Captive by Aimee Carter, Aim Carter

Captive (Blackcoat Rebellion, #2)

by Aimée Carter and Aim Carter

The truth can set her free

For the past two months, Kitty Doe's life has been a lie. Forced to impersonate Lila Hart, the Prime Minister's niece, in a hostile meritocracy on the verge of revolution, Kitty sees her frustration grow as her trust in her fake fiance cracks, her real boyfriend is forbidden and the Blackcoat rebels she is secretly supporting keep her in the dark more than ever.

But in the midst of discovering that her role in the Hart family may not be as coincidental as she thought, she's accused of treason and is forced to face her greatest fear: Elsewhere. A prison where no one can escape.

As one shocking revelation leads to the next, Kitty learns the hard way that she can trust no one, not even the people she thought were on her side. With her back against the wall, Kitty wants to believe she'll do whatever it takes to support the rebellion she believes in-but is she prepared to pay the ultimate price?

Reviewed by ladygrey on

2 of 5 stars

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So... I was curious to see where this series would go after the first book. And it really didn't go anywhere I expected. It did a much better job of establishing her relationship with Ben or Benji or whoever her boyfriend is. The problem is, the first book did too good of a job making me like Knox. And Knox isn't in nearly enough of this novel and Kitty isn't as interesting as I'd like her to be or as she needs to be in order to carry this story. And then the end left me less than curious about where it would go next because I didn't quite believe at all the last scene.

I wouldn’t have sent Kitty to Elsewhere (except she was being a dumbass and deserved some sort of punishment). I would have gotten into the wedding plans and the fake marriage. Working that around all the politics and danger and subterfuge I think would have been more interesting.

Even though I didn’t especially love this book, I'll probably read the last one, out of curiosity, and I'll just have to hope there's more Knox.

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