Review: Beauty and The Beast have nothing on these two...finding love in an imperfect world
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 22, 2014
I tend to take a lot of hype with a grain of salt...and when I hear about books that are shocking or too twisted to be read by the average romance reader...well then I have to read it! Lucky for me Jaden Wilkes put The Beast on sale this weekend and of course I one-clicked it.Dark, mysterious recluse Dimitri has been damaged, both physically and emotionally and he has lost his ability to feel love or feel any real emotions towards anyone except for violent and abusive sexual encounters with random women, mostly paid whores. When Columbia (herself a physically and emotionally damaged woman) finds herself thrust into his private world as the result of an infiltration gone bad, her beauty and innocence throw Dimitri into a tailspin and nothing is the same anymore.I liked the twisted themes in this story, the way two broken individuals helped heal each other and the last few chapters were unbelievable in their intensity. Some people may not agree or like the direction this book ended up going...but I loved it and cheered all the way to the end. The author cautions that this is NOT a fairytale and I agree, but oh my, how I love a good HEA ending and as messed up as it might seem, I think this one had that for me =)Steamy sexuality...BDSM...abusive violence and deep down a lot of love as well.***** 5 ***** "Beauty and The Beast have nothing on these two"