I debated whether to use this book to fulfill the Guilty Pleasure box or the Romance Novel square. Ultimately, I decided to stick with Guilty Pleasure. It also covers New York on my Road Trip.
I hate to be the person to crap all over a book, especially when I enjoyed it. That's why Guilty Pleasure is more apt for this reading selection.
If you haven't heard of it, Captivated by You is the 4th book in Sylvia Day's Crossfire Series. It focuses on the relationship of an abused billionaire, who's into S&M (sound familiar?), with an abused, unsurpassably beautiful woman. It chronicles their tumultuous relationship, the characters' broken pasts, their delinquent associates, and the struggles of being insanely rich.
The logical portion of my brain is telling me this book was not well crafted in regard to, oh man, pretty much everything. The plot line, while entertaining, is completely unrealistic, as are many of the scenarios, the characters are somewhat cliche, the vocabulary was either redundant or over-reaching, and the dialogue was often unnatural, at times verging on cheesy.
Yet I found myself entranced because, well, who doesn't like indulging in some fanciful, day-dreamy smut? The book does touch on some serious topics and you get a sense of some cohesive, methodical plot development, but I feel it falls a little short of authenticity and real "literary value". If you're looking for that in a romance novel...
Coming soon: Stiff, The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach and Unlucky 13 by James Patterson
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