Review: I will try to fix you
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 3, 2012
This was a very emotional read, as the warning blurb at the beginning of the book points out - Warning: This book involves light bondage play, rape fantasy & role-playing. The acts between the hero & heroine are consensual, but they may not be ideal for all readers...Tania Sinclair was happily married to Kyle, a man who adored her and indulged her in her kinky fantasies. Then a car accident took him away from her. Not long after, someone she trusted attacked her leaving her scared and broken. Two years later, she's tired of waiting for things to go back to normal, and she wants to take her life, as well as her fantasies, back. There's only one person she can think of, who she trusts enough to make that happen, Drake Bennett. He was Kyle's best friend and hers too.Drake has been in love with Tania since the first time they met, but she was already taken. He;s always been there for her, through good times and bad. More so after the attack on her two years ago. He'd do anything for her because he loves her. When she approaches him with her plea, he doesn't know if he should do it. He wants to because it's her, but he doesn't want to because she doesn't feel about him the way he does about her, and that would just shred his heart up when she got what she wanted. Where would that leave them?This is definitely not one of those insanely hot, fluffy romantic stories most of us are used to. Not to say that it wasn't hot, but with Tania's attack and her fantasies at the core of this, it makes it a little difficult to feel anything other than sadness and pain for what she had to go through.Some people might find her fantasies somewhat disturbing or even disgusting. However, fantasies play an important role in anyone's sex life, so really anything goes when two people are willing and trust each other. She was married, and she shared these fantasies with her husband, and no one got hurt.Moving on, the chemistry between the two characters was off the charts. Drake's best characteristic was the way he loved, and the depth of that love. He didn't push, and he didn't try to fix her. My heart broke for Tania, especially when I found out who attacked her. It just made her emotional devastation even more poignant. The feelings they both exhibit is passionate but raw. One can't help but root for these two.The only thing that put me off was the endless repetition towards the end of the story as Tania tries to get her point across to Drake; reiterating over and over why she wants him to do a certain thing to her. It was heart-breaking to read, mostly for Drake's sake at that point. This story isn't for everybody, but I found the honesty behind their feelings eventually overcame the dark theme.