Angel (Made Men Book 5)

Love how connected each book is to one another. Angel is finding his place in the family and it’s great.

Spoilers included belowI liked Angel. A hot made man with a troubled but interesting backstory. I like too that he was faithful to Adalyn. Unlike Vincent thankfully he was not a manhoe and his story was not filled with OW drama and OW smex scenes.While I do not dislike her I am not a fan of Adalyn’s. She appeared too ditzy and wishy washy. One minute she is in love with Lucca and then she is in love with Angel. Also I want the heroes to do the pursuing like Lucca and Nero did with Chloe and Elle. Here it was Adalyn who did some chasing. I want the heroes to be super possessive and jealous like Lucca and Nero were and still are with Chloe and Elle. Here while Angel got irritated that his brother briefly made out with Adalyn he could handle it and there was no really angry reaction or violence involved. By contrast Nero almost lost it when Elle just kissed a guy on the check and I could write a book about the intensity of Lucca’s reactions when Amo showed interest in Chloe. I cannot help but love those men. Even in this book the devil let his green eyed monster show. Vincent got banned from being in Chloe’s sight because Lucca thought that he was flirting with her.I was not happy about the fact that Angel thought that he was in love with OW until almost the end of the story even though he had already gotten physical with the heroine. Thankfully the OW only appeared at the end of the book and did not return his feelings. They never had a physical relationship but rather it was like Adalyn’s feelings for Lucca. They were never returned.While I was glad that the story contained a smex scene (that occurred at the end of the book) I was not feeling the claimed love that was admittedly during that time. Maybe if there was more of Angel’s point of view in the present ( as opposed to his flashbacks) then I might have felt differently. As it was I wasn’t sure that he even wanted her for awhile.I enjoyed reading about Lucca and the glimpses we got of Nero and Elle. Lake’s over the top responses to Angel’s hotness that included fainting would have irritated me except it really bothered Vincent and given his past slutty behavior even after he admitted to himself that he had feelings for Lake I thought that he deserved it.I would love to read about Lucca and Nero’s sister Maria’s story as long as her love interest is just as strong as her. She is a tough mafia chick and needs someone who can match her strength and at times keep her in her place. A whimpy professor will not be that person, Also I want her love in interest to be hot for her and to do the chasing. She deserves a man who is head over heels for her yet still be the alpha in the relationship.

The book was good, but like the others, lacked answers and explanations. The last book ended with Lucca proposing to Chloe, and while I assume she said yes, nothing in this book mentions it. I don’t like Elle and Lake being so mesmerized by Angel, they already have boyfriend they love. Lake even fainted which annoyed me to no end. Nero and Vincent were so threatened by Angel from the girls drooling over him. We don’t really ever get an explanation of what happened with Bella and Angel. All he says is she fell in love with his twin, and his brother said he thought they would “share” Adalyn. Adalyn was also in love with Lucca which I feel we we’re given no reason as to why besides her fantasy of him. We don’t know who killed Andre or Tom, or what happened to Angel when he disappeared for a few months. If this book had these answers, would’ve given it a 4.

HELL YEA!!!I was a little nervous going into this book thinking thinking one of the Made Men was going to either die or leave upon reading in one of Sarahs posts saying the characters wanted it this way, so i was a little nervous but I pushed it away and I am glad I did...This book is AMAZING and i can not wait for Maria's book (when ever that may be or even if) but going back to this book...we get to meet Angel and his messed up past growing up as one of Lucifer's sons...Angel meets Adalyn and knows she has seen him taking a ring from Lucca's desk that belongs to a friend of his...Angel becomes Adalyn bodygaurd by Luccas' orderAdayln has been infatuated and her words in love with Lucca but meeting Angel for the very first she knows now that something is drawing her to him and she slowly gets to know and understands Angel as time goes by...I love every minute reading this book and reading the other couples and reading Vincents insecurities when it comes to Lake lol, but i will say this I have a lot more questions now and I am hoping there will be answers to who is doing the killings and of course Amo...what is happening to him?AWESOME book but I have many questions that need answers asap and in my opinion it leaves off in a cliffhanger but this is just me and I will be waiting for the next book

First thing first. Sarah Brianne load iTunes up with a ring tone of Luca saying “Hello darlin” and you will get another ninety-nine cents from me.Second, I loved this book and if you are a fan of the Made Men series you will not be disappointed. Pay attention to the cleverly intertwined appearances of characters from the other books. For example, I realized in this book that pretty much every action that Luca takes in all of the books is calculated toward the purpose of solidifying his relationship with Chloe. At first I thought it was a plot flaw. As in “wtf? Someone didn’t think this through. The Boogey man would not spend a hot second match making.” But if you pay close attention you will see that each story in the series is intertwined.That is the only downside of this story. It feels more like a build-up to the next part of the series then a stand alone story and leaves you wanting more and wondering about Lucas master plan. I can’t wait to see what comes next! Such a talented story teller Sarah Brianne!

I was so looking forward to this book. Adalyn seemed really fun and spunky in the previous books. But if I'm honest I feel this book missed it's Mark.The relationship development between the two characters was too fast without much actually happening. I also thought it might explore Vincent and Adalyns upbringing a bit more. Especially as she's only mafia by marriage isn't she?I did like Angel but thought he could have had more of a presence in the book. It was overshadowed by Lucca. I'm a big fan of him but having him in the book so much detracted the attention from Angel so I couldn't actually get any strong feeling for him.I loved that Maria is absolutely lethal and tries to get the girls to open their eyes to their men's bullshit. She takes no prisoners and I truly believe she was right when she said to Lucca that the only reason she couldn't be boss is because she's female. So I want her to be the one to kill Dante and at least take Underboss. She deserves it.I can't wait for Amo's book, I want to see the darkness developing in him.Also Adalyn kicking Sal in the balls was fantastic!! I love it when the guys underestimate the girls.So yeah overall worth a read but definitely isn't a book I love!

Worst book so far.... I've loved the other books but this was mainly pointless. I've never liked Adalyn but I thought Sarah would work her magic and I would love her but I never infact my opinion on her went down. I thought all these girls was supposed to be about 19 and they was all acting like 12 year old girls getting excited over seeing a cute boy and what was that with Lake fainting at seeing Mathias ( I mean really). Also all the way through both characters were apparently in love with other people then a couple of kisses and wam bam they are madly in love with each other.I liked Angels background but Adalyn was really bugging me all the way through and acted like a child on the playground, and what was that when she kicked Sal in the balls and demanded to see Lucca ( yeah right as if that would ever happen) I really can't be bothered to wait an other year for the next book so will probs stop reading these books now cause it takes too long for the next book to come out ( I know other authors release books next in the series after a year but they bring other books out inbetween)

Wasn’t expecting Adalyn’s story if I’m honest I thought Amo or Maria might of been next maybe even Lucca 2 as Sarah Brianne left us hanging at the end.Angel is a good quick easy read but it misses something. When we were first introduced to Adalyns character in Vincent she was such a fun girl but in Angel we don’t get to see that Adalyn maybe it’s because she wants Lucca and is upset that he’s with Chloe. If I’m honest I didn’t see that coming, Adalyn liking Lucca that much I thought she fancied Nero more.I was actually surprised that Vincent didn’t interfere in Angel and Adalyns relationship and give Angel a hard time I mean how crazy did he go in Nero when he found his sister in Poison with Lake.I really felt for Angel the torture his father had put him and his twin through was evil.Angel and Adalyn did have a cute love story but nothing special.I wish Sarah would go back to writing her books the way she wrote Nero and Vincent they had a lot more storytelling in them.I hope we get Maria’s story next or maybe even Sal’s and Amo well that was a surprise.

Sarah has fast become one of my favourite authors from the first book "NERO", however this is the first book that features their rival family the Luciano's, and one of their bad boys Angel, who fell for Adalyn who has a thing for inked up bad boys. I'm not sure what is Angels play here but I'm anticipating the ending of the series.Nevertheless, this was an easy 5 stars from me.

I have loved this series and was really looking forward to this book but I am sad to say that this one missed the mark. It lacked substance and a real storyline. I didn't feel a real connection between Angel and Adalyn and I found Adalyn's character very one dimensional and superficial. These Two characters shared a few conversations and a couple of kisses and the next minute we are expected to believe they are desperately in love and in the meantime the plot is just going absolutely nowhere with Lucca appearing at every given moment - unnecessarily in my opinion and just for the sake of it. I found Angels back story intriguing but the rest of the story just felt flat and a bit pointless...