Review: Well Written but Tough to Get Through
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 07 8, 2013
The warning posted that "Readers sensitive to rape scenarios should proceed with caution" should be the very first line in the summary. I have absolutely adored every book in the Vegas Top Guns series, in fact they're some of my favorite books period. But this one...this one was rough to get through.I absolutely hated Sunny. She was a manipulative, selfish bitch who put her needs above everyone else's and caused her husband more pain than he could ever dream of. I could not cheer for this relationship to work out. Dash deserved so much better than to be forced into consensual rape scenarios just to keep his wife around. And seriously, those rape scenes, while well written, were out of control. I'm all about kink, it's not that I found the scenarios offensive, but the level of fury and anger these two went to just turned my stomach. There was no romance behind it, no discussions, no declarations of love, just pure violence and screaming lust.That said, the story was well written, as are all the books in this series. Some of the more "vanilla" scenes were super erotic & sexy as hell, but this couple just didn't "click" for me. Both are trying desperately to make each other into something they're not, with the pretense of desperation for honesty. Nothing about this book felt right to me, but that doesn't mean I won't go & pick up the next kinky book in this series, because seriously, this team can write some stories that appeal to me on a base level. Not their finest work, but still a must read as part of the series.