Review: Strong Characters, High Tension, Intensely Magnetic Tale!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 7, 2014
When you care about a character, when you want to step up to the plate for them, when you forget about the world around you, the author has created magic.  I guess that makes Marata Eros a magician, AGAIN, The Token 2, her dark romantic tale of a young woman who has been beaten down literally and figuratively by life but keeps on picking herself up grabs you by the heart and squeezes tight.  How much can one woman take?  Faren has had little happiness in her life, and when she does, it’s yanked brutally away.  When the wealthy, powerful and mysterious Jared “Mick” McKenna comes into her life, her senses are overpowered, she wants him, but they both have secrets they keep hidden, and getting too close could expose them. .. or has Mick’s influence and connections laid Faren’s bare?  He may know her past, but does he know her future?  Does he know her “dirty little secrets” of the present?  Will they expose themselves to each other?Marata Eros has taken erotic romance to a whole new level with this series.  This is not in your face sexual romance. The Token 2 is erotica of the heart for Faren and Mick, taut, obvious and heart breaking as they skirt around their need, while the clock counts down for Faren.  With well-developed characters, from the wealthy thrill seekers to the tough as nails best friend, Ms. Eros has choregraphed a look into the dark side of the lives of her characters, but left a pinprick of light that is hope for real love.  Her signature style is still there in the dialogue she creates, the scenes she paints, but this series shows a side of this author that is nothing short of brilliant!I was fortunate (Okay, I did the book dance!) to receive an ARC edition from Marata Eros in exchange for my honest review, and honestly,  her work just keeps getting better!