Review: Miserable Matrimony
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 10 4, 2013
Miserable Matrimony introduces readers to Chandra,an eighteen year old just out of high school. She had goals and dreams after high school. Malik is a handsome and charming thirty-eight year old who is attracted to Chandra.They both meet at her job.They dated a few months and he proposed.They traveled and got to know each other.Her parents weren't thrilled about her decision but at that point she was in love with Malik. After the honeymoon, that is when Chandra began to notice the changes in Malik like how controlling and aggressive he has become and how frequent the beatings occurred. Chandra loves Malik unconditionally and she hopes that he will go back to the person he once was. In Malik's eyes everything is Chandra's fault and she makes him act the way he do. Will Chandra reach her breaking point before Malik goes too far?Malik was just crazy as hell.He has some serious issues. Chandra,I liked her. She was sweet yet naive.I felt bad for what she was going through.I can't say she was crazy for putting up with Malik's abuse because it's easy to judge when you haven't been in that person's shoes but I was rooting for her hoping she would find her strength and realize her worth and stop blaming herself for Malik's crap.I have never been in an abusive situation but I'm sure many married women and girls in abusive type relationships can relate to this. In reading this story, I can tell Chandra loved Malik with all her heart but she wanted to help him to get the help he needed but in this case Malik has to want to get help for himself. With her character, you can tell how vibrant she once was versus what she has become after she got married.This is my first time reading Cachet's work.Overall, I really did enjoy the story.It was too short though.I avoided sleep to finish this one, lol. I don't usually say this because I am tired of sequels but I am definitely looking forward to reading the sequel (The Deadly Divorce) to this story because of how it ended.It was a short quick read and full of drama.