When I was a teenager, I remember watching a movie with my family and the couple onscreen kissed for the first time and of course five seconds later were sleeping together. My dad, trying to keep the morality of four teenage girls intact, complained about movies always doing that, making you root for something you didn't believe in. I remember thinking "it's just a movie; you're supposed to want that," because I had wanted it. Ty is extremely charming and a bit of a paradox. He is multiple layered character, who although seems unsocial and outdoorsy, is good with words and can completely make you swoon. This is not only a story about kidnapping or dispair or being forced to live in the harsh surroundings of the Australian desert. It is also a story about hope, love and forgiveness. It's a story about being forced to readapt, to start over a whole new life a,D being able to make it work out for the best. It's also a story about the power of nature and of finding beauty in living of the land that nature gave us, with not much luxury to accompany it. After all was said and done, I think the author ended the story appropriately (yes, there I go again with that word, but I think it fits here) because as much as I wanted Gemma to help free Ty and give him a second chance, I realized that sometimes you must pay the price for your crime before you get your reprieve.

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Their blooming relationship is innocent, and it is fun to watch it unfold. The loner swan brings them together and parallels their adventure.It's not just the too many descriptions, she's kept hostage in the middle of nowhere and she has talked with him for like ten times total. They knew each other and stuff, but there is nothing concrete in their dialogues, nothing that makes the reader want to know more. I will warn you, reading this novel is a strange experience. I felt uncomfortable, not knowing where the plot was leading, not knowing what I wanted to happen, but I feel better now that it's over. In some ways, I feel like this novel is better for a re-read than anything else, an opportunity to understand what really happened and where Gemma started to feel something more than hatred for Ty. One of the things that did surprise me, however, was how un-original Ty's story wound up being. Now, I won't say that it isn't terrible and cruel and painful, but the path that Ty took seems so much more strange than most people in his situation. I think, however, that to become a stalker like Ty, to become obsessed with a person, to think that you're saving them...you don't need to go through a unique traumatic experience for that. Anything, even something as small as six-year-old Gemma talking to him, a stranger, can alter the mind in such a way; after all, who are we to know the depths and recesses of our brains and how events can affect you?

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And, the one thing that made me love it is THE UNIQUE WAY OF WRITING. This is a letter... a LETTER TO HER CAPTOR - LITERALLY. And it's ENDING was what i loved the most. This story also has *serious spoiler* no HEA which is why it's so realistic..... My first published book, Stolen , was very much influenced by my life and the things I did. Thankfully, I’ve never been kidnapped, but when I was nine years old and moving from Wales to Australia, it felt like a bit of a kidnapping. Suddenly I was in a new country I didn’t fully understand; a place that was simultaneously beautiful and terrifying. I must confess, I'm still in the middle of the book and I'm already at the verge of giving up. Stolen: A Letter to My Captor annoys me so much. Just read stolen for the first time in class and LOVED IT!!!!! I was looking it up to buy my own copy and found out that there would be a sequel. I was so excited I even told my teacher because she also read Stolen and she will be reading Release as well. Im soooooo excited for this book Ty, wow, what a damaged yet frighteningly beautiful soul. Even though it is written from Gemma's POV, I felt we got Ty story as well. He is a character that haunts your thoughts. I was so confused about how I felt about him. I know what he did was wrong and I should be disgusted by him but I liked him. You could see why he thought what he did was right in his head. Just thinking about him breaks my heart.Pauli, Michelle (10 February 2010). "Great Hamster Massacre wins Waterstone's children's books prize". The Guardian . Retrieved 17 September 2016. u have no idea how much this makes me happy. im so so excited finally another will to live. im actually gonna bawl my eyes out I just reread Stolen for probably the 8th time and then found out about Released and bought it immediately! I just finished it in 2 days! You are definitely my favorite author! I would love to see another book, maybe from Ty’s perspective after he leaves Gemma the next morning!

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Hi Lucy!! I loved release!! it gave me a lot of closure to Stolen lol. It was such an exiting book I seriously couldn’t put it down haha. I needed to Finnish it soo badly lol Do you think you will write a 3rd book???Finished reading Stolen but I keep rereading it. Love it so much!! I can’t get over it, so excited!! Everything was handled beautifully, in a very understated sort of way. Her relationship with Harry is reminiscent of an early Hazel and Augustus from The Fault in Our Stars, and also for a younger set of kids. It’s tender and aching and longing all at once. Gemma soon realizes that Ty is not the guy she thought he was. Ty actually first met Gemma when she was 10. He loves Gemma, he wants her, and only her, forever. Gemma has a hard time dealing with this. It takes her a long time to understand and trust Ty. She wants her freedom, she wants to leave, and many times- she tries to escape.

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I love your writing, every detail of the wilderness and the second person perspective. It makes you feel as if you’re really there. The stakes and suspense don't seem that high, as I fully believed that he never intended to hurt her. Regardless, the author managed to draw me in with every single word. I cant believe the different emotions I am having as I read through the book. I ended up crying. So I decided to look you up on social media and found this AAAAHHH I AM VERY EXCITED AND CANT WAIT TO READ THIS!!! It was all like this to me: ...I love Ty, he's amazing...wait, no he's not, he's a stalker and a kidnapper...but he's so sweet!...let go of Gemma you controlling creep...Oh my gawd he's so effin' hot!...You didn't answer that. Instead you touched the ring gently and looked piercingly at me, unsaid questions in your eyes.