Review: 95% 5 star, with a few WTF? moments that hurt the story
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 01 10, 2014
I very much enjoyed Shooter, and thought it was a 5 star read. I can handle dark or extreme books, so the negative reviews did not detour me from giving Tex a try.Compared to other negative reviews for Tex, I disagree in that I think this Tex was the very same as in book one...there was just a few bad scenes plus a bad transition/turning point that killed the story.Mild spoiler alerts following.The issues all stem from Abby's long weekend with Tex where she agreed to give over control. I personally did not like him bringing the Domme into it. Totally lost me, not my thing, and was from left field that Abby was bi-curious. After that scene, Abby hit a wall and Tex lost his temper. As a result, how he treated and sent her off simply sucked. He treated her in such an extreme way, and she was just taking it as an "I deserve this" epiphany that I did not like. The amount of humiliation Tex imposed on her was too much and inconsistent with what kind of Dom he is he was. From calling her "bitch," to forcing her to eat out of bowls on the ground, to having to pee in the yard. That is emotional abuse, especially under the guise that he said he would never hurt Abby. But then again...the way Abby responded, seems like she didn't think it was all that bad and you wonder if she actually likes being treated so poorly (which I still do not like, and it loses me). I also didn't like how she grovels her way back into his house in such an extreme way the following chapter. She came across as psycho as the crazy lady in the first book (tattoo and all). That flow, and those terrible scenes just sent what could have been a better story stumbling.