Review: Lost Boy Rescued
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 16, 2014
This shared certain similarities with Kim Dare's Duck, a book I liked a great deal: a strong dominant male, a very submissive, "lost-boy" hero,  great chemistry. Despite the paranormal theme and the magic kiss of the title, this did not feel nearly so much like a fairy tale, mostly because the picture we receive of Liam's abuse is so harrowing--the constant reflex to look for the door of a room, the compulsive need to apologize, the hyper-awareness of where his abuser is in the house.  It was totally compelling and scary, so much that the book really did not feel like a paranormal to me.Marcus' personality is closely tied to his being a vampire, but then again, almost the only thing we learn about vampires here is that they drink blood and they are really dominant with their human pets.  Generally I love uber-alpha characters, and Marcus does not disappoint.  Like a lot of Lost-boy heroes, Liam was almost too submissive for me. It is totally explained by the abuse, but he is so lost and so--I have to use the word naive though with caveat that he's obviously seen some pretty horrible stuff--but he's so naive you start to feel like you live in a totally different reality. But I thought Dare developed their relationship very well, especially the sex and D/s elements, where she really makes you believe that Liam would want to give over control to someone he trusted.I definitely liked the book, but I found it an odd mix of elements.  No question the picture of abuse was extremely well-done-- truly scary and all-too believable.