Review: Totally Overwhelming! You either like or dislike this .
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 27, 2011
What can I say. It is hard to review this book. At times it could be seen as melodramatic in some parts but what she tells us about abduction, torture, abuse and slave market is happening right now because men is capable of such evil. As one reviewer says, the first 18% of the story is all lovey-dovey which makes the rest that much more bleak, harsh and difficult to read. Once Christian is kidnapped, the story really picks up and it is pages after pages of absorbing and tense reading. I was completely glued to the words and read right through to the end, even if certain parts have my heart in my throat and I wish I could take a little rest. I really wish I could skip those horrible scenes suffered by or described by the boys. But I can't as to do so is to do injustice to the story. I have to strive on because I need to be assured that it will be alright for the boys.Christian's fate reminds me of the victim in "Finding Zach". But while the writer of "Finding Zach" took the easier road and skipped a few years after the victim's rescue, this writer has done a great job on the impact of Christian' horrible ordeal on those close to him. The recriminations and Christian's own self destruction and its impact on his two fathers are well done.The story is made all the more complex because of Christian's latent submissive tendencies and Lucca's hidden life as a Dom, facts which the lovers never revealed to each other before the kidnapping for fear of rejection. While it is easy to embrace Christian's character is is harder with Lucca. Lucca has his own experience in the BDSM world with his former Dom, Carl. I find it fascinating that Lucca "switched" and wish the writer has explored this side of Lucca more before Lucca resumes his Dom role to try to get to Christian. Christian's healing is well written even if there are certain holes in it. Like Lucca's constant declaration of unequivocal love for Christian and yet he is all too willing to give up at certain points during Christian's healing process. And the fact that Lucca never realized what was upsetting Christian after his phone calls with his previous Dom have me huffing in frustration. That aside being a MM fan I am just glad of the ending even if abrupt in part. I am glad there is more to come and I look forward to the other boys' healing (I hope) stories, especially one stuttering boy's named Seb.