Review: I no longer want Sebastian dead!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 3, 2014
More like 3 1/2 stars really. It was well written and kept my interest but not a whole lot really happened until the end. Bound by Vengeance picks up right after Sinister Kisses with Sebastian dealing with the fall out from the Todd debacle. Seb blames the whole mess on his "softening" and showing mercy because of Taylor but in reality, I think that's a cop out. He has a huge mess to clean up because he went off his nut, lost his considerable temper and acted like a crazy person. He could just as easily have maintained his composure and waited for the appropriate time to kill Todd as gruesomely as he felt necessary to instill the maximum amount of fear in his men and Taylor would never have been the wiser.But be that all as it may, in Bound by Vengeance I find I no longer want Seb dead. I get him. I understand why he is the way he is and I get why he has little control over it. I believe he loves Taylor with every fiber of his being and wants nothing to ever (really) hurt her. That said, if he were the last man alive on the planet, I would go gay in a heartbeat. Taylor for her part seems to be genuinely happy with Sebastian. Yes, he scares her at times but she is exactly where she wants to be and she articulates on numerous occasions that in her mind her quality of life post-Sebastian is vastly improved. Taylor grew up poor and she is very appreciative of the finer things that life with Sebastian offers. She is thrilled to have a beautiful home (not quite a mansion), a diet that does not consist of ramen noodles, elaborate gifts and financial security. She seems less concerned about some of the other things she doesn't have with Seb, such as autonomy, independence, self sufficiency and oh yes...her dignity. However as my Dad used to say (bless his soul) "there's a seat for every a$$". Or is that an a$$ for every seat...I forget. But if Taylor is happy playing "seat" to Seb's "a$$"...then who am I to judge. Taylor is not a weak woman by any stretch of the imagination; she's just (much like Sebastian, only different) wired a little differently.I'm curious enough about what will happen next and how things will wrap up that I will follow the series through to it's conclusion.