No Darker Place (Shades of Death, Bk 1)
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Genres: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense, Romance
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
Author:
Genres: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense, Romance
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
Amy R. (AmyMarie) - , reviewed on + 46 more book reviews
This book definitely didn't wow me. In fact, I only made it 2/3 through before tossing it aside.
First, it's very repetitive. Bobbie and Nick both have a habit of saying the same thing over and over. But I could forgive that. The real problem with this book is that the romance angle is not just unrealistic, it's downright disturbing.
Bobbie is a woman who (prior to the start of this book) was kidnapped by a serial killer. She was held for three weeks, tortured and raped repeatedly. He also killed her husband and indirectly caused the death of her only child. Bobbie is understandably traumatized by these events.
Now, only seven months later, another man shows up in her life. He refuses to say who he or who he works for. She finds out he's spent the last seven months stalking her -- literally following her every move via a tracking device he planted on her car, spying on her, and taking pictures of her which he tapes to his motel room wall. He comes into her house and refuses to leave, even when she asks him to. He spends the night there, even when she says she wants him to go. He repeatedly grabs and manhandles her, physically restraining her so he can push into her personal space, sticking his face right in hers, even after she tells him to stop. At one point, he even follows her to the bathroom without her knowledge and watches her undress. Once she catches him, she tells him to leave. Instead, he comes into the room, turns off the lights and begins groping her in order to remove her bra. AND SHE LETS HIM!
For Nick Shade, the word "no" doesn't mean a thing. He's sure he knows what Bobbie wants and what she needs, and he's going to give it to her whether she wants it or not. In other words, he behaves exactly like a sexual predator! I think ANY woman, but especially one who had been stalked, kidnapped, and repeatedly raped, would find this behavior abominable. And yet, the reader is supposed to see this as ROMANTIC rather than creepy AF.
Yuck.
First, it's very repetitive. Bobbie and Nick both have a habit of saying the same thing over and over. But I could forgive that. The real problem with this book is that the romance angle is not just unrealistic, it's downright disturbing.
Bobbie is a woman who (prior to the start of this book) was kidnapped by a serial killer. She was held for three weeks, tortured and raped repeatedly. He also killed her husband and indirectly caused the death of her only child. Bobbie is understandably traumatized by these events.
Now, only seven months later, another man shows up in her life. He refuses to say who he or who he works for. She finds out he's spent the last seven months stalking her -- literally following her every move via a tracking device he planted on her car, spying on her, and taking pictures of her which he tapes to his motel room wall. He comes into her house and refuses to leave, even when she asks him to. He spends the night there, even when she says she wants him to go. He repeatedly grabs and manhandles her, physically restraining her so he can push into her personal space, sticking his face right in hers, even after she tells him to stop. At one point, he even follows her to the bathroom without her knowledge and watches her undress. Once she catches him, she tells him to leave. Instead, he comes into the room, turns off the lights and begins groping her in order to remove her bra. AND SHE LETS HIM!
For Nick Shade, the word "no" doesn't mean a thing. He's sure he knows what Bobbie wants and what she needs, and he's going to give it to her whether she wants it or not. In other words, he behaves exactly like a sexual predator! I think ANY woman, but especially one who had been stalked, kidnapped, and repeatedly raped, would find this behavior abominable. And yet, the reader is supposed to see this as ROMANTIC rather than creepy AF.
Yuck.
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