Review: Unique and Brilliantly Written Story!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 9, 2014
This is not a sexy love story, but there is love and there is sex. There's also brutal sexual violence, drug abuse and a vileness that's deplorable. This is a story about relationships both good and bad, and above all it's a story of hope.Lilith Bresson, famous artist, is given no choice but to reside at Albermarle Hall and paint a portrait for Lady Blaine Albermarle. Whilst there she meets Blaine's beautiful companion, Finn Strachan. At first glance, and to an untrained eye, everything seems perfect...... Things are not always as they seem and Albermarle Hall is witness to the utmost depravity. Lilith finds herself becoming deeply embroiled, both physically and emotionally.Lilith is a girl with issues, she’s tough, a realist who likes to be in control. I love her no nonsense attitude; she lives and speaks with a dose of reality and wit. I love her spirit, her courage and her heart. She has a gift of reading people, and if I'm honest, I was slightly skeptical about the 'gift.' However, I have to admit that it worked within the story as a whole, so I went with it.Finn is beautiful to look at but inside he's being slowly broken apart. He's damaged. Drugs are his escape from reality, a reality created by Lady Albermarle, they make his life almost bearable.He was made to do things.Would Lilith be made to do things?Lady Albermarle Blaine is a lady of class and style, always dressed to perfection, a beautiful woman but over the pages with her vile actions and words she became overtly grotesque to me. She’s evil personified. A twisted bitch. “She looks for weakness and then she pounces like the devil.” They dance to the tune of Blaine and it's not pleasant.The Tied Man is written from the dual point of view of Lilith and Finn who, among the depravity and evil, develop a gorgeous friendship that's destined for more, it may be dysfunctional but I loved the reading experience. The girl swoops in with her painting tools and becomes the rescuer, just wonderful!It's a carefully crafted story with a sprinkling of Britishness and I truly appreciated the experience. What I need now is to know their future. Could any of their past damage be healed? Can they find forever in each other? This is a stand alone story but I'm hoping the next book will give me that little bit more I crave.The Tied Man is beyond disturbing but the brilliant writing carried the story and the characters to my book heart. It took me on a unique journey with Lilith and Blaine. A journey of brutality, hurt and grotesque evil, but with an overriding feeling of hope laced throughout. Sometimes, the darker a story goes, the more I feel the light at the end and that's certainly the case with this book. If you are yet to read The Tied Man and like a darker challenging read then pick up this book, you'll not be disappointed.