Review: More than a 3, but less than a 4
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 03 10, 2014
While a lot of reviewers have hated Sara for her abusive behavior, I actually thought that was the truest expression of a character who's suffered previous physical abuse.  I wasn't happy to see her spiral out of control, but Lewis depicts a situation that rarely receives a great deal of attention - women abusing men, and it does happen.  Of course, the work is fiction and meant to place readers in a suspension of disbelief for many of the events.  Over the course of the two novels, I got a bit frustrated with the amount of "kidnapping" and angst of will she be attacked/raped/killed?, etc.  However, Jaxon's character has some beautiful sentiments he expresses to his messed up woman; sometimes so painfully real that I can understand why some readers want to slap Sara when she returns his words with verbal/physical abuse.  Perhaps it's her redemption that seems "too easily" obtained.  The two books together were more entertaining than others I've read in this genre, but I suffered no book hangover from this duet.  I think Lewis has the talent to create such a read, so I'm interested to see what else she delivers.