Consequences: Book 1 of the Consequences Series

I purchased the whole box set and I am so far amazed at the story. I promise not to give any spoilers but BOY OH BOY this is not what I expected! I have only finished the 1st book but was so amazed by the story line that I needed to give this book a reviewThe whole book is based on mindsets (his and hers) so if you are looking for erotica this is not the book for you, It is not an Alpha Male meets poor pretty girl and they fall in love after having lots and lots of amazing sex and then live happily ever after, nor is is a book like One Day where they meet, fall in love but do not tell each other and then one dies. This book is different, original and a compulsive read!I cried, I laughed (albeit not a lot), I wished and hoped and screamed and at the end of the book rubbed my hands together and cheered!I finished book 1 an hour ago and have already started book 2!!!!!!Book 1 is free at the moment so I suggest you grab a copy, find a cosy corner and start reading. This may not be a book for all but it is a book for me!

I was so disappointed by the time i finished this book. In the beginning I loved it, was 100% sure it was a 5 star review and already started looking at other books by the author. I was gripped, I could visualise the characters etc... this was for the first 30% of the book. Then it just went down hill and got worse and worse. By 70%, i really considered just stopping reading, but then some reviews said the end was great so i persevered. But i have to be honest, I did end up skimming a few pages where it was obviously the same repeated stuff again. Unfortunately I wasn't that impressed with the ending. It was a twist I didn't guess at the start, but i just kind of felt like 'so what?'.Here's my major gripes with the book - the word "compartmentalize" is repeated so much in the second half of the book that i literally wanted to chuck my kindle at the wall every time the author repeated it. You are also constantly updated on the villains ever colour changing eyes. There was no reason to go on about it THAT much.Also, and this may be kind of a little bit spoiler-ish so apologies, but - I wanted to read a thriller book. Something that scared and chilled me. But after the first 30% of this book, I suddenly just felt like i was reading fifty shades of grey or something (ive never read it, but from what i hear, i imagine it's similar). I just found it frustrating and annoying.By the end of it, I felt nothing for the victim either. It's a shame.Anyway, I've given it 3 stars because the first 30% was worth 5 stars to me, the second and third part were worth 2 stars, so I've evened it out!

The abuse was dragged out and described for no scenaristical reason I could see. As recommended in someone else's review once I got tired of the repetitivity of Claire's though "I hate him"=>"Oh he's nice"=>He hurts her=>I hate him=>but he's being nice...etc I skipped over to 90%. I understand that we were meant to be in the mind of a mentally and physically abused woman most of the time, but nothing required such extensive description and repetition.Furthermore, the writing style did not manage to make me connect to the characters at all, and as mentionned in other comments this book could have been much shorter and have the same impact.I understand that this book discusses quite dark subjects, but the way they were handled did not engage me with the storyOverall, I would not recommend this book to anyone.

I really enjoyed this book, Consequences. The story was gripping from the start and continued to keep you guessing. I felt for both Claire and Anthony and really felt like I was experiencing the confusion that Claire was feeling. My only issue was that some parts that were based in specific locations dragged on a bit with the descriptions of the areas. Found myself skimming over those bits. But overall a great book, looking forward to getting stuck into the second one.

With this being the first segment, it did hold my interest for the better part of the story. When Claire was incarcerated fairly early in the story-line, the reader had to read on to uncover the reasons for the bizarre behaviour of the man who seized control of her life. The unveiling of the motivation behind what was happening did keep me reading to the end. But not much happened until the last quarter of 'Consequences' - other than the shocking mistreatment of a young woman by a disturbed man with violent tendencies. There were pages and pages of the 'good living' that was supposed to be a trade-off for the heroine. In return for her subservience to the psychotic 'hero' - who by the way, remained the villain to the end, at least as far as this reader was concerned, the subjugated woman was allowed to embark on some endless rounds of shopping for beautiful clothes. Then there were the trips to Europe, the pampered lifestyle - in between further mistreatment from her abductor.The tenseness with which the story had first started only picked up towards the close of the narrative - not enough to make this into a contender as a 'thriller'. As for the 'romance' - no way would I be able to view him as the 'hero' who had carried the lady off into the sunset - not in this first part of their interaction and not even at the end of it in the third segment 'Convicted'. I had already downloaded all three instalments on my Kindle, so had to make myself stay the course to the end.Throughout the story, the usage of the word 'prevailed' out of its proper context as well as the misuse of other terms of expressions turned what could have been at least an acceptable read into one that was aggravating. The writing did not flow well, In many places it was verbose and cringing. Not a keeper.