Review: Powerful and engaging look at marriage... and the power of true love
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 28, 2014
Captive(Fire on Ice #2)by Brenda  RothertCaptive is the story of Jason and Kate Ryker… well Ryke and Kate since this hockey boy lives by his nickname….the book takes place 2 years into their relationship, with them now married.Their story of meeting and falling in love is told in Bound, so I am going to pause and say if you have not read Bound stop reading this and go 1-click Bound and Captive! As Bound and Captive combine to tell an adult story of life, marriage and well the power of true love.Picking up Captive was like sitting down with old friends, I was so excited to catch up with Rkye and Kate.  The prologue brought a huge smile to my face but within minutes Ms Rothert has a lump in my throat the size of a hockey puck. I was hooked and this became the kind of book that I did not want to put down as I so wanted Kate and Jason to have their happy!!Throughout Captive the reader get look backs at heartwarming moments in the time between the two books, I love how these were weaved into the story especially because at times they were in contrast to the pain the couple was experiencing at the moment. And no I am not doing to tell you about the pain or the heartache.I am going to try very hard to review this wonderful story without spoilers as I want the reader to experience the books as I did, an unfolding of all that life throws at a couple a couple dealing with their pasts and the life of a powerful and wealthy sports star.I do want to say I loved many of the secondary characters in Captive, I again feel in love with Luke Hudson, Jason's teammate!  In this one  Luke opens up just enough to have me wanting to know him more, oh and he is the king of funny moments as he puts up with Ryke and comes back him with some truly humorous lines!Yes, I feel like I should add here that Ms Rothert did a wonderful job with dialogue in this book, not just with Jason and Luke but also with Jason and Kate, happy and sad, loving and argumentative you will often feel like you are right in the middle of their marriage.Ok back to secondary characters, this books brings the reader new characters to love, characters who truly contribute to this story line and often times especially with Harmony have a character saying things to Kate that you the reader wish you could.  Yes, I adored how Harmony was used in this book (no I am not telling you who she is). And I love loved Melody…. both great characters and you will see why when you read this one! Oh and I want to say Stanley was too cute!Though there was times Kate frustrated me and even times I found her hard to relate to, her emotions and reactions felt true to the character created, to her character, true to her heart and her life experience.  To me that is a sign of  wonderful writing.I am not sure if was possible to love Ryke even more but I did, this supportive and kind man truly showed his wife the meaning of true love and family.  His devotion to her and their marriage makes him a man I think any woman would love to "snuggle" up to (yes, you will understand that one when you read the book.)Captive was such a unique story, it a look into marriage and what it means to be family.This one is sticking with me as the journey Kate and Ryke takes is powerful, engaging and sometimes hot look into marriage. And in the end brought a huge smile to my face and warmed my heart!Thank you to Ms Rothert for allowing the reader to see The Ryker's with a true forever happy!PS I am dying for Edge (Fire on Ice, #3) Luke's story!