Reviewed by Jen
TITLE: His Coveted Obsession
SERIES: The District
AUTHOR: Courtney W. Dixon
PUBLISHER: Self published
LENGTH: 372 Pages
RELEASE DATE: June 10, 2025
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Bailey
When obsession and possessiveness collide…
Thomas Lauder
Easton is my hero, and I’m obsessed. He comes into my life like a knight in shining armor, saving me from a horrible customer at the coffee shop. Then, out of the blue, he asks me out on a date. How could I say no to the mysterious, handsome man? My life revolves around surviving my lying, gambling-addicted father and taking care of my younger sister while trying to earn my degree. Easton gives me the stability and honesty I didn’t know I needed. He’s straightforward and knows exactly what he wants. I do, too. I want Easton in my life forever.
Easton Virgil
I have a new family, but my life is still incomplete. Now that I’m nineteen, I have strong needs, and the loneliness is consuming. Thomas isn’t typical, but he’s attractive, and I enjoy his worship of me. He’s obsessed, and I feed off it. It makes me hungry for him. He’s perfect for me, and I’ll do whatever it takes to keep him. He belongs to me and no one else. But when his useless father is the reason Thomas is ripped from me, I nearly burn the world to the ground to find him. No one better have harmed him, or they will pay.
Reading in order will add more pleasure to the reading experience and understanding the characters better, but they can technically be read as standalones.
Mentions of molestation of a child, abuse of a child, neglect, murder, torture, organ harvesting, death of a parent to cancer (off page), gambling addiction, sociopathy, violence, explicit language and sex.
REVIEW:
We finally get to Easton’s story. He is Sid’s apprentice and somewhat adopted son. He has some serious issues as a result of his past, not unlike almost everyone at The District, but he is a bit different. He has no empathy or emotions, or he isn’t capable of having or showing them. He learns to mimic some of them to better fit in, but this is one of his major issues. Everyone involved with him at this point, from Sid and Dalton and their son, Owen, to the others at The District, all have this understanding where Easton is concerned.
It isn’t until Easton meets Thomas that things start to really click for Easton. It doesn’t change him, per say, but it does allow him to focus on it a bit more when he has someone to bother with.
Thomas, on the other hand, is quite the opposite. He is enamored with Easton, immediately falls for his bluntness, appreciating it all the more after having to deal with his addicted father’s almost constant lies. He sees Easton as his hero and has very little difficulty accepting Easton and his ways, even going so far as to adapting and teaching Easton that he does, in fact, have feelings, but that he simply shows them in ways that differ from other people.
It is difficult at times to remember how young these guys are. Easton is only 19, and given his past, it’s easy to see how he appears older that his age. However, I struggled a bit with him. While I understood the reasoning behind how he was, it felt like it was overly explained at various times. Same went for Thomas. However, that aside, I ended up really loving these guys together. They were two pieces of a puzzle that just fit together almost perfectly. There are some adjustments they have to make here and there, especially as the story twists and unfolds, but that made their ending all that much stronger.
I have really enjoyed this series. It was unique and brought together characters that all found a way to be just what their match ups needed. I was a bit disappointed to read this was the last installment, and while I will miss all of these characters involved in The District, I will be looking forward to whatever new adventure Ms. Dixon has for us next.
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