A review by mamamelreads
Captive by Aimée Carter

4.0

Mixed feelings about this second installment of The Blackcoat Rebellion series. I wasn't really driven to keep reading during the opening chapters of this story, but during the later chapters I couldn't put the book down. This story has great themes that drive the plot, and alongside those themes is a driving pace in the latter half of the book when I could never quite trust anyone in the story. I don't want to spoil anything, so I won't say too much, but I will say that this is a story of loyalty, but the question throughout the book is where that loyalty should be. Do we trust people, or do we trust ideals? I still like Kitty/Lila as a main character, surprising since I was sure that the trend in the last book was having me move toward hating her. I even ended up liking Benji a bit more in this one. But I say this without any guilt at all ... I still think that the absolute best character in this series is Knox. Hands down. I wish he had been in this book even more, but every scene he was in was guaranteed to be a great one. I love him. I am still #TeamKnox all the way, even though it sure seems like this is not a relationship that Aimee Carter has any intention of working toward. Sigh. He is definitely the most nuanced and interesting character of a book full of nuanced characters. This isn't a perfect story, but I enjoyed it. Four stars for this one. I really liked it.