Five Brothers by Penelope Douglas

Five Brothers by Penelope Douglas
on July 30, 2024
Genres: Fiction / Coming of Age, Fiction / Romance / Contemporary, Fiction / Romance / New Adult
Pages: 560
Format: Paperback
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“Everyone is our type when they’re naked!”

On the other side of town, in the dark glades, under the rain…
Macon is the oldest. Thirty-one. Ex-Marine. I don’t think I’ve ever seen him smile.
Army is twenty-eight. A single dad with the most beautiful green eyes. He has no idea who he is, if not a Jaeger brother.
Iron will be in prison soon. You’d never think it to meet him. He’s a nice guy, actually. But he can’t stop reacting to everything.
Dallas is the one I hate. Twenty-one, cruel, and selfish. He takes and then throws away whatever’s left.
And Trace is mine. Or he was for about two seconds. No one can tame him for long. Not that I ever wanted to. It was fun, but now I need to go home. Back to my side of the tracks. Away from the swamps and these men. To my parents’ big house. On my clean street. Where I’m never dirty or messy or hot. And I will. I’ll leave first thing tomorrow morning. I just want to crash on the couch tonight. Their house is dark and quiet, everyone else is asleep. Except for one. He sees me crying and comes at me from behind. I let him wrap his arms around my body and hold me tightly. His breath is on my neck, his fingers are in my hair, and he doesn’t stop there. I don’t think it was Trace.

This is considered a standalone, but the Jaeger family gets first introduced in Tryst Six Venom. I do recommending reading that first since it really gives you a history with the brothers. The storyline at first wasn’t that fascinating. I mean all I could understand was that a Jaeger brother had sex with Krisjen but since she didn’t know who he was she tried to fuck them all to solve that mystery. It was funny at first and I already knew who that brother was. It was apparent with the way he was written. I liked the world building and it reminded me of Outer Banks with the Swamps vs Saints rivalry, a rich girl wanting to be with a boy from the poor and criminal side of the town. The romance is a slow-burn if you consider the fact that Krisjen only chose one brother and she took her sweet time with every brother. The romance with the man she fell for and the one she chose was done too quickly for me. I wanted more of their relationship.

I rated this novel four stars. The smut was perfection and I just wanted her to end up with each brother! I’m sure there will be more with this family, they hinted at some future relationships that I can see playing out.