marame reviewed on
Helpful Score: 4
This was a very hard book to read, and it didn't t get any easier on the second go around. I first read it about 5 years ago and was horrified by it. I didn't like the characters, what Sebastian did to Rachel, nor her response.
Now I'm older and wiser and while it was still difficult to turn each page, I now understand some of the demons riding Sebastian. He's not an easy man to like, let alone understand, but it's worth it to stick it out, if only to read about the depths to which a man can sink and finally rise, healed and triumphant.
Rachel is hard to like, too, only because you feel so much for her that you want her to rebel, fight back, and finally feel something . . . anything. This book is not for the faint of heart, but I recommend it only because I've never read anything remotely like it.
Now I'm older and wiser and while it was still difficult to turn each page, I now understand some of the demons riding Sebastian. He's not an easy man to like, let alone understand, but it's worth it to stick it out, if only to read about the depths to which a man can sink and finally rise, healed and triumphant.
Rachel is hard to like, too, only because you feel so much for her that you want her to rebel, fight back, and finally feel something . . . anything. This book is not for the faint of heart, but I recommend it only because I've never read anything remotely like it.
