Review: Ehh
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 06 14, 2014
The writing is good and you will cheer the climax.  However … if you want a physical torture book, this isn’t it.  The hero is supposed to be frightening / evil / a madman / cruel etc. but comes off as confused and hesitant.  Maddox tortures the heroine by asking her simple questions (tell me what you know), cold cell time (with a cot and blanket), light starvation (then he can’t help himself but to hand feed her while begging her again to tell him about the rebels), and she gets some slaps, but mostly he talks to her then she’s alone in a cell again; this lasts for about two weeks.  By page 54, this story has now dragged out enough that I set it aside, bored and no longer excited to see where it was going.  When I picked the book back up, we get the requisite Fifty Shades of Grey tie the girl up and give her hickeys and use an ice cube on her (everyone bootlegs those scenes), then Maddox remembers he was really good, the heroine is relieved and enjoyed the BDSM, and all is forgiven.  The rest of the book is the group of rebels and supernaturals from other books and future books (I am guessing) racing to overcome Maddox’s father and the other bad guys.Unfortunately, this wasn’t good enough to make me want to purchase any other books in the series.  Again, there is something about the author’s style which is solid and readable, so future series or stand alones may suit my taste better.