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A review by parpacifica
Then, Earth Swallowed Ocean by Shiloh Sloane, Shiloh Sloane
2.0
One star for Wright, who seemed like the only well-developed characters in the book. Thoughtful, solemn, kind. Man’s got demons in his mind and it makes sense why.
1/2 star for the writing style, which suits the romantic thriller genre very well. It has a certain omniscience reminiscent of folk-style storytelling that settles in your bones
1/2 star for the incredibly original take on werewolf lore. It was enough to keep me reading even when I wanted to chuck my kindle at the wall everytime Ridge opened his mouth.
A man is hanging there, except for he isn’t a man. All her life, he’s been more God than anyone she hears about in church. He brought her into this world in the living room, guided her out of her mother’s womb. Her blood is half his, the sparkling part, the part that feels restless when sitting still and the part that makes stories in her mind for all the places she’ll go. But his hands, the same that brought her crying into the light twenty-three years ago, now build prisons and darken skin. He has made a hell for her, so he is not a man.
NOW, why I removed stars:
- minus 100 ⭐️ for Ridge. That man’s a DOG!!!!!!! He rapes Sadie upon meeting her, constantly fantasizes about EATING HER FLESH cause he eats people. You know what? UNDERSTANDABLE! He is a sociopathic killer drowned by his urges. Then he mates with Sadie and all of a sudden he’s been beat over the head by the love bug.
But no siree don’t let this book fool you that there’s any kind of love in this book. Nah, the only time you see Ridge and Sadie in a room, they are having violent sex. They don’t have conversations— they just have sex on everything, everywhere, anytime.
Sadie lacks any kind of spine and it seems almost pitiful the way Ridge treats her. When she suggests having conversations, he dismisses her claiming he knows everything he needs to know of her.
- minus 1000 ⭐️ for the NONSTOP MINDLESS SEX I repeat, Ridge and Sadie did NOT have conversations. They had brutal, meangingless, repetitive sex. From 40% of the book onwards, nearly every single chapter. There’s a lot of gory, brutal blood play, knives, blades, fluids. Skipped through a lot of scenes.
He hunts for her (body) , and hungers for her (body), and weeps when he loses her (body), when she runs away.
That’s part of why Ridge seemed not human. He seemed like an actual animal with the way he saw Sadie and just fucked her on the spot.
Bees are considered robots because they don’t consciously perform actions. They just respond to stimuli.
Ridge seemed the same way.
Psycho killer—> Mates with Sadie —-> becomes doting psycho killer
Sees Sadie—-> fucks Sadie
Sadie walks—-> fucks Sadie
Sadie quiet ——> fucks Sadie
Sadie lost —-> find Sadie, then fuck Sadie
I could not distinguish a single conscious thought in his brain beyond fucking Sadie.
But they said he READS✨
WHERE? I don’t think I’ve heard him talk about ANYTHING except mating with Sadie, babies with Sadie, eating Sadie, or sleeping with Sadie. He doesn’t seem strategic or thoughtful or tactical either — just a dumb horny man breaking through walls to get his Sadie.
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- minus 10000⭐️ for having Ridge when there was a WRIGHT right there (lol) Wright, Ridge’s brother, had a genuine, thoughtful relationship with Sadie. They bonded over their grief, they helped each other heal and their relationship was based on a genuine emotional connection first. Wright and Sadie. Forbidden love because Sadie was his brother’s mate.
Where Wright speaks about Sadie’s resilience, kindness and sweetness, Ridge just weeps over losing Sadie’s sweet thighs.
Where Wright talks about freedom and choice, Ridge brutally bites and rapes Sadie.
Wright, who tries to sacrifice himself for Sadie, while Ridge denies Sadie’s life is in danger.
WHY COULDNT WRIGHT HAVE BEEN THE WHOLE STORY?
“You ain’t hearin’ me,” Wright says. “Can’t make that woman do something she don’t want to do. That ain’t lovin’ her proper.”
Ridge scoffs.
Ridge
1/2 star for the writing style, which suits the romantic thriller genre very well. It has a certain omniscience reminiscent of folk-style storytelling that settles in your bones
1/2 star for the incredibly original take on werewolf lore. It was enough to keep me reading even when I wanted to chuck my kindle at the wall everytime Ridge opened his mouth.
A man is hanging there, except for he isn’t a man. All her life, he’s been more God than anyone she hears about in church. He brought her into this world in the living room, guided her out of her mother’s womb. Her blood is half his, the sparkling part, the part that feels restless when sitting still and the part that makes stories in her mind for all the places she’ll go. But his hands, the same that brought her crying into the light twenty-three years ago, now build prisons and darken skin. He has made a hell for her, so he is not a man.
NOW, why I removed stars:
- minus 100 ⭐️ for Ridge. That man’s a DOG!!!!!!! He rapes Sadie upon meeting her, constantly fantasizes about EATING HER FLESH cause he eats people. You know what? UNDERSTANDABLE! He is a sociopathic killer drowned by his urges. Then he mates with Sadie and all of a sudden he’s been beat over the head by the love bug.
But no siree don’t let this book fool you that there’s any kind of love in this book. Nah, the only time you see Ridge and Sadie in a room, they are having violent sex. They don’t have conversations— they just have sex on everything, everywhere, anytime.
Sadie lacks any kind of spine and it seems almost pitiful the way Ridge treats her. When she suggests having conversations, he dismisses her claiming he knows everything he needs to know of her.
- minus 1000 ⭐️ for the NONSTOP MINDLESS SEX I repeat, Ridge and Sadie did NOT have conversations. They had brutal, meangingless, repetitive sex. From 40% of the book onwards, nearly every single chapter. There’s a lot of gory, brutal blood play, knives, blades, fluids. Skipped through a lot of scenes.
He hunts for her (body) , and hungers for her (body), and weeps when he loses her (body), when she runs away.
That’s part of why Ridge seemed not human. He seemed like an actual animal with the way he saw Sadie and just fucked her on the spot.
Bees are considered robots because they don’t consciously perform actions. They just respond to stimuli.
Ridge seemed the same way.
Psycho killer—> Mates with Sadie —-> becomes doting psycho killer
Sees Sadie—-> fucks Sadie
Sadie walks—-> fucks Sadie
Sadie quiet ——> fucks Sadie
Sadie lost —-> find Sadie, then fuck Sadie
I could not distinguish a single conscious thought in his brain beyond fucking Sadie.
But they said he READS✨
WHERE? I don’t think I’ve heard him talk about ANYTHING except mating with Sadie, babies with Sadie, eating Sadie, or sleeping with Sadie. He doesn’t seem strategic or thoughtful or tactical either — just a dumb horny man breaking through walls to get his Sadie.
L
- minus 10000⭐️ for having Ridge when there was a WRIGHT right there (lol) Wright, Ridge’s brother, had a genuine, thoughtful relationship with Sadie. They bonded over their grief, they helped each other heal and their relationship was based on a genuine emotional connection first. Wright and Sadie. Forbidden love because Sadie was his brother’s mate.
Where Wright speaks about Sadie’s resilience, kindness and sweetness, Ridge just weeps over losing Sadie’s sweet thighs.
Where Wright talks about freedom and choice, Ridge brutally bites and rapes Sadie.
Wright, who tries to sacrifice himself for Sadie, while Ridge denies Sadie’s life is in danger.
WHY COULDNT WRIGHT HAVE BEEN THE WHOLE STORY?
“You ain’t hearin’ me,” Wright says. “Can’t make that woman do something she don’t want to do. That ain’t lovin’ her proper.”
Ridge scoffs.
Ridge