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A review by beautifuldissonance
Hostage to Pleasure by Nalini Singh
2.0
I’m doing a complete reread of this series so this is my second time reading this book. I don’t recall anything about the first time, but this time was a slog.
Dorian seems an okay character in most of the other books. Troubled, sure, but working through it. But in this book, where he’s one of the main characters, he becomes completely unlikeable, his personality just a toxic stew of anger, aggression and possessiveness.
At least partly because of this, the central relationship is not at all believable. But worse, for a supposed romance book, the “romance” is completely absent. It’s mind boggling and frankly disturbing that any woman would find Dorian attractive with the way he acts in this book.
Hopefully I remember to leave this one out of any future rereads of the series. Yikes.
Dorian seems an okay character in most of the other books. Troubled, sure, but working through it. But in this book, where he’s one of the main characters, he becomes completely unlikeable, his personality just a toxic stew of anger, aggression and possessiveness.
At least partly because of this, the central relationship is not at all believable. But worse, for a supposed romance book, the “romance” is completely absent. It’s mind boggling and frankly disturbing that any woman would find Dorian attractive with the way he acts in this book.
Hopefully I remember to leave this one out of any future rereads of the series. Yikes.