Sweet Captivity

by Julia Sykes

[Eve1972]

Great cover on this one. Good representation of the hero (heroine has orange hair). Great composition and fabulous title work.

I have to be honest I was a little nervous going into this book. I wasn't a huge fan of the previous one, but Sam intrigued me, and I do so very much LOVE a good anti hero. So I took a chance, and I am thrilled that I did because I ended up loving this one a lot. I found it well written and well paced. The plot was interesting and kept me turning the pages. No OW/OM drama. I wouldn't even say it was particularly angsty or dark. There were some smokin' sex scenes. A little bit of action. It wasn't a book heavy on secondary characters, but the few that show up added some good extra layers to the story.



Both main characters were extremely likable. I ADORED Andrés. A kinky anti hero with a heart of gold. He was hard. He was hot. He was alpha. But he was also sweet and tender when Sam needed him to be. I adored Sam just slightly less, and my main issue was her continued creepy (IMO) infatuation with Dex. For me it made her look desperate and a bit pathetic. Thankfully, it isn't in our face a lot or for very long, but the bit we do see lowered my rating a tad.

Finally, it was wrapped up in an OK finishing chapter. Since it looks like the overall arc featuring Division 9-C is going to continue into (at least) the next book, I am hoping this wasn't the last we will see of this couple. So ya, not much left to say. I enjoyed it, and it gets two thumbs up from yours truly.