Showing posts with label sacrifice. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sacrifice. Show all posts

Friday, 11 October 2013

Review: Seduced in the Dark (The Dark Duet #2) by C.J. Roberts

Dark Duet Series
Book 1-Captive in the dark

Book 2- Seduced in the dark

Book 3- Epilogue 


Synopsis

The exciting, titillating, and action-filled conclusion to Captive in the Dark.


What is the price of redemption?



Rescued from sexual slavery by a mysterious Pakistani officer, Caleb carries the weight of a debt that must be paid in blood.



The road has been long and fraught with uncertainty, but for Caleb and Livvie, it’s all coming to an end.



Can he surrender the woman he loves for the sake of vengeance? 



Or will he make the ultimate sacrifice?



Quote: 
It seemed to Caleb, the nature of human beings revolved around one empirical truth: we want what we cannot have. For Eve, it was the fruit of the forbidden tree. For Caleb, it was Livvie.


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My Review

5 Brilliant, Haunting,Emotional and Twisted stars! 



“In the dark, my master let down his guard and he was Caleb again. He didn’t correct me. He didn’t punish me. He didn’t push me away emotionally. Caleb was there to hold me until the nightmares passed. He was there to tell me I was beautiful. He was there to tell me I was going to be okay. In the dark, he seduced me. I didn’t want the seduction to end.”


This book was intense, it had me on edge, angry,sad,laughing at parts and then wanting to kill someone..
This really messed with my head! what a fantastic powerful and captivating book.It got me thinking about how many more Calebs and Olivias there are out there,who will probably never be saved or never have a chance at a normal life.

“Some stories aren't black and white.”

The story of Livvie and Caleb continues in Seduced in the dark.
It starts off where Livvie is with FBI Agent Reed (I liked his character I wanted more of his story) and she is retelling her story of how she was kidnapped, abused and so on.

“Live for me, Kitten. Be all those things you'd never be with me. Go to school. Meet a normal boy and fall in love. Forgive me. It's time for you to go, Kitten. Time for us both, to go.”

Many times I felt disgusted disturbed and shocked by the things that happen! My emotions where all over the place and for this Caleb was to blame (mostly)

There where times I wanted to kill him because of the stupid things he did and how he humiliated Livvie. Also because he was being a right idiot when he lost control over his feelings..You cant bloody control everything and some things are just meant to happen!

I liked how both characters Livvie and Caleb change and grow throughout the book.They became stronger especially Livvie she never stopped fighting she truly is a survivor.Now most of you would probably thing its stupid that she thinks she is in love with Caleb after all he did to her,right? She is probably suffering from Stockholm Syndrome, right? Wrong!

“The naïve girl in me had been bitch-slapped into womanhood. I’d been razed by pain, grief, loss and suffering, and honed by lust, rage and an acute awareness of my need to survive.”


Livvie got to know the real Caleb who no-one bothered to get to know..He let his guard down at times and she loved every part of him.You find out a lot more about Caleb and understand how be became this monster.A monster due to circumstances? A tortured soul that needs love and acceptance? Monsters aren't born they are created


“Dealing with Caleb was all about perspective. You couldn’t appreciate his kindness until you’d felt his cruelty.”


How do you carry on when you find out everything you were told is a lie?
When I found out about Caleb's past ..oh my emotions were all over the place!



The ending was perfect yet I still want more Caleb and Livvie!


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Buy Links

Amazon UK: http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0094KFM9Q

Amazon US: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0094KFM9Q

Thursday, 19 September 2013

Blog Tour/ Review/Giveaway: Kinetic By S.K.Anthony



Title: Kinetic
Author: S.K. Anthony
Series: The Luminaries #1
Publication: September 20th, 2013
Category: New Adult (NA)
Genre: Urban Fantasy (UF)



Synopsis:
Being strong is one thing. Being an unlimited source of power is quite another.

Genetically altered by the Organization, Annie Fox takes down criminals CIA-style with her luminary strength. With nothing to mend but her broken heart, she is relentlessly pursued by her boss Derek Lake. Just when Annie is about to give him a chance, her ex-husband unexpectedly comes out of hiding.

A wanted man, Nick Logan is a cold-hearted murderer who is considered enemy number one, and orders are clear: kill on contact. He is more powerful than ever and threatens the lives of those she holds most dear. His plan? Get his hands on Annie and use her Kinetic energy to destroy them all. When Annie finds herself with an opportunity to end him, she pauses, horrified by the scars covering the face she once loved. A split second that will cost her everything …

** Kinetic is a stand-alone novel. All books in series are part of the same world with the characters intertwined. **

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** KINETIC will be only 99 cents on Amazon during the first week of the tour (September 16th–21st) **

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My Review

Brilliant, action-packed, fast paced with unexpected twists!

Annie Fox is a strong, independent badass character which was a change to the usual weak heroines. She works for the Organization to take down the bad guys, the Organization injected her and genetically altered her to make her stronger and have powers to take down criminals.Everyone genetically altered gains a different power and become one of the luminaries.

Being strong is one thing. Being an unlimited source of power is quite another.

But what happens when Annie has to fight against her ex-husband who is supposed to be a killer. Will she be able to do the job she was born for? He is more powerful than anyone out there and he wants Annie..What happens when Annie lets him slip? When attacked Annie struggles with the thought of killing him and finds that she still has feelings for him, she cant kill him and things become much more complicated..


Will Nick take Annie's power and destroy everyone? 

Or is there a whole lot more to this story?


The story is told from Annie's POV and is written in first person which is perfect for me!

At the start I felt like eh why is Annie not letting go of Nick and just going for Derek I mean he left so she should start to move on and everyone thinks he is good for her.He was nice to her and seemed like he was in love with her and had been for a long time, I didn't like how she kept pushing him away even though at times he was really pushy and weird! I was like go for Derek C'mon your ex-husband left you and is a so called "Killer" and "Evil Psychopath"

But then you meet Nick and its like Omg Hellooo hot Nick..Derek who??
I don't even care if you are burnt pft Nick is like a million times better than Derek.You find out everything is not how its said to be and there is a lot we don't know, it leaves you feeling paranoid thinking who is really evil? Can we trust him? Omg what if they are all in on this evil plan? :O

"Because you will forgive me, you have to. You and I aren't a matter of ifs and whys. You and I are inevitable."

I loved the Annie and Nick scenes! They were hot, funny and just brilliant..Even when they where fighting oh Nick is a funny man!
I loved both Nick and Annie..okay I loved Nick more only because Annie I felt shouldn't have kept pushing everyone away but I understood with all that happened in her past its only normal to act like that.
Now Nick ahh Nick I loved all his parts and wanted soo much more I would have love to read some parts in his POV and be in his head.


"For goodness sake! Just tell us what happened to you to turn you so evil," she shouted.

"I'm not evil. I'm just misunderstood," he said as his lip curled up.


I really liked the other characters too Annie had great supportive friends who always stood by her I even liked Lisa..Yes that bitch they all hate..yup her!
Derek's dad gave me the bloody creeps *shudders* What the hell is wrong with him?

Bring on the next book cant wait to find out what will happen..in Kevin's story..

**ARC provided by author for an honest review**





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Author bio:

S.K. Anthony is a writer, a reader and a make-stuff-up-er who lives in New York with her husband and toddler twins. She is a wine connoisseur, which just really means she knows she loves it, and a caffeine addict. When she isn’t busy with her family she finds herself being transported into the world of imagination. Well, either that or running away from spiders…she is convinced they are out to get her!


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