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Captured Immune
by Melissa Lam
I could not put this book down!! And the world building is AMAZING.
Captured Immune, book 2 in the Secrets Trilogy, is non stop action, and holy bombshells. You get one bombshell and you are just like no way, and then not too long after that, another bombshell, and again what!? I think there are at least 4 bombshells in this book if I remember correctly, so be prepared!
As the headline states, I love the world building in this story. Book 1 (which you definitely have to read before reading book 2) talks a little about the Zordi world, but only some hints here and there, in Captured Immune, you get to break the Zordi world wide open and learn so much about it, and all the different types of powers and politics that are going on in this crazy world of gifted humans.
Captured Immune starts right at the cliffhanger that book 1 ends on. And the action doesn't really stop from beginning to end. Arella is captured by ZIRDA, who are trying to figure out how her immunity works. Unfortunately, that means conducting painful experiments not only on her, but also on Trey, to get her to be able to project her immunity onto others. At first Arella has every intention of running away from Trey as fast as she possibly can when she finds herself captive, blaming him entirely. But after an intense battle, well more than one, she realizes that he is someone she wants to stick around if she wants to survive, and she kinda loves him too, so that doesn't hurt.
I loved this story! I loved it more than book 1, I think because we get to actually learn more about the Zordi world, which is extremely fascinating.
There's a part of the book where Arella and Trey are literally flying through the forest on a tire, and I just can't get that image out of my head of how amusing that would be to see!
I love the character growth that Arella is going through, from book 1, to here. I mean she goes from being this Ordinary human, with an amusing assumption that her boyfriend might be an alien, to finding out he actually has superhuman gifts (but not an alien, technically just human), yet she manages to not lose her mind amongst learning of this entirely new world that exists right alongside humans, and getting literally tortured by a secret agency that supposedly are the "good guys." She comes out of that relatively unfazed (maybe some nightmares), and actually way stronger because now she has a gift that she can actually use.
Plan some time to read when you start this book because you won't want to put it down!
Fav quotes (this isn't even all the ones I highlighted lol):
"He's gorgeous - a towering muscular frame that was my safe haven for three months."
"As soon as I see his abs, I realize this is a horrible mistake. I can't see him shirtless. It's my kryptonite."
"After he refused to tell me his secret - one I didn't realize could be this insane - I asked, "Are you dangerous?" Without hesitation, he said, "No. Not to you." "Who are you dangerous to?" "Anyone who tries to hurt you.""
"This is a lot for me to process. It's as if I've recently discovered that math exists and I'm trying to understand all of its elements from simple addition to calculus in one day. It feels impossible, yet I'm curious and I want to know it all. I suppose that's a little counterproductive when I'm also trying to forget that any of this ever happened."
"I was wrong when I thought Trey had done nothing to prevent my abduction. Turns out, he had tried, although his plan was stupid. Move to Paris? Seriously? Couldn't he have come up with something better?" (I find this amusing because I felt the same way, no woman is going to just agree to move to Paris with you without an explanation!! Total red flag vibes)
"I love this woman with my entire soul, and if never seeing my face again is what she wants, then okay."
"I'm going to make this up to her. I don't know when, and I don't know how, but someday, someway, I'm going to make up for my mistakes."
"It's official: No matter what happens, I'll always love the sound of my name on his lips."
""...I used to spend those hours just holding you and trying to sync my breaths with yours." ...With anyone else, that statement would be creepy. With Trey, it's wholesome."
"The things this woman does to me. The power she has over me with just one touch. I'm hers. For as long as she wants me, for whatever she wants me for, I'm hers. All hers."
"My lips travel upward until I find her mouth again. Panting hard, we return to what can only be described as an animalistic make-out session."
Thank you so very much to the author for a copy of this book!
Captured Immune, book 2 in the Secrets Trilogy, is non stop action, and holy bombshells. You get one bombshell and you are just like no way, and then not too long after that, another bombshell, and again what!? I think there are at least 4 bombshells in this book if I remember correctly, so be prepared!
As the headline states, I love the world building in this story. Book 1 (which you definitely have to read before reading book 2) talks a little about the Zordi world, but only some hints here and there, in Captured Immune, you get to break the Zordi world wide open and learn so much about it, and all the different types of powers and politics that are going on in this crazy world of gifted humans.
Captured Immune starts right at the cliffhanger that book 1 ends on. And the action doesn't really stop from beginning to end. Arella is captured by ZIRDA, who are trying to figure out how her immunity works. Unfortunately, that means conducting painful experiments not only on her, but also on Trey, to get her to be able to project her immunity onto others. At first Arella has every intention of running away from Trey as fast as she possibly can when she finds herself captive, blaming him entirely. But after an intense battle, well more than one, she realizes that he is someone she wants to stick around if she wants to survive, and she kinda loves him too, so that doesn't hurt.
I loved this story! I loved it more than book 1, I think because we get to actually learn more about the Zordi world, which is extremely fascinating.
There's a part of the book where Arella and Trey are literally flying through the forest on a tire, and I just can't get that image out of my head of how amusing that would be to see!
I love the character growth that Arella is going through, from book 1, to here. I mean she goes from being this Ordinary human, with an amusing assumption that her boyfriend might be an alien, to finding out he actually has superhuman gifts (but not an alien, technically just human), yet she manages to not lose her mind amongst learning of this entirely new world that exists right alongside humans, and getting literally tortured by a secret agency that supposedly are the "good guys." She comes out of that relatively unfazed (maybe some nightmares), and actually way stronger because now she has a gift that she can actually use.
Plan some time to read when you start this book because you won't want to put it down!
Fav quotes (this isn't even all the ones I highlighted lol):
"He's gorgeous - a towering muscular frame that was my safe haven for three months."
"As soon as I see his abs, I realize this is a horrible mistake. I can't see him shirtless. It's my kryptonite."
"After he refused to tell me his secret - one I didn't realize could be this insane - I asked, "Are you dangerous?" Without hesitation, he said, "No. Not to you." "Who are you dangerous to?" "Anyone who tries to hurt you.""
"This is a lot for me to process. It's as if I've recently discovered that math exists and I'm trying to understand all of its elements from simple addition to calculus in one day. It feels impossible, yet I'm curious and I want to know it all. I suppose that's a little counterproductive when I'm also trying to forget that any of this ever happened."
"I was wrong when I thought Trey had done nothing to prevent my abduction. Turns out, he had tried, although his plan was stupid. Move to Paris? Seriously? Couldn't he have come up with something better?" (I find this amusing because I felt the same way, no woman is going to just agree to move to Paris with you without an explanation!! Total red flag vibes)
"I love this woman with my entire soul, and if never seeing my face again is what she wants, then okay."
"I'm going to make this up to her. I don't know when, and I don't know how, but someday, someway, I'm going to make up for my mistakes."
"It's official: No matter what happens, I'll always love the sound of my name on his lips."
""...I used to spend those hours just holding you and trying to sync my breaths with yours." ...With anyone else, that statement would be creepy. With Trey, it's wholesome."
"The things this woman does to me. The power she has over me with just one touch. I'm hers. For as long as she wants me, for whatever she wants me for, I'm hers. All hers."
"My lips travel upward until I find her mouth again. Panting hard, we return to what can only be described as an animalistic make-out session."
Thank you so very much to the author for a copy of this book!