Review: It got me hooked
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 04 18, 2014
What first got my attention was the plot. A woman running away from an abusive relationship into the arms of a super soldier. Of course I wanted to read that. The fact I haven't read the other books in the series is no problem to be able to follow the story. Though I will be reading the other ones too.Right out of high school Jill got married to her boyfriend Jack and now six years later she's only a shadow of herself. After years of living under his tyranny, Jill doesn't know how much more she can take. When she finds out about the Program, she sees it as her chance to escape. Being genetically matched to one of those soldiers, she is sure she can find safety there.Luckily she is a match and as soon as she finds out Jill is gone. Just showing up at the compound and giving herself up to a stranger, shows how brave or desperate she is. Though meeting her match, Rowan, he is nothing like she expected. Slowly Jill starts coming out of her shell and even starts thriving in her independency. I really loved to see her strength grow throughout the story. She was beaten down, but she rises stronger of it.When Rowan meets his match for the first time, he believes the doctors might have made a mistake. The woman before him is scared and it seems he repulses her. He was born with a defect, not having the lower part of one arm and because of that he's gotten quite the attitude. People have always been very protective of him and he always had that feeling of showing people that he is capable. So now he has someone he can look after and protect, and he likes it.The attraction between them is not instant. I really liked that it grew slowly from a friendship into more. Jill still has those issues from the situation with her husband and that doesn't go away that easily. They both take their time to get to know each other, though like all couples they will need to learn how to communicate.Even though Rowan is a super soldier, he doesn't come across as violent or super intense. He is actually really sweet when it comes to Jill. His first instinct is to protect her, other things can wait.The focus was mainly on Jill and her issues, not so much on the military stuff, but I liked it. It was just so sweet and I loved Jill's growing independence and self-discovery. Overall a great story. I really enjoyed reading this one and like I said, I will be reading the others in the series.*I received a copy from the author in exchange for an honest review*