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yessikachu 's review for:
The Professional
by Kresley Cole
i’m a firm believer in critically analysing the literature that you consume which shouldn’t have been the case with this book because it is a mindless read, playing into the typical russian mafia archetype. and you don’t have to critically analyse anything to realise how fucked up this book is. and if you have to then that’s just concerning.
the first problem is the bdsm. a lot of it at its basis is communication and trust. neither of which they had. she went in with the mentality of if she gave up all her control then maybe he would trust her more. that’s problematic and not kink, it is not right to bring up bdsm where it does not belong.
the whole idea of him testing her to “earn” this life was a, infuriating - he was of no position to test her and he knew that as he could not put a collar on her and b, patronising - he wanted this life and so did she but he refused to give it to her or even communicate as to what the issue was because she “belongs” to him (why? because they fucked one time?) and his fragile masculinity could not come to grasp the concept that she wanted more than he was offering, that he knew everything about her because he stalked her for a month so he must also have understood all of her needs and any needs she would acquire in the future, when clearly, he did not. ALSO STALKING IS HARASSMENT AND NOT THE BASIS FOR ROMANTIC OR SEXUAL ENCOUNTERS.
the whole miscommunication trope was also such a subpar way to show jealousy and possessiveness and lust and etc because if they did communicated instead of being cold one moment then hot the next (which is an emotionally toxic cycle and the perpetuation of that being okay and remaining that way is okay because he has had a hard life is unacceptable. because with that, you are conceding that he would not be able to change or cope or communicate or ask for help. it is the same with his intensity. he is not extreme because he is generally that way. he is extreme because he fetishes the abuse he does to another due to the abuse he endured but he is disgusted with himself for doing it. he is extreme because he view himself to be so inferior that he acted superior and egotistical to compensate for it, building up such a false image of himself that he is incapable of shedding this skin. he is extreme because he knows of abandonment and fear it to a paranoid level which causes him to be miserable and misogynistic. he is extreme because his whole personality is i have tattoos, scars and i refuse to ask for help. he would rather learn a billion languages and kill people and transport cheap vodka from the states than ask himself to do better - point is, he is like a really expensive ornament. you know it’s expensive and emphasises so much on its price that people forget it has any other value until it literally has no other value) (what paxan meant by he has these extreme feelings and dark desires is he wears black and does not have a personality) then the story would’ve been about them figuring out their hard and soft limits while learning to live together and communicate about their needs and desires while making money off of murder and breaking the law while getting to know each other - because him stalking her while having sexual fantasies of her for a month does not equate to them knowing each other - but no. it’s about her feeling insecure because he feels insecure. for like, 500 pages. i— wtf. THIS IS HOW YOU RUIN WOMANHOOD.
the second problem is their involvement with the bratva, the story of paxan is this naive little tale of the under dogs fighting for themselves and selling it to her? mildly problematic, since she is not five? and understand that the little story of standing up for himself is barely the whole anything? that he is selling her a story like she is the local newspaper and not his biological child who wants to know him? selling the story to me as a reader? insulting. i’m also not five? and would not believe that the bratva’s story could be so nice a little present santa wrapped up with a bow? it’s beyond naive, it is ignorant and stupid.
paxan’s whole declaration of them belonging to each other is the most bull fucking shit thing ever? like he barely knows her as a person, there is literally nothing to know about sevastyan, what with him literally being 2D but angry. so paxan doesn’t get to declare them belonging of each because this is not five thousands bumfuck years ago and he didn’t even believe that before he died so using the words of a dying man who was probably not sane of mind to dictate how the two main characters fuck each other - did not sit well with me. on a molecular level. maybe atomic.
the fact that this book was written by a woman angers me so deeply.
this book is an insult to bdsm in specific and sexual desires in general. it is an insult to dark romance. an insult to the vory. most of all, it is an insult to afabs fems women and girls everywhere.
the first problem is the bdsm. a lot of it at its basis is communication and trust. neither of which they had. she went in with the mentality of if she gave up all her control then maybe he would trust her more. that’s problematic and not kink, it is not right to bring up bdsm where it does not belong.
the whole idea of him testing her to “earn” this life was a, infuriating - he was of no position to test her and he knew that as he could not put a collar on her and b, patronising - he wanted this life and so did she but he refused to give it to her or even communicate as to what the issue was because she “belongs” to him (why? because they fucked one time?) and his fragile masculinity could not come to grasp the concept that she wanted more than he was offering, that he knew everything about her because he stalked her for a month so he must also have understood all of her needs and any needs she would acquire in the future, when clearly, he did not. ALSO STALKING IS HARASSMENT AND NOT THE BASIS FOR ROMANTIC OR SEXUAL ENCOUNTERS.
the whole miscommunication trope was also such a subpar way to show jealousy and possessiveness and lust and etc because if they did communicated instead of being cold one moment then hot the next (which is an emotionally toxic cycle and the perpetuation of that being okay and remaining that way is okay because he has had a hard life is unacceptable. because with that, you are conceding that he would not be able to change or cope or communicate or ask for help. it is the same with his intensity. he is not extreme because he is generally that way. he is extreme because he fetishes the abuse he does to another due to the abuse he endured but he is disgusted with himself for doing it. he is extreme because he view himself to be so inferior that he acted superior and egotistical to compensate for it, building up such a false image of himself that he is incapable of shedding this skin. he is extreme because he knows of abandonment and fear it to a paranoid level which causes him to be miserable and misogynistic. he is extreme because his whole personality is i have tattoos, scars and i refuse to ask for help. he would rather learn a billion languages and kill people and transport cheap vodka from the states than ask himself to do better - point is, he is like a really expensive ornament. you know it’s expensive and emphasises so much on its price that people forget it has any other value until it literally has no other value) (what paxan meant by he has these extreme feelings and dark desires is he wears black and does not have a personality) then the story would’ve been about them figuring out their hard and soft limits while learning to live together and communicate about their needs and desires while making money off of murder and breaking the law while getting to know each other - because him stalking her while having sexual fantasies of her for a month does not equate to them knowing each other - but no. it’s about her feeling insecure because he feels insecure. for like, 500 pages. i— wtf. THIS IS HOW YOU RUIN WOMANHOOD.
the second problem is their involvement with the bratva, the story of paxan is this naive little tale of the under dogs fighting for themselves and selling it to her? mildly problematic, since she is not five? and understand that the little story of standing up for himself is barely the whole anything? that he is selling her a story like she is the local newspaper and not his biological child who wants to know him? selling the story to me as a reader? insulting. i’m also not five? and would not believe that the bratva’s story could be so nice a little present santa wrapped up with a bow? it’s beyond naive, it is ignorant and stupid.
paxan’s whole declaration of them belonging to each other is the most bull fucking shit thing ever? like he barely knows her as a person, there is literally nothing to know about sevastyan, what with him literally being 2D but angry. so paxan doesn’t get to declare them belonging of each because this is not five thousands bumfuck years ago and he didn’t even believe that before he died so using the words of a dying man who was probably not sane of mind to dictate how the two main characters fuck each other - did not sit well with me. on a molecular level. maybe atomic.
the fact that this book was written by a woman angers me so deeply.
this book is an insult to bdsm in specific and sexual desires in general. it is an insult to dark romance. an insult to the vory. most of all, it is an insult to afabs fems women and girls everywhere.