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A review by bryckk
Devil's Captive by Celia Aaron
3.0
Mateo & Lucretia: Too Rocky Start… Too Easy Finish
Mateo stormed into Lucretia’s life like a whirlwind! I mean, the dude came into the chapel in her wedding day, murdered her intended and married her with the deceased groom’s wedding rings!
Can’t get more ballsy than that!
This was all as an act of revenge to Lucretia’s family for the murder of his parents. Mateo comes off as beyond cruel to the innocent Lucretia who had no idea why Mateo hates her so much and wants to make her life with him hell.
I’ll admit, I struggled with Mateo. He was cruel in a very demeaning way to Lucretia throughout the first half of the novel without telling her why. This made it very hard to feel for him. In one scene he dresses her like a whore and makes her parade around his men half naked and then flips out when one of his men chooses to “help himself” to Lucretia and almost assaults her. What does he do when he finds out? He has the man killed in such a brutal way, I couldn’t help but gasp while I read it. So, miraculously this cruel human decides that he cares for her and will kill anyone who touches her. Huh???
I usually love Celia Aaron’s books. I LOVED her book, THE BAD GUY. So I was really excited to read about Mateo expecting more of the same. The only similarity is the psycho-factor of the hero, which I sort of enjoyed. However, Mateo didn’t realized he had feeling for Lucretia until about 65% of the book. Too long to establish this “I love her and will do anything for her” mentality after enduring and witnessing so much of his brutality. Therefore, I can only award it three stars.
This story should have either been a bit longer or made into two parts. The ending seemed rushed and contrived. However, it was entertaining nonetheless and a smooth read I was able to start and finish in a day.
Happy reading!
Mateo stormed into Lucretia’s life like a whirlwind! I mean, the dude came into the chapel in her wedding day, murdered her intended and married her with the deceased groom’s wedding rings!
Can’t get more ballsy than that!
This was all as an act of revenge to Lucretia’s family for the murder of his parents. Mateo comes off as beyond cruel to the innocent Lucretia who had no idea why Mateo hates her so much and wants to make her life with him hell.
I’ll admit, I struggled with Mateo. He was cruel in a very demeaning way to Lucretia throughout the first half of the novel without telling her why. This made it very hard to feel for him. In one scene he dresses her like a whore and makes her parade around his men half naked and then flips out when one of his men chooses to “help himself” to Lucretia and almost assaults her. What does he do when he finds out? He has the man killed in such a brutal way, I couldn’t help but gasp while I read it. So, miraculously this cruel human decides that he cares for her and will kill anyone who touches her. Huh???
I usually love Celia Aaron’s books. I LOVED her book, THE BAD GUY. So I was really excited to read about Mateo expecting more of the same. The only similarity is the psycho-factor of the hero, which I sort of enjoyed. However, Mateo didn’t realized he had feeling for Lucretia until about 65% of the book. Too long to establish this “I love her and will do anything for her” mentality after enduring and witnessing so much of his brutality. Therefore, I can only award it three stars.
This story should have either been a bit longer or made into two parts. The ending seemed rushed and contrived. However, it was entertaining nonetheless and a smooth read I was able to start and finish in a day.
Happy reading!