Catch Consequences (Consequences, #1) Published By Aleatha Romig Visible In Textbook

I WASNT EXPECTING THAT ENDING!!!!

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The lastpercent of this book deserved thestars.
It was just so shocking and crazy, While reading this book, all I wanted to do was throw my kindle at the wall because I was so freaking frustrated,


This book was so good!! Its a dark, intense, twisted, emotional mind fuck kind of story, I thought I had the ending figured out and then BAM!!! something totally different happens,

MIND BLOWN!!!!




At first, I felt really bad for Claire because she was thrown into this horrible situation against her will.
She is physically and emotional abused by Anthony the whole time they were together, As the story progressed, I started to get really angry and frustrated with her, She had a lot of opportunities to run far away from Anthony, but she chose to stay with him and keep taking the abuse.
I just felt like she was so weak at least try to fight back in some kind of way, So its really hard for me to feel sorry for her now,


I hate Anthony with a passion!!! He is a sick sadistic bastard who needs serious psychological help, The whole time I was reading about Anthony, all I could think about was Jack Nicholson in The Shinning breaking down that door lol




I just wish Claire wouldve left him in the forest to freeze to death or chopped off his balls for all the torture she endured.
At least, she can say it was worth it in a way if she got some kind of revenge against him especially for that ending.
Overall, Great Book!! Definitely a must read!!


Favorite Quotes

"Survival is not so much about the body, but rather is about the triumph of the human spirit.
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"What is love Love is when one person knows all of your secrets, your deepest, darkest, most dreadful secrets of which no one else in the world knows.
And yet in the end, that one person does not think any less of you, "

"The worst thing you can do for love is deny it so when you find that special someone, don't let anyone or anything get in your way.
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"I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.
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"I love you not only for what you are, but for what I am when I am with you, I love you not only for what you have made of youself, but for what you are making of me, I love you for the part of me that you bring out, " FULL REVIEW IS NOW UP!!!!!,




HOLY, FREAKING. MIND FUCK.

WHAT DID I JUST READ

That ENDING!!! I mean just ummm speechless

I have lost sleep.
My mind has been utterly toyed with, And I still have no freaking clue how I should feel about Tony Rawlings,

To the rest of the world, Anthony Rawlings is a megasuccessful selfmade billionaire who donated to charity, is always perfectly presented and never puts a foot wrong.
To Claire Nicols, he is her captor, Her abductor. Her tormentor. And also the man she is falling for,

This book is about a young, sweet woman, Claire, who meets a charming man, Tony, after work one day who sweet talks her into dinner and then abducts her.
Just takes her straight from her life to live in decadent captivity at Rawlings mansion, There is no easing into this story, Cut off from every part of the outside world, she is violated, raped, physically abused and loses every possible measure of control over her life.
Every single thing she now does happened by the will of her captor, and by his will alone, We hate him from the start he is cunning, cruel, manipulative and controlling,

He toys with her mind and her heart, And yet! There is more to him beneath the layers a spark of something genuine Real Humanity Enough to make me able to ride out of the waves of the book, able to consider seeing him from another side a less predatory side but still Im not yet completely sold on his humanity.
But I have high hopes for it, Truly, I dont want him to be as evil as I think he might be,

This book perfectly captures that feeling of literally not knowing what to expect, not knowing what is coming next, Just when I was sure Id found my footing and got a feel for the story, it just yoinked the rug RIGHT out from underneath me.


Tony. ohhhhhhhhh Tony Rawlings. deep breath Man Monster Mastermind Predator Hero Broken hero Antihero Villan I dont know, I didnt know the whole time I was reading and honest to goodness, I, Still. Dont. Know. This is the crux of the mindfuck, Are his actions those of an intrinsically sadistic man A man with a hidden purpose A tortured hero who is trying to heal in the only way he knows how Or is he maybe really just a straightup phychopath

Honestly, I couldnt decide if he was creepy, deranged, clinically insane, just plain fucked up or had some bizarre highly intelligent higher purpose behind everything.
but then if he did, it still wouldnt justify the horrible things he did so really ok, I have to stop myself, Literally, I can debate that in circles nearly endlessly,

Im still on the fence about him but I have to say that judging

from the sum total of what Ive seen to far, I do NOT love him.
Im leaning towards hate at this point, but with an open mind I dont know, I sense a spark of something else in him.
I think. Or, maybe thats just the part of me desperate to redeem the “hero” of my book Or maybe Im getting Stolkholm Syndrome too God.
I dont know.

He started chillingly sadistic, cruel and creepy, It almost made it worse that he was ever polite and gentlemanly, He was abrasive, brutal, violent and often irrational, He shocked me. Disgusted me. And then just when you were SURE that he was a deranged asshole who deserved to have his nuts slowly ripped off, he would show this tender, caring side of him that was impossible not to fall for

“I have spent most of my life only concerned with myself.
Im truly trying even if it does not always appear so Perhaps Im afraid of losing you, afraid you if you truly know me you will not want to stay with me.
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He had a deep rooted obsession with control with having it, keeping it, losing it, and maintain absolute power over everything and everyone in his life.


The more I read about him, the deeper the mindfuckyness went, The moment Id come within a whisper of thinking one thing that maybe I had a handle on him, hed just swing the other way.
Like. Hed go from suave to nice to creepy and sadistic to potentially understandable to downright fucking mental,

I need to show you what I mean by this here are some of my updates while reading:

Could this be A spark of sweet hopes

The fuck So unfair!!! I hope he feels FUCKING GUILTY!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WHAT SERIOUSLY! Fucking rat asshole bastard fuck shit DAMN YOU TONY RAWLINGS!!!!!!!!

huffs

grumbles why why WHY am I actually considering forgiving him now What is WRONG with me

Ooooo Im liking this insight into the real Tony.
Do I sense a whiff of actual romance perchance hopes

Waaaaaaiiiiiiittt, W H A T !
speechless, still speechless
Wohoahhhhh I did NOT see THAT coming!!! OO

Throughout the story we get alternating POVs.
Thank GOD!!!! It was just sheer relief to see that because I seriously NEEDED to get inside that mans head, Seriously. THE FUCK WAS HE THINKING

Clearly SOMETHING in his past made him unable to functional in a normal loving relationship and yet, in some ways, you see HIM begin to crack a little.
Almost as if he has reverse Stolkholm Syndrome, Against everything he believes in, despite the fact that he captured her for HIS purposes, he does begin to soften, ish. For a time I wondered if he wasnt so much a coldhearted bastard, but more of a supremely messed up individual whose need to hold complete control preceded EVERYTHING else, even his morals if, indeed he had any.
I got to a point where I no longer thought he was evil and didnt hate him, Yes, I wanted to beat the ever loving shit out of him more than once, but I didnt hate him,

And JUUUUUUUUST when I was thinking that, he pulled a totally allout SLIMY, and just plain COLD move that basically just reduced me to a violently shaking wreck.
I mean, the fucking NERVE on that guy, I mean REALLY At that point I just wanted to SLAP myself for even considering “understanding” him, To the fucking gallows with that one!!

I wavered back and forth with Claires character, I guess I both understood where she was coming from and yet really wished shed fight more, But then, I could also get why she wouldnt, I mean, I really didnt understand some of her decisions especially a lot of the ones surrounding their first meeting and then first outings together.
I mean, she had an out, She had several and yet every time I thought mayyyyyyybe shed do something, no, She didnt. But then again, okay, not everyones logic works the same way, so maybe in her mind she was doing the best/most right thing hmmm I dont know.
What I do know is that despite sometimes wanting to shake her, really, I just felt badly for her,

“She actually thought she would walk out of this twisted nightmare, However, it wasnt a nightmare, twisted or otherwise, It was reality. Her mind searched for a way to survive and escape, ”

However, despite it being told in third person, and having some insight into Tonys perspective, most of the story is told “through” Claires eyes.
And you really experience things along with her, You freak out. Feel violated. Justify. Theorize. Rationalize. Try to find a way out, Until you reach a bit of a “lull”, so to speak, of acceptance and juuuuust when you start to get comfortable, or at least, acclimatized YOINK!!

Every possible shred of her privacy is stripped away bringing everything back to HIS complete and utter control and domination of every minute facet of her life.


And everything came back to HIM, To Tony. Him. Him. Him. What he wanted. What benefited HIM. What suited him. What pleased him.

Everything, and I mean EVERYTHING is about appearances and consequences, How do things look to the outside world, Every action has a consequence, Some can be good. Some, very very VERY bad,

I have to give the author major props for this book though, It was clearly VERY well thought out, From the quotes at the beginning of the chapter, to the way everything tied in at the end just amazing!

There are these little hints that are dropped throughout the book that really nailed down the “chilling” backstory behind what was going on.


This book was long, But, it had my attention from the first page straight through till the end, There were a few parts that slowed a little due to detailed descriptions and the such but the feeling the book gives you makes you pay attention to everything and honestly, I didnt want to stop.


There were a few lulls and even a point about/of the way through where I really wasnt sure where the story was going but then as it all started to come together at the end, it really built into something I never anticipated.


Atthe events that took place just SLAMMED right into me, Id been teased, Id been toyed with, I been made to theorized, but now I KNEW, I got full. body. CHILLS. Like literally starting at my head and going down to my toes, The REALITY of the events implications meant just FLOORED me, Like HOLYYYYY SHIT. Here was my reaction:

WOAH FUCK WOAH FUCK WOAH FUCK
He didnt
He COULDNT Right
Seriously, FUUCKKKKKKKK. NONONONO.
That is just.
Too. Far.
No.
No Right
That didnt happen,
RIIIIIGGHTTTT

OO Thats it, Im gonna need therapy after this, That is for fucking sure!!!!!

For all you readers who are hesitant to start this, first of all, I encourage you all to take the plunge!!! Go for it!! If it helps to know this, this book is NOT graphic.
There is sex. There is violence. There is brutality. But none of it described at length, You get just enough details to fully understand the situation but not enough to leave you grossed out, Truly this is a MIND fuck, It messes with your brain, Makes you question everything you are thinking, feeling and experiencing, But it is not a graphically disturbing book, This is not a BDSM book, This is not a kink book, Its just extraordinarily mindfucky.

The ending is a complete cliffhanger but dont worry!!! BooksitelinkTruth is out right now and you can dive right into it when youre done this one.


Now I know you guys who have read bookall tell me to “just wait” because Ill fall in love with Tony.
At this point Im kinda just looking at you guys warily and wondering how are all yall crazy people in love with this dude Seriously Hes a freaking psychopath!!!!!

Okay.
deep breaths

I promise to reserve judgment until after sitelinkTruth,

And so, there are my final comments based on the ending of Consequences,

I now need therapy,
Ms. Romig, please expect a bill for my therapy sessions in the mail,
Tony needs a fucking padded cell,
Claire needs a hug and then a good shake,

Ok. That is all. Im going to dive right into Truth now because I just NEED to know more!!!
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