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A review by trisha_thomas
Skin Deep by S.W. Vaughn
1.0
** My disclaimer. I read this book for a reading challenge. **
"Hey there, welcome to The Truth. How can I fix your b$*&?"
So, I don't like erotica. At all. I don't like M/M, F/M, F/F, any erotica. But, I'm going to put that aside and try to review this book from a story standpoint and ignore all the erotica.
I still found the story lacking. There was little plot. No, there was interesting information but nothing to pull it together. So many themes are left unexplained - I guess because it's a series and it's supposed to make me want to read more?
And the abuse was horrific. It was completely awful to read. I was equally appalled that in the room where Will was attacked, days after and while he's still healing and bleeding, he is open to having another sexual encounter. I found it deeply saddening - I think it's unrealistic for someone who suffered so much abuse. Will needs to work on himself - why is he seeking these completely awful relationships - before he jumps into another relationship...... I found the tie of abuse to BDSM disturbing as well. I don't think anyone in that community would want to tie what they do to the horrid things that happened to Will. All in all, I thought it was a bad example of what I assume is a very respectful genre. Just not my kind of book.
"Hey there, welcome to The Truth. How can I fix your b$*&?"
So, I don't like erotica. At all. I don't like M/M, F/M, F/F, any erotica. But, I'm going to put that aside and try to review this book from a story standpoint and ignore all the erotica.
I still found the story lacking. There was little plot. No, there was interesting information but nothing to pull it together. So many themes are left unexplained - I guess because it's a series and it's supposed to make me want to read more?
And the abuse was horrific. It was completely awful to read. I was equally appalled that in the room where Will was attacked, days after and while he's still healing and bleeding, he is open to having another sexual encounter. I found it deeply saddening - I think it's unrealistic for someone who suffered so much abuse. Will needs to work on himself - why is he seeking these completely awful relationships - before he jumps into another relationship...... I found the tie of abuse to BDSM disturbing as well. I don't think anyone in that community would want to tie what they do to the horrid things that happened to Will. All in all, I thought it was a bad example of what I assume is a very respectful genre. Just not my kind of book.