Saturday 23 November 2013

Book Review - The Golden Locket (Unbreakable Trilogy #2) by Primula Bond


BOOK: The Golden Locket (Unbreakable Trilogy #2)

AUTHOR: Primula Bond

RELEASED: 21st November 2013 (ebook) / paperback 19th December 2013

GENRE: Erotic Romance


BLURB
Following a romp to number 19 in the Sunday Times Bestseller chart, Gustav and Serena and back in The Golden Locket, the second book in the Unbreakable Trilogy.

Ensconced in their Manhattan penthouse, all seems blissfully happy for Gustav and Serena. Still in the first flush of love, they have every satisfaction they could need.

But as they enjoy their New York pleasure ground, ghosts start to emerge from Gustav’s past, and when his damaged younger brother, Pierre, comes back into his life, he brings with him a dangerous threat. With temptation waiting at every turn, can Gustav and Serena survive all the excitement that the Big Apple holds?


REVIEW
My Rating = 3.5 Stars

*ARC provided direct from the publisher – Avon Books UK (Harper Collins) in exchange for my honest review

This is the second instalment of the Unbreakable Trilogy, and follows on from The Silver Chain in which the reader was left at the end knowing Pierre, Gustav’s long lost brother returns. However we had been left knowing Serena and Gustav were in a position to move on with their relationship which takes them to New York. Pierre follows them there and he certainly has a big impact on the storyline.

In this book Serena has matured considerably from the first book which was engaging in the ‘older, rich tycoon ravishes young country shy girl’ kind of way. But here, well let’s just say she is a totally different woman. Capitalising on the success of her first art show which Gustav had played a major part in, she is now trying to establish herself in New York to the rich and famous who she has promoted her skills as an voyeuristic photographer with the acclaims sweeping over the pond from London. It is in these commissions she lands that shows another darker and more advantageous side of Serena. Although Gustav shows conflict with this he knows he needs to let Serena experiment and act on these desires that he played a major part on being released.

For me it is these areas of the book I found a little hard to take. Whilst taking the pictures of the rich couple from high society she finds herself moved from being the voyeur to being engaged in the activity. Then again with the senator’s wholesome and innocent daughter on her pre marriage photo shoot and the dancers in the theatre behind that screen - just flabbergasted me! A whole lot of WTF was going through my mind reading these scenes.

As for Pierre, he was a conundrum and his behaviour so bizarre but then I guess we have a lot more to learn about Gustav’s younger brother and the ‘damage’ Gustav’s ex-wife, Margot has done to him. Oh yes Margot was still ingrained and entwined throughout the book and her evil spread even into the relationship Serena holds with her cousin Polly.  

Polly was another eye opener in this book, as in book one she was a go getter, trend setter, kick ass who let no one control her. Yet here she is with Pierre being a total doormat. Gasp!

It was a delight to see the trust built between Serena and Gustav and I loved the action of what Gustav does to the silver chain near the end of the book. A wonderful significance of what the chain had been throughout both books.
But I guess the star of the book is the golden locket (hence the title) and I had tried to guess the significance of this. Was it an ownership emblem? What was held inside? Would it be a new contract for Serena or would it mean an entirely new direction for them both? I loved that by the end of the book Serena and Gustav had overcome another hurdle and cemented a new depth of love and trust. 

However naughty, naughty Ms Bond leaves us with another cliffhanger! Who was the voyeur in that car outside the gallery, who left that letter and what the hell did it say? Good heavens I shall have to wait until The Diamond Ring is released in May 2014. 


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