Review: loved it
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 16, 2014
SUMMER'S BOOK BLOGInvincible is the first book in The Trident Code series by Alana Albertson. It can be read as a stand alone although it does have a bit of a cliffhanger type surprise at the end. Patrick is a Navy Seal on leave when he heads to a brothel for a quick no strings attached sexual encounter. He doesn't do relationships after being cheated on so he prefers to keep things simple, he pays to get off and is able to walk away with a clean break. Until he steps into a brothel in Curacao, where he selects "Star" and after she performs her services she drops a bomb on him. She is Annie Hamilton, an American kidnapped five years before while on vacation and she needs his help. He feels duty bound as a Seal to help her but how can he save her?The first thing I loved about this book was that it is unlike other sex trafficking books I have encountered so far, many books lately have the victim fall in love with her captor but this is not the case. Annie was not sold to one master, she is forced to work in a brothel and happens to be chosen for her services by an American Hero who saves her. Many people may have an issue with the fact that Patrick was in a brothel in the first place but prostitution was legal in that country and he may be a hero but that does not mean he needs to be perfect! I personally loved the plot line and premise of this novel, I found Patrick to be real, like-able and respectable even though he chose to use a prostitute.Everything else about him was absolutely wonderful, he was dedicated, loyal, a hero, tender, and loving. Annie was an absolutely incredible character, she survived absolute hell for five years and overcame it all. I cannot imagine the inner strength a woman must have to survive and heal the way that she did. Another thing I loved about this novel is that the story could easily have not been true love, many victims fall for their heroes but the author did a wonderful job of showing it was much more then that.Their relationship was not something they just hopped into, it took time to get off the ground. This novel was told from alternating points of view which added quite a bit of depth and kept me captivated. I enjoyed reading what both characters were thinking and feeling after all they went through. The author threw in a few shocking surprises, one of which absolutely crushed me. I don't know how some people can be so obsessed with their image that they choose to do horrible things, it made me sick! Both the characters and the plot were very well developed and keeps the reader engrossed in the story from the very beginning.The author is a creative storyteller who wrote an incredible, unique, intriguing romance novel where both of the amazing characters get their happily ever after. The ending reveals a shocking surprise that leaves you excited to read the next novel without driving the reader crazy wondering what is going to happen to the two main characters.