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Stuff Your Kindle Day is yet again the culprit to me not making my way through my physical TBR pile and it is taking a toll on the never-ending growing list of books I need to read. Webb jumps right into Lily and Finn's story as Lily has been kidnapped while studying abroad and is now in a Hong Kong brothel, where Finn happens to be meeting a business associate. To no one's surprise, Finn remembers Lily from years ago, but Lily does not recognize the man before her, and she is under the impression that he is just another customer in the brothel.
Through dual perspective we are able to see Lily process what she has been through and Finn try to get her out of this horrible situation while still maintaining the mystery of why he is so interested in her. The chapters move quickly and are fairly short, which allows the plot to maintain a fast pace while not skipping over too many details.
I personally think Lily was way too trusting of Finn when they met at the brothel, especially since she was just kidnapped and no one seems to be looking for her. Finn on the other hand low-key gave some creeper vibes when he was first introduced, and I was second guessing how much I was going to root for him in this book.
There is a definitely a sense of urgency throughout the book since Lily desperately wants to be free from this brothel and get back to her life, which makes the suspense aspect of the book work well with the dilemma of her being attracted to Finn. Get free from your captors? That's the plan! Leave this mystery man behind? Now that is where Lily draws the line. Finn does a pretty good job of keeping his cool when he realizes that Lily is who he thought she was, and I would say that he is one of the more collected male leads I have seen, especially since blowing his cover would be bad for the both of them.
Finn is certainly a character, and I found him more interesting than Lily as his character development seemed to be given much more attention compared to Lily's development. For the majority of the book, Lily was just going back and forth in her mind on what she thought of Finn, whereas Finn was really doing the most to make the situation better for them.
The spicier scenes were... well... pretty much the bare minimum at best and were not entirely entertaining to read. Honestly, every time a scene would come up, it was overshadowed by Lily constantly thinking that she wanted to be out of the brothel, so it kept creeping me out that Finn was pretty much using her situation to get what he wanted. The book was so short that everything exciting pretty much happened in the last ten pages, and I only see myself going back to finish this series is if I have the time, but overall it is a quick read that makes decent filler book in between other reads.
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