Review: Intense and So Good!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 26, 2013
The Devil's Pawn is intense, you guys. It goes from one extreme to the other. There's a lot of incredibly sexy moments mixed with gag inducing ugliness. Like I said, it's intense. I've never read anything like it.Ashton is caught up in a nightmare that is way more than she can handle. With no other choice, she's forced to become a "gentleman's escort." Make no mistake, though, these men are not gentlemen. Ashton becomes property, with no say when it comes to her own body.Derek is the mysterious house manager put in charge of the all too innocent and inexperienced, Ashton. His cruelty towards her is gut wrenching. You know there's more to it, you just don't know why or what it is yet.Derek starts to say and do things which are out of his norm and Ashton doesn't know what to make of it. All she knows is her own reaction to him, and this reaction gets better and better the more time she spends with him. Cue all the sexy.I love love love the parts with Ashton and Derek. Holy crap, it's equal parts hot and sweet.The eww factor hits EXTREMELY high during several moments. Prepare yourselves. I covered one eye through them while my skin crawled and I cringed.Despite all of the awful things that occur, I really liked this book. The characters are real and I wanted to rescue them from this nightmare. Elizabeth Finn takes an ugly subject and turns it into art. If you think you can take it, I recommend that you read it.