Caged: Part 1

by Destiny Hawkins

Nine years after being stolen from her home and forced into clandestine fights, seventeen year old Rose was ready to make a new start at Wintry High School, but she found that incredibly hard to do while suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and running into others that were eager to dig up her past. Still, she kept pushing forward to make something out of herself until one day her worst nightmare trapped her in an alley, and suddenly making a new start became irrelevant

316 pages, Kindle Edition

Published September 22, 2014

About the author

Destiny Hawkins is a multi-genre author with a dark imagination and a love for magic.

She enjoys working on her graphic designing business : Vibrant Designs LLC, writing, listening to music, reading, and of course watching some anime! Her favorite genres to read and work in are Fantasy, LGBT, Paranormal, Romance, Dystopian, Sci-fi, and young adult.

Destiny loves creating stories and building worlds that both teach and entertain! When writing she sticks to her slogan: Where beauty can be found in darkness.

Get ready for The Unbroken, Book Three of The Descendants Series!

Reviews

[Betty · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a 3.5*. It doesn't feel like a four, but dammit it is close. The story is a thriller with a romantic element that is minor and subtle. It's also YA/NA which I am not keen on, and there is a lot of angst and so on. This is also in need of much more editing, and not just for the typos, but for the development of the story and to weed out the wooliness in places.

HOWEVER. I think at the bottom of it all, this is a great story and Hawkins has created a great and flawed character. The story, in spite of its flaws, grabbed my attention and drew me through the story. The ending needs some work and seems a little contrived yet, I think I am going to go and get part 2.

[A.R. Von · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very different. Not bad, I actually got into the story. More so because it's like nothing I've ever read before. I'm just a bit ticked at the way it ended and believe this story will benefit GREATLY by another round of edits.
Teen angst are the first words that come to mind when I think of how to give a short sum up of what I've read. I wish the author the very best of luck and hope she releases the rest of the story soon.
I'll be keeping my eyes peeled ;)

[Jade · Rating 3 out of 5]

An interesting story but I wouldn't spend money on it in its current form. This author has other works that I have read which are more in the fantasy genre and I can honestly say that I am looking forward to more but this book just has too many rough edges which needs to be edited.

This is a very promising author but she needs to learn to make her dialogue flow a bit easier and give her readers more information to support her story.

I would recommend this if you get a free copy on Amazon because it is quite a good story but it is still in its infancy

[Ruby Ridge · Rating 4 out of 5]

A real cliff hanger of a book. I did not like the ending so I ct a star from what would otherwise have been a five star book. Maybe I will read #2 but I did not like the trailer.