Captivated by You

Crossfire, Book 4

De: Sylvia Day

Narrado por: Jill Redfield, Jeremy York

Gideon calls me his angel, but he's the miracle in my life. My gorgeous, wounded warrior, so determined to slay my demons while refusing to face his own.

The vows we'd exchanged should have bound us tighter than blood and flesh. Instead they opened old wounds, exposed pain and insecurities, and lured bitter enemies out of the shadows. I felt him slipping from my grasp, my greatest fears becoming my reality, my love tested in ways I wasn't sure I was strong enough to bear.

At the brightest time in our lives, the darkness of his past encroached and threatened everything we'd worked so hard for. We faced a terrible choice: the familiar safety of the lives we'd had before each other or the fight for a future that suddenly seemed an impossible and hopeless dream...

©2014 Sylvia Day (P)2014 Brilliance Audio, all rights reserved.

Rollercoaster Ride

I am unsure on how to rate this book. I really liked the book but I am emotionally drained from listening to it. I was so invested in the characters and the story line and the hits kept on coming. I am trying to be objective considering the fact that it is the 4th in a 5 book series so I knew there would be no satisfaction at the end.
The books spans over a 3 week period in their relationship so it can't be resolved. If you understand the process of healing from sexual abuse you will get what she was getting at. She needed to develop that side of Gideon POV and that process is emotional and difficult to get through. Having said that, the Brett Kline thing was disappointing and I wish it would have been left out.
If you are invested in this series , you will enjoy this book but please be prepared for the roller coaster ride and understand that is purely character development and no significant advances in the storyline.
So in a direct appeal to Silvia Day. If you are at all reading your reviews. Thank you for showing the male perspective of a sexual abuse survivor and the consequences if you have not dealt with it. But please ........... for book # 5 let them both find their strength and claim their life. Finish their story line where it was worth for us to invest 3 years into this series. Skip the cookie cutter way out and span it over a few years not just weeks. If there ever was an extensive Happy Ending needed it would be in this series. Considering the time investment of the readers. I sincerely hope to see "One with you"published within a few months. Not years!!

The dual narration by Jill Redfield , Jeremy York was good. But Jill Redfield was so good with the delivery of the series I felt the added narrator was unnecessary.

Partially Captivated

What made the experience of listening to Captivated by You the most enjoyable?

The love story between Ava and Gideon

What did you like best about this story?

I liked gettign both Gideon and Ava's perspective on this tumultuous relationship.

Have you listened to any of Jill Redfield and Jeremy York ’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

Yes I agree with other readers that Jill Redfield is so good should could have done the hold thing without Jeremy York. But the complimented each other well.

Good Captive

"This review contains spoiler's read at your own risk." I love this series and I love this couple, but this book was an overload of emotions for me. Eva and Gideon are secretly married and no one is happy that they are even together. People are coming after Gideon by trying to hurt Eva. First there is Bret Kline who wants Eva and wants to use her to further his music career along with Gideon's brother Christopher, thinking that all she wants is his money along with his mother who is a piece of work in her own right "don't they know she has her own". This book was a lot more emotional then the other three and yes the sex scenes where hot as always with this couple which made me wonder why Ms. Day took it this way. The book did put to rest the mystery of Nathan's bracelet. I wanted to slap Carey he seemed to needy and if I were Trey I would leave his ass. The women in Gideon's past just won't let it go first Carrine she lost a baby and her husband and she still doesn't want to let him go "girl get a grip" he's gone. Ann Lucas what does she want "Gideon" she has a husband and her brother was his abuser and yes I know that he used her. One of the most emotional moments was after Eva told Gideon's stepfather what happened and he believed her after he confronted his wife and Dr. Lucas I thought that Sylvia handled this scene very well the emotions were so raw and Gideon's response to it made me glad that I listened to this on audio. This book was very well written "read" and I really liked the voice of the narrator of Gideon. I love this series, but I felt that this book should have wrapped up and ended and I am hoping that it doesn't take a year for the next book to come out.

Love it

I loved the series, it was similar to 59 shades but different also, and now that the strike is over I’m hoping that Ms Day will negotiate a mini series on Netflix or something, Narration was excellent, and now on to the next one.

My absolute favorite book set

the journey with ava and Gideon feels real and captures you in their moments like their your own