Reviewed by Annika
TITLE: Rampage
SERIES: Out for Justice #3
AUTHOR: Reese Knightley
NARRATOR: Tristan James
PUBLISHER: Tantor Audio
LENGTH: 9 hours, 30 minutes
RELEASE DATE: March 17, 2020
BLURB:
Three strong, independent, and protective badasses are on the cusp of romance when tragedy and disaster come at them like a landslide. While they chase down a sex trafficking kingpin with a devious plan, life throws one challenge after another in their path.
Grumpy Phoenix sniper Storm wears a perpetual frown to keep others at bay. There’s a reason they call him stormy, which has nothing to do with the color of his eyes. He equates communicating with people to chewing on glass. It’s not that he doesn’t want to connect, it’s just that he sucks at it.
Easygoing FBI Agent Roscoe Burns navigates an unexpected tragedy that sends his comfortable world in a tailspin right when he’s found what he wants in life. But then, sometimes life has a way of providing the extraordinary.
Spirited Phoenix tracker Wild is reeling from a past he thought he’d left behind. When a golden chance for something greater emerges, his propensity to overthink things might just ruin his chances.
Can three strong men survive the trials they face, or will history destroy them all?
REVIEW:
Hold on you your hat’s everyone, things are about to get Wild (pun fully intended). Rampage is full of action, of all kinds. Bullets are flying, things exploding and Phoenix is trying to make the world better and safer by bringing down one monster at a time. This time they are taking on a human trafficker. It dangerous and for Storm, Roscoe and Wild it’s not only the heat of the fire fights they are facing, but also the heat between all of them.
I would recommend heeding the author’s note and start from the beginning with this series. I’ve read (listened to) all of the previous books, well both of them. Yet I still had more than a few moments where I had trouble placing all of the characters and their moniker’s/nicknames. There were just so many of them and every now and then it caused some confusion and distracted me from the events taking place in the story.
I love a good poly romance and was so excited to dive into this one. I mean navigating a relationship with two people is hard enough, so adding a third into the mix and making it work is fascinating to me. It also makes me kind of picky, I need everyone to be equals in the relationship that there is a balance and a genuine attachment between all of them. We did get that with these guys. There was no pre-existing relationship and they started out on equal terms, they made sense from the start and none of them disappeared. They were all individuals and they all had their place in the relationship. They worked.
My main issue with this book is that it failed to catch my attention. That’s all on me and should not in any way discourage anyone from picking up the book. So if you’ve read the previous books, do give this one a try you might love it. I can’t really put my finger on my disconnect, only that it was there for me.
Tristan James is a master with accents! I love them all and can’t get enough. He’s also has a talent for narrating mysteries. He makes the listener feel the heat and intensity of the moments as he adds so much feelings to his words. Sadly, not even his amazing talents kept me invested in the outcome. I didn’t dislike by any stretch of the imagination, I just failed at engaging. Anyway back to James, he has many different voices for the characters which helps keeping them apart. He knows what he’s doing and it shows in his narration.
I know myself, and I have a tendency to stick with a series to the bitter end. But this time I think I’ll try something new and try to stop here (time will tell if I can manage). Because at this point I feel finished, and I won’t leave with any negative feelings towards the series but will leave on good terms. However, I do believe fans of this series will be in for a treat (and probably a roller coaster or two) with the next book and Fear’s story.
RATING: 
Narration: 4 hearts
Story: 3 hearts
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