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A review by idratherbereading542
Captive in the Dark by CJ Roberts
2.0
Unfortunately I wasn’t all that impressed with this one.
It’s not the content that I minded (I’ve read some pretty dark romances — darker than this one — and have virtually no triggers). It’s more the writing that made this boring for me, and partially the way the story was setup.
First, my issue with the writing was basically that it’s a long-winded style of writing. There’s a lot of internal dialog, some of which breaks up regular dialogue way too much (big pet peeve of mine). The paragraphs are also exceedingly long, which makes the story seem to drag further.
Now the way the story is setup also isn’t my favorite. Because Caleb is preparing Livvie to be a sex slave while preserving her virginity there is no actual sex between them (just anal once). As an “erotica”, this is kind of a problem since you kind of expect that. If it had been setup where Caleb is just obsessed with her or something I think it would’ve been more interesting.
I also didn’t connect with the characters that much. They are developed a bit, and I can feel their connection to one another growing. But I’m not very emotionally invested in them.
So I don’t think I’ll read on in the duet for this one.
It’s not the content that I minded (I’ve read some pretty dark romances — darker than this one — and have virtually no triggers). It’s more the writing that made this boring for me, and partially the way the story was setup.
First, my issue with the writing was basically that it’s a long-winded style of writing. There’s a lot of internal dialog, some of which breaks up regular dialogue way too much (big pet peeve of mine). The paragraphs are also exceedingly long, which makes the story seem to drag further.
Now the way the story is setup also isn’t my favorite. Because Caleb is preparing Livvie to be a sex slave while preserving her virginity there is no actual sex between them (just anal once). As an “erotica”, this is kind of a problem since you kind of expect that. If it had been setup where Caleb is just obsessed with her or something I think it would’ve been more interesting.
I also didn’t connect with the characters that much. They are developed a bit, and I can feel their connection to one another growing. But I’m not very emotionally invested in them.
So I don’t think I’ll read on in the duet for this one.