Dar Good
Oh my goddess, this was so good!!!!! Luckily I started the book on a Friday night, I was going to wait until Saturday, which is my "stay up late to read" night, because I am tired from the work week on Fridays, but, I wanted to read it so bad, I decided to start it, and if I got too tired I could finish it Saturday. Nuh-uh, once I started it, there was no putting it down, there was no looking away, there was only the story. Not only did I stay up late, I had a huge book hangover that kept me awake, and then, it was then first thing I thought of the next morning Details, for those of you who want them, this is a YA/NA - our heroine is at her sweet 16 at the start of the book, and in the book she is 16, 17, and 18, as it progresses. Our hero is an anti-hero, he really is a bad man and does bad things. He doesn't redeem himself or want to change, he is happy the way he is. If you haven't read the previous book in the series, Prisoner, you are fine. It has a complete and separate story line from this story, and the few intersections made are natural. If you have read Prisoner, then you are fine too. There is no repeat of the story, there is some before it, and after it, but no re-doing what has already been done, and you get a bit more of Grayson and Abby Now, why I loved this book. Brooke was perfection, just perfection, as a girl who had spent her whole life being what she had to be to keep up appearances. She wasn't abused, she wasn't hurt, but she had to be perfect, and that is so not her. Her parents love her, and while they push for this, they also know when she needs to step away and compose herself. When Brooke meets Stone, she knows she is not in a fairy tale, it is real, it is gritty, and it is way out of her league. But she feels a connection with him that she never has with anyone else. She sees him, she knows him, the him that is buried, and as terrified as she is, that comforts her. He has the freedom she is lacking, and as much as she wants part of that, true freedom terrifies her somewhat Stone has had a rough and horrible life. He is loyal to his brothers, and no one, and nothing else. He doesn't like all the things he has to do, but they need to be done. Brooke is a complication he never expected. He was doing what had to be done, even though it scratched at him to do it. Then he did something very un-Stone like, and just like that, both of their fates were sealed. He doesn't understand her world, he was never even exposed to anything in her world, and he knows she doesn't belong in his. She is his though, and try as he does to stay away and sever the tie, he keeps coming back to her. She welcomes him each time, needing the connection they have as much as he does This was gritty, and ugly at times, yet Stone and Brooke continued to amaze me with their earnestness and how true to themselves they stayed. They were strong, even when overpowered and things went against them, even the other person. Stone will never be the good guy, and Brooke will always be the good girl, but in each other, they get to be true to who they really are. They need that other half to be whole, and it takes them this story to figure that out - I was just along for the ride!
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Paulette
Title: ➳ ❤ Hostage Series ➳ Criminals & Captives #2 Author: ➳ Skye Warren, Annika Martin ღ . Two amazing authors join together to create one hell of tale On the wrong side of the city in dark basement is where our lives had changed forever & we’ll never be the same again ♥●• Brooke Carson was at her sweet sixteen ball in up crust side of Franklin City, but that doesn’t mean her family is rich…No one can ever know that the great Carson Development empire is crumbling, ►Brooke slip out back to get away from her over baring mother stare, & she found herself face to face with something she only seen on tv ♥●• Stone Keaton was hardened by life, he didn’t knew anything else but revenge & vengeance until he met Brooke. Now he is tore between revenge for him & his brothers & the feeling he now has for Brooke ► They tell me its Stockholm syndrome… I say it plain old fashion love 💞. Dark perfection. Cloaked secrets. Tainted innocence 💞. A few twists & turn – few moments that were very hard to read, let alone imagine someone doing to someone that innocent ➦📚 Hope you enjoy this read & also always keep in mind this is just my opinion 📚 Should be read in order 1:- Prisoner 2:- Hostage - 💕 📚 This was standalone book ➦ 💕 would I recommend this book: Hell Yes. ➦ 💕 I voluntarily reviewed an Advance Reader copy of this book.in exchange for my honest review of it. 💕 💕 . .**This has not influenced my review.* ** 💕 💕 ✎Paulette ❤💕
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