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Captive in the Dark (The Dark Duet, #1)

C.J. Roberts

Start date: June 1, 2014

Finish date: June 30, 2014

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Sep 07, 2012 Shera (Book Whispers) rated it really liked it

Shelves: erotica-contemporary, ebook, 2011

One of my GR friends aptly sums up what I was getting into when I picked up this book, "Get ready for a huge mind fuck!" Of course I didn't read that post until I was about 20 to 30 pages in, but once I read those words I knew they were right. This book is one big mind fuck.

Livvie is pulled from her life and wakes up in a new world where she is blind folded and truly a captive of darkness. She's stripped bare of not only her clothes, but of her self. Left defenseless and trying to cling on to he One of my GR friends aptly sums up what I was getting into when I picked up this book, "Get ready for a huge mind fuck!" Of course I didn't read that post until I was about 20 to 30 pages in, but once I read those words I knew they were right. This book is one big mind fuck.

Livvie is pulled from her life and wakes up in a new world where she is blind folded and truly a captive of darkness. She's stripped bare of not only her clothes, but of her self. Left defenseless and trying to cling on to her sanity. Caleb is a master at brain washing her. Soon she can't tell when she needs to fight, or when to please the master. It's heart wrenching watching Caleb basically tear her apart and destroy her.

The story is told from both the perspective of the captive (Livvie) and the captor(Caleb). That's where the true mind games start. Readers can't truly hate Caleb as he is a victim from much the same background as the future he's forcing Livvie to live. A Pleasure Slave. He was used and ruined at a younger age, no longer can understand or relate to humanity. (Or at least humanity as we see it.) He's bent on revenge and he needs Livvie to get it. Obviously this book is not black in white. It deals in all the shades of grays. Many times I wanted Livvie to keep fighting, but then the hopelessness of her position bogs me down. One thing I need to make clear is that this is not a Romance. Maybe some readers will interpret it as such.

This book is meant to be dark and scary. It shows that no matter how much we choose to see things as good and evil, that their will always be hidden shades of gray. How do we then choose to condemn someone, justify actions, or even function in an unclear world. Captive in the Dark skillfully shows how someone is broken. How a strong person is torn apart psychology and physically. It's vivid in it's clarity. Many times I kept thinking that CitD gave great insight into how anyone could suddenly find themselves in an abuse relationship.

In the end, I don't think there is anything that can truly express this book. It hurts, scares, and leaves it's reader in a turmoil of thoughts. It's a provoker. It kept me running hot in anger, fear, shame, turned on (yeah, that's where some of the shame came from), and a multitude of emotions I'll probably never be able to figure out. Upon the last page I not only had a overwhelming desire to never leave my home again, but to keep everyone I know locked up in safe little bubbles. For days if not weeks this book echoed in my mind. Haunting my every thought. For me this was not a romance. I fear that Livvie will become trapped by Cable and remain is slave. Hope that Livvie can become Caleb's salvation. That Livvie will escape. That Caleb winds up dead, maybe even by Livvie's hand. Or that Caleb finds his way out. In the end it's not a romance. It's mind fuckery. With beautiful writing. (Though the jump from 1st to 3rd person is slightly disruptive.)

Sexual Content: Dark and graphic sex. Plenty of foul talk. Basically rated X my friends.

4/5- Great! Really enjoyed it.

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Aug 15, 2012 Say rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: july-2014-reads

Well for once I am dumbfounded. Yep, I just have no words. It's actually my third attempt to read this. Don't get me wrong, it's not that I don't like it. It's the type of book wherein one has to have an open mind to read it. And I mean a really open mind to go through and finish it.

So yup, it took me awhile to finish it. Being just 200+ pages and all. But it was just intense. It was good. In a dark twisted kind of way. And on to book two....it is longer and I guess I need to prepare. =) ...more

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Jul 23, 2013 Brigette rated it really liked it

This was a love/hate book. It is impossible not to hate/love the characters. The story is unique, and very different. A strong book and with conflicts, it will let you think that the main character is kind of crazy but while you are reading and see her background is impossible not to understand her a little. The end lets you hanging and wanting more of Caleb and Livvie.

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Jul 27, 2012 Trini rated it really liked it

This book is definitely not for the skittish. It was intriguing and so tense but also disturbing. I found myself holding my breath many times through out this story. It's like one of those videos you see of a scene right be for a train wreck of car accident. You know something horrible is going to happen but you just can't help but look. That is how this story is.

Our main female character is Olivia (Livvie) Ruiz an eighteen year old girl from a broken home. What makes her so unique in the point ...more

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