She has feelings for Caleb that have her questioning if she is of sound mind. This man will test you, and he will test you BIG time, but his tender times with Livvie will hit you deep in your heart and it is at these times when you feel, when you hope, that there is goodness and perhaps love somewhere in this man. How could I, after what he had done and was still prepared to do, feel so much love and compassion for him? What was it about this man that drew me to him? Oh trust me, there were times when I wanted to knife him through the heart. I was still questioning my sanity over my feelings for this man. I hated him because I loved him, when really I should have despised him. I have to admit to having strong feelings for Caleb when reading Captive in the Dark (The Dark Duet #1). He is hell-bent on his revenge and willing to sacrifice Livvie (Kitten) into slavery just to ensure his task is carried out. “She kisses my scars and I create new ones for her.”Ĭaleb is still the broken “monster” we met in Captive in the Dark. It was nothing short of brilliant how this story was pieced together. The reader is taken from the time Livvie is captured and from there she recounts how her predicament evolved and how Caleb and the others played a part in her story. She is a storyteller who certainly doesn’t shy away from what she feels needs to be told, even if, at times, this makes the reader uncomfortable and takes them to a place they thought they could never go. How she crafted this story and brought it all together left me in total awe. Reading this book I felt that CJ must be one of the most talented writers I’ve ever read. Because I’ve broken you down and built you back up to believe it. “I’ve been doing this a long time- manipulating people to get my way. My chest ached, my stomach was in knots and more than once I felt physically sick with the anticipation of what was about to happen. There were times I thought I couldn’t go on and my resolve was sorely tested.

This was definitely one of the most gut-wrenchingly difficult, raw, brutal, thought provoking and emotional reads I have ever sat through.

Seduced in the dark by cj roberts