Review: Good Story...but NOT for the Faint Hearted.....
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 10 6, 2011
This is the second book I've read by Ms. Faulkner and I like her writing style, its no holds bar and unapologetic, she gives you an unfiltered look at the BDSM lifestyle. I have read many BDSM themed books and one of the things that I find in common with many of the stories is that BDSM is romanticized before the Hero and Heroine even get into any type of physical relationship; I'm not complaining because I can appreciate it and I like that angle. However, In the story of Faith and Cordero aka El Diablo there was no pretense of love or even liking between these two, it was very raw and not for the faint hearted. If your looking for something pretty and flowery with a little BDSM thrown in to spice it up for you than this is definitely not the book for you. At times Cordero's attitude towards Faith can be gritty and very brutal at times. And some of the things that he does to her are non-consensual, but in defense of the story's plot Cordero is Faith's kidnapper and is not at all inclined to be kind to her, when his whole goal in kidnapping her was to punish her for something her "father" did.This story is pretty heavy on the Sado-Masochism side of BDSM, Cordero is big on the pain aspect he can inflict on his partners in order to reach pleasure for them both. I'm not criticizing this aspect but I am warning those who may decide to read this story, and if you are as interested in BDSM as I am and have read other literature outside of fictional stories you will see what the mental and emotional mind set of both Cordero and Faith is as the story develops. And either you can appreciate it or not.Overall I enjoyed the story because it was so "in your face" there were certain things that bothered me but not enough to make me stop reading it. The ending of the story wasn't your typical HEA it left a lot of unanswered questions, well at least for me. But I am also famous for trying to find a realistic if not necessarily a conventionally satisfying ending to story.