Captive in the Dark (The Dark Duet Book 1)

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L'idea di base mi piace e ammetto di essere stata curiosa perché era il mio primo romance FF. Anni fa avevo letto un romanzo di formazione a tematica FF, ma niente a che vedere con un romance. Non sapevo cosa avrei incontrato, eppure avevo aspettative molto alte. urn:lcp:captiveindark0000robe:epub:29686ab7-b4c4-4e8d-9a66-a541cabf2045 Foldoutcount 0 Identifier captiveindark0000robe Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t9s30rx8h Invoice 1652 Isbn 9782290130162

This book is for people who looked at the stalker-ish, non-con parts of Twilight and 50 shades and thought "Okay, but what if me made it CREEPIER?" la prima volta che mi approccio al genere FF, e grazie alla Virgibooks ho potuto sperimentare una lettura diversa dalla mia comfort zone. Ho apprezzato come l’autrice abbia fornito una chiave di lettura originale sui miti, senza però stravolgere le nostre conoscenze sull’antica Grecia, creando una storia accattivante e dal forte tasso erotico. Besides three hot sex scenes and an enjoyable protagonist, Captive In The Underworld explores several aspects of mental health, self-care, and familial abuse with commendable nuance. The ending was like several consecutive (but also good and entertaining?!?) punches to the gut until the denouement, as I realized the full extent of Persephone’s dysfunctional relationship with her mother. As a Greek American, I enjoyed the Greek worldbuilding details thrown in, but could have done with even more. But that might just be my own cultural thirst regarding Greek stories of all kinds talking.

This freaking series. I swear. This is the first of three books in the Dark Duet series, and it is something. Caleb is a man intent on revenge. His own past has been one of slavery and mistreatment, so he has no qualms about inflicting the same on someone else for the sake of his vengeance. Olivia Ruiz is just a beautiful, easy target. It’s nothing personal. But when Caleb finds himself irresistibly attracted to his captive, all those carefully laid plans for revenge slowly start to come apart. Twist Me by Anna Zaires Well-written sex scenes. Excellent use of dubious consent and the “wedding night” trope, for those of us who enjoy that sort of thing. Questa domanda capeggia sulla copertina: insinua il dubbio nel lettore, gli mette un tarlo nella testa che si arrovella fino a creare ipotesi ben lontane dalla storia a cui siamo abituati. Weatherspoon loves to play with themes of dominance and submission in her books. She has at least one other series besides Beards & Bondage (of which Haven is the first book) that revolves around the same. Haven is about a camping trip gone seriously awry, which pitches a young woman on the run into the arms of a solitary nature photographer who’s not keen on company. Drawn together by their shared experience the night of the incident, the two get involved in an intense relationship, hindered by their own dark memories. Asking for It by Lilah Pace un personaggio enigmatico e ammaliante, che cattura per i suoi drammi interiori: l'ho adorata. Non giustifico il modo in cui si avvicina alla dea, ma dimostra nel corso della loro unione un rispetto sempre maggiore.

However, on the other hand, there were many moments when I felt really uncomfortable. I am not referring to the explicit scenes in themselves because, being a romance, they are inevitable. Rather, it was the crudeness of Hades' gestures, whose relationship with Persephone was far too toxic for my taste, beating and punishing her in several points of history. It is known that in mythology Zeus is the first to act without the consent of his countless wives, but every time Hades did the same with Persephone it was as if I was the one to receive the slaps. And, as in any toxic relationship, the goddess of spring has reached a point where she could no longer detach herself from the queen of the Underworld. Hades has repeatedly given an explanation to his attitudes, justifying himself by the fact that the law in the kingdom of darkness was the same for everyone, and not even his wife was exempt from punishment for his "deplorable" actions. Without any knowledge of the dark romance trope, I think I would qualify this novel as an entry-level dark romance. After reading this novel you can decide if you either like it like this, like it darker or this is not your trope. Hades... was a bit harder to connect to as a character. Throughout the novel she always seemed way too remote. I believed she was in love with Persephone, but I still could never understand the inner workings of her character or her motivations beyond simply wanting to keep her wife with her in the Underworld.Persephone is her victim. She is forced into a marriage without her knowledge or consent, she is humiliated, routinely physically hurt in various ways, and sexually abused in various ways. This wasn't what I expected, but overall I enjoyed it. The writing and worldbuilding were lush and gorgeous, and it definitely felt more of a dark fantasy novel with a romance subplot than a dark romance. J. Roberts was born and brought up in Southern California, where she also graduated from high school. When that was done, Roberts to join the United States Air Force in the year of 1998 – utilizing this date, one can perhaps infer that Robert was born between 1978 and 1980, though the data is inconclusive.

Remember that thing I said about revenge plots being a recurring feature in dark romances? Lake Monroe is a senior in High School, ands she should be worrying about the things that normal seniors about. Not the fact that her childhood tormentor of 10 years, Kieran Masters, is going to be released from juvi and rejoining the class for their final year. Not the fact that she’s the one who got him sent away, and soon he’s going to be free to do something about it. Comfort Food by Kitty Thomas CWs: Extreme emotional & physically abuse from a parent, dub-con leaning towards non-con, maybe a few other things but those were the big ones. It didn’t happen exactly as Livvie said. She’s been very kind to me in the retelling of our story. The truth is far more…complicated.

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Though the ending may seem abrupt and jarring to some, I appreciate that the final scene ended with just a simple conversation between Persephone and her mother, in which she finally becomes empowered and breaks ties with her once and for all, despite her mother's final attempts to gaslight her and make her feel like she must remain with her forever. Despite everything I wrote above, this is first and foremost a romance. Both characters are a lot more complex than they appear at first. Persephone is just as sweet and gentle as she looks, but she’s also driven and strong, which may come as a surprise even to herself, after centuries of abuse from her mother. Hades is the very definition of tall, dark and dangerous. As the story progresses, her motivations in kidnapping Persephone become less sinister, as does her personality, including her surprising sense of duty. She’s not the monster Persephone first believes she is. Or, rather, she is, but that’s not all she is. Lianyu Tan describes perfectly the conflict of emotions and reactions Hades awakes in Persephone, for example in this excerpt: “Everything about Hades was a contradiction: her cold gaze and warm hands; her hardened heart and tender words. So perhaps it was no surprise that Persephone learned to both dread and hunger for the night, when Hades’ touch would set her body aflame”. Un libro del genere con dei TW così pesanti merita delle riflessioni più approfondite che delle stelline su Goodreads, soprattutto per non minimizzarne il contenuto. L'autrice, lo dimostrano le avvertenze all'opera, era consapevole di quello che stava scrivendo: nel libro sono presenti violenza e abuso, rapimento e stupro... come accade nel mito di Ade e Persefone. Alla fine, come in ogni retelling della storia in questione, si finisce per romanticizzare eccessivamente la relazione tra queste due figure controverse; l'importante è non romanticizzare gli abusi sessuali e giustificare questo tipo di violenza, che non è quello che fa l'autrice, anche se la chiusura alla sindrome di Stoccolma è scontata, visto l'evolversi del sopra citato mito.