Review: Whacked
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 12 29, 2013
This story is whacked.SPOILER I had a real problem with this book. The beginning is brutal and disgusting. I kept waiting for the alpha male warrior king to realize the error of his ways and the ways of his tribe and do something about it, but instead, the female, who is raped and physically abused by the hero, just learns to deal with it. She goes from being raped to enjoying sex with her rapist who she can't even communicate with! It is crazy the way she turns and decides very early on that she isn't even sure she wants to go home. She is crazy and constantly bows down to horrible circumstances because she has decided she is in love with this man and his world. She is also incredibly shallow. She is always remarking about the stuff that other people have and pointing at that it is nowhere near as nice as the stuff she has.Also, the whole tribe they live in is brutal interspersed with sweet moments here and there. That does not excuse the fact the it is still brutal. She births a daughter - what mother could not be horrified that her daughter will grow up in this world and become a hunted wife? Or be horrified that her son will perpetrate that on another human?And Lahn was a typical KA male in some ways but so vile and disgusting at times that I couldn't get passed it. His reign over Circe and her yielding to it was not the usual alpha male/strong heroine relationship I have come to know and love from KA. This whole story had me pretty much wondering WTF?