Review: This is not Dark Romance
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 10 20, 2013
Lily is a 22 year old hermit who has book boyfriends as opposed to the real thing.  Her wealthy father is paranoid that somebody will try and harm Lily and her sister so he keeps them under a watchful eye all of the time.  There is no partying or going out for Lily, she even has to work for her father.  All she has are her books.  Then one night Lily is kidnapped from her bedroom by masked men and she is taken to an unknown place for her own protection where she is held for months.  Lily soon makes her first real friends with her kidnappers and starts to have fun for the first time in her life.  Captivity has finally given Lily the freedom she wanted.There is a show on TV at the moment called The Mob Doctor and I love it.  My hubby was watching it with me the other day and he was questioning the plot and I told him "Shhh don't even think about the plot just enjoy it for what it is".  I found Willing Captive to be a bit like that.  It is a great book but don't think about the plot too much because it is questionable, like Lily being 'kidnapped' in the first place. Just enjoy it for the great escapism that it offers.Also please take note that this book is not a dark romance novel.  The title and book cover would lead you to think differently.  It did me and I LOVE dark romance but even though that is what I was expecting I wasn't disappointed in the least.  So if you are looking for dark romance you will not find it here as Willing Captive is more of a romantic comedy than anything.I liked Lily.  I thought it was great that she talked about her book boyfriends.  A girl after my own heart.  The main guy in charge is Nox and oh boy is he delicious.  An alpha male if ever there is one.  I liked reading how Lily and Nox's relationship grew and yes there are some steamy scenes between them.Willing Captive is a funny romantic novel which offers great escapism and I was totally sucked into Lily's world.  So why haven't I given it 5 stars?  Well first of all parts of the story are questionable.  I did overlook this whilst reading the book but I do have to take it into account with my rating.  Secondly the ending was dragged out for my liking.  So for those reasons I am giving Willing Captive 4 stars.