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3.48 AVERAGE
3.48 AVERAGE
After hearing good things from friends i was looking forward to reading this book, but i really didn't like it. I didn't even finish it
Wowsa. Wow. Whoa. Whhhhaaattt!? Weirdness. Wild. Wonderful. What more can I say?
Not gonna lie, I was apprehensive about reading this book. But, let me just say, this book was amazaballs. Completely raw, gritty, and by no means, "sunshine-and-daisies". Talk about looking for love in all the wrong places, (or not looking for love), this book completely grips you by the balls and makes you take notice. I felt things I wasn't sure I wanted to feel, and am quite certain I am to some degree suffering from PST.
The storyline was brilliant. The characters were brilliant. The action & suspense were on point. In spite of my better judgement, I found that I wanted things...I should not want. (Maybe I'm suffering from Stockholm Syndrome too.)
I can't wait to start book 2!
Not gonna lie, I was apprehensive about reading this book. But, let me just say, this book was amazaballs. Completely raw, gritty, and by no means, "sunshine-and-daisies". Talk about looking for love in all the wrong places, (or not looking for love), this book completely grips you by the balls and makes you take notice. I felt things I wasn't sure I wanted to feel, and am quite certain I am to some degree suffering from PST.
The storyline was brilliant. The characters were brilliant. The action & suspense were on point. In spite of my better judgement, I found that I wanted things...I should not want. (Maybe I'm suffering from Stockholm Syndrome too.)
I can't wait to start book 2!
Dark psychological twist on a "romance". No real romance in here for me, I enjoyed the premise of the story, but I am going back and forth with some of the guts of the story.
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I read another review that said this book was "dark, twisted and disturbing" and I would agree with that review. Yet, I couldn't put the book down. There is human trafficking, rape, and violence. If you don't like reading this type of book then this is not the book for you!
Fuck me, this fucking book. I have so many conflicting thoughts and feelings and I thought I was going to be able to talk about it and get a straight answer but I really can't go anymore into it right now. I thought I'd be able to in this first review but i'm just going to have to come back to it. It showed some horrific scenes of manipulation, brainwashing, torture and rape and I hate all of that, and yet I read the other two books. I was going to put it down many, many times but I couldn't be bothered to find something else to read and I really wanted to read (I was procrastinating and ignoring reality and all responsibilities) and it wasn't until the end that I started to like it. A bit. I think. I almost feel as if the author has done to me what Caleb did to Livvie.
One thing I can say, is I am really, really pleased that the author has specifically made the clarification for the audience that this is not a romance, it's a love story, that there is nothing about the 'hero' that is 'book boyfriend' material, that he is not 'goals' and that this is not BDSM, it's actual torture and rape. She did this literally, but also spread it out in the tone of the book, which a lot of authors who need to clarify that sort of thing don't do. Ahh, there's a word for it in screenwriting, when something is said literally but the camera tells the audience the complete opposite. This author didn't do that so I'm pleased, but this does become a romance in the epilogue.
I have so many other feelings and thoughts but like I said before I've had enough questioning myself about whether I'm a good person for one week.
p.s putting under "sexy romance" even though it's not because I don't have anywhere else to put it and I need to catalogue it somehow.
One thing I can say, is I am really, really pleased that the author has specifically made the clarification for the audience that this is not a romance, it's a love story, that there is nothing about the 'hero' that is 'book boyfriend' material, that he is not 'goals' and that this is not BDSM, it's actual torture and rape. She did this literally, but also spread it out in the tone of the book, which a lot of authors who need to clarify that sort of thing don't do. Ahh, there's a word for it in screenwriting, when something is said literally but the camera tells the audience the complete opposite. This author didn't do that so I'm pleased, but this does become a romance in the epilogue.
I have so many other feelings and thoughts but like I said before I've had enough questioning myself about whether I'm a good person for one week.
p.s putting under "sexy romance" even though it's not because I don't have anywhere else to put it and I need to catalogue it somehow.
Very dark. And you definitely need to read the second one to hear the entire story.
Hmmm not too sure how I feel about this one. Very dark and all that, but I still felt some parts dragged despite how short it was and I'm not sure I could totally connect with the characters, Livvie kinda annoyed me at points (soz hun). That said though, that ending felt very abrupt so naturally I read the book 2 teaser and BAM, I'm hooked. Book 1 felt like a filler for the real story, book 2! So here we are...
dark
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated