The side stories-Megumi, Mark & Steven, Carey, and Gideon’s exes-seemed superficial and really had no resolution, no change in the way things were happening. I don’t get the motivation to not work through his issues, especially when it means he can’t sleep in bed with Eva-supposedly the love of his life, the one that makes him whole. Especially when he has something to strive for-being the man he wants to be for Eva. But a billionaire should get his act together and work through his issues. Hell, life hasn’t been picture-perfect for anyone. The character seemed even more whiny than in the previous book. Eva and Gideon-especially Gideon-irritated the hell out of me by the end of the book. The plot arc was minimally progressed, and I felt that the words were gratuitous-that I had four hours of my life that I’d never get back. What annoyed me: the story really went nowhere. I liked seeing Eva continue to be kick-ass, for the most part. I liked revisiting the supporting characters. What I liked: I liked seeing Eva and Gideon again. There wasn’t that much plot happening and wasn’t a lot of development that happened with the characters to warrant 350-plus pages. To be honest, I think that this entire book could have been done in 100 pages or less. However, the only reason I finished this title was in the hope that there’d be a big reveal at the end that would keep me entrenched in the series. I wanted to really like this book, and that especially holds true for Captivated by You. With that said, I’m breaking up with the Crossfire series, which kills my slightly obsessive-compulsive need to finish something I’ve started.

Unless something happens that really irritates me. Once I start a series, I read it through until the end.

I knew what I was getting into when I chose to read Captivated by You by Sylvia Day.