A review by chroniclesofabookreader
Claimed by Elle Kennedy
4.0
**4.5 Stars**
A wildly sexy, and darker look into a world that's very different than ours. Ms. Kennedy takes the harshness of a communistic new world and weaves a love story inside of it. A love story of two people on different sides of the line; one out for revenge, and one out for freedom.
Hudson is running for her freedom and away from everything she's ever known. Outside of the city for the first time, she's forced to rely on what little training she has to stay alive. Outlaws and bandits are both protecting their own or fighting for what others have in the bleakness that surrounds them. People that have been forced to hide away for just wanting to be free. There she'll run across Connor with his friends, and having seen their ability to defend, asks for their protection. Hudson was both naive and strong-headed. She's thrust into something she knows nothing about and yet she continues to adapt and fight for what she believes. She's a fighter in every sense of the world; she won't go back to the city, and she won't take no for an answer from Connor.
Connor has never lived in the city. He's only known the destruction and death that can be experienced on the outside. He's lost the things he holds closest to his heart leaving him closed-off, and defensive. Having grown his party to a few men that he protects as they protect him, he's not willing to chance what they have by adding another member. Especially another member who is as addictive and alluring as Hudson. He doesn't trust her, can see that she's not telling them everything, but the effect she has on him is too hard to resist. His heart will break open for this woman, and for the first time he'll be able to just let go.
CLAIMED is highly erotic. In a take-what-you-can-while-you-can world, Hudson will transform sexually into something that rivals her fierceness for survival. With intricate world-building along with a sexy, sweet love story, Ms. Kennedy creates a fascinating apocalyptic-like story. A well-written romance that features many enjoyable characters (that'll leave you wanting their books, too), and a great romance between Hudson and Connor. I can't wait to see where this rag-tag team of misfits will go further into the series.
**Received an early copy in exchange for an honest opinion**
A wildly sexy, and darker look into a world that's very different than ours. Ms. Kennedy takes the harshness of a communistic new world and weaves a love story inside of it. A love story of two people on different sides of the line; one out for revenge, and one out for freedom.
Hudson is running for her freedom and away from everything she's ever known. Outside of the city for the first time, she's forced to rely on what little training she has to stay alive. Outlaws and bandits are both protecting their own or fighting for what others have in the bleakness that surrounds them. People that have been forced to hide away for just wanting to be free. There she'll run across Connor with his friends, and having seen their ability to defend, asks for their protection. Hudson was both naive and strong-headed. She's thrust into something she knows nothing about and yet she continues to adapt and fight for what she believes. She's a fighter in every sense of the world; she won't go back to the city, and she won't take no for an answer from Connor.
Connor has never lived in the city. He's only known the destruction and death that can be experienced on the outside. He's lost the things he holds closest to his heart leaving him closed-off, and defensive. Having grown his party to a few men that he protects as they protect him, he's not willing to chance what they have by adding another member. Especially another member who is as addictive and alluring as Hudson. He doesn't trust her, can see that she's not telling them everything, but the effect she has on him is too hard to resist. His heart will break open for this woman, and for the first time he'll be able to just let go.
CLAIMED is highly erotic. In a take-what-you-can-while-you-can world, Hudson will transform sexually into something that rivals her fierceness for survival. With intricate world-building along with a sexy, sweet love story, Ms. Kennedy creates a fascinating apocalyptic-like story. A well-written romance that features many enjoyable characters (that'll leave you wanting their books, too), and a great romance between Hudson and Connor. I can't wait to see where this rag-tag team of misfits will go further into the series.
**Received an early copy in exchange for an honest opinion**