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imme_van_gorp 's review for:
The Kidnapping of Roan Sinclair
by Ashlyn Drewek
Nah, I'm sorry, but what an absolute disappointment this was. I can honestly say this started out pretty okay to me: the characters had potential and the set-up was great. However, the execution was so weak and so annoying. The 'love' here is also nothing more than lust.
The dude who got kidnapped, Roan, was a 22 year old with a supposedly 'sunshine personality' and charismatic vibe. And I guess I could see that description fitting him before he got kidnapped: he was kind, stood up for people and was just an overall likable person. However, the moment he got kidnapped he turned into a horny idiot. Dude did not seem to understand the dire situation he was in, and seemed more preoccupied with his 'hot captor' than he did with actually making it out of there alive. Roan was popping boners left and right, and was always ready for some sex, no matter the shitty treatment he received.
And that brings me to his kidnapper, Sasha: This dude was an absolute arsehole. And not just because he is a ruthless killer with no moral conscience. After all, we all know that's just the kind of love interest you get with a dark romance; and I'm okay with that. What I'm not okay with, however, is when the arsehole is also an arsehole to his love interest. He had little to no redeeming qualities and god only knows why Roan was so obsessed with him. Sacha treated Roan like scum, often ignored him, showed him zero respect or affection, repeatedly beat him and caused him physical harm more than once. He was not a swoon-worthy 'bad-guy' love interest to me. The internalized homophobia also annoyed me to no end.
The romance really didn't do it for me. There was no connection between Roan and Sacha: everything was superficial and surface level. Their entire 'relationship' was based on sex, and it took Sacha forever to even acknowledge they were anything more to each other than captor and captive. I genuinely wanted Roan to put him in his place multiple times, but alas, that never happened. Roan was too weak, and Sacha was too much of a dickhead.
The story got a little better near the end with the whole 'revenge' thing and after Roan and Sacha actually 'get together', but it still wasn't great.
The dude who got kidnapped, Roan, was a 22 year old with a supposedly 'sunshine personality' and charismatic vibe. And I guess I could see that description fitting him before he got kidnapped: he was kind, stood up for people and was just an overall likable person. However, the moment he got kidnapped he turned into a horny idiot. Dude did not seem to understand the dire situation he was in, and seemed more preoccupied with his 'hot captor' than he did with actually making it out of there alive. Roan was popping boners left and right, and was always ready for some sex, no matter the shitty treatment he received.
And that brings me to his kidnapper, Sasha: This dude was an absolute arsehole. And not just because he is a ruthless killer with no moral conscience. After all, we all know that's just the kind of love interest you get with a dark romance; and I'm okay with that. What I'm not okay with, however, is when the arsehole is also an arsehole to his love interest. He had little to no redeeming qualities and god only knows why Roan was so obsessed with him. Sacha treated Roan like scum, often ignored him, showed him zero respect or affection, repeatedly beat him and caused him physical harm more than once. He was not a swoon-worthy 'bad-guy' love interest to me. The internalized homophobia also annoyed me to no end.
The romance really didn't do it for me. There was no connection between Roan and Sacha: everything was superficial and surface level. Their entire 'relationship' was based on sex, and it took Sacha forever to even acknowledge they were anything more to each other than captor and captive. I genuinely wanted Roan to put him in his place multiple times, but alas, that never happened. Roan was too weak, and Sacha was too much of a dickhead.
The story got a little better near the end with the whole 'revenge' thing and after Roan and Sacha actually 'get together', but it still wasn't great.