J. Przymus

Okay, I don’t like reading a book about rape and so therefore thought this was a mystery or a police procedural. I am going to say that this was a well written book. No glaring typos, grammar errs or formatting errors. And, at the beginning I was looking at 4 stars.. I could empathize/sympathize with how violated the character Gules must have felt. Her paranoia was understandable maybe even her not reporting it to the police was understandable.

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But then the author lost me by making the rape not a violation but an act of love. Does this say Stockholm Syndrome to anyone else?

I am awarding this a 1-star because we have spent so much time get girls/women to understand this is a crime, that they did not invite this to happen to them, that rape is about power not love; and this author just ………………… (mais)

I'm having a hard time with this one. I liked the storytelling. I liked the idea. I liked the buildup of the tension and not knowing who the perpetrator was up until almost the very end.

What bothered me, and that's a very big WHAT, is the believability of this story. It just doesn't make sense. On any level. Even fantasy is based on logic when it comes to relationships, but here, in an all human setting, a relationship was built and it just doesn't make sense.

I'm trying to review without revealing anything, so I'm not going to elaborate on specifics.

All in all, not a bad read. I just think the author could have written it differently.… (mais)