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adventurous
dark
emotional
inspiring
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Have you ever felt that while reading a book you are simultaneously witnessing an author access a part of their potential that you didn’t realize they had? Through their craft they are saying ‘this is what I’m capable of and it’s not even my best yet.’ Continuing this series allowed me to fully grasp how talented of a storyteller and translator of emotion Yasmin Angoe is.
To translate the depth of an emotions such as fear, intimacy, grief, etc. is not easy to do. To develop a character the way she has Nena is not uncomplicated. To build up the intensity of a connection so effortlessly that when the perfect moment comes for it to progress it feels like a reward to the reader is not simple.
I find myself astonished that an action-packed thriller contains one of the most tender love stories I’ve ever read.
For example, how many ways is there to describe the kiss that will inevitably change everything? How do you fully encompass the feeling of delayed gratification? The answer is by saying “their lips devoured one another, seeking the other out as if they were lost in a house of mirrors, surrounded by multiple versions of themselves but unable to find each other.”
I could never put in words the mental and emotional burden SA survivors carry. How do you detail the moment when the mind and body are at war during a moment of intimacy? By saying that “Nena’s mind and body were betraying her, and she could not turn to him for comfort. She could not tell him apart from all the others. She was a woman split in two.”
How do you tell someone that you accept them fully for who they are, faults and all? How do you tell them you know they are capable of love and care because you’ve experience it first hand? By saying “I don’t want any other kind of you than who you are.”
Cortland Baxter and his daughter, Georgia showed our MC love in ways she didn’t think she could ever receive. Nena Knight says that in this story, there are no heroes, but I beg to differ. The heroes are the people that allow love to flourish in their life when past experiences seek to keep them captive.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, and Trafficking
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