Taken by Jessa Fox Publisher: Self-Published on January 1, 2016
Genres: Erotica
Pages: Novella
Format: eBook
Source: Review Request
Purchase: Amazon
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Since the moment Chase and Evan spotted Shay, they knew they had to have her. They are best friends, closer, brothers really. They do everything together including women, and they always get what they want.
Once they set their plan she doesn’t stand a chance. She will be theirs, point blank. Period.
There’s no way she’s getting away from what they have in store, and whether she likes it or not, she will be owned by them both.
At A Glance
Soooo much bad writing.
The Good
Since I am all about the M/M/F dynamic, the blurb totally caught my attention. Then I read the book and everything went downhill.
The Bad
The writing was really, really bad. Every fifth word was ‘and then.’ It drove me crazy. Here is my exaggerated but pretty close version of the book’s writing: He took off his shirt, and then he dropped it on the floor, and then he looked at me, and then he flexed his muscles, and then I was scared. Just horrible.
I only finished this novella because it was short so I thought ‘what the hell.’ I still regret it. There was barely a story and almost no plot. Just a fantasy being played out in a very uncomfortable/rapey way then a corny ending.
The Snuggly
I’m having problems deciding how I want to use the flames rating (I will be writing a post about it). For me it’s more for how sexual the book was, not how much I liked the sex. Because I did not like the sex in Taken. The first half was pretty rapey and the bad writing made it unbearable. Super detailed though.
Final Thoughts
Do not even read this book for the sex because it sucked. With almost no plot and horrible writing, I can’t thing of anything I liked about this book except the fact that I love the thought of two men and one woman doing the dirty. No recommended.
Quotes
“Listen please. I have people who will be looking for me, wondering where I am.”
“None of that matter snow, your ours for the taking, to do whatever we want with, so you may as well sit back, relax and enjoy it.” The blonde one whose name I deduced was Chase calmly stated.
kindlemom1
Oh dear, this sounds like a huge mess. Sorry it didn’t work out for you and was not at all what you were hoping it would be.
Jennifer (Bad Bird Reads)
Yeah, the whole thing was a mess.
Melissa (Books and Things)
Yea, not for me. I especially don’t care for the rapey parts. Will pass on this one. Brilly review.
Jennifer (Bad Bird Reads)
Good call!
Nathan
This sounds like a horrible book. Even if M/M/F might sound dirty and fun the rapey aspect completely ruins it. That and bad writing. I will avoid it. There are lots of good well written books, even naughty ones out there, I am sure.
Jennifer (Bad Bird Reads)
I still can’t believe how much I hated it.
Let's Get Beyond Tolerance
Oh gosh, this does not sound good! That sucks that the writing was so bad, but that it also bordered a little too close to rape than actually being consensual and sexy.
-Lauren
Jennifer (Bad Bird Reads)
The writing was just so freaking atrocious!
Lekeisha
I feel so bad for you. No one should read stuff like this. Ppl think that saying not everyone is cut out to be a writer, is being harsh. It’s not. I truly feel like self publishing makes everyone want to write a story. It’s writing like this that makes me mad. Sorry this sucked.
Jennifer (Bad Bird Reads)
I know, I hate saying anything bad about the author but this writing was garbage.
Braine
Bwahahaha!
I bet you this author didn’t hire a human editor. I bet the author bought some software and did it herself. #andthen
Jennifer (Bad Bird Reads)
That’s what I am thinking. Even with a real editor, this book would be covered in RED marks!
Kristin
HaHaHaHa I can’t even handle your “and then” in the damn review. That would drive me nuts! Damn, that sucks that you wasted time on this. Ugh. I just finished reading a book that while it was clearly better written than this one, it was still lacking and had me rolling my eyes at it all.
I say for the month of April EVERY review you do has an #AndThen in it somewhere 😉 LoL
Jennifer (Bad Bird Reads)
LOL, lets start the trend!!!!
Christy LoveOfBooks
Hahaha … oh lordy. Isn’t there some character on a show or cartoon that does the whole “and then …” thing? That’s going to bug me. Funny as hell though.
Jennifer (Bad Bird Reads)
Yessss! I was thinking about that but I could not figure the show out. Was it Mad TV?
Christy LoveOfBooks
I just remembered! Dude, Where’s My Car – lol!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqwzuiSy9y0&nohtml5=False
I think the Asian nail lady on Mad TV did it too.
Jennifer (Bad Bird Reads)
LOL, yesssss!. So awesome.
melliane
Oh I’m sorry to hear that it was that disappointing…
Jennifer (Bad Bird Reads)
🙁 Sucks.
Tanya @ Rantings of a Reading Addict
Good thing it was a novella huh? Good going sticking in and finishing! I don’t think I could have!
Jennifer (Bad Bird Reads)
I know, I didn’t waste too much time.
Brandi Breathes Books
Oh man, so sorry to hear this wasn’t what you were hoping on
Jennifer (Bad Bird Reads)
Thanks.
anna@herding cats & burning soup
And this is why I don’t trust Amazon reviews. It got two 4s and two 3s. Yikes!
Jennifer (Bad Bird Reads)
I know!!! I am still shocked at the star ratings for this one.
Jaclyn Canada
It sounds terrible. The ‘and then’ speaks so much to the writing. I wouldn’t have been able to finish it. Sorry this one sucked.
Jennifer (Bad Bird Reads)
Even for a novella I wanted to bash my head in having to finish this one.