Review: Ugh! What an awful book
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 06 6, 2012
I'm definitely not a fan of this book.  The lines between abuse and affection were blurred on too numerous occasions to count. I couldn't enjoy the interaction between the hero and his heroine because of the many physical abuse and verbal insults that passed back and forth between both of them. I'm a firm believer that love brings respect, and saw little evidence of this for the first half of the book.Elena in many cases acted like an immature, spoiled and disrespectful child, who showed little regard for rules put in place for her safety and for the consequences of her actions on others until much later in the book. And Bai acted little better than she did by treating her like a disobedient, recalcitrant child.It's amazing that the dynamic between didn't change until they had sex, which I find very hard to believe or swallow. Why should sex bring the respect and affection between them that didn't exist in their earlier interactions?  I didn't enjoy the SM of the book, and was shocked that it seemed to be an accepted behavior by Elena's family. In the end, it left a sour taste in my mouth and not even the steamy scenes could redeem this book for me.  I don't think I'll be reading any more books from this writer.