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A review by lindseysv
Epilogue by CJ Roberts
5.0
I accidentally read the draft version that downloaded to my Kindle on release day and gave it 5 stars. Tonight I finished reading the final version and must give it 5+ stars! I find CJ Roberts to be one of the best, most creative, most talented writers I've ever had the pleasure of reading. I have loved everything she's written, and Epilogue was certainly no exception!
I have loved Caleb from the beginning. I knew I shouldn't, but like Livvie, I couldn't help but see the flashes of humanity and brokenness in him. I loved his strength and devoured the times when he would give in to what he considered his weakness of loving Livvie.
Having Epilogue entirely from Caleb's point of view was such a treat for me and so fitting for Caleb and Livvie's story. I loved how Epilogue revealed the process for writing Captive in the Dark and Seduced in the Dark and how we got to learn how we could understand and love Caleb in the first two books. Then Epilogue was totally Caleb, which I felt like he deserved. He needed to be able to work through everything himself - and it was just a blessing to be able to work through it with him.
I will also say that I'm so glad this was Caleb writing about a time we did not get to experience in the first two books. I'm not a huge fan of rewrites of a book from a different perspective. I feel like this is another way in which CJ is such an amazing author - she was able to write the complete story in the first two books and then use Caleb's story to wrap things up (for now???)!
I am so thankful for Epilogue because while I thought the ending to Seduced in the Dark was wonderful, there were so many questions I still had. How could Caleb and Livvie work through their past and start to live a more normal life together? What conversations did they have to have? How much did their past shape their present? What did they tell other people? How hard was it for them to learn to trust after their past of people proving to be untrustworthy? I had developed some of these answers myself, but Epilogue gave me better, more complete answers to those questions and so much more. For that I am grateful.
Epilogue was so Caleb. It had such a different feel from the first two books, obviously because the situation had changed, but also because it was all Caleb. He was so witty and generally delicious, but he was also scared and conflicted. It was so beautiful to learn more about him from his own mouth. His story is so deeply touching, I couldn't stop highlighting things he said - painful things, happy things, silly things, sexy things! I simply love his strength and his ability to survive, even when surviving required taking the risk of loving Livvie and opening his heart, his past, his present, and his future to her.
Overall, this book was INCREDIBLY well written and a true treat for anyone who enjoyed the Dark Duet. Thank you CJ for giving us more Caleb. If we keep begging, can we get more?!?!
I have loved Caleb from the beginning. I knew I shouldn't, but like Livvie, I couldn't help but see the flashes of humanity and brokenness in him. I loved his strength and devoured the times when he would give in to what he considered his weakness of loving Livvie.
Having Epilogue entirely from Caleb's point of view was such a treat for me and so fitting for Caleb and Livvie's story. I loved how Epilogue revealed the process for writing Captive in the Dark and Seduced in the Dark and how we got to learn how we could understand and love Caleb in the first two books. Then Epilogue was totally Caleb, which I felt like he deserved. He needed to be able to work through everything himself - and it was just a blessing to be able to work through it with him.
I will also say that I'm so glad this was Caleb writing about a time we did not get to experience in the first two books. I'm not a huge fan of rewrites of a book from a different perspective. I feel like this is another way in which CJ is such an amazing author - she was able to write the complete story in the first two books and then use Caleb's story to wrap things up (for now???)!
I am so thankful for Epilogue because while I thought the ending to Seduced in the Dark was wonderful, there were so many questions I still had. How could Caleb and Livvie work through their past and start to live a more normal life together? What conversations did they have to have? How much did their past shape their present? What did they tell other people? How hard was it for them to learn to trust after their past of people proving to be untrustworthy? I had developed some of these answers myself, but Epilogue gave me better, more complete answers to those questions and so much more. For that I am grateful.
Epilogue was so Caleb. It had such a different feel from the first two books, obviously because the situation had changed, but also because it was all Caleb. He was so witty and generally delicious, but he was also scared and conflicted. It was so beautiful to learn more about him from his own mouth. His story is so deeply touching, I couldn't stop highlighting things he said - painful things, happy things, silly things, sexy things! I simply love his strength and his ability to survive, even when surviving required taking the risk of loving Livvie and opening his heart, his past, his present, and his future to her.
Overall, this book was INCREDIBLY well written and a true treat for anyone who enjoyed the Dark Duet. Thank you CJ for giving us more Caleb. If we keep begging, can we get more?!?!