| Genre | Pages | Spice | Rating |
| Dark Romance | 226 | 4 chili peppers | 1.5 stars |
Review
Get really comfortable with NO consent, gaslighting, and Stockholm Syndrome. This was every kind of toxic BDSM. All of the horror stories I’ve told to newbie subs are basically the summation of this book. So if you have some very dark fantasies about rape, kidnapping, and nonnegotiated BDSM, then by all means read it. I almost didn’t finish it once he slapped her. The ending is atrocious. Definitely NOT a HEA in my opinion. So. Much. Gaslighting.
The Good
If you’re interested in some dark dirty talk and kinky scenes, it has those.
The Bad
Where to start?! The characters are loosely fleshed out. It all feels as if the author was desperately trying to find a plot and anything redeeming in any of the characters to tell this story of no consent.
“How was I supposed to tell him this without using my words? I could communicate by being the best slave he could have. I would be obedient and compliant, which I knew pleased him.”
So that’s basically the jist – abuse her nonconsensually until she agreed to be with him. No. Just no. I’m willing to accept this as fantasy, as we all do with dark romances, but this one just soured my stomach. Further, if you’re getting the audiobook, it’s entirely from the FMC’s perspective, and yet it’s a male narrator. It was weird because it’s not like he has an exceptional female narration voice. It’s all too low and manly, and there wasn’t much differentiation in the voices of the different characters.
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