This took me on a journey that I was not anticipating, it took a while to get going and I was had events that I actually found darker than I had been prepared for but it was very well written and the attention to descriptive details was fantastic.
The story twists and turns unexpectedly and I have to say that I was caught by surprise on the direction the story was taking on more than one occasion.
I liked Tsara, she was a strong character who I couldn’t help but get attached to, and she went through so much.
Invited to spend some time with her uncle, the invitation may have been unexpected but he was family after all, she headed to his place without giving it a second thought. But events were going to take a turn that she would have never imagined in an million years.
She ends up in the clutches of a man, a man that will do everything to get back his child, the child that is being held captive on her uncle’s property. Just what has she gotten herself into?
Desperate people do desperate things and Mike is the epitome of desperate, he wants his son back and is hoping that he will be able to Tsara for his safe return, shame that relationship with her uncle isn’t one that means she is close enough to matter that much.
Initially Mike took a little bit of getting used too, I understood the actions he was taking and what he was hoping to achieve but seriously, Mr Alpha needed bringing down to earth with a bump! He was so controlling that I could have swung for him.
If you want anyone to hate in this story then he is presented all wrapped up in a nice tidy package, Tsara’s uncle is a reprehensible human being and his illusion of respectability is no more than the necessary smokescreen that masks the fact that this man is dangerous. Six young boys are at his mercy and the appearance of Mike on his estate has exercising his deviancy in a murderous bid to retain his illusion.
He has no choice but call in his thugs and set them loose as they are given orders to track Tsara and Mike down at all costs.
So now Tsara and Mike are being hunted, who would have thought that they would end up on the same side, but they are and they are doing everything they can to outrun and outwit the guys that are chasing them
But can they survive?
The story in the end hits the ground running at a fair gallop, I think the reason it too so long to warm up was that there was just so much to cram in, it was all needed in order to make the last third of the book make sense, so as tough as it is you have to stick with it because really you need all the details.
The book is a deliberate, calculated yet emotional read. It will leave you slack jawed and aghast at times and on other occasions the ability to think straight will be a thing of the past.