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Marks of Rebellion by Maggie Cole
4.0
I have to say this series gets better and better. I read the Depths of Destruction (Andre and Naomi's POV) and, it was good. We got Naomi's take on the goings-on in her country, Belize, that brought all of them together. Maggie Cole is playing this out perfectly with this series--Marks of Rebellion is Hunter and Vanessa's story. Once again, the same circumstances but from Hunter and Vanessa's POV. With that POV, we get more of the underlying plot of the story revealed.
Vanessa's story is a hard one to read. The brutality inflicted upon her before her meeting Hunter is tough. You empathize with Hunter and Vanessa as they try to help her through the anxiety and panic attacks. What Vanessa continues to go through in their story is necessary for the plot but brutal; the things Hunter does to let her know he's there are tender and poignant.
In this series, each novel removes layers of the central plot that I am sure is building to a major payoff in the last book. So far, the two stories we have gotten have told us just enough about the other characters to create interest. I have enjoyed the first two books in this series, and I look forward to the next. I will warn, the evil men in these books brutalize these women. For some, this might be too much, but it is not gratuitous; it fits the overall storyline of this suspenseful series.
Vanessa's story is a hard one to read. The brutality inflicted upon her before her meeting Hunter is tough. You empathize with Hunter and Vanessa as they try to help her through the anxiety and panic attacks. What Vanessa continues to go through in their story is necessary for the plot but brutal; the things Hunter does to let her know he's there are tender and poignant.
In this series, each novel removes layers of the central plot that I am sure is building to a major payoff in the last book. So far, the two stories we have gotten have told us just enough about the other characters to create interest. I have enjoyed the first two books in this series, and I look forward to the next. I will warn, the evil men in these books brutalize these women. For some, this might be too much, but it is not gratuitous; it fits the overall storyline of this suspenseful series.