Review: Made me a willing captive...
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 10 24, 2013
Willing Captive you say? Why, YES! That's exactly what I was while reading this book. I would gladly be Nox or Rock's willing captive. Where do I sign up?This book really isn't what you think it is. It's not a dark read. I was pleasantly surprised by the humor that was laced through out this story. Of course, there were times I was a blubbering mess as well.I fell in love with these characters:1. Rock2. Boo3. Nox4. VitoReason's to read this book?1. Dual POV2. Humor3. Rock- funny and such the charmer4. Nox: his sweet side & sarcastic side5. Fast paced6. This book grabbed and captivated me, it wouldn't let me go...well, I did have to let go to sleep. Sigh...7. Lily grew out of her shell and she grew up a lot too as she learned the most heart wrenching life lessons.8. Great secondary cast of characters9. Lily's sister, Terah. She was a great person, especially to Lily.10. Terah's HEA11. The surprise towards the end12. Of course the ending and epilogue13. The emotions this book dragged out me.14. The relationship build up between Nox and Lily.15. The heart felt moment with Lily and her father.16. The little bit of mystery going on in this story.Lily and Terah Flynn are in their early 20's. Their father owns an Export Business. They live in a mansion and they are pretty much each others only friends. While Terah is allowed out of the house to attend college during the day, Lily is only allowed out to go to her internship at her father's business. If these women need to leave the house for anything, they always have an escort of her father's choosing.These women are not living a happy life. Terah even sneaks out to meet up with her college classmates just to have fun while Lily stays at home reading and talking to her books.Someone is threatening her father's business and more importantly, their lives.One night someone breaks in to their home and takes them all hostage. Lily is freaked out and clueless as to what's going on. During captivity she goes through a lot of different emotions and reactions to her situation. She eventually finds a way to cope and eventually befriends her captors. Are they really just trying to protect her and save her life?While in captivity her and Terah both fall for the men protecting them. In this story we really only see the relationship building between Nox and Lily. I have to say, I loved how their relationship started. It wasn't instant and it wasn't friendly for a while. Lily irritated the heck out of Nox for the longest time. It's not until she comes out of her shell and tries to interact with everyone that Nox starts to let the ice on his heart and in his eyes start to melt.Nox has some secrets and knows more then he is letting on to Lily during the story too which she tries to get him to break down his walls and let her in.During captivity Lily is about to learn some life lessons, open herself up to new things, gain new friends, learn to trust, make a lot of FIRSTS, and ultimately fall in love. She will also feel the pains of betrayal, grow up, and deal with grief in many ways.As much as I loved this story, I felt that some things needed a little more clarification and to be fleshed out a tad more then they were. I also felt the story surrounding the threat to her family needed to be a bit stronger than what it was.Over all I would recommend this to anyone who is looking for a unique love story with a slight mystery added to it. This is definitely a story that will captive you and make you fall in love with the characters as you go along.