Take Me with You

Nina G. Jones — 2016

I watch. I study. I prowl. I hunt. I always go in with a plan. A set of rules for myself. I don't take unnecessary risks. That's how I've been able to evade capture all these years. But there's something about this girl that is different than the others. When I finally meet her, the rules become a blur. And I break the most important one of all--I take her with me. ----- It's just my imagination--that feeling of being watched. That those icy eyes-- a vivid turquoise with a distinct golden fleck--aren't watching me. It's just stress. I am the person everyone relies on. Maybe that's why I haven't been feeling so content with my life lately. Why I dream those eyes belong to someone who can tear me away from all of my responsibilities. But these are just shameful fantasies, never meant to breach reality. Then one night, the dream comes true, only it's a horrific nightmare. Now, I only have one task: survival. 124k words. Trigger warning: If you need one, this is really not the book for you.

Reviews

Sade A@bitterblue

Jan 19, 2023

Dark erotic romance novels are basically the new YA in that every bloody thing is the same. Kidnap a girl, rape f**k her, make her fall in love with the rapist/ kidnapper anti hero. When i started this book, i felt like i was reading an upside down version of Pretty Stolen Dolls & Pretty Lost Dolls . I swear Sam was exactly like Benny except in this book Nina G. Jones worked extra damn hard to make him seem human. This is what Vesper says about Sam at a point "what i see is a face i could trust. A face that belies everything he's done. He is a person. He is someone. He is not a monster. And now that i see the whole picture of this young man, i want to know about his scars, all of them inside and out". IS THIS A JOKE??? i hate this book.. i basically hate all that this book represents. which is basically that kidnapping and rape (please let's just call it what it is, RAPE) could lead to HEA's. I'm sure some people would probably like to write Vesper off as suffering from Stockholm Syndrome but i honestly think the writer goes through pains to show us Vesper was in her right frame of mind and the spotlight is basically on how society would react if they found out. She writes that Vesper does struggle with stockholm syndrome this choice but in the end, i'm just going to let Vesper tell it to you "I make this decision at the moment not to be a victim...The very first night he gave me a choice and now i'm making another...This can't be wrong. The way i feel like i belong here..I feel like i'm home again" This author thinks she can write twisted shit like this, put up a trigger warning saying "If you need one, this is really not the book for you" so somehow you're left thinking "i can't really complain right? she did put a trigger warning. You do not get to write about rape and kidnapping like this and dress it up as something neat . You most certainly do not get to sweep it under this blanket called Love and somehow think will be hunky dory. You do not get to tell me this crap "Love isn't flowers or poetry" and somehow think you're safe from being called out because you put a trigger warning at the end.

Sophie Page@sophieemma

Mar 2, 2022

dnf - tried my hardest but had to give up after three attempts.

Mallory Mayfield@malmayfield18

Sep 1, 2023

Vesselina@vkolova

Dec 22, 2022

Wren Elliott @wren

Oct 9, 2022

Samantha Emery@samj

Oct 17, 2021