Review: Very good continuation of the series :D
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 09 13, 2013
4-4.5 starsThis was a very good story. It's the second book I've read from this series and I'm really looking forward to #3 (I read a sneak peak of it and it looks good). Menace and Naya are a great couple and I really enjoyed their story.Naya has had a very hard life. She was abandoned by most of her family and people she's cared about. She grew up on the streets and had to work hard to make a living. Regardless of past disappointments, she's very loyal and when a friend gets picked for a "Grab" (a race where warriors come in to chase down a woman to take for their wife) Naya gets herself in the Grab as well so they can try to stay together. They have an escape all planned out but an unfortunate turn of events has her friend reaching the safe zone and Naya getting pulled back just shy of freedom.Menace is a friend of Vicious (the hero from book #1 [book:Grabbed by Vicious|17695124]) and after he saw how happy his friend is with his wife Hallie, Menace decides to enter a Grab to find his own wife. He thinks he wants someone soft and docile and almost gets a woman like that in the race. Fortunately for him, things don't turn out the way he planned and he ends up with a spitfire who seems intent to make his life hell.Menace is a good guy who has been through a lot of horrors of war. He's been dreaming of someone he can love and lavish attention on and someone who will do the same to him. Someone to build a home and family with. He's very disgruntled to find that his wife curses more than him and is a combination of pissed at him and scared of him and his intentions. Once he gets her back to his quarters on the ship, Menace tries to bridge the gap between them. It's not easy and Naya tries not to give an inch. Menace treats her well though and seems honest when he says he wont hurt her and just wants to make her happy. She has some misgivings but eventually figures she could give it a try. She feels a strong attraction to Menace and wants to give in so Menace makes her feel safe enough that she does.Despite the initial blowup, Menace and Naya come together as a couple pretty well. They find their likes mesh, both in the bedroom and out. Naya also gets to meet Hallie (the heroine from book #1 [book:Grabbed by Vicious|17695124]) who helps her get acclimated to life on the ship. As Menace and Naya get to know each other more, they start exploring their different kinks. This takes them (after being together for a bit) to the officers club on the ship (aka BDSM club for officers) and Naya gets to experience a little m/f/m action (with Menace's friend Hazard who I really liked and I hope he gets his own book).Both Menace and Naya are doing well and pretty happy when things go to hell. Naya did things she shouldn't have when she was a teen that Terror (one of the secret police) finds out about. He doesn't believe (or more accurately care) that she hasn't been involved in anything bad for years. He has her arrested and threatens Menace and Hallie to force her in to a dangerous position that almost kills her. Menace and friends have to ride in the rescue and are almost too late but fortunately aren't. The day is saved but not without a lot of trauma. The thing that pissed me off and brought this down from a 5 stars to a 4 star was that Terror did horrible things and almost gets Naya killed and he gets away with it with basically no repercussions (he should never get his own book because he's to much of a jerk to ever treat a woman decently). Regardless of that issue, the book was great and I loved seeing Naya and Menace's reunion and have their HEA.Overall I really enjoyed this story. I loved Menace and Naya and was really rooting for them. I'll definitely be looking to get the next book in the series when it comes out as I'm loving this series. I'd recommend this book. Thumbs up! :D