Take Me With You by Nine G. Jones

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Synopsis:
I watch.
I study.
I prowl.
I hunt.

I always go in with a plan. A set of rules for myself. I don’t take unnecessary risks. That’s how I’ve been able to evade capture all these years.

But there’s something about this girl that is different than the others. When I finally meet her, the rules become a blur. And I break the most important one of all—I take her with me.

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It’s just my imagination—that feeling of being watched. That those icy eyes— a vivid turquoise with a distinct golden fleck—aren’t watching me.

It’s just stress. I am the person everyone relies on. Maybe that’s why I haven’t been feeling so content with my life lately. Why I dream those eyes belong to someone who can tear me away from all of my responsibilities.

But these are just shameful fantasies, never meant to breach reality.

Then one night, the dream comes true, only it’s a horrific nightmare.

Now, I only have one task: survival.

This book was amazing! It was incredibly dark in the best way! I liked each of the main characters in different ways. Vesper was a strong, self sufficient woman who did her best to be a good person to everyone in her life. I thought that the author did a good job of showing the changes that she went through due to the hand that she was dealt. She was conflicted at every turn and her mind fractured because of it. I feel the need to explain why I liked Sam as a character. The author did such a good job of building his backstory and writing his point of view that I was able to sympathize with him. He did not have an easy life and coped with it in a destructive way that was not what I would call healthy. I liked getting to peer into his mind in order to understand his way of thinking and what made him the way that he was.

The book was pretty graphic but I didn't mind because it needed to be that way in order for the book to work. Sam is who he is and he doesn't apologize for that. He doesn't necessarily change and graphic nature of his actions make that clear. I'm not sure how I felt about the ending considering I felt guilty for being happy about how things turned out. I'm not sure that another ending would have made sense. It is clear where both characters end up mentally at the end and who is the victor after the epic struggle.