Reviews
4/5 I surprisingly liked it. This is the first book in a series of six books centered around one couple - Darius and Gray. I'd say it's more of an action with romance than an romance with action, but it's the first book so we can't jump right into them falling in love at the end because that would honestly be boring. There’s some heavy stuff in the book such as: human trafficking, drugs, death, SA, abuse, fucked up torture methods, and kidnapping. The book jumps right into the action, where Gray is being kidnapped by human trafficking organization. The story is told from Gray's point of view, so we can witness what he has to went through to finally be transported with the other boys to the luxury yacht where all the action takes place and where he meets Darius. I don't want to write spoilers here, but the plot mainly evolves around Darius trying to save Gray and bring him home, which unfortunately isn't that easy and they have to go through a lot of complications. As I said the romance isn’t the main interest here (the rest of the books I heard has more of it obvs), plus Darius is straight, or at least he think he is, but we can already see that he is becoming soft for Gray. There is one scene between them, the intimate one, but it’s a slow burn so you have to be patient. “You realize we’re cuddling, right?” Gray smiled to himself and scratched lightly at Darius’s chest. “Mm. Big fan.” He hummed and ducked his head to burrow his face into the crook of Gray’s neck. And that felt…even better." I also like the main characters, Gray, who, despite difficult conditions, does not give up and tries to help other boys save them, and Darius? Uhu I definitely like him. He is older than Gray (he is forty one, Gray twenty one), but I have daddy issues and like older men so it obviously not a problem. He has a hot lumberjack vibes, is six-four, is a former private military contractor, doesn’t want any attachment (Yet), will do anything to protect Gray and calls him knucklehead. So yeah, I will definitely continue the series.
