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A review by waldtochter
Dark Needs at Night's Edge by Kresley Cole
3.0
I love smut, this however was an interesting piece of smut.
The relationships in smut are always expedited, but this one also dealt along the way rather well with topics I found taboo.
The male in this book is a paranormal addict and also could be seen as an abusive lover. The female struggles with her desire to be saved by this man and also to be the savior of this man.
In books, women are still portrayed as wanting the Prince Charming on a white horse deal, and that every Prince Charming must have this egregious flaw that somehow can be fixed, thankfully, with love and a woman's touch.
It seems this book is the re-telling of [b:Beauty and the Beast|41424|Beauty A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast|Robin McKinley|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169613617s/41424.jpg|2321285], where women are told to hold-on and hold-out and eventually things will get better - somehow. It was frustrating because these are roles we are hopefully moving away from locking ourselves into, but as is common in smut the roles are just more cemented.
Of course, in the climax of the book, the couple must always face, together, some sort of strife. But as is common in Cole's books they also deal, for the most part, realistically with the emotional problems that arise from just being in a relationship.
I like when things don't magically fall in line. I think many will agree that relationships can be hard to maintain and romanticizing a misrepresentation of this just misleads readers, and causes disappointments in real life. This book seems to have the theme of forgiveness throughout it, and while it's not my favorite book in the series it definitely has one of my favorite leading ladies.
So not half bad, but I think I could have waited to borrow it from the library.
The relationships in smut are always expedited, but this one also dealt along the way rather well with topics I found taboo.
The male in this book is a paranormal addict and also could be seen as an abusive lover. The female struggles with her desire to be saved by this man and also to be the savior of this man.
In books, women are still portrayed as wanting the Prince Charming on a white horse deal, and that every Prince Charming must have this egregious flaw that somehow can be fixed, thankfully, with love and a woman's touch.
It seems this book is the re-telling of [b:Beauty and the Beast|41424|Beauty A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast|Robin McKinley|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1169613617s/41424.jpg|2321285], where women are told to hold-on and hold-out and eventually things will get better - somehow. It was frustrating because these are roles we are hopefully moving away from locking ourselves into, but as is common in smut the roles are just more cemented.
Of course, in the climax of the book, the couple must always face, together, some sort of strife. But as is common in Cole's books they also deal, for the most part, realistically with the emotional problems that arise from just being in a relationship.
I like when things don't magically fall in line. I think many will agree that relationships can be hard to maintain and romanticizing a misrepresentation of this just misleads readers, and causes disappointments in real life. This book seems to have the theme of forgiveness throughout it, and while it's not my favorite book in the series it definitely has one of my favorite leading ladies.
So not half bad, but I think I could have waited to borrow it from the library.