Review: Left Me with Unsettled Emotions and a Bad Taste in My Mouth
Rating: 1 out of 5
Date: 12 16, 2013
***Spoilers***Wow, I was so disappointed in this book. And, may I state at the outset - we all have different hopes when we choose to read a book.  I'm only expressing my own thoughts and feelings.  Jade Lee has some talent as a writer and I have read some of her other books.  This one did not suit me at all.My feelings relative to the darkness at the beginning and throughout the book kept telling me to "quit reading," "quit reading." Wishful thinking on my part lead me to hope that Marlock's designs would somehow turn out to be less depraved than they actually were. Ugh!  Not so!  Some parts of the book implied that he was doing his protegees a big favor by training them and selling them to "suitable" old men who wouldn't live very long.  Supposedly, the hope was that these old geezers' desires wouldn't be depraved to the extreme, that they wouldn't live all that long and that they would leave their fortunes to their young wives resulting in the women being able to enjoy freedom and a quality of life for the rest of their years. Somehow, I was never persuaded.In my opinion Marlock was the epitome of an extremely debauched man. The behavior of Lynette and ultimately, her thoughts and values, matched Marlock's to the point one could infer that perhaps they were deserving of each other. This book left me with an upset stomach and a bad taste in my mouth. Currently, I'm not feeling very elevated or pleased.  In fact, just the opposite - the worst way to feel after spending a couple of hours reading a book.