Review: Horrid
Rating: 1 out of 5
Date: 04 3, 2014
***I have only read the first book. I will not be reading the others.***While the actual writing was not bad -- some editing and misused words aside -- the story itself was horrid.The lead female is a 26 year old, college educated, independent woman... with no spine, common sense, or survival instincts, and frequently lacks understandable emotions.***Spoiler Alert*** (Except, it is hard to spoil something that is already awful)She is kidnapped, beaten and raped, held prisoner, beaten and raped some more (or at least, I THINK that is what happened, since the author couldn't be bothered with providing adequate details -- not for titillation -- for clarity,) then she is nearly beaten to death -- she wasn't taken to a hospital, didn't get any scans or tests, but the beating was severe enough that she was unconscious for TWO WEEKS -- after which, He basically tells her to lie about it and she decides she's in love with Him.  WHAT?!?!He continues to torture her both physically and psychologically and she stays with him, despite having had PLENTY of opportunities to escape and then she marries him!  Does he change?  No.He frames her for his attempted murder and then once she is in prison -- sentenced to 7 years -- he reveals that it was all a revenge plot for something her grandfather did.He is responsible for the death of at least three people, including her parents, and destroys the lives of others.She swears revenge.The story ends.Out of some kind of warped curiosity, I looked up boxed set of the three books that would complete the story -- and started reading the reviews.Apparently, she goes back to him -- and he still doesn't change, at least until the very end, when he suddenly becomes a good guy.And everyone lives happily ever after... except for the people who's lives he ruined... oh, and the people he killed.