Review: Saint
Saint by Chantal FernandoMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
First loves are the hardest to forget and let go. This new spin off series from Ms. Fernando can be read as a standalone. It is better reading the other series for some of the nuances between the different motorcycle clubs. Warning, this one is a bit more heart wrenching than some of the other books Ms. Fernando has written.
Skylar is a sweet kid who is loved by her father "Hammer". He's the president of his motorcycle club. Skylar's young life is filled with fun as her playmates and sometimes babysitters are tough MC members. Once in a while, a young probbie may have to mind her. One would think Skylar's brothers would be involved more in her life. She is the youngest of 6. She also knows her brothers are half siblings when her mother had a different life. When things are still going well, all of a sudder her mother fights with Hammer and drags her away into the country and away from all things Motorcycle related. This becomes Skylar's hell on earth as everyone who showered her with love and she loved back are torn away from her.
Hitting her late teens and wishing to go off to college, Skylar is disappointed to learn her mother saved no money for her and instead of wishing her well, her mother kicks her out of the house. There is something fishy going on with Skylar's mother as each time her interaction is borderline hateful. It makes one wonder if Skylar is really her child. Skylar's paternity is unknown even if she called Hammer "father". Thinking of Hammer and how he abandoned her, Skylar decides to reconnect with her brothers and move back to the big city and maybe see Hammer. This starts the journey of cathartic epiphanies. The first one, that the motorcycle club never left her and in fact were waiting for her to become a legal adult to reconnect.
Of all the MC stories by Ms. Fernando, this is the most tragic to date. The amount of sacrifice for the love of a child of the heart is moving. Whilst Skylar may only experience horrid treatment at the hands of her mother… the same can not be said of all the men in her life. Men who stayed in the shadows to protect her. Men who have been kept away from her by a jealous old hag. My heart cries out for Skylar and how she's been misled and then cheated out of her time with loved ones. This pain and suffering makes the book more memorable for me. I loved Skyler and her attitude and her ability to keep trucking on. She may not have a solid foundation built on love for the majority of her life, but when her little bit during her development years made a difference. Every child deserves love and Skyler is an example of one who should have received it.
Skylar's story doesn't stop at find Hammer again. It is also with finding Saint, her childhood crush. Yes, this is a romance story and there are sexy interludes. For me, this subplot took a back seat to the cause of discontent between Skylar's mother and Skylar. The bad blood between Hammer's MC and another MC is all revealed and it is a doozy. As they say, there are 3 reason why people commit murder: sex, money and revenge. When the trifecta is hit, it becomes a slaughter. This warfare is bloody and takes some before their time and leaves others who should be brutally slain.
This motorcycle club romance is recommended to readers who like tear jerkers themes.
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