Review: Anger inducing
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 11, 2013
I have sat on this review longer than I have with any other book because I am conflicted on what my rating and review should say.Technical Details: 5 Star RatingRiley Murphy is a great writer. The character developments are great. The characters come across as real people with living emotions. The plot, flow, and climax were all well done.  Editing was spot on. This is truly a 5 star book on a technical standpoint---and I expect nothing less from Ms. Murphy.My favorite Line:"We're all broken. We all have cracks. It's not about making it through life in one piece; it's about narrowing the gap between the fissures so we don't shatter."First part of the book is rated 4.5I LOVED the set-up. When I started reading I was thinking yes yes yes! The set-up, the character sexual chemistry was scorching. Jo's personal struggle to overcome her hindrance was took courage. Ted came off incredibly hot!But then we move on into the territory that has me so frustrated, angry, irritated, pissed off, annoyed, disgusted, turned off, and did I mention just completely pissed off . This part of the book is between a 3 rating for me. Ted's insistence on M/s when all she wanted was to be dominated--ugh. His stomping all over her hard limits--I seriously almost put the book away and didn't finish. I was so enraged with his attitude about everything and her acceptance. I'm literally just disgusted with both their attitudes. I almost rated this section a 2...but a book that can provoke such emotions has to be well written--hence my 5 rating on the technical stuff.  I kept chugging through and finished the book, but I am not sure why.Technical 5First part 4.5Meat of the story 3So my overall rating is a 4I'm not saying the rating is fare, but that is what I have come up with. I MUST give out the warning  though that if you have reservations about the Master/Slave scene that this book is not for you. If you have issues with said Master/Dom ignoring hard limits then this book is not for you. If you are a fan of Riley Murphy and have an open mind...by all means give it a shot. Prepare yourself for the anger you will undoubtedly feel.