Dual Review & Dual GIVEAWAY: Taken by Kelli Maine

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Taken
Kelli Maine
January 8, 2013 (orig. published July 2012)
Forever
256 pages

Synopsis: 

ABDUCTION

He steals her away to a deserted island, to the one place she's dreamed of being-the one place she can't go. He's used to buying whatever he wants, but he can't buy her.

SEDUCTION

How can she resist the magnetism of his body, the longing ache deep inside her? She wants him to take her-on her terms.

DESPERATION

Every attempt he makes to love her only hurts her. How can they go on like this? This is the story of how she was . . .

TAKEN

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Laura's Review: 

I haven't read a whole lot of books written in second person point of view. And I think there's a reason for that. To me, in order to pull that off, there has to be a specific reason why the author is choosing that style. Maybe the book is a series of letters, or maybe it's a way to communicate with someone who they'd otherwise not be able to - let's say someone who died or someone who is away overseas. This book didn't fit any of that criteria, although part of me kept waiting for that reason to reveal itself. The second person POV was more than a little distracting and confusing. Which was really too bad because, other than a few misplaced and confusing scenes, I enjoyed the plot of this book. Merrick was not as "alpha" as one might expect in a kidnapping story, but I think that was necessary to allow the reader to like him and forgive him for what he did. Otherwise it might come across too much like Captive in the Dark - another book with a kidnapping, but one that just was not even close to forgivable in my opinion, and nauseated me to read. Overall, this was a quick, enjoyable read which would be even better from a different perspective.

Taken: 3/5 Stars
Cover: 4/5 Stars

Tanya's Review:
        I completely agree with Laura about the second person point of view. I had a very hard time with it and just could not come to really enjoy this book. I did not feel any connection with either Merrick nor Rachel. I did enjoy the back story of the deserted island,the history of it and thought that was romantic and I was hoping as I read more of the book I would come to enjoy it but alas for me it kind of fell flat, never really got a hold of me. It was a quick, just ok read for me.

   Taken :    2.5/5   Stars
   Cover:     3.5/5   Stars
                                                                       ~~~~~Tanya~~~~~





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