Review: wow.  super hot and a great story, too.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 24, 2011
I normally avoid M/M romance and erotica, but Indigo Wren's THE TRAP is making me wonder if I've made a terrible mistake - because it is AWESOME and it is HOT.I really want to throw my 0.02 in about the issue of David's deprivation at the beginning of the story, which seems to have occasioned the most conflict from other reviewers.  My first comment, the most important one, is: if you can read a sample of the book, check out the the first few pages and see how it strikes you.  I knew by the time that I hit the "buy" button on my Kindle that I was fine with the relationship the author was introducing - I knew that I'd like Ethan, the guy who organized the trap, and I knew that his heart was in the right place.I also believe the deprivation is necessary to the story.  I think there are moments, later on, when I would have pitied Ethan - the dominant/kidnapper - if it hadn't been for the deprivation.  David is desperately in love with Ethan, but he's also in denial about his own feelings, and he lashes out at Ethan a fair bit.  We see the whole story from David's point of view, so we know exactly how afraid David is of being hurt.  But David isn't ready to see something that is perfectly obvious to the reader - that Ethan is just as vulnerable as he is.  That Ethan can be hurt, and is hurt, when David rejects him.  The deprivation phase sort of establishes Ethan as someone that doesn't need pity, even the reader's pity, even when he's hurting.I'd also like to point out that David has the option of ending the deprivation at any point he wants - he doesn't have the option of leaving the island, but he does have a choice.  He can play Survivor, or he can submit to Ethan's devious plans.  David totally captured my heart - I understood where he was coming from, 100%, and I understood the depth of his fear, because he was way more willing to play Survivor than trust Ethan, even the tiniest bit.So, personally, I didn't have a trouble with the controversial early scenes, and once David and Ethan start working out their issues...WOW.  Super, super, super hot.  Well-written, lots of emotional depth, totally tugged on my heartstrings in all the right ways, and HOT.  An amazingly satisfying read; satisfying as a romance and satisfying as erotica, full of steamy sex and lots of warm-fuzzies.I will say that there is a crucial twist at the end that I thought was had to believe...but at that point, I was hooked and willing to follow along to the joyful resolution.  I'd recommend this book to anyone who likes erotica occasionally, and anyone who's at all willing to try an M/M story.