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A review by evmb_c
Savage Love by Ashlee Rose
Did not finish book.
dark
fast-paced
1.0
DNF
TW: kidnap, sexual assault, bullying
This is the second book I’ve read by this author and I know now that I will not be reading any more by her. The writing itself isn’t so much an issue however it’s very rudimental and basic. “ I did this. Then I did this.Then he did this.” Type writing that just feels unedited and amateurish.
However I could’ve gotten over the bad writing if it weren’t for the horrible content that was featured in this book. Not only do you have a male lead who has kidnapped a female, And not in a good dark romance way, but in a bully-ish dominating, sexual assault kind of way. At one point the male lead says to the female lead something like “don’t make me out to be such a beast that I would touch you without your permission”. This is extremely laughable considering he has touched her multiple times without her permission in ways that can only be described as sexual assault.
The female lead is constantly beating herself up for feeling attracted to this man and for wanting to sleep with this man and if she’s not beating herself up she’s throwing herself a pity party because she’s a prisoner. And then if she’s not doing either of those two things it’s usually because she’s admitting that she is attracted to the male lead.
No ending could of made this book good for me and I got about 40% through and I just couldn’t finish anymore. I don’t DNF books lightly but this is definitely not a book I recommend at all
TW: kidnap, sexual assault, bullying
This is the second book I’ve read by this author and I know now that I will not be reading any more by her. The writing itself isn’t so much an issue however it’s very rudimental and basic. “ I did this. Then I did this.Then he did this.” Type writing that just feels unedited and amateurish.
However I could’ve gotten over the bad writing if it weren’t for the horrible content that was featured in this book. Not only do you have a male lead who has kidnapped a female, And not in a good dark romance way, but in a bully-ish dominating, sexual assault kind of way. At one point the male lead says to the female lead something like “don’t make me out to be such a beast that I would touch you without your permission”. This is extremely laughable considering he has touched her multiple times without her permission in ways that can only be described as sexual assault.
The female lead is constantly beating herself up for feeling attracted to this man and for wanting to sleep with this man and if she’s not beating herself up she’s throwing herself a pity party because she’s a prisoner. And then if she’s not doing either of those two things it’s usually because she’s admitting that she is attracted to the male lead.
No ending could of made this book good for me and I got about 40% through and I just couldn’t finish anymore. I don’t DNF books lightly but this is definitely not a book I recommend at all
Content Warnings
Graphic: Kidnapping, Sexual content, Sexual assault, and Bullying