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Captive in the Dark
by CJ Roberts
There must be something wrong with me for liking this book... Deep down, I might be sick. :p I'm not a "damsel in distress looking for her hero" kind of girl, I don't read romance novels and I don't like to read about vanilla sex. So i picked up this which is basically the anti-romance novel. This book was a spur of the moment choice and I liked it more than I care to admit...
So Livvie.... Livvie has been abused all her life, mental abuse, sexual abuse, verbal abuse, the whole deal. Then she is kidnapped and she goes practically insane at the hands of Caleb, one moment he is cold, cruel, and emotionless and the next he is protective and comforting. Against her better judgement she begins to enjoy those fleeting comforting moments... That may sound twisted, and a lot of times it is.. Like when he tied her up and then forces her to listen to him have sex with a whore and then she feels.. Jealousy? 0_o But thankfully she's not stupid, she fought back and when she had an opportunity to escape she took it... THANK YOU! Thank you for not sticking around to try "fix him". Sure, maybe you did pull a gun on him and quote "Dirty Harry" but at least you took your chance... Just work on your presentation next time. >_>
Now Caleb is a piece of work. Step aside Christian Grey because you ain't got nothing on Caleb... He's always smiling and ALWAYS HARD... Yup, he's aroused by pretty much everything: scars, guns, vengeance, tears.. And since Livvie is always crying he considers her to be pretty much the sexiest thing in the world. He also had a rough life. He's experienced firsthand everything he's put Livvie through, worse actually, and he considers himself a "survivor". Bent on vengeance to a man he's never actually met he trains Livvie as a "pleasure slave" so he can sell her to him and then do certain vague things to get revenge...
It was definitely a disturbing read and when I tried to put myself in the situation I can't imagine I would have acted much differently... Sure she cried a lot, but I probably would have never stopped. I realized that isolation must be one of the worst forms of torture, and when somebody offers comfort after a week of having nothing but your own thoughts would you really care who it is? I'm not sure.. I guess it does help that he's gorgeous though.. Gorgeous men can get away with anything in erotica.
I'm not sure if I'm gonna read the next book... I really don't want this to turn into a "he learned the error of his ways and she was able to forgive his actions" story... no... Just no, I don't care how beautiful he is, he's a murderer and sex trafficker.. But I am curious as to what happens next.
So Livvie.... Livvie has been abused all her life, mental abuse, sexual abuse, verbal abuse, the whole deal. Then she is kidnapped and she goes practically insane at the hands of Caleb, one moment he is cold, cruel, and emotionless and the next he is protective and comforting. Against her better judgement she begins to enjoy those fleeting comforting moments... That may sound twisted, and a lot of times it is.. Like when he tied her up and then forces her to listen to him have sex with a whore and then she feels.. Jealousy? 0_o But thankfully she's not stupid, she fought back and when she had an opportunity to escape she took it... THANK YOU! Thank you for not sticking around to try "fix him". Sure, maybe you did pull a gun on him and quote "Dirty Harry" but at least you took your chance... Just work on your presentation next time. >_>
Now Caleb is a piece of work. Step aside Christian Grey because you ain't got nothing on Caleb... He's always smiling and ALWAYS HARD... Yup, he's aroused by pretty much everything: scars, guns, vengeance, tears.. And since Livvie is always crying he considers her to be pretty much the sexiest thing in the world. He also had a rough life. He's experienced firsthand everything he's put Livvie through, worse actually, and he considers himself a "survivor". Bent on vengeance to a man he's never actually met he trains Livvie as a "pleasure slave" so he can sell her to him and then do certain vague things to get revenge...
It was definitely a disturbing read and when I tried to put myself in the situation I can't imagine I would have acted much differently... Sure she cried a lot, but I probably would have never stopped. I realized that isolation must be one of the worst forms of torture, and when somebody offers comfort after a week of having nothing but your own thoughts would you really care who it is? I'm not sure.. I guess it does help that he's gorgeous though.. Gorgeous men can get away with anything in erotica.
I'm not sure if I'm gonna read the next book... I really don't want this to turn into a "he learned the error of his ways and she was able to forgive his actions" story... no... Just no, I don't care how beautiful he is, he's a murderer and sex trafficker.. But I am curious as to what happens next.