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Crash
This is a dark, erotic thriller intended for mature audiences. Not a traditional romance, but a love story with a twist, this is book one in a three part series.
The greatest love stories begin with blood…
There is blood. There is pain. And there is him. These are the first things I register when I wake up, the lone survivor in an Alaskan plane crash. He carries me to safety over rough terrain and brings me to his cabin in the woods. He has no name. Or none he will tell me.
As snow creeps across the harsh and isolated landscape, he is my only company. My protector, my caretaker. A fascinating enigma, with mysterious eyes, gentle hands, and a rough voice that demands more from me than I ever expected to give. I make up different stories, different names for him depending on his mood, because I know nothing about him except that he is my only connection to the real world I want to return to. So I work to please him, plotting my escape, yet all the while I start to crave him and every touch of his dominating body.
He has saved me from the cold. From death. But in taking me and my body, will he destroy me?
The greatest love stories begin with blood…
There is blood. There is pain. And there is him. These are the first things I register when I wake up, the lone survivor in an Alaskan plane crash. He carries me to safety over rough terrain and brings me to his cabin in the woods. He has no name. Or none he will tell me.
As snow creeps across the harsh and isolated landscape, he is my only company. My protector, my caretaker. A fascinating enigma, with mysterious eyes, gentle hands, and a rough voice that demands more from me than I ever expected to give. I make up different stories, different names for him depending on his mood, because I know nothing about him except that he is my only connection to the real world I want to return to. So I work to please him, plotting my escape, yet all the while I start to crave him and every touch of his dominating body.
He has saved me from the cold. From death. But in taking me and my body, will he destroy me?
254 pages, Kindle Edition
First published October 31, 2015
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Drew Jordan
12 books831 followers“Drew Jordan has always liked the dark, mysterious, and sexy, and she wrote CRASH after a writer friend challenged her to “write without rules.” She lives in Miami Beach, the opposite of snowy Alaska, a fact she is grateful for every day in January.
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August 15, 2017
★★★★! Crash, book 1 of 3. Her rescuer becomes her captor in suspenseful & shocking opening!
“Both Alaska and the stranger had taken my life and plunged it into an icy river and made me feel when I hadn’t even known I’d been numb.”
Books in the Crash series should be read in order:
Book 1: Crash
Book 2: Hide
Book 3: Expose
Read while traveling. Meant to make art and write full review, but for now:
Crash (book 1) opens up to college graduate Laney waking up after a plane crash and being rescued but a mysterious recluse, the stranger (Trent). Taken to his cabin to recover she soon discovers he has no intention of giving her up. Her captor seduces her and she finds herself torn between falling for him and needing to escape.
A suspenseful, dark, violent, sexy and… shocking opening to series.
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Hero rating: 4 stars
Heroine rating: 4 stars
Sexual tension rating: 4 stars
Sex scenes rating: 4.5 stars
Sex scenes frequency: 4.5 stars
Plot rating: 4 stars
Dialogue rating: 4 stars
Storytelling rating: 4 stars
Story ending rating: N/A
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Overall rating: 4 stars
Would I recommend this series: Yes.
Would I re-read this series: Maybe later.
Would I read future books by this author: Yes.
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April 7, 2016DNF @66%. No rating. I read the final 10% (from 84% to 94%). Review posted April 7, 2016
As you know by now, I have decided to not review books anymore that get less than three stars from me. In this case, however, I'd rather review CRASH instead of giving it a rating. Let's get down to business then.
A totally needy chick and a dimwit.
Once upon a time there was a whiny, needy, bitchy and immature twenty-four-year-oldwoman girl with a degree in sociology. She was on her way to meet up with her allegedly future husband, a man she knew when she was a little girl and hadn't seen in a long, long, looooong time. Beware of her inner goddess monologue.
I couldn’t scuttle away from this. I had gotten on a plane to potentially go and marry a man I hadn’t seen since I was twelve and that was bizarre. Risky. Yet all my friends had deemed it romantic - having an online relationship with a childhood friend. Winging off to the wilderness for a lovers’ tryst, to see if the feelings were real or imagined.
Let's not whitewash anything here. I call it incredibly stupid. This was yet another of those famous "hä" moments of mine.
Crap. I forgot to mention that said whiny bitch was on a plane that, rather unfortunately for her, crashed in the lovely state of Alaska, an almost inaccessible location also known as Bumfuck Nowhereland. But, of course, there is a lumbersexual God of a gorgeous mountain man ready and willing to save the damsel in distress. You all are invited to call him a name of your choosing. Our needy bitch has already tried out a few names. Let's throw in a few others, shall we? How about Anthony? Greg? Alan? Or…Hank? No? *pouts* Anyway, we'd rather focus on something much more compelling, right?
There is blood. There is pain. And there is him. These are the first things I register when I wake up, the lone survivor in an Alaskan plane crash. He carries me to safety over rough terrain and brings me to his cabin in the woods. He has no name. Or none he will tell me.
It dawns on her that she's stranded in Nowhereland with Lumbersexual Anonymous. And even though she allegedly plots her escape, Whiny Bitch is more than willing to spread her legs for Lumbersexual Anonymous. After all…
He has saved me from the cold. From death. But in taking me and my body, will he destroy me?
Good grief. I hope so. That would shut her up once and for all.
Little Wannabe Miss Subbie can't even talk about blow jobs aloud…
“I don’t know,” I whispered. “I could…” For some reason I couldn’t say it out loud. I couldn’t say that we could give each other oral sex and find satisfaction that way. For all the naughty he drew out of me, I also found myself reverting back into shyness. I felt sixteen with him, a novice. In need of guidance, instruction. A sexual awakening.
…yet she has no problem insisting over and over and over and over that she can and wants to be the Lumbersexual Psycho's good subbie.
In submission, I could find my strength. And I could satisfy him.
No biggie, right? She craved the psycho's approval and desire. She needed him to fuck her. Badly. She was so aroused. And wet. And hot. Just for him.
He looked at me and it was the look I’d always wanted - one of rich desire, need. Here was a man who could love me with all the depth and intensity I had always craved. I could be his world, the way every fantasy I’d ever had as a child and teen had played out. Yet he was my captor. I his captive. There could never be love. Only submission.
Naturally it's never Laney's fault. Ever. Let's blame her family and all the withdrawal of affection and love. Poor Laney.
As snow creeps across the harsh and isolated landscape, he is my only company. My protector, my caretaker. A fascinating enigma, with mysterious eyes, gentle hands, and a rough voice that demands more from me than I ever expected to give. I make up different stories, different names for him depending on his mood, because I know nothing about him except that he is my only connection to the real world I want to return to. So I work to please him, plotting my escape, yet all while I start to crave him and every touch of his dominating body.
As a reader, I crave something too. Let me at least believe a tiny bit in the storyline and give me a reason to connect with the characters. It is unfortunate that nothing made sense. CRASH requires a super huge dose of suspension of disbelief. Just saying.
I'm not sorry to say that I never empathized with that so-called heroine. She was unbelievable in every sense of the word and extremely unlikable. To make matters worse, it looked like she'd been very conniving and manipulative in her past because…
And there is this saying that birds of a feather flock together. Lainey, you selfish, nasty sociopath, please shut the hell up. Thank you.
You can’t always get what you want. I could hear my mother, mocking me with that phrase. Rubbing it in. Enjoying my tears, because she was a mega bitch. Just a nasty, horrible, selfish sociopath who had no business having a child. As the phrase danced through my head, my breathing grew shallow. I had forgiven her. But that didn’t mean she didn’t influence my thoughts, and the words almost came out of my mouth, but I stopped them. I wasn’t her. I wasn’t someone who used words to hurt, and while maybe I didn’t know what I was, I knew what I wasn’t. I wasn’t her.
The following quote is totally absurd.
If there could be trust between a captive and her captor. I tried to remember that’s what he was. That he was the man who was taking my future, my life, away from me. Yet I had never felt a greater sense of self. Of my skin, of my nerve endings, of the roots of my hair, and the depth of my womb. I felt alive, and strong, able to withstand his dominance. My ass went numb and my vagina went damp and my knuckles went white as I hung on to the bed.
Her train of thought is so bloody out there, so elusive, it made me want to hit my head on a table. It's definitely true: my bullshit meter is damn low.
Had the thought been mine or his? Sometimes it was like he pried open my brain and scooped out what he needed to know and it was frightening, yet comforting.
As I saw it, 50% of her underdeveloped brain cells must have dropped down to her tits and the other half to her cunt. I mean, seriously?! How eager can one be to spread their legs and worship their captor? From.The.Get.Go. She was so effin' horny. Forget about the injuries. She couldn't wait for him to jump her NEEDY and AROUSED bones. What a dimwit. And I can't insist enough that this clueless chick has a degree in sociology. It boggles the mind.
I know, I know. I need to get over it already. Anyway, let's keep going with her craptastic whine fest, shall we?
Aaaand another one, just for shits and giggles...
Gah. I wanted to bitch-slap that annoying twat.
The gloriously fucked-up finale of CRASH
Have you noticed that little important detail? One look of Lumbersexual Anonymous and Laney Subbie orgasmed. *insert double eye-roll*
Do you remember Laney's remark about her sociopath of a mother? "Sweet" Laney toughened up, all right.
Bottom line
When I picked CRASH up, I was aware of the fact that I would be reading a dark erotic story. This being said, I did expect to dislike only one character, not both main protagonists. However, what it comes down to is that the content of the story wasn't erotic at all. Worse, the frequent smexy bits bored me, and, instead of being dark, I missed the thriller vibes and CRASH ended up being a fucked-up story that wasn't credible at all. Laney Subbie and Lumbersexual Anonymous can go to hell, I couldn't care less. Also, what I find irritating is the fact that the male lead is portrayed physically as a very attractive man. To me it's obvious that he's described as handsome to garner a connection by readers. What would have happened if he had been fat and ugly, with bad breath and bad teeth? Would Laney have spread her legs for him as eagerly? I seriously doubt it.
Since I dug the author's writing, I told a friend that I would like to read a romance by Drew Jordan. I've read somewhere that Drew Jordan is Erin McCarthy's pen name. And, honestly, I haven't been tempted to read her work, so I guess I need to stew over it for awhile.
Read at your own risk.
As you know by now, I have decided to not review books anymore that get less than three stars from me. In this case, however, I'd rather review CRASH instead of giving it a rating. Let's get down to business then.
A totally needy chick and a dimwit.
Once upon a time there was a whiny, needy, bitchy and immature twenty-four-year-old
I couldn’t scuttle away from this. I had gotten on a plane to potentially go and marry a man I hadn’t seen since I was twelve and that was bizarre. Risky. Yet all my friends had deemed it romantic - having an online relationship with a childhood friend. Winging off to the wilderness for a lovers’ tryst, to see if the feelings were real or imagined.
Let's not whitewash anything here. I call it incredibly stupid. This was yet another of those famous "hä" moments of mine.
Crap. I forgot to mention that said whiny bitch was on a plane that, rather unfortunately for her, crashed in the lovely state of Alaska, an almost inaccessible location also known as Bumfuck Nowhereland. But, of course, there is a lumbersexual God of a gorgeous mountain man ready and willing to save the damsel in distress. You all are invited to call him a name of your choosing. Our needy bitch has already tried out a few names. Let's throw in a few others, shall we? How about Anthony? Greg? Alan? Or…Hank? No? *pouts* Anyway, we'd rather focus on something much more compelling, right?
There is blood. There is pain. And there is him. These are the first things I register when I wake up, the lone survivor in an Alaskan plane crash. He carries me to safety over rough terrain and brings me to his cabin in the woods. He has no name. Or none he will tell me.
It dawns on her that she's stranded in Nowhereland with Lumbersexual Anonymous. And even though she allegedly plots her escape, Whiny Bitch is more than willing to spread her legs for Lumbersexual Anonymous. After all…
He has saved me from the cold. From death. But in taking me and my body, will he destroy me?
Good grief. I hope so. That would shut her up once and for all.
Little Wannabe Miss Subbie can't even talk about blow jobs aloud…
“I don’t know,” I whispered. “I could…” For some reason I couldn’t say it out loud. I couldn’t say that we could give each other oral sex and find satisfaction that way. For all the naughty he drew out of me, I also found myself reverting back into shyness. I felt sixteen with him, a novice. In need of guidance, instruction. A sexual awakening.
…yet she has no problem insisting over and over and over and over that she can and wants to be the Lumbersexual Psycho's good subbie.
In submission, I could find my strength. And I could satisfy him.
No biggie, right? She craved the psycho's approval and desire. She needed him to fuck her. Badly. She was so aroused. And wet. And hot. Just for him.
He looked at me and it was the look I’d always wanted - one of rich desire, need. Here was a man who could love me with all the depth and intensity I had always craved. I could be his world, the way every fantasy I’d ever had as a child and teen had played out. Yet he was my captor. I his captive. There could never be love. Only submission.
Naturally it's never Laney's fault. Ever. Let's blame her family and all the withdrawal of affection and love. Poor Laney.
As snow creeps across the harsh and isolated landscape, he is my only company. My protector, my caretaker. A fascinating enigma, with mysterious eyes, gentle hands, and a rough voice that demands more from me than I ever expected to give. I make up different stories, different names for him depending on his mood, because I know nothing about him except that he is my only connection to the real world I want to return to. So I work to please him, plotting my escape, yet all while I start to crave him and every touch of his dominating body.
As a reader, I crave something too. Let me at least believe a tiny bit in the storyline and give me a reason to connect with the characters. It is unfortunate that nothing made sense. CRASH requires a super huge dose of suspension of disbelief. Just saying.
I'm not sorry to say that I never empathized with that so-called heroine. She was unbelievable in every sense of the word and extremely unlikable. To make matters worse, it looked like she'd been very conniving and manipulative in her past because…
And there is this saying that birds of a feather flock together. Lainey, you selfish, nasty sociopath, please shut the hell up. Thank you.
You can’t always get what you want. I could hear my mother, mocking me with that phrase. Rubbing it in. Enjoying my tears, because she was a mega bitch. Just a nasty, horrible, selfish sociopath who had no business having a child. As the phrase danced through my head, my breathing grew shallow. I had forgiven her. But that didn’t mean she didn’t influence my thoughts, and the words almost came out of my mouth, but I stopped them. I wasn’t her. I wasn’t someone who used words to hurt, and while maybe I didn’t know what I was, I knew what I wasn’t. I wasn’t her.
The following quote is totally absurd.
If there could be trust between a captive and her captor. I tried to remember that’s what he was. That he was the man who was taking my future, my life, away from me. Yet I had never felt a greater sense of self. Of my skin, of my nerve endings, of the roots of my hair, and the depth of my womb. I felt alive, and strong, able to withstand his dominance. My ass went numb and my vagina went damp and my knuckles went white as I hung on to the bed.
Her train of thought is so bloody out there, so elusive, it made me want to hit my head on a table. It's definitely true: my bullshit meter is damn low.
Had the thought been mine or his? Sometimes it was like he pried open my brain and scooped out what he needed to know and it was frightening, yet comforting.
As I saw it, 50% of her underdeveloped brain cells must have dropped down to her tits and the other half to her cunt. I mean, seriously?! How eager can one be to spread their legs and worship their captor? From.The.Get.Go. She was so effin' horny. Forget about the injuries. She couldn't wait for him to jump her NEEDY and AROUSED bones. What a dimwit. And I can't insist enough that this clueless chick has a degree in sociology. It boggles the mind.
I know, I know. I need to get over it already. Anyway, let's keep going with her craptastic whine fest, shall we?
Aaaand another one, just for shits and giggles...
Gah. I wanted to bitch-slap that annoying twat.
The gloriously fucked-up finale of CRASH
Have you noticed that little important detail? One look of Lumbersexual Anonymous and Laney Subbie orgasmed. *insert double eye-roll*
Do you remember Laney's remark about her sociopath of a mother? "Sweet" Laney toughened up, all right.
Bottom line
When I picked CRASH up, I was aware of the fact that I would be reading a dark erotic story. This being said, I did expect to dislike only one character, not both main protagonists. However, what it comes down to is that the content of the story wasn't erotic at all. Worse, the frequent smexy bits bored me, and, instead of being dark, I missed the thriller vibes and CRASH ended up being a fucked-up story that wasn't credible at all. Laney Subbie and Lumbersexual Anonymous can go to hell, I couldn't care less. Also, what I find irritating is the fact that the male lead is portrayed physically as a very attractive man. To me it's obvious that he's described as handsome to garner a connection by readers. What would have happened if he had been fat and ugly, with bad breath and bad teeth? Would Laney have spread her legs for him as eagerly? I seriously doubt it.
Since I dug the author's writing, I told a friend that I would like to read a romance by Drew Jordan. I've read somewhere that Drew Jordan is Erin McCarthy's pen name. And, honestly, I haven't been tempted to read her work, so I guess I need to stew over it for awhile.
Read at your own risk.
April 16, 2017
This book could have been really good. A girl whose plane crashed and the sexy lumberjack dude who saves her becomes her captor, but she slowly falls for sexy lumberjack stranger and has to choose whether to stay with him or go back. I mean that sounds really good and could have been executed really well, but sadly, it didn't turn out that good.
The MC (forgot her name, i hate my memory) was more than willing to spread her legs for a fucking sexy dominant lumberjack dude who lives out all alone in the middle of nowhere in Alaska really quickly. I mean, sure he saved your life and helped you survived, but that doesn't mean that you immediately let him in between your legs, especially when he immediately wants total submission to him and letting him do whatever you want to you. Not saying that kink is bad, I just mean that she was too quick to trust him and let him do whatever he wanted to her. He doesn't tell her anything about himself, not even his name. He lives in the middle of nowhere, all alone, and he drops plenty of hints that he may be a fucking psychopath, yet you go ahead and want him fucking you already.
But hey it's not as bad as I make it sound. It was interesting to read about her slowly relying on this mysterious guy and learning to survive the winter with him.
This book was very boring and dull which made me not enjoy this book at all, yet somehow I was flying through this. (Yes the sex scenes were fun, bye.) The story felt really lifeless, bland, dull, plain and just boring. Also, the last 12% was extremely confusing and quick, but the last 5% of this book made me raise a star because that twist was so fucking good. Now that I think about it, there was plenty of foreshadowing towards it, but I was too dumb to put the pieces together and figure it out. Still, I'm so fucking shocked and it was so unexpected and I fucking loved it.
Why, hello there, I'm a fucking psychopath :)
Initial reaction:
The fuck did I just read?!! This was so sick and twisted and that plot twist was so fucking good! The last 10% was hella confusing and the story was very dull until the last 5% which is why I'm rating this 3 stars. I was originally planning on rating it 2 stars, but that ending took me by surprise.
Full review to come
The MC (forgot her name, i hate my memory) was more than willing to spread her legs for a fucking sexy dominant lumberjack dude who lives out all alone in the middle of nowhere in Alaska really quickly. I mean, sure he saved your life and helped you survived, but that doesn't mean that you immediately let him in between your legs, especially when he immediately wants total submission to him and letting him do whatever you want to you. Not saying that kink is bad, I just mean that she was too quick to trust him and let him do whatever he wanted to her. He doesn't tell her anything about himself, not even his name. He lives in the middle of nowhere, all alone, and he drops plenty of hints that he may be a fucking psychopath, yet you go ahead and want him fucking you already.
But hey it's not as bad as I make it sound. It was interesting to read about her slowly relying on this mysterious guy and learning to survive the winter with him.
This book was very boring and dull which made me not enjoy this book at all, yet somehow I was flying through this. (Yes the sex scenes were fun, bye.) The story felt really lifeless, bland, dull, plain and just boring. Also, the last 12% was extremely confusing and quick, but the last 5% of this book made me raise a star because that twist was so fucking good. Now that I think about it, there was plenty of foreshadowing towards it, but I was too dumb to put the pieces together and figure it out. Still, I'm so fucking shocked and it was so unexpected and I fucking loved it.
Initial reaction:
The fuck did I just read?!! This was so sick and twisted and that plot twist was so fucking good! The last 10% was hella confusing and the story was very dull until the last 5% which is why I'm rating this 3 stars. I was originally planning on rating it 2 stars, but that ending took me by surprise.
Full review to come
April 4, 2016
I don't even know where to begin. I'm horrified and baffled and just....speechless. What the heck did I just read? No, really???
When I got this review request I was intrigued. First, Drew Jordan is the pen name for Erin McCarthy, and I've enjoyed her racing series and some other stuff. I am a sucker for recluse mountain men heroes, and heroes and heroines being trapped in deserted cabins. The blurb interested me:
There is blood. There is pain. And there is him. These are the first things I register when I wake up, the lone survivor in an Alaskan plane crash. He carries me to safety over rough terrain and brings me to his cabin in the woods. He has no name. Or none he will tell me.
As snow creeps across the harsh and isolated landscape, he is my only company. My protector, my caretaker. A fascinating enigma, with mysterious eyes, gentle hands, and a rough voice that demands more from me than I ever expected to give. I make up different stories, different names for him depending on his mood, because I know nothing about him except that he is my only connection to the real world I want to return to. So I work to please him, plotting my escape, yet all while I start to crave him and every touch of his dominating body.
He has saved me from the cold. From death. But in taking me and my body, will he destroy me?
The hero (and I use that word lightly) refuses to tell Laney his name in this book- she makes up names for him throughout. I will call him Creeper, because that is what he is. That actually might be too nice of a name for him. Let me also state that the conclusion (HEA?) will happen in book three. I won't be reading book two or three - so I'll never get to experience it but that is totally fine with me.
Creeper finds Laney after her small plane crashes - she was flying to Alaska to meet a childhood friend named Michael that she had recently reconnected with in hopes of marrying him. With the pilot dead, Creeper takes the injured Laney back to his reclusive cabin - with no running water etc. Creeper bandages Laney's hurt ankle and cleans her up. He is gruff and quiet. Refuses to tell Laney is name or anything about himself. She is attracted to him but unsure if it's because she is just in shock from almost dying in the crash.
Quickly, lustful thoughts start-up and we learn Creeper likes to be a dominant and use rope etc in sexual play. All fine and dandy. I was happy with his flannel and beard. He said things like - sorry to wake you up, but I have to go chop wood. He was a true mountain man. Even though it was weird they were having sex so soon, I was into it. It was awkward and hot. I was tweeting funny lines and although it wasn't the best book, I was having fun reading it.
But then it turned to a very bad place. Creeper tells Laney she is his forever - and Laney was unsure about this. Once her ankle healed she thought she'd be on her way, but Creeper informs Laney that she is never to leave. Like in - forever.
"I'm not taking you to town," he said.
"What do you mean?" I whispered, sorry I'd brought it up. I didn't want to talk.
"I'm not taking you back ever." His voice was low, seductive, hypnotic. "I found you, Laney. So I get to keep you."
And he isn't kidding. He becomes her captor - and he is 100% serious in keeping her forever.
Although she willingly had sex with him before this, once he starts to keep her as his prisoner, she says no - but he forces her. She soon starts to pretend to want sex so he will not hurt her.
#Nope
Creeper turns VERY creepy. Laney tries to escape at one point and he grabs her and locks her outside, forcing her to take shelter in the outhouse.
He says things like this:
"You're so warm," he murmured, his beard scratching along my cheek. "Smooth. The only time I get to touch soft, warm things is when I'm tending the dogs. Or after I hunt. And they cool so quickly, it's not the same."
Although Laney wants to escape, she has very conflicting thoughts. I honestly could not stand either of them. Creeper - because he is literally a psycho and Laney because - she made no sense to me. I think the author was trying to go for "captive falls in love with her captor" but it doesn't work. Laney's personality and thought process are so choppy and off kilter. I never could grasp who she really was. It made NO SENSE.
Full disclouse: at the 50% mark I was ready to DNF. I was texting Tori and ranting about the book and decided to save my weekend, I would DNF it and be done. I headed to Goodreads to mark it, and read a spoiler about the end which forced me to continue!! But I did mostly skim the last 30% until I got to the spoiler.
The spoiler - omg - what the hell did I read???
Huh? What? *gouges eyeballs out*
Sorry, but this book is a mess. Extremely unlikable protagonists. I hope they both get eaten by bears.
Grade: F
When I got this review request I was intrigued. First, Drew Jordan is the pen name for Erin McCarthy, and I've enjoyed her racing series and some other stuff. I am a sucker for recluse mountain men heroes, and heroes and heroines being trapped in deserted cabins. The blurb interested me:
There is blood. There is pain. And there is him. These are the first things I register when I wake up, the lone survivor in an Alaskan plane crash. He carries me to safety over rough terrain and brings me to his cabin in the woods. He has no name. Or none he will tell me.
As snow creeps across the harsh and isolated landscape, he is my only company. My protector, my caretaker. A fascinating enigma, with mysterious eyes, gentle hands, and a rough voice that demands more from me than I ever expected to give. I make up different stories, different names for him depending on his mood, because I know nothing about him except that he is my only connection to the real world I want to return to. So I work to please him, plotting my escape, yet all while I start to crave him and every touch of his dominating body.
He has saved me from the cold. From death. But in taking me and my body, will he destroy me?
The hero (and I use that word lightly) refuses to tell Laney his name in this book- she makes up names for him throughout. I will call him Creeper, because that is what he is. That actually might be too nice of a name for him. Let me also state that the conclusion (HEA?) will happen in book three. I won't be reading book two or three - so I'll never get to experience it but that is totally fine with me.
Creeper finds Laney after her small plane crashes - she was flying to Alaska to meet a childhood friend named Michael that she had recently reconnected with in hopes of marrying him. With the pilot dead, Creeper takes the injured Laney back to his reclusive cabin - with no running water etc. Creeper bandages Laney's hurt ankle and cleans her up. He is gruff and quiet. Refuses to tell Laney is name or anything about himself. She is attracted to him but unsure if it's because she is just in shock from almost dying in the crash.
Quickly, lustful thoughts start-up and we learn Creeper likes to be a dominant and use rope etc in sexual play. All fine and dandy. I was happy with his flannel and beard. He said things like - sorry to wake you up, but I have to go chop wood. He was a true mountain man. Even though it was weird they were having sex so soon, I was into it. It was awkward and hot. I was tweeting funny lines and although it wasn't the best book, I was having fun reading it.
But then it turned to a very bad place. Creeper tells Laney she is his forever - and Laney was unsure about this. Once her ankle healed she thought she'd be on her way, but Creeper informs Laney that she is never to leave. Like in - forever.
"I'm not taking you to town," he said.
"What do you mean?" I whispered, sorry I'd brought it up. I didn't want to talk.
"I'm not taking you back ever." His voice was low, seductive, hypnotic. "I found you, Laney. So I get to keep you."
And he isn't kidding. He becomes her captor - and he is 100% serious in keeping her forever.
Although she willingly had sex with him before this, once he starts to keep her as his prisoner, she says no - but he forces her. She soon starts to pretend to want sex so he will not hurt her.
#Nope
Creeper turns VERY creepy. Laney tries to escape at one point and he grabs her and locks her outside, forcing her to take shelter in the outhouse.
He says things like this:
"You're so warm," he murmured, his beard scratching along my cheek. "Smooth. The only time I get to touch soft, warm things is when I'm tending the dogs. Or after I hunt. And they cool so quickly, it's not the same."
Although Laney wants to escape, she has very conflicting thoughts. I honestly could not stand either of them. Creeper - because he is literally a psycho and Laney because - she made no sense to me. I think the author was trying to go for "captive falls in love with her captor" but it doesn't work. Laney's personality and thought process are so choppy and off kilter. I never could grasp who she really was. It made NO SENSE.
Full disclouse: at the 50% mark I was ready to DNF. I was texting Tori and ranting about the book and decided to save my weekend, I would DNF it and be done. I headed to Goodreads to mark it, and read a spoiler about the end which forced me to continue!! But I did mostly skim the last 30% until I got to the spoiler.
The spoiler - omg - what the hell did I read???
Huh? What? *gouges eyeballs out*
Sorry, but this book is a mess. Extremely unlikable protagonists. I hope they both get eaten by bears.
Grade: F
March 10, 2018
What the heck did I just read?!!
Whatever it was, I liked it: 4 STARS!
Laney is the sole survivor of a plane crash in the Alaska wilderness. She is rescued by a mysterious stranger who takes her to his cabin in the woods...
This book was all kinds of messed up! All the while I was reading it, I kept thinking to myself I should not be liking this, LOL. But my reasons for 'not liking' it kept shifting. Every 20% or so, the author would throw another match on the bonfire of crazy, and my 'problems' with the story would evaporate with the flames.
I'm not sure what I was expecting from Crash, but it wasn't what I got, which was a well-written, twisty and depraved tale that kept me guessing...nothing was as it seemed. If you're a fan of K. Webster's books, you'll probably like this one!
Here's my favorite quote:
Whatever it was, I liked it: 4 STARS!
Laney is the sole survivor of a plane crash in the Alaska wilderness. She is rescued by a mysterious stranger who takes her to his cabin in the woods...
This book was all kinds of messed up! All the while I was reading it, I kept thinking to myself I should not be liking this, LOL. But my reasons for 'not liking' it kept shifting. Every 20% or so, the author would throw another match on the bonfire of crazy, and my 'problems' with the story would evaporate with the flames.
I'm not sure what I was expecting from Crash, but it wasn't what I got, which was a well-written, twisty and depraved tale that kept me guessing...nothing was as it seemed. If you're a fan of K. Webster's books, you'll probably like this one!
Here's my favorite quote:
It was both a heady and an awful combination, fear and pleasure. They didn't belong together, yet they collided within me like a pair of cymbals.
April 1, 2016
OMG this book was SO good!!
It was creepy and mysterious, and sexy as fuck. I was turning pages like a crazy person to see where this thing was heading. I adored both characters, and really need to get book two like NOW. I need more backstory on the "stranger" And don't even get me started on that ending...my mind is officially blown.
It was creepy and mysterious, and sexy as fuck. I was turning pages like a crazy person to see where this thing was heading. I adored both characters, and really need to get book two like NOW. I need more backstory on the "stranger" And don't even get me started on that ending...my mind is officially blown.
January 15, 2020
I can't represent all guys so don't take this as a review From A Guy's Perspective. Drew Jordan didn't write CRASH for guys. But she didn't write it for every woman either. Maybe we should say most people couldn't handle this book. Which is part of the appeal.
Crash is about a woman who is saved from the wreckage of a plane crash and at the same time kidnapped. Then she is nursed back to health and, at the same time, held captive in a cabin in the remote Alaskan forest. There Laney, the main character, is dominated by the man who never tells her his name. At times Laney wants to be dominated and at other times she is indignant and rebellious. Laney and the Stranger do seem like soul mates. In that he is domineering when Laney feels like being dominated and he becomes pretty casual about his kidnap victim pushing back when Lainey is feeling defiant.
Jordan wrote this story on a dare to see how far she could take the theme of being abducted my someone you're attracted to. She took it to extremes in a couple of ways. Extreme enough to be interesting writing. But she took it too far. Not too far from good taste. She took it too far from reality. That is not to say there isn't some genuinely unsettling and interesting things going on here. Like when the man whose name Laney has tried to guess the entire book cuts himself and writes his name in blood on her back. It was also very creepy when Laney is bathing in a tub that the man hauled in from outside and filled with heated water from the stove. As he washes her hair, he tells her the last person to get into the tub is now dead.
And to be fair, Jordan does let the reader know that the store is a fantasy early in the story. After Laney admires her kidnapper chopping wood and killing bears, mostly with his shirt off, she admits if she were trapped by an unattractive old man toothless and leering then all this would be scarier. I thought the story could have been scarier too.
Besides these few moments of sincere fear, I never really felt afraid for Laney. The stranger (who is more concerned with her orgasm while ignoring his own who starves her (until she reaches her goal weight) is not an outside force threatening Laney. He seems more of an extension of her will, and of course, an extension of the author’s. He is not a threat. He is a fantasy. But then again, he and Laney are both characters in a very dark and frivolous fantasy.
Crash is about a woman who is saved from the wreckage of a plane crash and at the same time kidnapped. Then she is nursed back to health and, at the same time, held captive in a cabin in the remote Alaskan forest. There Laney, the main character, is dominated by the man who never tells her his name. At times Laney wants to be dominated and at other times she is indignant and rebellious. Laney and the Stranger do seem like soul mates. In that he is domineering when Laney feels like being dominated and he becomes pretty casual about his kidnap victim pushing back when Lainey is feeling defiant.
Jordan wrote this story on a dare to see how far she could take the theme of being abducted my someone you're attracted to. She took it to extremes in a couple of ways. Extreme enough to be interesting writing. But she took it too far. Not too far from good taste. She took it too far from reality. That is not to say there isn't some genuinely unsettling and interesting things going on here. Like when the man whose name Laney has tried to guess the entire book cuts himself and writes his name in blood on her back. It was also very creepy when Laney is bathing in a tub that the man hauled in from outside and filled with heated water from the stove. As he washes her hair, he tells her the last person to get into the tub is now dead.
And to be fair, Jordan does let the reader know that the store is a fantasy early in the story. After Laney admires her kidnapper chopping wood and killing bears, mostly with his shirt off, she admits if she were trapped by an unattractive old man toothless and leering then all this would be scarier. I thought the story could have been scarier too.
Besides these few moments of sincere fear, I never really felt afraid for Laney. The stranger (who is more concerned with her orgasm while ignoring his own who starves her (until she reaches her goal weight) is not an outside force threatening Laney. He seems more of an extension of her will, and of course, an extension of the author’s. He is not a threat. He is a fantasy. But then again, he and Laney are both characters in a very dark and frivolous fantasy.
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Blurb:
This is not a traditional romance, but a dark love story with a twist that will leave you wanting more.
The greatest love stories begin with blood…
There is blood. There is pain. And there is him. These are the first things I register when I wake up, the lone survivor in an Alaskan plane crash. He carries me to safety over rough terrain and brings me to his cabin in the woods. He has no name. Or none he will tell me.
As snow creeps across the harsh and isolated landscape, he is my only company. My protector, my caretaker. A fascinating enigma, with mysterious eyes, gentle hands, and a rough voice that demands more from me than I ever expected to give. I make up different stories, different names for him depending on his mood, because I know nothing about him except that he is my only connection to the real world I want to return to. So I work to please him, plotting my escape, yet all the while I start to crave him and every touch of his dominating body.
He has saved me from the cold. From death. But in taking me and my body, will he destroy me?
Blurb:
This is not a traditional romance, but a dark love story with a twist that will leave you wanting more.
The greatest love stories begin with blood…
There is blood. There is pain. And there is him. These are the first things I register when I wake up, the lone survivor in an Alaskan plane crash. He carries me to safety over rough terrain and brings me to his cabin in the woods. He has no name. Or none he will tell me.
As snow creeps across the harsh and isolated landscape, he is my only company. My protector, my caretaker. A fascinating enigma, with mysterious eyes, gentle hands, and a rough voice that demands more from me than I ever expected to give. I make up different stories, different names for him depending on his mood, because I know nothing about him except that he is my only connection to the real world I want to return to. So I work to please him, plotting my escape, yet all the while I start to crave him and every touch of his dominating body.
He has saved me from the cold. From death. But in taking me and my body, will he destroy me?
April 3, 2016
Oooooooh boy ! I think I have a thing for these kind of romances . The last two chapters though ... what waaaaah whaaaaaat !!! Talk about craaaaaaazy!
March 15, 2018
Not quite sure what I just read...
What I do know?
There was a lot of WTF going on in my head as I read it.
I couldn't put it down.
My heart is still pounding.
My mind will be trying to process this book for a long time.
What I do know?
There was a lot of WTF going on in my head as I read it.
I couldn't put it down.
My heart is still pounding.
My mind will be trying to process this book for a long time.
January 8, 2021
4.25 stars
I did not expect that ending at all. Might continue on with the series later on.
I did not expect that ending at all. Might continue on with the series later on.
March 30, 2022
This was bonkers and just what I needed. Survivor story that turns into a Captive romance with some BDSM sprinkled in. Knife play may show up...
4 Stars
4 on the spice scale
4 Stars
4 on the spice scale
April 13, 2017
Laney was in a plane crash on her way to meet her childhood friend Micheal, a man she planned on marrying. Rescued in the middle of nowhere-Alaska, she is patched up in the cabin of a bearded, beautiful, muscle-coiled, blue-eyed mountain, lumberjack man who refuses to disclose his name - often leading to her calling him numerous names and "Mr Stranger". Soon thereafter they initiate a sexual relationship along BDSM lines. When the snow has cleared, and Laney recovered somewhat, she asks to return home, and go into the nearby town forty miles away- where Mr Stranger stocks up on his supplies. John/Sam/Trent/ Austin/Bumf*ck/ Stranger/Creeper refuses, admitting: "I'm not taking you back ever. I found you Laney. So I get to keep you."
What appears to initially be an escape plan slowly crumbles as Laney falls into the Stockholm Syndrome trap and can no longer dream of leaving. Instead she refuses to leave when offered opportunities. To be honest, she was a pathetic passenger. At no point did she have fire. She goes along with most things right from the offset until her moral compass is infected. Yet with Micheal's appearance, its revealed that she is equally as psychopathic as our H and perhaps best off with him. I didn't like those dynamics; I would have preferred some semblance of normalcy, or tragic humour?
The problem with Mr. Bumf*ck is that we are no closer to uncovering secrets about him at the start or the end. We can't empathise, envy, like, or even find him exciting as his darker side materialises. Hell, I found a spoilers review for the end of the series, and even then, his name is yet a mystery as is his past. Though odd, creepy things emerges from his mouth that clues one in, and tells us that he is not as sane as he first appears:
"Funny story? Okay. Here's something funny. The last person who used this tub drowned in it."
"I can do whatever I want you know. You're my kill."
If a book follows the Stockholm Syndrome trope, my understanding is for enjoyment purposes, it's a little important the reader has it too. I like dark stories. I enjoy the psychological games, the thrill and violence, the sex but what's imperative is the story; how someone becomes the way that they are. And without it, this isn't a mystery, or dark erotica, or a thriller. It's just an unended book that had potential. It becomes monotonous, a line of choppy thoughts and a drag to finish. I tried really hard not to DNF. Most of the time I can finish a book in a few hours, and this one took me days. >.<
Therefore I will end this review on one note: I will not continue the series; I like to actually have answers to even the simple questions. Clearly, both characters are lacklustre, and Micheal did not deserve that end. He tried to save a bad egg.
Favourite quote:
"Because the greatest love stories don't end in marriage. They end in death."
What appears to initially be an escape plan slowly crumbles as Laney falls into the Stockholm Syndrome trap and can no longer dream of leaving. Instead she refuses to leave when offered opportunities. To be honest, she was a pathetic passenger. At no point did she have fire. She goes along with most things right from the offset until her moral compass is infected. Yet with Micheal's appearance, its revealed that she is equally as psychopathic as our H and perhaps best off with him. I didn't like those dynamics; I would have preferred some semblance of normalcy, or tragic humour?
The problem with Mr. Bumf*ck is that we are no closer to uncovering secrets about him at the start or the end. We can't empathise, envy, like, or even find him exciting as his darker side materialises. Hell, I found a spoilers review for the end of the series, and even then, his name is yet a mystery as is his past. Though odd, creepy things emerges from his mouth that clues one in, and tells us that he is not as sane as he first appears:
"Funny story? Okay. Here's something funny. The last person who used this tub drowned in it."
"I can do whatever I want you know. You're my kill."
If a book follows the Stockholm Syndrome trope, my understanding is for enjoyment purposes, it's a little important the reader has it too. I like dark stories. I enjoy the psychological games, the thrill and violence, the sex but what's imperative is the story; how someone becomes the way that they are. And without it, this isn't a mystery, or dark erotica, or a thriller. It's just an unended book that had potential. It becomes monotonous, a line of choppy thoughts and a drag to finish. I tried really hard not to DNF. Most of the time I can finish a book in a few hours, and this one took me days. >.<
Therefore I will end this review on one note: I will not continue the series; I like to actually have answers to even the simple questions. Clearly, both characters are lacklustre, and Micheal did not deserve that end. He tried to save a bad egg.
Favourite quote:
"Because the greatest love stories don't end in marriage. They end in death."
November 26, 2016
“Do you trust me?” he asked, eyes intense.
“Yes.” I nodded. What other answer could there be?
“Don’t.” He stepped back. “Never trust anyone in the bush until you know one hundred percent for sure you can.”
I blinked, startled.
“Make me earn your trust. Push me. Test me. Then trust me."
(“Crash.” Drew Jordan)
Omg I can't believe this book had me on the edge of the cliff. It made me keep wondering how much more could be hidden, and trust me once I found out what was hidden I just couldn't put the book down. This was my first book from Drew Jordan's books, but it definitely won't be my last! It was such a twisted ending that I have to read book 2, HIDE. 5 STARS!!!!!
“Yes.” I nodded. What other answer could there be?
“Don’t.” He stepped back. “Never trust anyone in the bush until you know one hundred percent for sure you can.”
I blinked, startled.
“Make me earn your trust. Push me. Test me. Then trust me."
(“Crash.” Drew Jordan)
Omg I can't believe this book had me on the edge of the cliff. It made me keep wondering how much more could be hidden, and trust me once I found out what was hidden I just couldn't put the book down. This was my first book from Drew Jordan's books, but it definitely won't be my last! It was such a twisted ending that I have to read book 2, HIDE. 5 STARS!!!!!
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
March 19, 2016
And the first award for too-stupid-to-live woman 2016 goes to Laney.
Hero has basically the borderline personality disorder in a way that comes off as very creepy and not sexy at all, which I consider a fitting match for Laney. Would I ever go near someone like him in real life? Hell to the no. I'd knee him in the groin like he deserves and try to escape again...again...and again....and if i succeed then get a restraining order and a personal body guard.
The reason why I gave it 3 stars is because it held my attention, and I wanted to know how it ended. The sex scenes were okay, but nothing to go wild over.
I would recommend it to anyone that can stomach a stupid heroine and can get over how unrealistic the whole story is.
Laney
Alaskan creep
Hero has basically the borderline personality disorder in a way that comes off as very creepy and not sexy at all, which I consider a fitting match for Laney. Would I ever go near someone like him in real life? Hell to the no. I'd knee him in the groin like he deserves and try to escape again...again...and again....and if i succeed then get a restraining order and a personal body guard.
The reason why I gave it 3 stars is because it held my attention, and I wanted to know how it ended. The sex scenes were okay, but nothing to go wild over.
I would recommend it to anyone that can stomach a stupid heroine and can get over how unrealistic the whole story is.
Laney
Alaskan creep
March 20, 2016
This book is really disappointing and it's sad because I was really looking forward to enjoy it. It just did not work for me. The ending was shocking because I did not see it coming. It was unrealistic and very out of character. Like, you better make it believable????
I'm not sure if I will be reading the next book but what I do know is that it will not end well for Laney and the stranger.
I'm not sure if I will be reading the next book but what I do know is that it will not end well for Laney and the stranger.
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May 14, 2016DNF
I really tried. It was just rambling and going on and on. I basically skimmed my way to 30%. Can't do it.
I really tried. It was just rambling and going on and on. I basically skimmed my way to 30%. Can't do it.
February 18, 2021
"Because the greatest love stories don’t end in marriage.
They end in death."
They end in death."
November 22, 2016
So, heres the thing about this series.
If you read this expecting a passionate romance you would be disappointed. If you read this as a thriller with romance elements then you'll enjoy it more. What I loved about this book is the mind games the H and h were playing with each other. The heroine was strong and gave back to the H as good as she got. There wasn't a whole lot of steam and romance because the book was more about "will he or won't he kill her" suspense. So i recommend it if you want to read a heroine who doesn't cry in the corner about her situation. With this being said, I'm choosing to not finish the rest of the series because I can already tell how the next two books are going to play out and I'd much rather leave it at that.
Safety:
If you read this expecting a passionate romance you would be disappointed. If you read this as a thriller with romance elements then you'll enjoy it more. What I loved about this book is the mind games the H and h were playing with each other. The heroine was strong and gave back to the H as good as she got. There wasn't a whole lot of steam and romance because the book was more about "will he or won't he kill her" suspense. So i recommend it if you want to read a heroine who doesn't cry in the corner about her situation. With this being said, I'm choosing to not finish the rest of the series because I can already tell how the next two books are going to play out and I'd much rather leave it at that.
Safety:
December 11, 2017
WTF did I just read. Honestly, this is one of the worst books I have ever read in entire life. This book barely made sense to me and I hated everything about it. From the plot to the characters, this was garbage. I tried, and I mean I really tried to have an open mind about reading this book but I couldn't. At times I just wanted to give up and stop reading, but I hate to leave books unfinished, but I should have with this. Then there was the ending, it left me confused, weird and uncomfortable. Along with that, there was a stupid cliffhanger. It just keeps getting worse, and I wish I never touched this book. I will not be reading the next book in this series.
March 7, 2020
The start was boring and dull. I kept dropping the book.
I couldn’t connect with the MCs. The H was rude and secretive and very bossy. The h was desperate and looking for attention. She easily falls in bed with him. Everything was just boring. I kept skimming. Luckily, the other half got interesting.
I’m going to the read the sequel. Because yes, I want answers. And also I want to know what’s the deal with the Hero. We know absolutely nothing about his past.
So the three stars only for the the other half of the book.
I couldn’t connect with the MCs. The H was rude and secretive and very bossy. The h was desperate and looking for attention. She easily falls in bed with him. Everything was just boring. I kept skimming. Luckily, the other half got interesting.
I’m going to the read the sequel. Because yes, I want answers. And also I want to know what’s the deal with the Hero. We know absolutely nothing about his past.
So the three stars only for the the other half of the book.
October 26, 2016
2.5 stars.
The MC is an immature brat. She has a horrible mother and so I do feel pity for her but, if her mother was bad, wouldn't that push her towards being better than her? Be stronger? Grow more mature? She depends too much on anyone else rather than herself. You'd think growing up without a proper parent and a younger sister would make her more responsible, stronger, or at least able to use her brain.
The story was interesting and I really liked how to beginning connected to the end so that gave it another star.
The characters made me want to punch them in their idiotic faces.
I thought they'd die together.
I saw that it was a dark erotic but I still didn't like anyone.
The MC is an immature brat. She has a horrible mother and so I do feel pity for her but, if her mother was bad, wouldn't that push her towards being better than her? Be stronger? Grow more mature? She depends too much on anyone else rather than herself. You'd think growing up without a proper parent and a younger sister would make her more responsible, stronger, or at least able to use her brain.
The story was interesting and I really liked how to beginning connected to the end so that gave it another star.
The characters made me want to punch them in their idiotic faces.
I thought they'd die together.
I saw that it was a dark erotic but I still didn't like anyone.
November 3, 2015
Erotic thriller? This story is the definition of erotic thriller!
I went in to the read knowing that this was not my normal kind of story and WOW!!! What a wild ride! I was on the edge of my seat turning the pages faster and faster to see what comes next.
As the story progresses we piece together that Laney has not had an easy life. And this is the first book I can ever say that we end of the story without ever knowing the lead male's name… Crazy huh?? Intrigued yet? There's more story to come so grab this now so you can be ready for the rest!!
I received an advance copy from the author for an honest review.
Fave quotes:
Laney - "My God, his eyes were so intense. He looked like he could raise the knife and slit my throat. After giving me an orgasm"
Laney - "I was four months past my twenty-fourth birthday. I wasn't supposed to die this young. Apparently fate had agreed and I was rattled, but really f*cking grateful."
Stranger - "I didn't miss sex. I missed you. I missed you before I even met you."
I went in to the read knowing that this was not my normal kind of story and WOW!!! What a wild ride! I was on the edge of my seat turning the pages faster and faster to see what comes next.
As the story progresses we piece together that Laney has not had an easy life. And this is the first book I can ever say that we end of the story without ever knowing the lead male's name… Crazy huh?? Intrigued yet? There's more story to come so grab this now so you can be ready for the rest!!
I received an advance copy from the author for an honest review.
Fave quotes:
Laney - "My God, his eyes were so intense. He looked like he could raise the knife and slit my throat. After giving me an orgasm"
Laney - "I was four months past my twenty-fourth birthday. I wasn't supposed to die this young. Apparently fate had agreed and I was rattled, but really f*cking grateful."
Stranger - "I didn't miss sex. I missed you. I missed you before I even met you."
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June 25, 2019
HOLY CRAP! I LOVED THIS BOOK! Drew Jordan is an amazing, twisted (lol), wonderful writer!
November 27, 2016
This review has been posted on Dirty Books Obsession
My rating 4 Stars out of 5
Lainey flies to Alaska to meet again and to get married to her childhood friend, but before she arrives at her destination, the plane crashes, and she is the only survivor. She is saved by a man from the woods. A gorgeous mountain man, who takes her to his cabin in the woods and heals her wounds. She thinks that after she heals she could go to the nearest town and return to her life before the crash. But her savior becomes her captor and has other plans for her.
Well, this was one interesting reading for me. Some interesting turn of events, in the end, a little mind fuck. I wasn’t expecting that. I like that it wasn’t predictable. It’s not the first dark book that I read, but it is the first where I enjoyed and I was turned on at some scenes. I know…I have a broken mind.
I liked that the heroine in some critical moments didn’t panic. But I didn’t like when si was insecure. And that thing happened over the whole book. She wanted to escape, but she didn’t want to escape. It killed me.
The hero in some points ( ok, at all the points ), I did not exactly understand him either. Now it was tender and open, and in two minutes cold and distant and absurd in some points.
And the cherry on the cake was the L word. I don’t think it was the case of that word. That word doesn’t have a place in those circumstances and in that story. If the usage of that word was to obtain her freedom, I would understand, but it wasn’t. But I didn’t feel it, but I didn’t feel the love between the characters. The chemistry and the attraction yes, but not the love.
For me, the ending of the book saved the book. If the book wasn’t ending the way it did, I would definitely don’t give it 4 stars.
October 31, 2018
one review for all 3 ;-)
This 3 part series is really good and gets a clear recommendation "Do you have to read" from me.
Of course only if you want to give the genre "Dark Romance" a chance and if you can be open for the borderline and if you can put your own values back a bit.
The introduction to the story is fast and direct, unfiltered like almost everything in this series. There is no clear yes or no, black or white and finally no "oh so necessary" explanation why the Bad Boy is the way he is, namely bad.
But he's not just bad either. I can say, no matter how I act and evaluate his character, he's always straight ahead, direct, without filters or disguises.
She sometimes drives me into madness (probably him too as well) with her uncontrollability, impatience and childish stubbornness, but it's wonderful to read how this thrill is also allowed to go away and processed.
No matter what happens, human interaction of the couple in the daily routine, between the sheets or to friends, family and strangers it always exciting, surprising and with never too obvious background, but with reason.
Everything always depends a little bit on the point of view, the point of view and the readiness of the reader to get involved in uneven, uncomfortable terrain. If you as a reader dare to approach the story in an open and unbiased way and just let it pass, it is so interesting and captivating, a real "page turner", an interesting adventure, far away from home.
Everything is always a bit "in between" and that's the fascinating thing about this story. And despite or just because almost all borders, laws and moral concepts are crossed and there is clear injustice, we have at least one HEA (also for "dark" romantic characters).
This thought makes me smile and gives me a good feeling, no matter where or how, love is possible and has its own way.
5+ Stars *****
This 3 part series is really good and gets a clear recommendation "Do you have to read" from me.
Of course only if you want to give the genre "Dark Romance" a chance and if you can be open for the borderline and if you can put your own values back a bit.
The introduction to the story is fast and direct, unfiltered like almost everything in this series. There is no clear yes or no, black or white and finally no "oh so necessary" explanation why the Bad Boy is the way he is, namely bad.
But he's not just bad either. I can say, no matter how I act and evaluate his character, he's always straight ahead, direct, without filters or disguises.
She sometimes drives me into madness (probably him too as well) with her uncontrollability, impatience and childish stubbornness, but it's wonderful to read how this thrill is also allowed to go away and processed.
No matter what happens, human interaction of the couple in the daily routine, between the sheets or to friends, family and strangers it always exciting, surprising and with never too obvious background, but with reason.
Everything always depends a little bit on the point of view, the point of view and the readiness of the reader to get involved in uneven, uncomfortable terrain. If you as a reader dare to approach the story in an open and unbiased way and just let it pass, it is so interesting and captivating, a real "page turner", an interesting adventure, far away from home.
Everything is always a bit "in between" and that's the fascinating thing about this story. And despite or just because almost all borders, laws and moral concepts are crossed and there is clear injustice, we have at least one HEA (also for "dark" romantic characters).
This thought makes me smile and gives me a good feeling, no matter where or how, love is possible and has its own way.
5+ Stars *****
April 11, 2016
Wow, that was so strange, in the begging I was totally enjoying this. I thought it would be more of a survival and less of a weak heroine and strong male taking advantage of her.
The main character, Laney, is in a plane crash and saved by a bush man. He takes her back to his cabin in the middle of nowhere and patches her up. This part wasn't so bad, I mean he's a gruff bearded strong silent type which is pretty attractive. He never tells her his name so she constantly refers to him as different names or just "The Stranger". She starts to become attracted to him, and I can see how, albeit it does happen very quickly. They start to have kinky sex, which is fine as long as it's consensual.
This is where it starts to get weird. After she's healed up a bit, he won't let her leave. His reason is "I found you, I get to keep you." So, she becomes a prisoner and there is a questionable scene where he sort of rapes her. It was hard to stomach. She gets intense Stockholm syndrome and she starts to think she wants this dominant male.
I hate Laney's character the most I think, I mean the stranger was crazy, but Laney is just plain annoying. She barely fights for herself. I don't understand the Dom and Sub relationship, do you ALWAYS have to be so weak and pathetic and only be good for sex? Cause that's what Laney is. Ugh, I hate weak protagonists, especially female.
The end of the book is just ridiculous.
I can honestly say I will not be reading the next books.
The main character, Laney, is in a plane crash and saved by a bush man. He takes her back to his cabin in the middle of nowhere and patches her up. This part wasn't so bad, I mean he's a gruff bearded strong silent type which is pretty attractive. He never tells her his name so she constantly refers to him as different names or just "The Stranger". She starts to become attracted to him, and I can see how, albeit it does happen very quickly. They start to have kinky sex, which is fine as long as it's consensual.
This is where it starts to get weird. After she's healed up a bit, he won't let her leave. His reason is "I found you, I get to keep you." So, she becomes a prisoner and there is a questionable scene where he sort of rapes her. It was hard to stomach. She gets intense Stockholm syndrome and she starts to think she wants this dominant male.
I hate Laney's character the most I think, I mean the stranger was crazy, but Laney is just plain annoying. She barely fights for herself. I don't understand the Dom and Sub relationship, do you ALWAYS have to be so weak and pathetic and only be good for sex? Cause that's what Laney is. Ugh, I hate weak protagonists, especially female.
The end of the book is just ridiculous.
I can honestly say I will not be reading the next books.
April 30, 2017
A lot creepy and utterly transfixing at the same time! A plane crash in the Alaskan wilderness, an injured woman, the stranger who rescues her ... so begins a twisted, chilling story of erotic obsession.
Laney -- the crash victim -- describes the stranger as domineering, tough, cruel, and unsociable. In her head, she imagines different names for him but crosses them off her list as he continues to defy a definition.
As the story unfolds, Laney finds herself inexorably drawn to the stranger and also repelled. Is this a case of the rescued falling for the rescuer, she wonders?
Uhm, get a clue Laney, if someone tells you they want to keep you forever, ah, think you need to get the hell outta there.
But just as it seems Laney is going to escape her rescue-captor, the unthinkable happens --- she starts to fall in love. Say whaaaaat?!
Sure, Laney and the stranger have explosive sex. And, sure he's teaching her to survive in the wild. And, yeah, he's willing to let her go when the man she was planning to meet before the plane crash finds her.
But, the stranger is still NAMELESS!!!
Ponder that for a moment.
So what happens when Laney has a choice to leave or stay? That's when it gets downright creepy as the realization dawns that Laney has darker secrets than even the stranger.
Not sure if I'll continue with the next two sequels or if I want to have my mind blown further!
Laney -- the crash victim -- describes the stranger as domineering, tough, cruel, and unsociable. In her head, she imagines different names for him but crosses them off her list as he continues to defy a definition.
As the story unfolds, Laney finds herself inexorably drawn to the stranger and also repelled. Is this a case of the rescued falling for the rescuer, she wonders?
Uhm, get a clue Laney, if someone tells you they want to keep you forever, ah, think you need to get the hell outta there.
But just as it seems Laney is going to escape her rescue-captor, the unthinkable happens --- she starts to fall in love. Say whaaaaat?!
Sure, Laney and the stranger have explosive sex. And, sure he's teaching her to survive in the wild. And, yeah, he's willing to let her go when the man she was planning to meet before the plane crash finds her.
But, the stranger is still NAMELESS!!!
Ponder that for a moment.
So what happens when Laney has a choice to leave or stay? That's when it gets downright creepy as the realization dawns that Laney has darker secrets than even the stranger.
Not sure if I'll continue with the next two sequels or if I want to have my mind blown further!
April 3, 2016
This is one of those books where you can't tell to much. But I can tell you IT BLEW MY MIND.
BUT I must warn you
- you need a very open mind
- you shouldn't be sensitive to violence
- and engaging with characters who show you the deepest and darkest parts of their minds and souls, and maybe even dig into yours, shouldn't be a problem for you AT ALL!
So if you can handle very dark aspects of the humans psyche and of course your own - GO FOR IT!
I will definitely read part 2 HIDE, but will wait a bit because the 3rd and final part will be released by the end of this year.
BUT I must warn you
- you need a very open mind
- you shouldn't be sensitive to violence
- and engaging with characters who show you the deepest and darkest parts of their minds and souls, and maybe even dig into yours, shouldn't be a problem for you AT ALL!
So if you can handle very dark aspects of the humans psyche and of course your own - GO FOR IT!
I will definitely read part 2 HIDE, but will wait a bit because the 3rd and final part will be released by the end of this year.
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