Review: Trapped
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 10, 2014
The Trap is the Novella prequel for Trapped, but it isn't necessary to read prior to this one. However, it does give a back story as to what Mitch and Paige went thru to get where they are and I do highly recommend reading it prior to beginning Trapped.I did like this book and after reading the prequel, I tried really hard to love it. But I couldn't love it as much as the prequel. The prequel had something going on at every turn of the page that I expected the same to happen with this book.Trapped failed to maintain the drama level that the prequel did. Don't get me wrong, it had it's drama. But not the same level as what I was expecting. I was expecting a bigger fight between Mitch and Paige. Especially since Paige had become this stonger, more independent woman. I was expecting more resistance, more stubborness from her. There was a bit but not very much. I understand she did what she thought was best for Bree, they both did. But every situation like this, fiction or not, has a lot more drama than what this book did. Especially the way things ended in The Trap.I did like this story though. Things between Mitch and Paige happened a lot sooner than I thought they would. I wanted to see Mitch struggle a bit more with that, just because he deserved it. I also didn't understand Trent's role in this book. The best male friend that wasn't around much. But the tension between him and Mitch was there in the few times they ran into each other. Why not play off of that and run with it? I thought we would see more from him and maybe more confrontation between him, Mitch and possibly Paige. I didn't expect the ending, that threw me for a bit. It was kind of out of left field. But then again, there wasn't too much of Mitch's home life included in the prequel.Again, I did like this book. I just struggled to love it. This storyline had so much potential with the direction it was heading. But, it failed to pick up the little drama queens on the side road just itching to make it make so much better.This will definitely not deter me from reading anymore of Beverley Kendall's books. She's a great writer and I look forward to more from her.