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Stolen Life by Charmaine Pauls
4.0

**4.5**
My heart won’t give me another choice. It may be the weakest organ in my body, but it has always had the strongest will. That’s what fighting does. It makes you strong.
This was WAY better than the first book! Ian’s obsession with taking care of Cas is heart melting. Their pasts are slowly revealed and they start to fall in love, rather than lust.

The descriptions of Zimbabwe, the animals, the village, the side characters, were simply beautiful. I loved the story of the River God of Zambezi, Nyami Nyami.
I only get to give my heart away once. Like Nyami Nyami loves his wife, I’ll love Ian forever.
I had huge issues with their mid-coitus condom use. I hope some teenage girl doesn’t read this story and think that is how you practice safe sex.

The absurd cliffhanger and horrible things that happen to Cas seemed such overkill. Really? She had to have ALL those bad things happen, rather than just one? Needless to say, I downloaded the third in the series because there was NO WAY I could stop after that cliffhanger. But I guess that’s the money making point of cliffhangers.