Review: Not as Broken as we think...
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 10 22, 2013
This is the first in the series and let me tell you right now there is NO HEA or HFN in this installment.  And I still loved it.  I love to push my boundaries and I love doing it with this author.  The uncanny insights Kol Anderson has into Aaron and the situation he finds himself in is quite scary.This first episode sets up the main players but do not mistake this, it is Aarons story.  We get to see the set up of his life, so we can appreciate where he is coming from in this story.  And Aaron is a strong man, stronger than the other characters give him credit for and stronger than we the reader realise at first.  This episode shows us what is happening without letting us really in on the end game.Another piece of advice, if rape and violence and introducing the reader to the stark reality of a situation is NOT your cup of tea, or you have serious triggers around this and non consensual everything, then walk away, this is not for you.  Kol does NOT hold back on where Aaron goes and what he does to survive, and takes us, the reader, with him.Again, and by now I should not be surprised. Kol's writing is just perfect to hear the major players and their conflict.  The non judgemental way each of the characters is written, so that ultimately you feel you have the power to decide wether or not you like this person or at least wether or not you can understand even sympathise with the motivations.  It is confronting and uncomfortable and I loved it.