![]() ![]() I felt him slipping from my grasp, my greatest fears becoming my reality, my love tested in ways I wasn’t sure I was strong enough to bear.Īt the brightest time in our lives, the darkness of his past encroached and threatened everything we’d worked so hard for. Instead they opened old wounds, exposed pain and insecurities, and lured bitter enemies out of the shadows. The vows we’d exchanged should have bound us tighter than blood and flesh. My gorgeous, wounded warrior, so determined to slay my demons while refusing to face his own. Gideon calls me his angel, but he’s the miracle in my life. I’m sad to break up with Gideon and Eva, but I don’t really think I can handle one more disappointing book in their world. Unfortunately, skillful prose isn’t enough to keep me reading the Crossfire series. Her way with words draws the reader in, which is probably the reason I actually finished Captivated by You. ![]() And nothing that really moved the plot forward, especially for Gideon.ĭon’t get me wrong, Ms. The side stories-Megumi, Mark & Steven, Carey, and Gideon’s exes-seemed superficial and really had no resolution, no change in the way things were happening. I don’t get the motivation to not work through his issues, especially when it means he can’t sleep in bed with Eva-supposedly the love of his life, the one that makes him whole. Especially when he has something to strive for-being the man he wants to be for Eva. But a billionaire should get his act together and work through his issues. Hell, life hasn’t been picture-perfect for anyone. The character seemed even more whiny than in the previous book. Eva and Gideon-especially Gideon-irritated the hell out of me by the end of the book. The plot arc was minimally progressed, and I felt that the words were gratuitous-that I had four hours of my life that I’d never get back. What annoyed me: the story really went nowhere. I liked seeing Eva continue to be kick-ass, for the most part. I liked revisiting the supporting characters. What I liked: I liked seeing Eva and Gideon again. There wasn’t that much plot happening and wasn’t a lot of development that happened with the characters to warrant 350-plus pages. To be honest, I think that this entire book could have been done in 100 pages or less. However, the only reason I finished this title was in the hope that there’d be a big reveal at the end that would keep me entrenched in the series. ![]() I wanted to really like this book, and that especially holds true for Captivated by You. With that said, I’m breaking up with the Crossfire series, which kills my slightly obsessive-compulsive need to finish something I’ve started. Unless something happens that really irritates me. Once I start a series, I read it through until the end. In the midst of the year of mourning, the three oldest girls-Azalea, Bramble and Clover-also fall in love and get engaged to be married.I knew what I was getting into when I chose to read Captivated by You by Sylvia Day. The relationship with their father also develops into a more loving and normal relationship. As the novel unfolds, the girls learn valuable lessons in life from the dances they learn. In the meantime, the girls are learning how to make it through life without a mother, and a father who is emotionally absent. The payment requires the girls to find the magic item in the palace and break it so that Keeper can be set free. The catch is that he wants to collect on the payment for allowing the girls to dance in the pavilion. Eventually, however, Keeper reveals to Azalea that he is the former King who is responsible for "magicking" the palace. He tells the girls they can come and dance their hearts out at the pavilion whenever they wish. Keeper, who is the man that runs the pavilion and the silver forest, possesses magic of his own. Since the girls are forbidden from dancing, which is their favorite pastime, while in mourning for their mother, they sneak away on a nightly basis to dance in the pavilion in the silver forest. She rubs her late mother's silver-threaded handkerchief on the initials and discovers a secret passageway to a silver forest. Azalea stumbles onto a brick marked with the initials of the King that is rumored to have "magicked" the palace. ![]() When Azalea discovers that the palace they live in is magic, she also learns there are secret passageways and rooms in the palace. Set in England, two families are entwined in a 600 year old. As the oldest, Azalea is also in line to become queen. Plot Summary: A modern day Romeo & Juliet tale with debts, deaths, and ultimate family betrayal. Azalea is the oldest of 12 girls, so she promises her mother on her deathbed that she will take care of her sisters. The story follows the main character, Azalea, as she tries to put the pieces of her life back together after losing her mother. Entwined is a novel by author Heather Dixon. ![]()
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