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My Review:Title: Taken (Fae's Captive, #5)
Author: Lily Archer
Series: Fae's Captive #5
Published by: Indie
Release Date: May 30, 2019
Format: Kindle Book
Pages: 120
Genres: Fantasy, Paranormal Romance
Source: Kindle Unlimited
Reading Challenges: CC's Goodreads Reading Challenge
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My rating:
Blurb:The wily changeling has gotten so deep under my skin that I can’t breathe without feeling her. Her smart mouth is a constant temptation, our salty banter like rough kisses in a darkened room. My thoughts are broken, and I can admit that I’m obsessed. That’s why I’ve been keeping Beth at a distance. I don’t trust myself around her. Not when I can see her wounded soul in her eyes even when she’s laughing. Her flippant words hide a pain that goes so deep I doubt I’ll ever find its bottom. She has lived her life in chains. How can I begin to understand what she’s been through? I want to so badly that it consumes me. I want to hold her, to promise her she is safe in the winter realm with me. But I shouldn’t. I could get so lost in her that I would forsake my fated mate, one I’ve been waiting on for centuries. So, I create a set of rules and stick by them. I avoid her and bury myself in preparations for the winter realm’s new queen. It’s working. . . At least it was until I felt the mate bond snap into place. All my rules splinter when I realize Beth is mine. And when she’s taken from me? I will crush the pillars of Arin to get her back.Lily's Note: Taken is Book 5 of the Fae's Captive Series and begins Gareth's and Beth's story.
I loved Beth’s witty banter and her ability to be brave in the face of danger, some would call it a bit reckless but I found it adventurous. And Garenth’s grouchy nature hides a softness he only shows to Beth. I don’t know why I like that about these charcters but I do…..a lot. I think because it reminds me of my husband a bit, he’s grouchy to everyone else but he’s super sweet and nice to me and our kid.
For someone sho has been a slave most of her life, she sure doesn’t let it get her down. Although it’s clear she is using sarcasm and humor as a defense mechanism. At first it seems like Garenth hates her but I guess he was mad at himself for having feelings for a human. It was a good internal struggle to read about and it didn’t last too long until he realized he wanted to be with her.
The thing about these books is that almost always end on a cliffhanger and since they are short stories, I zoom right through them and end up getting irritated when they end. But the next is usually out so that placates me until the whole process starts over again.
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