Review: Not sure about this one..
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 10 2, 2013
I was all revved up to love this book. I haven't read anything by Rose Frances before but the sypnosis sounded right up my alley. I love a good zombie apocalypse and that is one seriously sexy cover. So I jumped right in. It's short but no problem, it said "bite-sized" (cute, zombie pun)in the header so I was expecting that. I read it, then I read it again. Truthfully I am still not sure about "Trapped". At first things went as expected. Steven rescues Serena from her home where she has been waiting for her husband to return. She catches on very quickly that  her husband won't be coming back. Steven is her chance to get to a safe haven.He has been a good friend to her husband, but Serena has been getting a funny vibe off him for a while. But her husband being around and Steven's long stints away make it kind of non issue. You see from Steven's point of view he feels like he already has strong feelings for Serena. Now her husband is out of the picture, he is free to purse her. Also she is now reliant on him to keep her safe. I thought the title meant "trapped" in a situation surrounded by zombies. I came to realise it seemed  Serena was "trapped" with Steven.This is where things start getting murky for me. Steven uses this fact to sort of manipulate Serena into sex. While Serena responds to Steven the sex just feels like a power play between these two. Steven seemed happy to keep Serena on edge and slightly fearful of him. Eventually you see some tenderness to the intimacy, but it felt a little bit late for me.  Also Steven makes some big decisions that have a major impact for Serena without discussing it with her first. The relationship just left me feeling quite uneasy.I don't know if I liked the characters, but possibly I was coming around when the ending appeared. It was a cliff hanger. Hmm, that didn't help me warm to this book. The author did note she might decide to continue with Steven and Serena story in the future either by expanding it or making it a full length book. Will I be rushing to read it? Probably not. I didn't mind Rose Frances writing style, it was fine. I just wasn't a fan of the relationship dynamic in "Trapped" but I would give some of her other books a go.