Disregard all of the entanglements that kept this book from the public eye for far too long and just let the conclusion to Lucas and Sienna’s story consume your world for a few hours. The story opens up in the exact moment that Sienna watches the music video and Lucas arrives to make amends. From there, after a two night sex fest tucked away in the Tennessee mountains, their story continues and Sienna joins Lucas on tour. The set up is rather obvious because Sienna is going to have to contend with Lucas’ demons and Lucas is going to have to reveal more to Sienna than he ever planned. However, the rest of the story is much more interesting and far more exciting.
I read Devoured some time ago and became enamored with Lucas Wolfe, the sultry lead singer of Your Toxic Sequel in this story. He embodies the rock god persona mingled with the fantastical alpha male with a penchant for a little bondage and BDSM. In Consumed, Lucas is full frontal (pun intended) and we see EVERYTHING! His big secret is revealed... he opens up and lets Sienna in... I mean this is book boyfriend ambrosia. Lucas is laid bare and you just want to touch all of him. He hasn’t lost any of his tendency to be a jerk that we read in All Over You or Devoured, but he is more open and ready to love Sienna. He recognizes that their relationship is better for him and its function is better for him, “...I turn my head and find her mouth. I devour her. And she consumes me. It’s the only way we will work.”
Sienna was the most surprising aspect of this book. That fiery red hair always matched her personality and she could give as good as she got, but in this story she changed her approach with Lucas. At first I worried she was being too compliant and letting him have his way too much (who wouldn’t?) but then I realized she was stroking his ego and allowing him to be the man he was telling her he was. The bonus to all of this was the unabashed pleasure he provided in exchange for her compliance. I also realized that by gentling her approach to him she was better able to get him to open up to her. In spite of his want for Sienna and promises to her, Lucas still remained guarded about his past. His defense proves problematic for Sienna throughout the story (great for the plot line, not so much for her overall health).
Of course, Lucas’ sister, Kylie appears in the novel along with the rest of the band so there is plenty of good-natured jibing and comic relief. A few more details of Wyatt and Kylie’s story are revealed and we see the happily ever after is happening for the entire Your Toxic Sequel family. This book is going into my ‘will definitely read again” column.
