Review: 4.5 Cole STARS!!!!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 28, 2014
I really don’t think I could have liked Songbird Caged more than I have. I truly was at full throttled in it from page one. No, scratch that, I had a weekend marathon starting with Songbird (book 1) and once I finished it I did not blink before starting on Songbird Caged. And I could not for the life of me put it down. I was hooked and I wanted nothing more than to devour every single word, and soak in every emotion the characters were feeling.Songbird Caged picks up right from where Songbird (#1) left off. Riley leaves a distraught Tara with the promise she will wait for him to come back in six months, but little does she know how heavy the weight of that promise and the engagement ring will be on her.Tara and Cole keep up the friendship and flirting, but they become closer and closer through the days, the weeks, months. Ok I have to get it off my chest: How is it possible that Tara can’t see Cole’s true intensions and feelings towards her? It was obvious to me and anyone even in Songbird.Songbird was more about Tara and Riley, but Songbird Caged is about Tara and Cole. Even though in Songbird Riley is the ‘main guy’ I was always drawn to Cole, and I found him better suited for Tara. Don’t get me wrong I liked Riley, but I didn’t feel connected to him, nor did I really grasp him, hence get to know him. In Songbird Cage he is absent so it didn’t help that he just felt like a background character.Songbird Caged is where Cole really gets to shine in his totality and it is painful to see what a great couple he and Tara are, but she fights it to no end. I wanted to slap her until she realized he is the one for her.Cole is, well in a few words SWOON-WORTHY, the way his actions revolve around Tara. The way he so rawly feels about her, and wants nothing more than to take care of her and make her happy. But through his frustration and hurt for not being able to have her he does pretty stupid things too. Nevertheless I still rooted for him.There were a few things I felt were hard to believe being as the day and age we are living in, and the culture the characters are from, and not to mention a particular characters way of living and personality to be somewhat manipulated and forced to be in a certain situation. (I’m being vague to not give anything away)I had a feeling how things would end so I wasn’t surprised when I got to the end and yep a cliffhanger was there waiting with an evil grin. All I could do was hope that Songbird Freed will not take too long to come out because I’m really invested in this series and VERY much wanting MORE Cole and l want him to get his HEA.“You need to get a bigger apartment. All those elephants you’re collecting…”~ColeLove Me Some Cole <3Awesome engaging read. I NEED book 3 NOW!!!!