A review by georgamc
The Santiago Trilogy by Catherine Wiltcher

1.0

I was apprehensive when I first heard of this book, however, many reviews insisted that the female character was extremely empowered and strong-minded. Arguing back at someone over not wanting to change your outfit because they say so is not empowerment, that is just basic not letting someone push you around. The fact that he isolates her for two days, in one room, and with the bare minimum of food and liquids, in order to "have her" when he returns is not misunderstood or romantic, it's psychological abuse. The story actually started to pick up mid-way through the first book "Hearts of Darkness", but then the start of the second book "Hearts Divine" in which she is extremely annoyed at the FBI for interrogating her over an international cartel leader who has murdered numerous people was the last straw for me.

I love romance books, but this is not romantic, it's an unhealthy captor-victim fantasy.