Badass Bloggettes: *** BOX SET RELEASE & REVIEW *** Expose BY Drew Jordan

Expose: Crash Series, Vol 3 by Drew Jordan

Date of Publication: October 7, 2016

Blurb

The thrilling conclusion to the CRASH trilogy as told from The Stranger's point of view.

The first time I saw Laney I thought she was dead in the wreckage of that plane crash. She was still and pale, her hair tumbled around her face as she slumped slightly to the side. Like a perfect porcelain doll on a little chair, and I thought it was a waste of such a beautiful face. But then her eyes popped open and they were filled with pain and fear.

I knew that look. It was the look of every animal that has been hunted and hasn't died yet. She was the fox with her leg in the trap, and I freed her from the seat crushing her foot, picked her up and took her home.

I am the hunter. She is the prey.

No one can trap her but me, her captor, but danger is coming. I need to plan very carefully how to save Laney's sexy little ass and keep her all to myself.

She thinks she is love with me, and maybe she is. I hope she is. Because I love her too, even if I have a strange way of showing it...

All his secrets are exposed as he and Laney's erotic relationship reaches its climax in the Alaskan tundra.

For mature readers only. EXPOSE follows CRASH and HIDE- the series should be read in order for maximum enjoyment.

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Expose begins where Hide ends. This is supposed to be “the strangers” story told from his point of view, but there are still sections from Laney’s point of view. The way Laney’s point of view is dropped in confused me at first because I expect to read and learn about the stranger.

There are some revelations about the stranger and about half-way I get the feeling that I know more about Cody a.k.a. Aaron a.k.a. the stranger but it is hard to tell if truthfully if he is still hiding. At first, I cheer because I think finally I will get to the reality of these two. Then no sooner do I feel like we are getting somewhere, we drop back into confusion again. Cody isn’t a decent person. His past that is hinted at in the previous books is confirmed. Laney and the stranger are on the run now because Laney sends up so many red flags to the police and her friends. On more than one occasion I expect Cody to throw Laney under the bus and always end up surprised that he doesn’t—or does he?.

By the end of the series, I admit that Laney and the stranger are the most unusual, weird couple I’ve read. They remind me of a Bonnie and Clyde type couple in a way. They don’t work with anyone but each other and they somehow meet each other’s needs. Of course, these two don’t have the Hollywood slant, and they are never likable to me.

The conclusion isn’t satisfactory for me either; not because it isn’t a good ending. It is because I feel cheated. I expect to know the answers to all the questions, and I don’t. I want to know the stranger’s name. Is the last name used real or a new alias? I want to know more about where they are now and how they manage to get there. The few paragraphs at the end that are a glimpse of their present raise more questions than they answer.

There is a big problem in this book as there is a name change of one of the characters who has a significant impact on Laney and is an integral part of her story. It is confusing, and the first time he appears with a new name I reread the section a couple times before the light bulb went off. Fortunately, mentioning his girlfriend is the clue that helps me figure out who he is and where he fits. I’m surprised this isn’t fixed from the first release.

In summary, this is not what I consider a dark, erotic series although there are elements that are dark and erotic. For me, it is more a study of two psychopaths who find one another and try to make a romance work. The “punishments” throughout the series are often brutal and cruel although Laney appears to like the treatment but not always in a sexual way. Sometimes punishments are more a tool to teach Laney to draw on her inner strength. Like I said earlier, Crash is a fascinating series. It isn’t a typical love story.

The characters aren’t strong enough for me to care about what happens to them. I know that statement doesn’t make sense because I read these three books quickly one after another. What I’m saying is I’m not sure we are supposed to care about them. We are asked to consider there are all types of people and some come together for different reasons.

If you are looking for a long story about crazy, Crash is a good series to examine the sick and macabre.

3.5 STAMPS

About Drew Jordan

Drew Jordan has always liked the dark, mysterious, and sexy, and she wrote CRASH after a writer friend challenged her to "write without rules." She lives in Miami Beach, the opposite of snowy Alaska, a fact she is grateful for every day in January.