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A review by ozettegirl
Grieved Loss by Adelaide Forrest
1.0
I know what I’m getting into with these tropes and the genre but it really bugged me this time that the heroine never gets agency. And I think because it really really bugged her. He took over everything, decided everything and she didn’t like it. She finally stands up to him about the adoption papers. Then she’s traumatized and suddenly, the book is over. I hate it because the author didn’t give the heroine .... closure? Agency? He demands she give in ... why? Because She was kidnapped and didn’t fight harder? That’s just a sh*tty reason. And Ryker never once had any empathy for her over it. It did not matter to him. So ... yeah.
And that isn’t loving. ‘I know better and I’m in charge’ is dumb.
For me this one crossed from jealous and possessive to abusive. Subtle and glossed over with how much the kids love him and all but the evil lady wasn’t wrong when she said there are different kinds of abuse and because Calla never actually got to a place of acceptance, as a reader it was grossly unsatisfying. The pattern isn’t going to end and she will never have a say. Ick and ugh.
And that isn’t loving. ‘I know better and I’m in charge’ is dumb.
For me this one crossed from jealous and possessive to abusive. Subtle and glossed over with how much the kids love him and all but the evil lady wasn’t wrong when she said there are different kinds of abuse and because Calla never actually got to a place of acceptance, as a reader it was grossly unsatisfying. The pattern isn’t going to end and she will never have a say. Ick and ugh.