Withstanding Me (Breakneck #2) by Crystal Spears

While the chaos and bloodshed have slowed for a short period, life is never quiet in the world of Breakneck. The club is taking time to regroup from internal betrayal and the changing of the guard in a rival group.
Zig Zag became a father at the age of thirteen. While raising a child has never been easy, now his eighteen year old daughter Tatiana makes his life downright hard. She has caught the eye of Travis, the new President of the rival MC Gunners, but all she really wants is Shadow, the newest addition to the Breakneck family. When Shadow’s rejection sends Tatiana running from the only family, home, and safety she’s ever known, ZZ is crazy with worry. The distraction caused by Tatiana’s disappearance could prove to be Zig Zag’s downfall.

If that isn’t enough, ZZ finds himself rampantly attracted to the one and only Storm. She’s beautiful, quick and witty. Their friendship is the one thing that keeps him from growing crazy, and Storm stands by ZZ through all the turmoil. Zig Zag is not accustomed to hearing the word no, so Storm’s constant withstanding just draws him in deeper. Their friendship is one thing keeping him from going crazy, until one night…

The club is regrouping and rebuilding from the mayhem known as the Russian Mafia. A hit is ordered on Tatiana, Storm, Winter, and Piper.

Tatiana’s egg donor reveals secrets that a thirteen year old Zig Zag was too young to understand.

Braxxon is out of reach while he helps Greg Cage deal with some dirty business.

Bloodshed… Secrets… Betrayal… Trauma… Welcome back to the Breakneck world.

4.5 Stars

“Lesson for you, Miss Martini. I want your pussy so I shall have your pussy, and anything or anyone standing in my way will be taken out.” 

I just finished Seize Me (book #1) and wanted more of this world. I was thrilled to find out that this book was already out. I immediately jumped right back in. This story starts off where Seize Me ended, but focused on two different characters, Zig Zag (a.k.a. “ZZ,” a.k.a. Mason Dillon) and Storm (a.k.a. Apple… her full name is actually Apple Drye Martini…kudos to Storm’s alcoholic mom for that name). 

“Ah darling, I want the kind of woman that wants the shit I give them. Women like you are way to good for the likes of me. You deserve to be protected, owned, loved, cherished, worshipped, and any other good shit you can think of. I don’t do the fallin’ in love thing, baby.” 

We first met Storm right after Winter & Braxxon took over the club that she was forced to strip/prostitute herself from. Storm was kidnapped and trafficked into this life. Though she was given a chance for a fresh start, she decided to stay and help Winter with the club, especially when Winter gave her the opportunity to manage it. The sisterly bond she feels towards Winter makes her feel like she’s actually of value, and not just a piece of meat. Its because of her past, that she refuses Mason what he wants. She doesn’t want to just be another notch in Mason’s bedpost, she wants more. 

“I know you can give me this. I just know it, but I’m tired of waiting. I’m ready, damn am I ready, but you never will be even though you can be. Baby I’ll be your best friend. I’ll be the voice you need to hear, but I won’t be the body you want to be near. Because baby, you just want a few nights and I want more than that from you.” 

Oh Mason, Mason, Mason - You stupid, silly, stubborn man. Seriously…he’s a prime example of a commitment-phobe. All he wants is to fuck Storm. That’s it. Nothing more. He doesn’t do love, nor emotions. In his life, he has only loved two women: His ma and his daughter. Every other female is just pussy to him. However, he knows that Storm is different and that scares the fuck out of him. 

“When it’s just you and me babe, I’m Mason to you, no club, no fuckin hits, no fuckin idiot traffickers. It’s Just. Us.” 

Mason is losing the battle. After he and Storm call it truce and just remain friends, he wants her more than ever. Storm is slowly burrowing into his heart and he can’t do anything to stop it. She is everything he wants: Loyal, caring, beautiful and has an incredible heart. She doesn’t even have to force anything on him. Just being herself is enough to crack Mason.

This book was slightly different from Seize Me. It was still violent and still very sexy, but for me, it was more emotional than book one. Let me try and explain. Seize Me was pretty raw and gritty. It was fast paced, extremely violent and had more of an edge. This, however, seemed to simmer down on the violent aspect, but only slightly. It focused more on the emotional attachment of the Hero, the heroine and their family, both the MC and their immediate ones. Multiple POVs were used in this story, where as Seize Me was just Winter and Braxxon’s. Lots of events are happening around Mason and Storm, but it never deterred the focus of their relationship. I’m a little sad that I finished this book so fast because now I have to wait for the next installment: Shadow & Tatiana’s story. Oh boy…that’ll be fun! Looking forward to it.