leanj's Reviews > Savaged

My heart hasn't stopped pounding since I've finished this book. I have no words to describe how beautiful this was. I didnt expect a story like this — suspense drama with romance, to come from Mia Sheridan but she did an spectacular job when she wrote this.

This is a must read if you love heart pounding romantic suspense and intense drama books. The story follows an investigation of two murders that lead to more deaths getting uncovered, and of Jak — the little boy left to fend for himself in the forest, very harsh for him because he was only 8 when he was forced to live miles away from civilization (oh, Jak, there have not been a single moment where my heart didnt cried out for him. he was just a boy, and im crying again!!) to the man he's become and what his ties to the aforementioned murders were. This book is a journey of a little boy, abandoned, a savage trying to survive to him finding his answers in the end.

I am in deep, deep awe with this stunning masterpiece of a work by Sheridan. The whole time I was reading this felt like I was watching it on my TV instead of reading it on my kindle. You know you got a great book in front of you if such reaction like this could pull words from book to motion pictures in your mind. I wasn't just reading the experience, it felt like I was watching it. That's how well-written this book was.

I loved Jak/Lucas love story with Harper. They really are meant to be. I loved that sense of found family they got with Agent Gallagher and his wife, Laurie. I loved the mystery part of this book, it's what kept me going from page to page to page reading this. I also kind of hated but loved that this book made me cry so many times — it's Jak's gnawing loneliness and hunger, of him trying to make sense of civilization for the first time in like 2 decades. It was pure agonizing, heartbreak for me reading this little boy fending off for himself to the man he came to be, rediscovering the world outside the forest he lived in for so long.

I 100% recommend this book to anyone who is keen on reading a book WITH SUBSTANCE. Because Savaged by Mia Sheridan is it.