“it might have started out that you were my captive, but now i’m yours.” 

who knew kidnapping worked not only in mafia romance but in a mc setting too? what a mindfuck of a book, pun intended. the way psychology played into the story, both in the female lead's inner monologue and how she approached the relationship with her kidnapper, was nothing short of genius. this fed my criminology inclined academic brain, stimulating me both physically and mentally. i wanted to hate the mmc so bad, and i did, but i also could relate to him. everything is foreshadowing when you have trust issues, which is how i guessed the plot twist in the previous book. but as intrinsically different these two were, where it matter they complemented the other. neither was broken or in need of saving, but they added together in a perfect union. king truly became his namesake when he embraced his queen.