Review: Horrifying, Graphically Violent, Anachronistic & Poorly Written
Rating: 1 out of 5
Date: 12 23, 2011
Absolutely Terrible. Historically inaccurate countless times. Rape. Necrophilia. Pedophilia. Self-induced late-term abortion. All described in graphic, horrifying detail. All followed by the female protagonist's becoming sexually aroused by her father's murderer/her own kidnapper/an adulterer/the man who caused her own virginal rape. Seriously? Author's never read history or a Romance as far as I can tell (& may not even be a female to think that women readers would find this barrage of violence against women & children "erotic" or even acceptable: is "Phoenix Sullivan" a pseudonym for Ted Bundy?) Calling this an "Arthurian Saga" is just outright deceit. No research in this book, not even of mythical characters, like Arthur, Merlin, etc. Bad writing posing as Historical Romance. Rape, Necrophilia, Pedophilia, & Graphic Violence pretending to be Romance. Repulsive & repugnant. Should be boycotted & removed from amazon.com if only because of the pedophilia, rapes, and other explicitly detailed scenes of violence against women and children. Would rate <0* if possible.