Book #22

Stolen by Lucy Christopher
229 pages
Literary Fiction i think
"It happened like this. I was stolen from an airport. Taken from everything I knew, everything I was used to. Taken to sand and heat, dirt and danger. And he expected me to love him. This is my story. A letter from nowhere." This is how the book starts. Whats really interesting is that it is written as a letter so you can see how her feelings for Ty change throughout the book. He never does anything to her and says he just wants the company but later you find out that he had a bad childhood and fears abandonment. You also find out how meticulous this guy has been, making sure he knew everything about Gemma and making certain that he had all the supplies they would ever need. At first he seems like a psycho but she starts to see a sensitive side to him and thinks that he really cares for her and wants her to be safe and happy. When she finally gets rescued she is so far into her "love" for Ty that she doesn't even see what he has done to her mentally. She finally snaps out of her Stockholm Syndrome in time to realize that Ty was a bad person and tell the real story to a judge, in front of a jury, for the whole world to hear.
This book was sooooo good I just couldn't put it down. It's chilling and scary to think about something like this happening to yourself or someone you know. It was recommended to me by Mrs. K, the librarian, and there were some others of the same nature but I can't remember anymore I'll have to ask her again.