I was a little hesitant to start this book. It was a book that I got for my Kindle from an author that I had never heard of before. The price was really low and the premise of the story sounded good so I thought I would risk it. I have unfortunately not had the best of luck with this on previous occasions. 
 Well, I needn't have worried. Abducted pulled me in from the very first page, the very first word and while the book did have a few things that didn't mesh well for me, overall I really enjoyed the book. 
 When Lizzy Gardner was 17 she told her parents she was going to hang out with some friends before they left for college. What she really did was spend time with her boyfriend. Not wanting to get caught in a lie, Lizzy gets dropped off down the street from her house. On her walk back home she gets abducted by a serial killer who had already killed 3 girls. She was held captive for 2 months before she was able to escape. Even though she had thought her past was behind her, she still suffers from the nightmares and jumps at every sound. Her life has not been a peaceful one and now the man that kidnapped her so long ago is back. 
 Lizzy Gardner has certainly had a difficult life after her abduction. There was a lot wrong, but I liked that she was trying. She was trying to live a more normal life, she was getting help and she was helping others. She didn't just give up even though there were times that she wanted to. She was the perfect blend of strength and vulnerability. 
 The book is told from alternating POVs. Lizzy's isn't the only voice that we hear. We do get the killer's perspective and I think in that regard it made the whole mystery of who this person's true identity anti-climatic. I think, for me, it would have been more impactful if we didn't know anything else about the killer except from the phone calls and messages sent. Then the reveal at the end would have been a little more shocking I think. 
 Regardless, Ragan didn't pull any punches. I've found with other books I've read that oftentimes the "evil-doer" gets this bad reputation for things he/she's done in the past and when they pop up again in the present their "bad-assed" persona falls flat. Not here. The Spiderman is just as twisted (maybe even moreso) as he was when he took Lizzy initally 14 yeard ago. It really drove home the creep factor. 
 I liked the story between Jared and Lizzy. I'm a sucker for romance stories with a past and they certainly have a past. But I like that they seem to be working through everything because they do still care about one another. 
 This is apparently the first book in the series. This book could completely be read as a stand-alone. It has a very precise beginning and end. I'm not sure if I will continue reading the other book(s) but I'm not ruling it out either.