Review: 4.5 Force-me-to-take-it—cause-I-gotta-have-it-stars
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 10 18, 2013
When my GoodReads feed is overtaken by a single book, I take notice. And I was not disappointed with Cara McKenna’s Willing Victim. This was nearly a-go-in blind read for me, reading a few reviews and then instantly knowing that I must read this next.Laurel finds herself oddly attracted to the man that she watches confronting a couple in the midst of an aggressive argument. Realizing she has nothing to lose, she catches up to him and offers him lunch, after all the worst he can do is reject her. And Flynn doesn’t exactly reject her, but he doesn’t expect her to want more from him once she gets a good look at just what kind of guy he is.When Laurel walks in to basement and her lungs are instantly assaulted by the smell of sweat she is a bit surprised to find a boxing ring before her. After finding Flynn and getting a glimpse of just what his kink entails from a knowing party, Laurel’s worlds about to change.”Tonight he was hers. Tomorrow could go f*** itself.”But Flynn’s affliction isn’t just rough sex, it’s a mix of role play and dominance. But not in the sense of chains and whips… he wants his victims to struggle, but most of all he wants them willing.For the first time in years Laurel is feeling alive, Flynn has tapped into a hidden place within her psyche where she is willing to let go of all control. She has put her trust into a complete stranger, who with little effort could easily overpower her and turn their little game into a reality."You don't wanna know how rough I can play, girl." ... "Now I'm gonna let your hands go and you're gonna be good, or else I'm going to be real bad. You got that?"I absolutely loved this story. Flynn was all alpha-male & dirty talk. Although the theme of their rough sex is not something that I have ever found personally appealing, Cara McKenna does a brilliant job creating this scenario with a very safe feeling. I have read a few books that had this theme at some point, but where they failed was to bring trust into the picture. At no time did I get a creepy vibe or that this was a noncom type encounter, which given the theme is a good sign of just how good she was at creating this story.Complete, melt your panties sex in this one. Every single thing about Flynn screams sex.I think my one-clicky fingers might be adding a few other books from this author to my TBR list if they are anything like this. Cara McKenna created two characters that you could easily connect with over such a short period of time. She created a simple story without having to go overboard with issues or angst.If you are looking for a smoking read where the characters are well written and you won’t be in danger of throwing your e-reader against the wall with drawn out angst – this is your book. Even with the rougher theme, it never felt like it was anything but consensual sex and since Flynn was so easy to like, there is an instant trust that he is just a good guy that has a fetish for a bit hardcore role play.