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3.7 AVERAGE
Yeah this was just not it. I get that it is a dark romance but damn the way certain topics were handled is just straight up disgusting
Solid 3.5 stars.
This was a pretty good read. Not too dark but has some darker elements. Tess' emotions and thought processes were just all over the place. It was hard to keep up with her sometimes which definitely took away from the story itself.
I loved Q! I don't know what it was about him but I definitely fell in love a little with him.
This was a pretty good read. Not too dark but has some darker elements. Tess' emotions and thought processes were just all over the place. It was hard to keep up with her sometimes which definitely took away from the story itself.
I loved Q! I don't know what it was about him but I definitely fell in love a little with him.
I don't even know how to properly write this review.
This book has me in love with a kind, sad-souled monster, who deserves this love! Also, makes jealous at the same time of Tess, because, SHE FOUND HER TRUESELF AND DID NOT STOP UNTIL SHE WON!
Such a great book! Read the whole thing in one sitting(4.5 hours total I think! I am going to read all of then a write a full review.
Hands down, no questions a great book!!
This book has me in love with a kind, sad-souled monster, who deserves this love! Also, makes jealous at the same time of Tess, because, SHE FOUND HER TRUESELF AND DID NOT STOP UNTIL SHE WON!
Such a great book! Read the whole thing in one sitting(4.5 hours total I think! I am going to read all of then a write a full review.
Hands down, no questions a great book!!
I enjoyed this story because it was the opposite then most slave books I've read. Tess was a different kind of woman. I can wait to start the 2nd book!
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DNF @56%
I wish I loved this as much as everyone else. Maybe I would've liked it more I I read when I initially got it. But honestly, it's just bad. I can like a dark romance, but it still has to be good and believable. This story is unbelievable on every front, the characters are flat and empty, the things that happen are over the top and insane and if you want the MMC to be a bad guy, just make him the bad guy. You can't really have him do this horrible things and then try to make into the good guy in a weird way. It might have been different if he was just evil. He's not believable as a hero at all. I can't see someone as the good guy when he allows his woman to get raped right in front of him, with a knife. Also, it's insane to have your character raped and then willing to have sex with someone else, within the hour. She runs away and pretty much everyone she comes across is an evil rapist? Sure Jan.
Even the part at the beginning was bad. Nobody is that stupid and the whole 'my boyfriend won't spank me' bit was only there to somehow make all the assault afterwards sexy and seem wanted.
I didn't enjoy any of this and it was time to stop.
DNF @56%
I wish I loved this as much as everyone else. Maybe I would've liked it more I I read when I initially got it. But honestly, it's just bad. I can like a dark romance, but it still has to be good and believable. This story is unbelievable on every front, the characters are flat and empty, the things that happen are over the top and insane and if you want the MMC to be a bad guy, just make him the bad guy. You can't really have him do this horrible things and then try to make into the good guy in a weird way. It might have been different if he was just evil. He's not believable as a hero at all. I can't see someone as the good guy when he allows his woman to get raped right in front of him, with a knife. Also, it's insane to have your character raped and then willing to have sex with someone else, within the hour. She runs away and pretty much everyone she comes across is an evil rapist? Sure Jan.
Even the part at the beginning was bad. Nobody is that stupid and the whole 'my boyfriend won't spank me' bit was only there to somehow make all the assault afterwards sexy and seem wanted.
I didn't enjoy any of this and it was time to stop.
Reread:6/12/17
5 'Captivating' Stars
Brax surprised Tess to a vacation to Mexico. Tess thought that this was her chance to relax, spend time with her loving boyfriend, and to figure out who was she.
“This trip would allow me to inspect who I truly was, to be honest, and find the real me."
Tress loves her boyfriend Brax. He's everything you could ever want in a guy. He was loving, supportive,sweet, kind, and safe. They both loved each other and there's nothing they wouldn't do for each other. But there's a problem. Tess wants more. She doesn't want sweet love-making, she wants domination, hard fucking, pain, and submission.
I needed Brax to be rough because I needed to be claimed.
She doesn't have that with Brax, and she wonders what's wrong with me?
While they were sight-seeing on a scooter, they got thirsty so they stopped for drinks. Tress immediately had this bad feeling. She was anxious and had this feeling in her stomach. First she was with her lovely Brax and then seconds later she was kidnapped.
She was scared and beaten. She didn't know where she was or who took her. What did they want from her. The next thing she know was that she.was.sold. No matter what she went through or happens, she would fight. She would find freedom again, and she would not break.
I couldn’t be sucked into depression and give up. I would never give up. I would fight until I died.
She finally arrives to her new home. The home that she was sold into the owner of the house, the monster who bought her. She meets her new master Q.Mercer, and she became enclave.
His gaze unclothed and terrified me. Everything about him screamed ruthlessness and power. He held himself proud and regal as if this was his castle and I was the latest subject.
That's when shit started going down.
I really enjoyed this book. I haven't read any dark, kidnap, mysteries books in along time and I'm glad I read this. Through this whole thing I was..shhhh(secret)..wet. Q...[moans] is delish. That man is rich, sexy, alpha, french, and sexy. He was the complete package.
Is there light beneath darkness?
Q is also broken that's why they connected so good. I loved how their relationship developed really well. This is off topic but at the beginning I kinda thought that Brax is..gay. I mean the guy is like a total nun..sorry Tess. Anyways..have two dark and twisted monsters found each other?
Amazing and dark book. I really loved it and can't wait to start the second one. This is my first book by this author and I can assure you I will be reading more of her work. It's a really nice feeling when you read a book written by someone I unknown and you love it. It makes you proud. Anyways..overall amazing book.
“I did the unthinkable: I broke myself, and fell for my master.
5 'Captivating' Stars
Brax surprised Tess to a vacation to Mexico. Tess thought that this was her chance to relax, spend time with her loving boyfriend, and to figure out who was she.
“This trip would allow me to inspect who I truly was, to be honest, and find the real me."
Tress loves her boyfriend Brax. He's everything you could ever want in a guy. He was loving, supportive,sweet, kind, and safe. They both loved each other and there's nothing they wouldn't do for each other. But there's a problem. Tess wants more. She doesn't want sweet love-making, she wants domination, hard fucking, pain, and submission.
I needed Brax to be rough because I needed to be claimed.
She doesn't have that with Brax, and she wonders what's wrong with me?
While they were sight-seeing on a scooter, they got thirsty so they stopped for drinks. Tress immediately had this bad feeling. She was anxious and had this feeling in her stomach. First she was with her lovely Brax and then seconds later she was kidnapped.
She was scared and beaten. She didn't know where she was or who took her. What did they want from her. The next thing she know was that she.was.sold. No matter what she went through or happens, she would fight. She would find freedom again, and she would not break.
I couldn’t be sucked into depression and give up. I would never give up. I would fight until I died.
She finally arrives to her new home. The home that she was sold into the owner of the house, the monster who bought her. She meets her new master Q.Mercer, and she became enclave.
His gaze unclothed and terrified me. Everything about him screamed ruthlessness and power. He held himself proud and regal as if this was his castle and I was the latest subject.
That's when shit started going down.
I really enjoyed this book. I haven't read any dark, kidnap, mysteries books in along time and I'm glad I read this. Through this whole thing I was..shhhh(secret)..wet. Q...[moans] is delish. That man is rich, sexy, alpha, french, and sexy. He was the complete package.
Is there light beneath darkness?
Q is also broken that's why they connected so good. I loved how their relationship developed really well. This is off topic but at the beginning I kinda thought that Brax is..gay. I mean the guy is like a total nun..sorry Tess. Anyways..have two dark and twisted monsters found each other?
Amazing and dark book. I really loved it and can't wait to start the second one. This is my first book by this author and I can assure you I will be reading more of her work. It's a really nice feeling when you read a book written by someone I unknown and you love it. It makes you proud. Anyways..overall amazing book.
“I did the unthinkable: I broke myself, and fell for my master.
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I knew when I began reading Tears of Tess that I was going to be in for a wild ride. I had absolutely no idea just what I was getting myself into. I mentally prepared myself to be disturbed by the events of the book. I knew this wasn't a "happily ever after" type of book. I knew it would push me outside of my comfort zone. I knew there was a good chance I wouldn't like it and wouldn't be able to finish it. I didn't prepare myself to love it. It was dark and twisted and incredibly difficult to read at times, but my god, it was absolutely brilliant.
The book starts off normally enough, with Tess and her boyfriend Brax heading to Mexico on vacation. We learn fairly quickly that Tess is unsatisfied in their relationship. She loves Brax, but she wants something more. She years for some darkness. Brax is vanilla. Nice and attractive, but vanilla. One night she comes clean, confessing her true desires to Brax and he shames her for what she feels. She shoves her feelings back into a box and tries to go on normally, but she still wants more.
Tess is kidnapped, sold and introduced to a world darker than anything I could have ever imagined. She's terrified of her new owner, Q, but attracted to him nonetheless. These conflicting feelings set the stage for the entire book. I couldn't help but get completely wrapped up in Tess' character and her story and the pure hell she was going through. But, added to that was her chemistry with Q and their mutual attraction and his darkness.
Q was a complicated character. I wanted to hate him because he bought Tess. But when the worst things you can imagine happen to Tess, he's quick to protect and defend. To the death. I came to respect Q as more about him, his past and his intent was uncovered. He's one of the most original characters I think I've ever read. By the end, I wanted him to own me. He was absolutely incredible. He's one of those characters you absolutely must experience for yourself. I can't do him justice and I won't even try. I can't take any part of discovering the true Q away from another reader.
Tess' feelings for Q are complicated. His feelings for her are just as complicated, if not more. I think that's what sucked me into the story so deeply. I had to know more. I wanted to know where Q came from. What made him the way he was. Why he was involved in the things he was involved in. I wanted Tess to find happiness, peace or herself. She went through hell in this book. My heart ached for her. Some of the scenes were like a punch to the gut. But then there were the scenes that made everything ok again.
I can't even classify Tears of Tess as a roller coaster ride. It was way more intense than that. It felt like I was attached to a giant bungee cord and shoved off a giant cliff. Then I hit the rocks a few times… and I was pulled up and dropped again, but into the ocean. Then it happened all over again. And again. And again. The story was all-consuming. It was emotionally exhausting in the best way possible. It was hot and sexy, dangerous and violent. I couldn't put it down. I couldn't walk away. I still can't get the characters out of my mind.
I'm filing this book under "books I shouldn't love, but do." It was dark. It was violent. There were unspeakable horrors. It's about desire and possession. But, also love and hope. I think more than anything, Tears of Tess showed me that not all relationships look the same, not all people want the same things out of life and love. It was a wild ride and unlike anything I've ever read before. It pushed my boundaries, it challenged my thinking and preconceived notions. It absolutely blew my mind.
"My name is Tess Snow. Not Sweetie, or Tessie, or Honey. I'm a woman only now realizing what she's capable of. I'm no one's daughter. I'm no one's girlfriend. I'm no one's possession. I belong to me, and for the first time, I know how powerful that is."
I knew when I began reading Tears of Tess that I was going to be in for a wild ride. I had absolutely no idea just what I was getting myself into. I mentally prepared myself to be disturbed by the events of the book. I knew this wasn't a "happily ever after" type of book. I knew it would push me outside of my comfort zone. I knew there was a good chance I wouldn't like it and wouldn't be able to finish it. I didn't prepare myself to love it. It was dark and twisted and incredibly difficult to read at times, but my god, it was absolutely brilliant.
"Rejection crushed, and I dropped my gaze. The tingles between my legs popped like dirty bubbles, and I let Brax shove me back into the box where I belonged. The box labeled: perfect, innocent girlfriend who'd do anything for him, as long as it was in the dark and on my back. I wanted a new label. One that said: girlfriend who will do anything to be tied, spanked, and fucked all over rather than adored."
The book starts off normally enough, with Tess and her boyfriend Brax heading to Mexico on vacation. We learn fairly quickly that Tess is unsatisfied in their relationship. She loves Brax, but she wants something more. She years for some darkness. Brax is vanilla. Nice and attractive, but vanilla. One night she comes clean, confessing her true desires to Brax and he shames her for what she feels. She shoves her feelings back into a box and tries to go on normally, but she still wants more.
"Accept that you are no longer a woman. You are merchandise. And merchandise must have a barcode for sale."
Tess is kidnapped, sold and introduced to a world darker than anything I could have ever imagined. She's terrified of her new owner, Q, but attracted to him nonetheless. These conflicting feelings set the stage for the entire book. I couldn't help but get completely wrapped up in Tess' character and her story and the pure hell she was going through. But, added to that was her chemistry with Q and their mutual attraction and his darkness.
"He stole everything with one touch."
"In that moment, in my fragile and broken state, my feelings for Q changed. He morphed from monster to saviour. He did what Brax hadn't done in Mexico: he found me, killed for me. He rescued me from horror and protected me from the bastards who hurt. Q was no longer the devil. He was my master and I belonged to him."
Q was a complicated character. I wanted to hate him because he bought Tess. But when the worst things you can imagine happen to Tess, he's quick to protect and defend. To the death. I came to respect Q as more about him, his past and his intent was uncovered. He's one of the most original characters I think I've ever read. By the end, I wanted him to own me. He was absolutely incredible. He's one of those characters you absolutely must experience for yourself. I can't do him justice and I won't even try. I can't take any part of discovering the true Q away from another reader.
"Don't test me. My strength to let you go is almost at breaking point. Push again, and I won't be able to stop."
"Why hesitate? That's what you mean to do, isn't it? Ruin me. Keep me captive. A sex slave. Treat me like some animal to use and abuse?" I whispered, but my tone crackled with anger, fierce and bright.
"I don't want to hurt you. I don't want to take from you," he murmured. My heart stopped. His tone hinted his thoughts – remorse.
"He was my home. My master. My new life."
Tess' feelings for Q are complicated. His feelings for her are just as complicated, if not more. I think that's what sucked me into the story so deeply. I had to know more. I wanted to know where Q came from. What made him the way he was. Why he was involved in the things he was involved in. I wanted Tess to find happiness, peace or herself. She went through hell in this book. My heart ached for her. Some of the scenes were like a punch to the gut. But then there were the scenes that made everything ok again.
"Q's face twisted; he captured my face between hot hands. "What are you?" he clipped, face hard and unreadable.
The question anchored me and I looked into his pale ferocious eyes. I knew the answer he wanted. "I'm yours."
"My body was too hot, heart raced too fast, and it felt as though it was my first time. The first time a man managed to fit all my fantasies into one: connection, possession, lust, passion."
I can't even classify Tears of Tess as a roller coaster ride. It was way more intense than that. It felt like I was attached to a giant bungee cord and shoved off a giant cliff. Then I hit the rocks a few times… and I was pulled up and dropped again, but into the ocean. Then it happened all over again. And again. And again. The story was all-consuming. It was emotionally exhausting in the best way possible. It was hot and sexy, dangerous and violent. I couldn't put it down. I couldn't walk away. I still can't get the characters out of my mind.
"You may not be mine, but I'm fast becoming yours."
"I fully believed I was made for him and he was made for me. Two halves of the same fucked-upness. Two souls from the same twisted desires, unable to fully be free until we found each other."
I'm filing this book under "books I shouldn't love, but do." It was dark. It was violent. There were unspeakable horrors. It's about desire and possession. But, also love and hope. I think more than anything, Tears of Tess showed me that not all relationships look the same, not all people want the same things out of life and love. It was a wild ride and unlike anything I've ever read before. It pushed my boundaries, it challenged my thinking and preconceived notions. It absolutely blew my mind.
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This book is probably everything 50 Shades of Grey couldn't (or wouldn't) be.
Dubcon romances are very hard to pull through without straying into "creepy" territory. But this story by Pepper Winters, although it contains many hard to read passages, is gloriously done. Throughout the book, we resonate with Tess's inner (and outer) conflict; we understand her attraction to Q even when we simultaneously acknowledge is wrong. And the epilogue, from Q's perspective, sheds great light into this intricate character.
Dubcon romances are very hard to pull through without straying into "creepy" territory. But this story by Pepper Winters, although it contains many hard to read passages, is gloriously done. Throughout the book, we resonate with Tess's inner (and outer) conflict; we understand her attraction to Q even when we simultaneously acknowledge is wrong. And the epilogue, from Q's perspective, sheds great light into this intricate character.