Review: I think it's still too short :) I loved it!!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 16, 2014
“MY NAME IS ANNIE HAMILTON. I’M AN AMERICAN CITIZEN. I WAS KIDNAPPED FROM A CRUISE SHIP FIVE YEARS AGO. YOU’RE MY LAST HOPE. PLEASE SAVE ME.”Oh wow, what a way to introduce readers to INVINCIBLE! That in addition to a story that will center around a Navy SEAL – and I knew I would be hooked from the beginning. And I was!! I loved every single page of this book!Navy SEALs are heroes. Super heroes that do really exist. Men that save their country every day. Men that like the super heroes in comics don't want and aren’t allowed to reveal their identity.Only Patrick Walsh knows he isn’t a hero. He is as human as everyone. A human with primal needs. Willing to go to a brothel, paying for a little relief with no strings attached. Well, that is what he hoped for – but he got something he would never ever have expected, a far cry from “no strings attached”. Hazel brown eyes which won’t leave his mind, begging for him to save her.But can he believe a heroin addicted whore? Saving her would mean for him to risk his career – a career that means everything to him. Can he finally become a hero – her hero?Annie Hamilton has survived a hell of a life. Being hijacked five years ago from a cruise trip at the age of 18, she is forced into the sex trafficking industry, each of her pimps worse than her last one. She is compelled to be on drugs the whole time to ensure that she doesn't do anything stupid and to have sex with numerous stranger for money. It’s been five years and she still doesn't want to give up hope of being rescued one day. She stays strong, her will to survive outweighing her fear. When Patrick appears, she senses that he might be the one and decides to take a chance on him, no matter what the consequences might be if she’s wrong…While some people might be offended by how Pat – a Navy SEAL – is pictured, I thought it made him more human – realistic. Patrick does not even try to be perfect, which makes his character even stronger. He has his own reason for going into a brothel instead of a bar. But despite that, he takes his job very seriously, taking every effort to do what needs to be done – and when it comes to Annie, he decides to do the right thing.INVINCIBLE is an incredible story, addressing a topic that is more real than one would want to think. It is raw and very emotional. Even after Annie is rescued, the suspense is kept at a pretty high level.I also loved all these SEAL quotes about their codes, it made the whole story more intense.It was the ending of the epilogue that left me a bit like “huh??”. I don't know if book #2 will pick that up again, but I really hope so – and I also hope to get another glimpse into Annie’s and Pat’s life together!