Oh my sweet and fluffy lord. What has Felicity Brandon done to us? Because, I mean, yeah, just...

Molly is a successful author of kinky romance stories. She's out and about at a signing when Connor comes up to her and asks her to sign a book for him. He tells her that he's a super fan. He's read all her books.

When Molly leaves the signing, she gets attacked by some guys who are up to no good, and in rushes Connor, to save her. Well, to sort of save her. He has plans for her, and none of them are good, at least not for her.

I think that this is seriously meta. I mean, an author who likes to write kinky stories gets kidnapped and is forced to write the story that she's now a character in. Seriously, I loved that. It's such an interesting spin on things.

I love sometimes Connor and Molly's POVs are separate and distinct, but sometimes, for me at least, they seem to seamlessly meld together and you are getting to see what's going on in both of their heads at the same time.

I love seeing what's going on as Molly is trying to process her feelings and what Connor is doing. I wish that we could read what she writes because I think it would give us a better look at she's processing and what's going on with her.

I can't wait for the next one in the series. It's going to be so good. ( )

Hard one to rate this one I enjoyed myself but at times this did make hard reading.
This is almost felt at times like an erotic version of the King book Misery.
Where an erotic author is taken captive by an obsessed super fan and this time she gets to play the leading role from her own warped imagination.
This was heavy on the Pet-Play and humiliation is the definite kink here.
Taken itself is a very stockholmy type dark romance dealing with themes of complete power exchange so please do be aware of this fact.
Connor himself is also a really hard one to stomach and he doesn't always come across in the best of lights.
He's good looking and charming but with a completely psychopathic personality that he keeps underwraps and at times the lines are really blurred here.
This is hard-core dark romance definitely not shades of grey and this so won't be for everyone.
I'm in the fence slightly: I will be continuing as I want to know where this is heading after that finale.
So, This was well-written dark and disturbing I myself would have rated this higher if I could have taken to Connor but I really just couldn't.
It will be interesting to see where this goes in regards to the romantic aspect of things because at the moment I am a tad sceptical of these finer feelings from Connors camp.
I voluntary reviewed an Arc of Taken (Book one in The Dark Necessities trilogy).
All opinions expressed are entirely my own.



Reviewed By Beckie Bookworm
https://www.facebook.com/beckiebookworm/
www.beckiebookworm.com ( )

Hard one to rate this one I enjoyed myself but at times this did make hard reading.
This is almost felt at times like an erotic version of the King book Misery.
Where an erotic author is taken captive by an obsessed super fan and this time she gets to play the leading role from her own warped imagination.
This was heavy on the Pet-Play and humiliation is the definite kink here.
Taken itself is a very stockholmy type dark romance dealing with themes of complete power exchange so please do be aware of this fact.
Connor himself is also a really hard one to stomach and he doesn't always come across in the best of lights.
He's good looking and charming but with a completely psychopathic personality that he keeps underwraps and at times the lines are really blurred here.
This is hard-core dark romance definitely not shades of grey and this so won't be for everyone.
I'm in the fence slightly: I will be continuing as I want to know where this is heading after that finale.
So, This was well-written dark and disturbing I myself would have rated this higher if I could have taken to Connor but I really just couldn't.
It will be interesting to see where this goes in regards to the romantic aspect of things because at the moment I am a tad sceptical of these finer feelings from Connors camp.
I voluntary reviewed an Arc of Taken (Book one in The Dark Necessities trilogy).
All opinions expressed are entirely my own.



Reviewed By Beckie Bookworm
https://www.facebook.com/beckiebookworm/
www.beckiebookworm.com ( )

4 stars

I really liked the premise of this book. Many parts of it I enjoyed and others (the humiliation/degradation) I didn't enjoy. That is my personal opinion though. Regardless, the author did a good job of staying true to her vision.

My favorite part was building on the Storytelling since the heroine is an author. I just wish that the story/experience went in a different direction. Still a fantastic premise. ( )