I was drugged.Now, I’ve woken up in a dark, luscious room.A deviant playground. I’m not alone. The person that was drugged and taken with me is here, too. My confidant. Someone that I had come to see as a brother. My best friend. Suddenly, there’s a voice coming through the speakers, telling us we’ve both been chosen to die. The only way out? Do everything we’re told to do.This person wants to … we’re told to do.
This person wants to watch us. They want to be entertained. As she says, “I want to see you come.”
It’s simple: either we f*ck, or die.
WARNING: This story isn’t for everyone. Please read with caution. Contains graphic violence and explicit situations some might find disturbing. Read at your own risk.
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Taken…..What the ever loving god did I just read?
I have read twisted novels before, but this….This is twisted at the highest level. Dark, depraved, gritty, raw……I am still struggling to even get my head around it.
It’s sheer genius.
Manipulation at it’s finest.
And I loved every minute of it.
We meet both Ivy and Noah. Best friends who wake up in a room with no doors, no windows, no way out.
They have both been drugged and kidnapped and are now stuck in a room together, but not alone.
Their clothes have been stripped.
But who has taken them?
What do they want?
Who is watching their every move?
What will Ivy and Noah have to do to save themselves?
How far will they be psychologically pushed before they break?
Will they survive the depths of the hell and depravity they are now faced with?
Or is this the end for them both?
I am not giving anything away. I just refuse, because this novel needs to be read.
A short read that I totally absorbed myself in to that only took a few hours to read, but has left me absolutely speechless and wanting more. A read that will manipulate your every thought. A read that will leave your mind reeling. A read that will sicken you to your very core, but will leave you wanting, needing.
A definite must read.
5 stars
Honestly, the writing in this book is really well done but I made the mistake of going into this book blind and haven’t read anything previously by these authors. I was not sure what to expect and honestly this book was not for me. I don’t enjoy darker romances and this was definitely dark, depraved and very brutal. My heart is still aching over what I read and what the characters in this novel experienced. What I can say is this novel is not for the faint of heart and has a lot of triggers and content that might upset some readers. I would tread carefully with this book.
3.5 Stars
This book was hard to rate. It was dark and twisted and I’m obsessed with those kinds of books but there were some things in this one that just didn’t do it for me.
I love dark reads and I love the utter dark and dangerous twisted ways that an author can get the characters to go through. Like I said before, this story was so hard to rate because in a twisted crazy way I loved how dark it was but some things just bothered me. And it wasn’t as much the dark stuff although one part was a bit over the top crazy (not the sexual kind). But I gotta give the authors credit for all the stuff that made the story unique and thrilling.
I was not crazy about the fact that they were kidnapped as friends and forced to have sex. I mean, how awful could that be? Yeah there were some horrendous things in this book which I don’t want to spoil but I’d rather be forced to have sex with my best friend – which I love and find attractive anyway – than to have sex with an ugly, disgusting person I don’t know. So far, so good.
Ivy has always been attracted to Noah and she always tried to ignore it and keep her distance. But now she’s being forced to be sexually active with her best friend which seems so easy but is so hard at the same time for them.
Their captor is playing games with Ivy and Noah and neither those two nor the reader knows what will happen next. This story is very original and suspenseful and ends in a cliffhanger which will have you wanting more. I definitely need to know how their story continues and I really wanna know what the captor is up to and especially who it is.
The Story:
Drugged. Kidnapped. Being forced to have sex. And those aren’t the only things Ivy has to deal with in one day. She’s being held captive with her best friend in a room with no windows or doors. There’s no way out and they are being watched by a sick person who commands them what they should do to her entertainment.
You might think it’s easy to withstand the commands? How about some torture and threats that will make you stop thinking instantly and have you do whatever was being asked of you? This twisted game becomes more dangerous with each second. How will Ivy and Noah handle the situation their thrown into?
Thoughts:
First of all, I thought that this couldn’t be so bad now, could it?!! I mean, no one wants to be kidnapped but they liked each other and wanted more from each other but both seemed oblivious about the other’s feelings. So now it was the perfect opportunity for them to explore each other with the excuse that they were forced to do it.
I didn’t quite like that it seemed so easy. They made out instantly and all the crying out and moaning without even yet kissing (especially on her part), and almost climaxing while kissing was a little over the top, especially under those circumstances. She was constantly crying out of pleasure and whatnot. I don’t know if I could be so sexed up under those conditions. My main emotion would be fear, not pleasure.
Be prepared that there are some horrific scenes in this book that aren’t for the faint of heart! Even I was a bit shocked by the extent of the very sick games for the captor’s entertaining.
This was some really effed up read and even now I’m not sure if I should love or hate it. It was something completely different to the stuff I’ve read so far but some things just bothered me. Like, how old where they? What did they do before they were kidnapped? She was talking about him as a man and he obviously had the body of a grown up. But she behaved like a kid in heat. It was like every touch brought her to climax and a kiss was the climax par excellence. He didn’t even touch her and she was wet already?! How could they have been best friends for years when she was this hot for him? It just took a touch or kiss for her to almost climax. He must have noticed that before for sure.
Anyway, I’m just a bit hung up on the friend’s stuff but I still enjoyed this book because it kept me glued to the pages. It was suspenseful from start to finish and I’m sure the next book will be at least as thrilling if not more as this one because it’s just a matter of time for all the tension to explode.
WTF did I just read!!!!
That was absolutley mental
I’m still in shock from that crazy-ass story.
There isn’t really that much I can say about this that the blurb doesn’t but I’m going to try.
Here goes.
SO Ivy and Noah, best friends, kidnapped, drugged and dumped into some sort of sex dungeon.
Creepy-ass female voice wanted them to perform for,
well, who the hell knows?
This is a short read that packs a lot into its pages.
It’s sick, twisted and like nothing I’ve ever read before.
I’m hoping in the next instalment we get a bit of backstory as I wasn’t a great fan of how this started.
I felt it gave me a slight disconnect with the main characters Ivy and Noah which wouldn’t have entirely been an issue if this was a longer read.
Despite that, I did manage to play catch up and I’m ever so intrigued with what will happen next.
On the edge of my seat here people.
This was well written and the main reason for me rating this three and a half stars, is I’m not quite sure if I’m quite fully invested here yet.
I liked both the main characters and have no idea where this is going but I’m hitching along for the ride anyway.
One final observation before I toddle off.
That was certainly a shit for brain moment near the end Ivy.
Played into her hands there.
DUH!! what were you thinking girly
Onwards and upwards on to the next sick twisted instalment, I go.
This should be interesting I feel like I’m in an episode of Saw.
Taken (Voyeur, #1) is free with a Kindle Unlimited subscription.