Review: Hooked on page one! Didn't stop reading until it was done!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 2, 2014
Carli Sexton has outdone herself with Beholden To You, she just completely captured me from the first page. The characters we know and love from the Killer Next Door series are back, but this time it’s Natalie’s story and it a story that is worth reading. I was hooked from the first page and I didn’t want to stop reading until it was done. There were so many things I had to know and I didn’t want to part with this book until I knew everything.Natalie gave her heart a long time ago to Ty and amongst the tragedy of losing her parents, she lost him too. He couldn’t handle the distance and broke her heart into a million pieces. She knew that she would never be able to love or trust again. When she lost her sister too, her life crumbled. Everyone she loves leaves her. Her parents, her sister, her boyfriend. She has grown accustomed to her life of being single and independent. But her friends see so much more in her. They know that she always puts her friends first and they know that she would do anything for them.When something happens in Vegas that brings Mac and Natalie to a new place for a new beginning, things shift inside her. This man makes her want to talk, want to share, want to maybe even love a little. But between Mac’s past creepy ex and the love she held onto for far too long with Ty are thrown at them in force, she really is pulled in many directions. But always coming first in her world, is everyone else.Let me just say that I love and adore Mac. He just has it so bad for Natalie and it is so endeering how much he wants to take care of her and love her and he will do everything possible to make their situation work out. He is still a man’s man, but he has that soft place that women just cling to. He is amazing and I just could not get enough of his simmering character. But will all truly fabulous characters, he has a past and a freaky ex-girlfriend to top it all off… but the one thing he sees in his future is Natalie and he does everything in his power to make sure it works. But when the past collides with the present, some things are easier to dream about than to make come true.Natalie is just a strong willed and amazing woman with a heart of gold. She loves her friends beyond words. Yes, she has serious trust issues, she has spent so much time grieving the lost of her family that it is hard for her to open up. She just stole my heart though because even she couldn’t push away the one person that really understood her. I cheered for Natalie is this book, I wanted her to have her fairy tale come true and I wanted to see her happy inside as much as she appeared to be out the outside.Carli Sexton just has a way of bringing out true emotions and feelings. I want to hug all of her characters and watch them grow into the people they will become. I feel connected to them. For a book to capture me like that takes a lot and I will not soon be forgetting how these characters made me smile, made me cry and made me want so much more for all of them. They all just capture me and I love them so much.This book is amazing and because I don’t want to ruin a moment of this book for you, the only thing left to say is that it is a five-star book that you won’t want to miss! I loved it!*I received a complimentary copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.