Review: Excellent Writing That Made Me Nauseaous
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 12 8, 2012
You've met women like this.  They go from one bad man to the next.  Hannah leaves Ronnie who at the very least is an emotional abuser.  The way he touches her made me feel disgusted.  When she gets to Las Vegas she lusts after Dominic, a man she meets in the burlesque house where her sister dances.  Their first date is at a party which he throws and he introduces her to some of the most depraved and debauched people I have ever read about en masse.  Instead of taking off and going home, she sticks around and waits for private time with Dominic.  She then enters into an affair which sounds like an obsession.  When he leaves town because the FBI are interested in himm her life slowly becomes normal.  Then he returns. And that is when she meets the man she really had been dating.So when I read a short story I expect one good emotion and a satisfactory ending (all loose strings tied up, not necessarily a happy ending).  Unfortunately, the emotion I got from this story was disgust.  I've met women like Hannah and they just can't understand that they keep choosing the same man over and over.  I don't like people who refuse to learn from their mistakes.  I did not like Hannah's character at all.As for the end of the story, I think it was too rushed. Granted I could see it working out that way, except for her opening up boxes in a closet.  If she had found those pictures when she was dating him I could have understood it more.  But opening boxes after what he just told her.  Uh Uh.The very end seemed like a cheat.  Now the author says there are two more parts to this series, which would make this not a real short story.  So I don't know if this is part 1 of 3 or if the other books are just in the same universe.  If it is part 1 of 3 then the description should have mentioned that fact as I hate unfinished or cliffhanger stories.  If it is 1 of a series of 3 then some of the loose strings should have been tied up more, like how was she going to keep from being found.As to my recommendation, if you like dark, gritty, raunchy, lust stories that leave you feeling dirty this is for you. Because it is very well written.  However, if you were looking for some light erotica or light romance.  Avoid this.