Review: Beautiful, dark, and haunting
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 11 26, 2013
Klaus and Jodie are living harmoniously in their D/s relationship that transpired in Take Me Break Me.  One night, while out with a girlfriend, Jodie decides to attend a party which quickly turns south as she is drugged.  Klaus is alarmed when she doesn't return and goes out to find her...only to find a horrific scene and make a rash decision that will change both of their lives forever.To cover up the now crime-scene Klaus and Jodie take home the only witness, a young woman with intentions to hold her captive until they can trust her and then set her free.  As the dynamic of their relationship changes with a third party involved, where does that leave the future?So I admit after I finished Take Me Break Me I cruised the synopsis' and reviews for this book and the unreleased third book.  I was a bit impatient and my peeking definitely bit me in the butt since after finishing this I now realize that I do not share the opinion of the majority.  This proves how subjective reading truly is.The beginning of this book immediately hooked me and I became engrossed instantly in the story.  Klaus' action to me was justifiable and I empathized with him during the beginning of the book.  However, with a new female captive it took me a bit to warm up to Jodie's new characterization as a Domme-in-training.  To me there is something more heinous about a woman captor versus a male captor.  The psychological dynamic between two women is more emotional, soft, and supposed to be nurturing in my opinion so to see Jodie turn dark so quickly was a shock.  However, Jodie warms up over the course of the book and I was pleasantly surprised to read the female captive preferred Jodie over Klaus.The ending of this book seriously had two punches to the gut and I couldn't see either coming! I cannot rave how emotionally charged and gritty the ending was but I won't say anything else so I don't spoil it...As in the first book this novel was brilliantly written and full of poetic and thoughtful passages.  The author truly shines in this series and I am anxiously awaiting the release of Make Me Yours Evermore.