Review: Enemies (RECOMMENDED READ AT KINKY BOOK REVIEWS)
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 3, 2012
I have to say, this book left me speechless.Not only did it take me through every possible emotion that you could possibly imagine. At first I wasn't sure how I would receive this book. From the moment I started it, I couldn't put it down. Maybe I should say that I didn't want to put it down. It was like magic. I felt so deeply connected to Sora the moment we are introduced to her. She is a strong, smart, and very likable warrior woman that makes you, as the reader inhabit her body instantly and she takes you on her journey.And instantly, a few of my triggers are hit. I wanted to scream and yell at the lead male. I don't like when writers try to make villains out of their heroes, and then make them heroes by the end. However, once I kept reading I realized that Vonna was not going to do that to me. She was going to give me a real hero. Although he still followed what was demanded of him, he still knew that some of it wasn't going to be right. Hakan is every BDSM submissive dream. Can that man top? Oh, hell yes! When we dive into his mind you almost feel touched by him. His inner turmoil, loyalty to his clan or loyalty to this woman he has an enormous amount of respect for, that by clan law, he must break and make a willing sex slave.That brings me to the most powerful part of this book for me. This book is set as an Early Historical, man in the early times. So for me it was like opening a doorway to the very beginnings of BDSM. There were no safe words, but Hakan could tell, just off pure instinct, and watching Sora's reactions when he had taken things too far. He would stop; he would work out her aching muscles. He would lull her to sleep even as he told her that he was going to break her and make her a willing sex slave and answer only to her hunger for sex. Sora, being the strong woman that she is, although deliciously submissive in the `cave dwelling', was unbreakable. Oh, don't get me wrong, she was aroused, but by Hakan. The man could do some tricks with rope that was making me whimper as I was reading it.Although, this book has elements of dubious consent, I couldn't help but feel the compassion, intensity, and love that slowly bloomed in this book. The first thing that I loved was that the love didn't come instantly. We generally know in the first chapter that the heroine is having feelings of love towards the male lead. This was not the case, they were enemies, and they treated each other as so. However, the fact that they were both warriors leads both of them to highly respect one another. Hakan didn't belittle Sora, he tried, and he knew that by his clan it was the right thing, but he had trouble with breaking a warrior like Sora. The build, the sexual tension, the sex scenes, and the heat were so perfectly written that it I believed in this love story. It wasn't built on instant attraction. It was built on respect and trust.What a beautiful and dangerous story Vonna has told! I wish I could thank her personally for writing this book! I will be picking up more of her titles she writes for Loose; they seem to be the most edgy of her collection. I highly recommend this read to anyone that likes their BDSM with a raw edge that will hit you Soul deep!