Review: Makes me want to go to therapy...
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 18, 2014
I purchased the book and was not given a free copy or ARC so this will be an honest reviewI will start out by saying i am a HUGE...HUGE Jaden Wilkes fan so keep that in mind when you read this review.  Why do I disclose that information on this review?  Because Ms. Wilkes invokes emotion...you either love her and will buy and read as rabid fans anything and everything she puts out there or there will be some readers that will question their sanity after they read her stories, not particularly like her stories and post as such.  I happen to love her stories, her prose, her characters, their actions, their words, their memories, thoughts.  So there will be some that will disagree with me but hear me out (or read me out) why this story is so magnificent and deserves to be dissected and talked about and loved.The story centers around a therapist (hence the name of the novel) Alexandre Dane.  The plot evolves over days of his life and his patients in therapy so the chapters are labeled as doctors reports (Day, time, patient) which is unique on its own.  As you read and the story unfolds you get glimpses of his life with fellow doctors, sessions with his patients and then some outside encounters.  Alexandre is a post traumatic sexual event therapist which is unfortunate (or I am sure Alexandre will feel fortunate) since he is also a sociopath.  Without giving away too much of the plot, his techniques would be unorthodox (I am being generous) to some but to him, he is fantastic at fixing the broken and the best in his field.  Ms. Wilkes genius of writing this story is the quite hints and hidden notes of what is happening around and to Alexandre.  I can best describe it as if softly noticing perfume in the night air of orange blossoms or some other fragrant plant...you can gain glimpses of the scent but it's fleeting and coy.  I caught onto those hints that are sprinkles within the story and which grew to anvil size as the plot races towards the end.Now with that being said it would not be a Jaden Wilkes' book without dark, taboo, raw, filthy images and language. I actually struggled with finding a passage in the book that I can post which didn't include Alexandre's special brand of language or description of some type sexual encounter.  I loved it...."I like to milk them of their emotions, to feed on their trauma and pain like some kind of vampire, inducing pathos instead of sucking blood".And now why Ms. Wilkes is a brilliant writer and novelist.  Characters are personal to each author...they are invented and nurtured and cared for by the writer.  Alexandre came out of that brain of hers and is so unlike any character I have ever read I wonder how she let this character have any control.  .  Alexandre is an anti-hero if you want a description or to label him however, you want him to finish his story on top, unscathed and a winner.  I have never met a character so evil, so twisted and I actually liked him.  Ms. Wilkes actually got me to LIKE him....brilliant.I highly recommend the Therapist for any of those readers that are yearning for something different in dark erotica.  The story does end so no cliff hanger but I won't tell you if it is a HEA...that is for your own debate.  I will tell you that it has strong language and situations that will challenge you as a reader.  Be challenged...challenge yourself with something so different and so unique that there is nothing else like it out there like it for you to read.  You won't be disappointed.