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Sadly this book did nothing for me, The story was just too slow for for my liking.
I felt like nothing really happened until the end, The characters were easily forgettable and we did not learn anything about them really, There was a whole BDSM part thrown in that i felt was just a little weird, for me the book was just one giant rescue mission that just did not hit the spot, : I received a free copy of this book to read and review for Wicked Reads,
The blurb for Scorned and Abandoned is what pulled me in, I love a good suspense filled read, I'm sad to say though this was a hard book to finish, There is a lot going on, so many characters voices being heard, Very slow build up. I don't know if these is going to be a series, but many questions/situations left unresolved, I really wanted to like it, but it didn't have that pulling power that I needed, Unfortunately this one was a miss for me,
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The plot of this book is interesting, Andrews Security is an elite security company hired to protect Ethan Tameron, the teenage son of a business executive, while he is away at a soccer camp.
When Ethan and his agent never arrive at camp, the search for the two missing men begins, A day later, the agent is found beaten, tortured, and left on deaths doorstep, Later that day, a video email arrives warning the father not to bring in the police, Over the next few days, more video emails appear threatening to sell the son as a sex slave,
Aaron is shy and awkward
around most people and he tends to be somewhat of a loner, When Ethan is kidnapped, Aarons knowledge about the BDSM scene is called upon to help track down when and where he will be sold, Teaming up with Declan, they go undercover to track down the kidnappers,
While the plot was interesting, the writing was tedious at times, In the first chapter, over a half dozen characters are thrown at readers, While I am a fan of secondary characters in books, secondary characters should play a secondary role rather than each of them having their own point of view.
Throughout the book it seemed as if there were many main characters, yet we never really connect with any of them, It was almost as if it were written like a screenplay for a television show where you get bits and pieces from multiple characters, but there isnt any real star of the show.
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The plot was okay, but this was just basically a rescue mission, The description implies there might be some sort of romantic involvement between Declan and Aaron, but there really wasn't, I'd barely even consider them as main characters as there was SOOO much POV change, I didn't feel emotionally involved with any of the characters, And someone needs to edit the story, for quotation marks especially because there are so many of them missing,
Ethan Tameron, the son of a world renowned inventor, had it all, He had graduated high school at the top of his class, was a star soccer player, had just moved to London to join his parents after his father's transfer and was accepted to a prestigious university in England.
New to the country, adapting to a personal security guard from Andrews Security, en route to his first UK soccer camp his life was fantastic! Until a deranged kidnapper decided to sell Ethan as a sex slave.
In lieu of a ransom note, an email with a video showed Ethan naked, held in chains, and being trained to service his new master.
His captor made it clear that Ethan would be auctioned off to the highest bidder,
Aaron Jaycynth, an IT specialist for Andrews security, found himself tasked with finding Ethan's captor, His only lead the email sent to Ethan's father, Desperate for help, Aaron is teamed up with Declan Kinersley, from MI, They need answers. Why was Ethan's kidnapper so determined to sell him as a sex slave Was he working alone or was this part of a bigger kidnapping ring, one that had eluded MIfor years
Aaron, a shy young man, finds himself pulled into the underbelly of the leather, BDSM playground as he tries to find Ethan before the ticking clock runs down.
When asked why he writes under a pseudonym, he explains it this way, My birth name was John Charles, but shortly after I was brought home, my parents changed it to Larry.
I never got the real reason and I still have that original birth certificate, When he decided to write and publish, he chose to use his birth name John Charles, As a youngster, he had trouble reading, While in college, he learned that he had a form of dyslexia, When he was taught how to overcome the issues it caused, a new world opened for him, He now reads constantly. John loves to read M/M mystery romance as well as action / adventure novels, He can be found with his Kindle or iPad in his hands most of the time, He spent years in the technology industry and found himsel When asked why he writes under a pseudonym, he explains it this way, "My birth name was John Charles, but shortly after I was brought home, my parents changed it to Larry.
I never got the real reason and I still have that original birth certificate, " When he decided to write and publish, he chose to use his birth name John Charles, As a youngster, he had trouble reading, While in college, he learned that he had a form of dyslexia, When he was taught how to overcome the issues it caused, a new world opened for him, He now reads constantly. John loves to read M/M mystery romance as well as action / adventure novels, He can be found with his Kindle or iPad in his hands most of the time, He spent years in the technology industry and found himself immersed in writing marketing brochures, and technical and operations manuals, Writing fiction was not his lifelong dream, but emerged after his youngest went off to college, The writing bug stuck and now he writes every day, Being single and living at the beach in southern Delaware has its benefits, too, You can frequently find him walking along the water's edge before the rest of the tourists and vacationers have awakened, He says that the secluded beach time is most precious, The plots in his novels come from real life situations, "I have always believed that real life is interesting than anything a person could make up, I listen, keep my eyes open, and let the world give me the ideas that make my stories believable and interesting, ""I find myself enjoying writing than anything I've ever done in my life, "John's website is sitelink get a free book, sign up for his newsletter at: sitelink In his newsletter and blog, John reviews many of the books he reads.
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