3.5 stars

ARC received for an honest review

"Every bad guy is the hero of his own tale."

Hmmm not sure how to review this one. I signed up for this one as it was a Celia Aaron book and I didn't have much detail about it at the time.

I really liked the premise of the story, the bad buy and the good girl. I enjoyed the writing and how the story played out.

Sebastian and Camille's story isn't an easy one. I mean, a story with a kidnapping can never be an easy one, right?

However, and this might just be me, but I felt that our unlucky lady Camille just, I don't know, gave up? Where was her fight or flight instinct? Where was the kicking and screaming and fighting?

Sebastian, whilst yes he is not the knight in shining armour we get in our romances, he is not the dark I was expecting.

Sure, there were dark aspects, but at times Sebastian was quite a teddy bear. Maybe it is that I have read other dark romance that are dark AF, that is why this didn't come across as dark for me? Some of the darker aspects felt like they were a little glossed over for me also.

Now don't get me wrong, the story is a good story, but it had more of a contemporary romance feel to it than dark romance - again, this could just be me because of the other dark romance I have read in the past - to others, this could be really dark. To me it is more shade of grey than dark.

I liked the arc of the story, and though I had trouble connecting with Camille for the first half of the book, I did in the later half. The writing was good, however this just wasn't one meant for me.