

AUTHOR: Tibby Armstrong & Bianca Sommerland

PUBLISHER: self-published

LENGTH: 377 pages

RELEASE DATE: October 24, 2019

BLURB:

If there were an emergency number for adulthood, Matt Kincaid would have dialed it months ago. Raising his kid brother alone is already an uphill battle, nevermind when an ugly gang initiation lands the teen in lockup. Again. Only, this time for a hate crime against a local fight club, where settling debts isn’t taken lightly. When the club offers to let Matt risk everything in a long-shot match with a man who’s as brutally handsome as he is tough, he jumps at the chance.

If Matt wins, all will be forgiven. If not? Well, he might as well move in, because ‘The Law’ will own his ass…for a very long time.

There are no limits to what Lawson ‘The Law’ Gaumond will do to protect the club he and his former lovers built. An inner-city sanctuary where Anniston Falls’ gay leather culture thrives, The Asylum Fight Club isn’t an easy place, but it’s home. Taking on a local hothead whose younger brother vandalized the space isn’t high on his priority list, but there’s something about Matt that cries out for a firm hand.

Lawson’s never backed down from a fight, and he’s not about to start when there’s no way he can lose.

When renewed gang violence erupts, spilling blood over The Asylum, Lawson and Matt must confront their pasts to find a way forward. Gunshots and knives should be harder to survive than this rough love, but coming to the ring armed with nothing but the truth is their greatest challenge of all.

REVIEW:

I’m going between 4 & 4 ½ and I’m going to tell you why. While I loved this first book and actually can’t wait to see book 2, seeing as who the MCs are in that one, the problems I had with this one had somewhat to do with the BDSM scenes. 

Now, one thing you have to understand, the whole thing is complicated to begin with. It really is. The pasts the Asylum people come from, the pasts that Matt and his brother come from, the problems with gangs, and having the Asylum, that was supposed to be a safe place for LGBT, all of a sudden not, is causing a lot of problems everywhere. And I get that. But as a Dom, if you are taking over a role as a Dom for a sub, even a mouthy sub, it’s your responsibility to make sure their needs are met in whatever way possible. Even if it means a punishment to show them they belong but need to check themselves. It’s something they need. And Law in this book just wasn’t doing his job as a Dom and that bothered me. Passing Matt around like he’s a plaything just was not cool to me. And to me, it was one of those cases of crap or get off the pot. You can’t have it both ways.

But like I said, I got why. I got the being scared, I got the hesitation because of his own issues, I got it all. The unknown is a scary thing when you don’t have all the factors and everything seems to be against you. And all of them at the Asylum seem to have it all against them. Even…well nevermind. Can’t give that away. The point is. I really did like and enjoy this story and really can’t wait to read #2. I just wish these Doms would get it together for their boys. Because in the next book, the MCs are off to a bad start already in this one. That’s my big issue. I love the back and forth, the tension, the good and bad, the hope and the struggle to not only find yourself but prove it. The Doms just need to get it together. And I hope there’s a story for Doc. Because that one would intrigue the heck out of me.

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