Review: Didn't Leave Me Much To Rave About
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 05 14, 2013
To me, this books seems like it has trouble figuring out what kind of book it wants to be. When you start in on it, you think you are reading a BDSM erotica. However, as you continue on, you quickly see that it's not a traditional BDSM story and also there's the added conflict of the female character's, Katya, trauma that she survived when she was younger. The book tries to fuse these two aspects together, but it creates a story that is unsure of its own identity.The story moves through scenes quickly and you are left feeling like you are missing something. When you want to focus on a certain aspect and know more, you are already going to another scene and are talking about another topic. I just felt the story was erratic, trying to be edgy and dramatic but ended up being frenetic with the idea of trying to get through everything before the book ends.I never really got a full understanding of the main characters. You got a small inkling of who they are, but the book never really gives a fully developed illustration of who they were. The story seemed more focus on what they're doing and how Katya reacts to the actions of the trio, Ezra, Cortez, and Aaron. You never come to care for them. At times, I feel Katya acted brattish and petulant.I never really got a full sense of what the book is. I know about the main plot and how the characters are all connected, but I didn't leave feeling anything for it. All I remember about this book was the feeling of the rambling nature of the narrative and not getting a full picture of the book's personality. It was neither a BDSM story or a story of a young woman coming to terms of her traumatic event. Like the book's main female lead, Katya, it never really figured out who it wanted to be.