Review: Shockingly bad anti-romance
Rating: 1 out of 5
Date: 01 3, 2014
I can hardly believe that I finished this novel.  At the half way point, I considered giving up, but figured there had to be a turning point where it got better.  All I can say is that this is hours I'll never get back and since I did actually read it, I wouldn't feel right asking for a refund.  I'm constantly looking for that new gem of an author and combined with the majority of positive reviews and a decent book synopsis, I gave it a try.  This was a total bust and I won't be pursuing any additional stories here.Instead of providing a summary of the book, I'll instead provide a list of things I don't care to read about in a romance novel which pretty much lays out spoilers.Violent taking of heroine's virginityGang rapes of the heroineNo recovery time for sex after being gang rapedThe heroine crying for 100% of the book minus the epilogueMISUNDERSTANDINGS for 100% of the book minus the last two pages + epilogueNeanderthal "heroes" who repeatedly demean and humiliate the heroineRepeated promises of protection only to be followed up with multiple beatings and brutality due to lack of said protectionI could go on and on about what was wrong, but I have to ask what in the world the author was thinking?  There was no development of characters.  They did the same things for 6600 kindle locations that would only make you despise the hero more and more.  In fact, the heroine believes the hero is going to kill her right up until the end, where they conveniently say I love you in the last two pages.  Really?  Beyond that, the world building was confusing and although there's technology, energy crystals, and spaceships, the warriors apparently prefer riding something akin to horses, bathing in streams and  sleeping in tents on the cold ground.  When someone went to take a shower, I had to pause to remember that there is advanced technology.  Just bad.