This is a Fifty Shades of Gray trying to mix in psychological thriller. Save your time and read one or the other. This one hits short of the mark.
Whoa! I am not one to curse, but this was a total Mind F#@k!
I came into this booking thinking that it was going to be a Stockholm Syndrome turned love story. If that is what you are looking for, just stop now. It is no such thing. There is Stockholm, even the main character realizes that. There is, what seems to be, a love story. But be aware, this is no 50 Shades or Gabriels Inferno. This is flat out abuse in every form it can take. Mental abuse, physical abuse, sexual abuse, and everything in between. There were times when I actually contemplated putting the book down, I just knew there was no way for it to redeem itself. But, being one who simply must finish a book, I trudged on. And let me tell you, those last few chapters made it worth my while. I was up until 2 AM finishing this, and immediately wished that I could start on the next one. I even had dreams about this book. Out of the hundreds (thousands?) of books that I have read, I cannot recall ever dreaming about a book. Not like this.
I must say, Ms Romig deserves a giant kudos for this one. I spent the entire first half of this book trying sooo hard to figure out why on earth, anyone would buy the rest of this series after reading this. The answer came in the last chapter. There were times that I thought that I had the book figured out. I mean really, if the main character almost dies at the hands of the hero, there is really no coming back from that point. You just cant love that character. And I wont confirm or deny whether or not that happened for me, but I did find the ending to be very satisfactory, even though it was obviously left as a cliffhanger to entice you read further in the series. Which I will do
I came into this booking thinking that it was going to be a Stockholm Syndrome turned love story. If that is what you are looking for, just stop now. It is no such thing. There is Stockholm, even the main character realizes that. There is, what seems to be, a love story. But be aware, this is no 50 Shades or Gabriels Inferno. This is flat out abuse in every form it can take. Mental abuse, physical abuse, sexual abuse, and everything in between. There were times when I actually contemplated putting the book down, I just knew there was no way for it to redeem itself. But, being one who simply must finish a book, I trudged on. And let me tell you, those last few chapters made it worth my while. I was up until 2 AM finishing this, and immediately wished that I could start on the next one. I even had dreams about this book. Out of the hundreds (thousands?) of books that I have read, I cannot recall ever dreaming about a book. Not like this.
I must say, Ms Romig deserves a giant kudos for this one. I spent the entire first half of this book trying sooo hard to figure out why on earth, anyone would buy the rest of this series after reading this. The answer came in the last chapter. There were times that I thought that I had the book figured out. I mean really, if the main character almost dies at the hands of the hero, there is really no coming back from that point. You just cant love that character. And I wont confirm or deny whether or not that happened for me, but I did find the ending to be very satisfactory, even though it was obviously left as a cliffhanger to entice you read further in the series. Which I will do
