Review: Full of Spoilers
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 04 23, 2012
I am not a stranger to nonconsent erotica and I don't have a problem with it or the idea of it. I had a problem with this though. After Rachel and Zachary's last encounter togther NOTHING about this novella is erotic. I don't have a problem with dubious consent or non-consent as long as the characters eventually find pleasure-no matter how twisted. Rachel found no pleasure. She is raped and brutalized by thungs repeatedly for the rest of the novel. Zachary is an ill-defined character, which is to be expected because everything is told from Rachel's point-of-view. Unfortunately, Zachary is also a very weak hero, which to me works fine if we are talking about "real life" it does not work well for an "erotic novella". He is weak, ineffectual and kind of stupid. Not sexy at all.I liked the initial set up because it was daring and original. Keep Me Safe is also very well written. Unfortunately by the end I just really, really hated it and considered asking Amazon for my .99 cents back because I found it so offensive.If you found your way to Keep Me Safe by way of something like "50 Shades of Grey" then for god's sake, DON'T read this. If you found your way here after reading Comfort Food by Kitty Thomas (which I loved) then you may or may not like this.