Merciless

Steel Demons MC, Book 9

By: Crystal Ash

Narrated by: Keira Stevens, Troy Duran

Length: 8 hrs and 57 mins

Publisher's summary

Not even the gods can save us.

Two of my men have been captured. The rest of us are barely holding on.

We’re wanted, and our army stands no chance against the swarm of mind-controlled pawns. Failure is not an option. Abandoning my husbands is not an option. But the longer we take to plan, the closer we get to losing them.

Even worse, our companion gods are no help. Horus can’t see them. Freyja can’t heal them. And Hades can only tell me they’re not dead yet.

We have everything to lose, and no options left. Jandro, Gunner, and I must do this ourselves.

The Sha will answer for taking my men from me. For driving us from our home. For killing and torturing those I’ve claimed as family.

And I will be merciless.

TW: Violence, torture. Please see the full warning at the beginning of the book if you are sensitive to triggering content.

Sons of Anarchy meets The Handmaid's Tale in this dystopian reverse harem adventure! Merciless is the ninth and final book in the Steel Demons MC saga. This series is full of kindle-melting steam and dangerous men who take what they want. Proceed with caution if easily offended.

Listening order:

1. Lawless
2. Powerless
3. Fearless
4. Painless
5. Helpless
6. Heartless
7. Senseless
8. Ruthless
9. Merciless

©2021 Crystal Ash (P)2022 Crystal Ash

Thank you !

It’s the end of a long journey. It’s such a bitter sweet feeling. I love this story so much. I laughed, I cried, I fell in love. I can’t believe it actually over. Thank you, this is now one of my favorite series of all.

Overall.

Overall, I loved the series. I had my moments of complete frustration with Mari’s stupidity, bitchiness, and WHINING, but thanks to the flow of testosterone it was palpable. The story is gritty, fun, at times sexy, with great character building. Loved SHADOW’s and GUNNER’s stories and the SONS. Loved Troy’s performances, and mostly Keira’s. Some of Keira’s interpretations of sex scenes and other scenes were way to whinny and a turn off. I’m interested to see/hear what the writer will do next, and thus will follow.

Love this series

Ok, I was angry with book 8 and Mari but everything turned out perfect!
Really an awesome series!!

LOVE IT ENDLESS

I so loved this book, I cried, laughed and got angry bit I could not stop listening. Kylie Stewar and Troy Durant are always awesome when it comes to the voices in these books. AWESOME job Crystal Ash..

This series was fantastic!

I am sad to see it end and I love the characters so much! Mariposa and her men grew a lot and she loved them all the way that they needed. I don't think she loved any of them more than the other but she loved them each differently. This will be one I can listen to over and over again! Great work from an amazing author and wonderful narrators!

Awesome Series

I enjoyed this series so much! I am sad to see it end. Great story, characters and descriptions. I was right there with each character as they battled their way to the ending they deserved!


Absolutely lived the narrators. They contributed to this series' greatness!

So much packed in this finale!

This book did a fabulous job ripping my heart to pieces and then putting it back together and making me cry happy tears. I am so happy there is a book 10 because I didnt want this world to end. I absolutely adore the Steel Demons MC and all these characters. Be ready for some breathe-stealing moments and some punches to the gut with torture and horrible things done to some of our favorite characters. I thought the flow of the story and the confrontation with the evil forces and overall bad guy was done really well. We had such a big lead up to this ending, we knew it wasn't going to be easy.

Without spoiling too much, just know not everyone is going to make it out the same way they came in. Two of our favorite are held captive and tortured and the others have to hold the family together to rescue them from the baddies’ clutches. I felt so hard for the 2 in captivity, so many teary-eyed moments, so many times I had to stop the audio because I thought the author was going to absolutely destroy me. I should have kept faith that we would all get our HEA together though. In terms of the 2 not captured, they really stepped it up and helped Mari get through her grief and guilt while also battling theirs. I loved how the gods were brought in more and their interactions and how they were part of the end.

Nothing I can really say about how awesome this narration was. To the emotional mess the characters are in, to the ever present gods, these narrators did a fabulous job embodying the characters and bringing them to life in my ears and mind. I already have these on my automatic listen narrator list (and I am a picky audiobook listener haha). So amazing, wish it wasnt over.

Overall this series really hit it out of the park for me. I am going to own all on paperback (eventually hardback if the author goes that route) and now on audio. So amazing, can’t say enough about this incredible RH series.

A 10 out of 10 Series and Finale!!!!

A powerful ending for a fantastic series. I can’t wait until Endless is on Audible.

Shadow is my absolute favorite character of any book I have ever read in over 50 years. He and this series is an example of how our humanity can aid and tear apart others worlds. We are all connected and all one.

Thank you Crystal for such a fabulous series. Thank you to Keira and Troy for bringing these characters even more to life.

An original, quality series I would read over and over!!

This is definitely one of my favorite series!! A mix of Romance, RH, Dystopian, Motorcycle Club and BIG TIME Mythology!! This has been the coolest book series I’ve read! Now for the last, a Novella Epilogue!!

I don't like Mari

At the beginning of the series, I was so excited. A book about a reverse harem, bikers, mythology, and a strong female lead? Heck yeah sign me up. Unfortunately, as the series progressed many conversations were on repeat, practically copy paste. The sex scenes too became way to predictable with the same internal dialogue over and over again. Honestly, I started skipping the sex scenes altogether because they added nothing to the story.

Once important characters just disappeared or only may rare appearances. What happened to T-Bones bird?? Isn't he a god too??

Then, I started to really dislike Mari. She is very self-centered with a major hero complex. For some reason, she thinks she is always knows best. This is not helped by the fact everyone (her guys, father-in-law and the gods/goddess) all treat her likes she is. She isn't. She acts like she is the only one who truly cares. She isn't. I could go on and on but I will stop here.

In this book, it is just more of the same. Mari's Not Like Other Girls story line continues. The end battle is WEAK. I can't write more without including spoilers. I am not mad at the ending, just disappointed in the lazy writing.