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A review by turophile
Scorched by Sharon Ashwood
3.0
The summer of romance reading continues. Picked up this book because another by the author had been nominated for a RITA.
I'm not much of a paranormal fan, but it's not horrible so far(high praise from me). In fact I'm enjoying aspects of it. After the first sex scene though I felt compelled to comment, however.
I found the initial sex scene a bit depressing. It was very confusing about whether the heroine really wanted to allow the mighty wang to take out the maidenhood - and it appears she went along with it because she wanted the hero to rescue her kidnapped son. Even though she enjoyed it, afterward she was still wondering whether she did the wrong thing because she (Constance) was not sure if he (Mac) would really follow through on his promise. This notion of giving up the "maidenhood" in exchange for him helping her - umm . . seems pretty close to prostituting herself. Not as bad as rape, but pretty damn old school. Thought we'd moved away from that in modern romance books - and it wasn't necessary to the story. Also, the author may want to do a little more research on where the "maidenhood" is actually located - hint, it don't take that long to reach it. It's at the opening.
After finishing the book, I'm still cynical about the Connie as a virgin vampire thing. I enjoyed other aspects of the book though.
I'm not much of a paranormal fan, but it's not horrible so far(high praise from me). In fact I'm enjoying aspects of it. After the first sex scene though I felt compelled to comment, however.
I found the initial sex scene a bit depressing. It was very confusing about whether the heroine really wanted to allow the mighty wang to take out the maidenhood - and it appears she went along with it because she wanted the hero to rescue her kidnapped son. Even though she enjoyed it, afterward she was still wondering whether she did the wrong thing because she (Constance) was not sure if he (Mac) would really follow through on his promise. This notion of giving up the "maidenhood" in exchange for him helping her - umm . . seems pretty close to prostituting herself. Not as bad as rape, but pretty damn old school. Thought we'd moved away from that in modern romance books - and it wasn't necessary to the story. Also, the author may want to do a little more research on where the "maidenhood" is actually located - hint, it don't take that long to reach it. It's at the opening.
After finishing the book, I'm still cynical about the Connie as a virgin vampire thing. I enjoyed other aspects of the book though.