Well colour me surprised. I read the first chapter of this with a growing sense of dread and impending dnf. This wasn't helped by the dub con nature of their first encounter.
In fact for a long time sex is used as a weapon, or so our narrator wants us (and Lancelot) to believe.
By the halfway point I'd been sucked in, to the politics and the relationship. And by the end I was aching for their loss.
This is not even HFN. Our MCs to their separate ways at the end of the book
I'm off to buy book two.
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I am not a huge fan of sex scenes in every other chapter, but I didn’t mind it in this book. Glad to finally come across a book written by a skillful writer. 5 stars for that.
The only reason “Laid to Ruin” got 4 stars from me is the editing. If the author decides to include lube or even spit in the shenanigans, I will then add another star. Claudas repeatedly “almost laughing” was another pet peeve of mine. Other than that, no complaints whatsoever :)
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Well colour me surprised. I read the first chapter of this with a growing sense of dread and impending dnf. This wasn't helped by the dub con nature of their first encounter.
In fact for a long time sex is used as a weapon, or so our narrator wants us (and Lancelot) to believe.
By the halfway point I'd been sucked in, to the politics and the relationship. And by the end I was aching for their loss.
This is not even HFN. Our MCs to their separate ways at the end of the book
I'm off to buy book two.
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