Review: 5 Star Read!!!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 20, 2013
For more reviews visit my blog - Hook Me Up Book BlogThis book is not the kind of book I normally read however I had read wonderful reviews for Shay Savage's other book Surviving Raine so I could not pass up the opportunity to read this one. Plus, it intrigued me.Evan Arden is the kind of character that you probably should not like but I couldn't help liking him. The story is told completely from his point of view so you get a good glimpse into what drives him and what has caused him to become the broken man that he is. By the end of the book you can't help rooting for him and hoping that he can battle the demons that have a grip on his soul. I am convinced that under all that darkness is a good man and I am hoping that in the next book we will see him (yes, there is a cliffhanger in this one!).Quite possibly the thing I enjoyed the most about this book was that I had no idea what was going to happen next. I certainly did not see coming what happened at the end and without giving too much away I have absolutely no idea what will play out in the next book.Otherwise Occupied is not a typical romance book. After reading the two books in this series I think they are both leading up to a romance (well, I hope they are because Evan needs that in his life!). It is real though; it depicts the reality of a hard life and I appreciated that aspect of it. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE to escape into a totally make believe romantic swoonfest but every now and then I crave a book with a storyline that shows the hard truth of life. This is one of those books.This is the second book in a series and you do need to read the first one to understand this one.