Captivate - Carrie Jones

Captivate by Carrie Jones
Date Released: January 5th 2010
Publisher: Bloomsbury USA
Pages: 273 pages
Format:  Hardcover
Source: Borders

Summary

Zara and her friends knew they hadn't solved the pixie problem for good. Far from it. The king's needs grow deeper every day he's stuck in captivity, while his control over his people gets weaker. It's made him vulnerable. And now there's a new king in town.

A turf war is imminent, since the new pixie king, Astley, is moving in quickly. Nick nearly killed him in the woods on day one, but Zara came to his rescue. Astley swears that he and Zara are destined to be together, that he's one of the good guys. Nick isn't buying it, though Zara isn't as sure -- despite herself, she wants to trust the new king. But it's a lot more than her relationship with Nick that is at stake. It's her life -- and his.

My Review:

I can Honestly say that I enjoyed this book more that Need. Why? Carrie Jones – Author of the Need Series – was fearless with this book. I mean, she took things to a whole new level, doing things that – like I said in a past review – leave me like this: She’s never gonna do it. Nope. No way. Never. Wait…. Oh My God she wouldn’t. She Can’t. OH MY GOD SHE’S DOING IT!. OMG!!. OH MY G-…. She did it.

But maybe I’m going way ahead. So, things seem to be finally normal and Zara and Nick have and awesome relationship and stuff, Zara’s friends – Is, Devin, Betty, etc. – just seem very sparkly to me, cute characters and everything nice and shiny. And then there’s Astley. Recently introduced to the story… things start to shaken up a bit, and the first OMG comes… and BOY, it’s a serous OH MY GOD!!!... really, ZOmygod… I’ve you’ve read the book you’ll know what I mean, if not… I’ll give you a clue. It has something to do with a character whose name starts with an N… and ends with ick…  It was SUPPER shocking… but not as shocking as what came next…

A few stuff happens, including an obsessed Zara, serious decision, and Astley creeping into Zara’s life. There’s a HUGE problem in Zara’s life – obviously – and things with the Pixies are starting to get complicated, with the other King locked up, others are interest in ruling his territory, and they are not all good kings… So Astley offers a solution, to make Zara his queen and fight together… and I mean together together…

And shocking decision number two happens. And OH. MY. FREXING. GOD. I LOVE Zara… and Carrie Jones…

By the end of the book I had completely forgotten ‘bout Nick – almost didn’t care ‘bout him really - and had fallen in love with Astley. Long story short: I’ve been completely captivated by this book.

Seriously, one of those rare cases where the sequel is actually better than the first one.

Like they say… First I discovered the Need… then I was Captivated… now I’m ready to be Enticed… -To be continue xD!.

"Loving you is a full-time job. It's a great job, don't get me wrong. It's the best job in the universe. But it's not easy"

"A pixie's true skin color is blue. Cookie Monster, Grover, and other lovable Muppets are also blue. Do not confuse the two. Muppets don't kill you. Usually"

"He's going macho again," Dev says, totally nonchalantly, while he unlocks the door.
"He's always going macho," Is adds. "It must be the wolf thing."
"I am not going macho. I am always macho," Nick says.