Anna R. (annalove) reviewed on 11/3/2009

Helpful Score: 1

I've read most of Christine Feehan's other books, and I enjoyed the previous Drake sisters novels. This book, however, was awful. Elle's imprisonment and rape was hard to read, but it was harder to deal with how such a subject was handled through the rest of the book. There was such a lack of insight and understanding around this issue it was appalling. One love scene in particular (and how Jackson behaved toward Elle) would have had the potential to cause a tremendous amount of psychological harm to an actual rape survivor, but it was seen as a positive way for Jackson to treat Elle. I'm not looking for realism when I read Feehan's books, but her descriptions of rape and torture followed by a decidedly unrealistic love story left a bad taste in my mouth. I may never read another one of her books, and I'm certainly not recommending this book to anyone.

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