Review: Happy to be Caught by Menace
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 29, 2014
I'll try not to gush about Lolita Lopez's series, but I may fail. After reading and enjoying Grabbed by Viscious, I picked up Caught by Menace. The first book was good, but this one is perfect. Menace and Naya's relationship is ridiculously hot and tense. Naya is a character with so much strength, maybe too much for her own good, and when up against Menace and his powerful brand of affection, they burn down planets.What makes this work so well? The premise of how the hero and heroine meet (the Grabs) sets up a great battle of wills. Naya has her reasons for taking part in the event, though actually being grabbed is not on the list. When it happens, and she takes a moment to consider a life better than the one she'd lived to that point, I was cheering the couple on. Naya is a very sympathetic heroine, and being intelligent, resourceful, and cautious only adds to the sexual tension.Menace is scrumptiously dedicated and loyal. He's Alpha to the core, but Lopez gives him such a big heart and makes him a gentle soul... well, I fell for him. He's the kind of protector a strong woman wants; a man who does all he can to show his mate/wife she can become anything she wishes and he'll stand by her.More than the first book in the series, this one has a richer mystery that makes the potential of the two breaking apart believable. I didn't have one moment where I thought either was too dumb to live, and when the s*** hit the fan, the pacing made me insane enough to keep reading despite being tired from a long work day.The appearance of characters from the first book was also satisfying, especially Terror. Oh, how he breaks my heart. He's so broken!This wonderful mix of romance, sci-fi, and erotica should be on every ereader.