Judge's Reckoning
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3.6 • 8 Ratings
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Publisher Description
She documented the violence. He delivered the justice.
ER doctor Riley Carter spent ten years treating victims while the system made excuses. When a developer's arson campaign kills seven people in her neighborhood—including a grandmother who pressed sweet bread into her hands as a child—Riley stops waiting for the law to act.
She calls the one man who enforces consequences the system won't deliver.
Judge founded the Urban Sentinels MC after his sister bled out in gang crossfire while cops took twenty minutes to respond. Seven years of cold tactical violence taught him one truth: protection requires permanent solutions. When Riley walks into his world with backbone, medical intelligence, and fury at injustice, she doesn't just need his protection.
She becomes his obsession.
Welcome to Chicago's South Side, where justice rides on chrome and leather, and one doctor just became the President's old lady.
Urban Sentinels MC: Former soldiers and street fighters who watched their neighborhoods rot while the system failed them. Now they ARE the law. Protecting their streets. Enforcing consequences. Riding together. One call, all answer.
The system failed. The Sentinels deliver.
Customer Reviews
Repetitive
There's way too many repetitive thoughts, phrases, scenarios in this book. Also, the old lady died but why is she getting out of rehab at the end?
Decent enough story I suppose
My main issues are that there are plot points and characters that don't make sense/inconsistent/came out of nowhere with no set up. And it's not one or two things, it's like ten or twelve things.
And two, none of the characters have their own voice, they all talk the same, sound the same, use the same speech patterns and wording even if it makes no sense to the character. eg a doctor speaking like a military tactician when she has zero mentioned background in the military. If you were to read lines taken from every character, without context or knowing which character, you wouldn't be able to tell who said it.
Three, the character development is also so flat. Judge/Will describes the loss of his sister the exact same way at least twice. He doesn't go further into this life-changing event, there is no emotion, and even his wording is the same.
Writing is better edited than I expected, story is solid enough, but could have used a proofread or two. I would have rated higher if the story and character inconsistencies and speech didn't make me feel off kilter (there's something about the writing that doesn't feel right, like the author has zero understanding of the human condition or experience).
And four, the two villains have similar names, and it was really difficult for my dyslexia to differentiate between. I say two, but it's really two of three (a third one appears out of nowhere, but at least has the decency to not also be another D name).
EDIT: Interestingly enough, despite having released multiple books this year, I can't find a single social media account or website related to the author's name. Not one. Which might explain my issues with the characters and plot.