I love a good Martina Cole book and thought that this was a good one. All the characters, whether you loved or hated them were superbly drawn and I found myself drawn into their lives and waiting to see how all the chips would fall. And yes, I am aware it’s a gangster novel, so the characters don’t have to be nice. But the characters I’m expected to root for just have no reason for me to care for them besides the fact that I’m reading this story from their perspective. The only thing this exercise in personal lobotomisation achieved was to make me wonder how bad a Martina Cole book has to be to get rejected.

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This one took me a little while to get into. It wasn't the writing it was the way you were dropped in at the deep end. But as the story evolved you understood more. Set over a period of 30 Years its gritty, violent and fast paced, I enjoyed everything about this book. It was definitely better than the last few MC books I have read. But I am still finding the books quite repetitive.

I've seen a few complaints on foul language, but if you don't like that in a book, then these sort of books should not be what you are reading. The greatest sin this book commits is treating sexual activity between a minor and a 30-something adult as sexy. i was reading smut that should put me on a watch list and felt dirty as hell. An excellent story, as befits Martina Cole. My only reservation is the prolific use of the most common four-letter risqué word, extended to seven and used too frequently as an adjective to numerous different words. In mitigation, however, this is perhaps the sort of language used by low life within the criminal community, of which Martina has a personal knowledge.

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Not my favourite Martina Cole book but still a good read nonetheless. Sometimes I get confused with Martina's book as so many books have similar characters and similar stories but I actually enjoyed this book as a standalone. This might also be because I think that Declan, one of the characters that seems to be Michael's right hand man, is behind the revenge. And I think Michael's comeuppance is still waiting for him. But I think I might be reading far too much into it. No other reader has made a similar suggestion from what I can see. Michael rises to heights beyond anything the criminal underworld has seen. He owns everyone and he rules his empire with an even but fierce hand. No one would dare challenge him.I went off reading MC, But again found myself buying it after telling myself for the first few weeks I wasn't going to bother. Dara Tailor has had to grow up fast. With a mother addicted to cocaine, Dara must look after her seven younger siblings, until social services split them up for ever. Another great read. After the initial first few chapters, every thing falls into place and you can't put it down. The narrative covers a wide spectrum of human emotions, including a very caring (dare I say loving) attitude within family life - to extreme violence within the criminal fraternity, demonstrated in particular by the main character in the plot.

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If you like this review then by all means read this absolute moronic tale of repetitive cliched bullshit.

The actual story and characters are mediocre in my opinion. I didn't connect with any of them. I had no sympathy for them and seeing Michael escape at the end, starting a new life with his new girlfriend and baby didn't gall me in a way that I think might have been intended. Read many of Ms Cole's past books and enjoyed them so had reasonable hopes for this one, albeit expecting it to be a formulaic fare.

Loyalty - Martina Cole

It was good except the ending. I was hoping for a plot twist somewhere and there was none. The book was too straight. Everything was expected.. what I did love was the writing style and the journey and the effort put in to the side characters. It was beautiful. That said, this was still quite a good story with the right balance of good and bad, - and bloody evil. The only reason I read this book was because of my sheer amazement at how incredibly bad the start of it was.Almost every woman in this book is treated awfully, and our “heroes” consist of a psychopathic cradle-snatcher, a domestic abuser, and a womaniser who treats attachment as a fatal flaw. All these heroes are incredibly hypocritical towards their partners and the people around them, and never get called out for it. At Holly Brookes Children’s Home, the two girls unite in the face of horrific abuse and form an unbreakable bond of loyalty. Great story lines and three dimensional characters. Love peering into the underworld and very much gives me that Essex vibe. I feel at home in these books.