They call me Hero.
I defend.
I protect.
I ask for nothing in return, and that makes me good.
Doesn’t it?
That which makes me the ultimate predator also feeds dark impulses I’ve learned to control—until I bring her too close. For years I’ve watched her from afar, but what started out as duty has become obsession.
Cataline Ford
I work hard.
I play by the rules.
I’m content.
My scars are quiet and invisible, and that keeps me hidden.
Doesn’t it?
One fateful walk home, I’m taken by someone I didn’t know I should fear. Captive and afraid, nobody will tell me why I’m confined to this hauntingly beautiful mansion. I’m given everything; I have nothing. He takes what he needs from me, and for that I hate him. But I might have loved him once.
And just because you’re reading this doesn’t mean I survive him.
"Escape is now her singular obsession, the need for it all but physiological. But freedom is the only thing I can't give her, because I have an obsession of my own: her safety. Or, maybe now, just her."
HERO is a dual POV, standalone erotic novel. WARNING: meant for a mature audience due to dark themes including non- or dubious-consent.
I'm having a really hard time putting my feelings about this book into words, so bear with me. There were parts of this book that I absolutely loved, but there were also parts that I absolutely could not get on board with. It is so hard for me to quantify my feelings into a rating for that reason.
Hero is a cross between Batman and The Dark Duet by CJ Roberts. It's also got a little bit of Sci-Fi thrown in to the mix. That is what lost me the most. I just felt really strange about the entire concept. It was done really well, but it was in no way what I was expecting from reading the synopsis. Not that I think that the synopsis is in anyway misleading, it just didn't quite prepare me for what was to come.
I am a HUGE fan of Dark Romance, so that part was great for me. Leighton really delivers on this part, especially since she develops a familiarity between the characters before the kidnapping. It's not as hard to buy in to the fact that Cataline wants her captor ahead of time when we already know that she has a crush on him. I appreciate that fact because it doesn't seem as Stockholm-y that way.
Overall I really liked the story, and am glad that I read it. This is definitely a book you have to pick up for yourself and make your own decisions about. It is well written and draws you in, even when I didn't like certain aspects of the story I felt compelled to learn about the fate of the characters.
I'm not going to rate this book, because I can't. The parts that I loved I really loved, and the parts that I hated I really hated. It wouldn't be fair to rate it poorly because of a few elements, but I also wouldn't feel right giving it a high rating since there were parts that I didn't like, at all.
Leighton Del Mia lives behind large sunglasses and under massive headphones. She can usually be found behind and under these things at any Starbucks on the west coast, which is where she writes twisty books between sips of black coffee.
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