***5 Stars***
This book dug its claws into me from the first page and didn’t let go until the very end...and that ending?!?!?! *Gives the evil eye to the authors, even as I applaud them for it*
But this book is one hell of a ride. It’s gritty, gut churning, fascinating, brutal and I got lost in the journey of the Stolen Girls and how what they’d been put through affected not only them, all those around them.
As Orion is something of the main focus, yes there are others and I want to do a total verbal vomit brain drain about everyone we meet in this book, I’ll stick with Orion so as not to get all spoilery. Orion Darby is a survivor. She amazed me with her strength and resolve to find her place in a world that she didn’t understand, but also didn’t understand her. Every reaction, choice and simple thought she had pulled me in deeper and I found that I didn’t want to say good-bye to her because her story was truly just begging.
This is a vague as all get out review because you have experience this book on your own terms. It is obviously dark and filled with all kinds of triggers, but it’s also about hope and how you have the ability to make your life your own.
As for the writing. I’m a fan girl of one of the authors and have not yet read the other, but the writing was seamlessly done. Pacing was very good and the multiple POV’s totally worked for me. So, if they ever choose to do another project together, I will be definitely be making grabby hands at it!
~ Copy provided by the author & voluntarily reviewed ~
They were taken.
Off the street. From parking lots. Malls. Playgrounds.
Snatched from life and thrust into hell.
They took Orion Darby on a perfect summer day, while she could still taste her first kiss on her lips.
She joined the others with chains on their ankles and scars on their souls.
They turned into nothing more than statistics. Cold cases. Lost girls.
Years passed and the world forgot.
Until the day they escaped.
This is not about their captivity.
This is about their struggle to return to a life that's passed them by.
This was the real world.
But for Orion, this was hell.
You see... freedom isn't enough.
She needs blood.
Release Date: August 11th, 2020
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Anne Malcom has been an avid reader since before she can remember, her mother responsible for her book addiction. It started with magical journeys into the world of Hogwarts and Middle Earth. As she grew up, her reading tastes grew with her. Her obsession with books and romance novels in particular, gave Anne the opportunity to find another passion, writing. Finding writing about alpha males and happily ever afters more fun than reading about them, Anne is not about to stop any time soon.
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BT Urruela was an infantryman in the US Army from August 2004 until February 2011. At the end of a year long tour to Baghdad, Iraq, his vehicle was hit by two roadside bombs, which took his right leg below the knee and the life of his commander. He was awarded a Purple Heart for his wounds, an Army Commendation Medal, and Combat Infantryman's Badge. He medically retired from the Army in 2011 and moved to Tampa, FL where he currently works as a Director and Brand Ambassador for VETSports, a veteran community sports nonprofit he co-founded in 2012. He also conducts motivational speeches, works as a cover and fitness model and he's a personal performance trainer.
He's a co-author of the military romance novel A Lover's Lament and the upcoming romantic thriller and his debut solo novel, Into the Nothing.
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