Despite the title, this book only includes a sprinkle/ pinch of Stockholm syndrome, as the kidnappers are all quite nice and I don't think they would be considered criminal masterminds. Their footballers (The American sport). Chapter 6 is also called ‘Stockholm Syndrome’, so the author definitely sees the humour in it.
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A brief synopsis - She has run from an abusive ex and works at this random bank in Californa, while attending college. The bank get robbed by 4 footballers that she goes to school with, some other sh1t occurs and they take her hostage.
From the start of the kidnapping its apparent that she is pretty comfortable with these guys. I think the familiarity with them from school helped, but also it's very much ‘the devil you know’. On a side notes, the book starts with an MMC Pov, which surprised me, but in a good way.
Now the guys...
She has a thing with Kaiden at the start, but then almost immediately myself and the fmc forget he existed. He just disappears.
I assumed River would be the funny golden retriever type, but he isn’t and can be a little scary at times. Hot scary, but still scary.
For all the guys it went from attraction to infatuation really quickly. *Sign* The build up was there and then suddenly there was just a switch. The pet names started trickerling in and I honestly assumed I missed a chapter. Where did this come from?
It's pretty cheesy at points and these parts were essentially why I stopped reading at 56%. Another dnf to add to the pile.
For context this was the scene. They are currently on the run and have just avoided a police chase (there was a train track and everything),then they are in the car and he tell her he made her a playlist. B1tch what. When did he have time to make a playlist. Between driving hours on end to escape, traveling to different banks to store the money and doing general things, like sleeping and eating, when did this man have time. I think little cheesy scenes like this are trying to show how obsessed they are with her and it just fell short for me.
The FMC personality is very flippant. She escaped an abusive relationship, distanced herself from her whole family to keep them safe and shows frequently that she is a very strong woman. So why does she cry so much, about such stupid things. I think these scenes are used to make the guys seem super caring and protective, but I don't think she needed to be changed into this delicate person suddenly. She was a badass and she’s been made into this damsel.
Okay read. There are just part that annoy me. My DNF rate is very high atm. So this may be me being picky.