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A Pirate's Love
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bookshelves: blackmail, bodice-ripper, heroine-captive, forced-seduction, hero-rapes-heroine, heroine-abducted, genre-historical, pirates, heroine-virgin, hero-ship-captain, hero-i-wanna-smack, wallbanger, disturbing-elements, hero-manipulative, hero-only-lover, hero-vengeful, hero-total-ass
Aug 16, 2013
bookshelves: blackmail, bodice-ripper, heroine-captive, forced-seduction, hero-rapes-heroine, heroine-abducted, genre-historical, pirates, heroine-virgin, hero-ship-captain, hero-i-wanna-smack, wallbanger, disturbing-elements, hero-manipulative, hero-only-lover, hero-vengeful, hero-total-ass
ETA: Maybe I should re-read this one. It looks like many of my friends who like bodice rippers love this book. It wasn't that it didn't keep me interested, it's just that the H made me so ANGRY. Guess I'll put it in my re-reads shelf and maybe eventually get back to it.
***original review***
I am one of those who like the captor/captive, forced seduction, noncon type of romance. It's a guilty pleasure and doesn't reflect my RL attitudes. BUT this is not one I liked. The hero is far too selfish and rapey and there was at least one time where he raped her when she was not ready for him and it was painful for her. If you want a better book on a similar theme by Lindsey, check out So Speaks the Heart. It has more of what I like in that he rapes her once (not brutally) and then after that he wants her to come willingly. He doesn't like the fact that she is frightened of him and really tries hard to be gentler and make her happy.
***original review***
I am one of those who like the captor/captive, forced seduction, noncon type of romance. It's a guilty pleasure and doesn't reflect my RL attitudes. BUT this is not one I liked. The hero is far too selfish and rapey and there was at least one time where he raped her when she was not ready for him and it was painful for her. If you want a better book on a similar theme by Lindsey, check out So Speaks the Heart. It has more of what I like in that he rapes her once (not brutally) and then after that he wants her to come willingly. He doesn't like the fact that she is frightened of him and really tries hard to be gentler and make her happy.
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Reading Progress
Finished Reading
August 16, 2013
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August 16, 2013
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blackmail
August 16, 2013
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heroine-captive
August 16, 2013
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bodice-ripper
August 16, 2013
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forced-seduction
August 16, 2013
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hero-rapes-heroine
August 16, 2013
– Shelved as:
heroine-abducted
August 16, 2013
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genre-historical
August 16, 2013
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pirates
August 16, 2013
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heroine-virgin
August 16, 2013
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hero-ship-captain
December 17, 2013
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hero-i-wanna-smack
January 7, 2014
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wallbanger
January 17, 2014
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read-yrs-ago-needs-reread
January 21, 2014
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disturbing-elements
January 21, 2014
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hero-manipulative
January 21, 2014
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hero-only-lover
January 21, 2014
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hero-vengeful
April 1, 2014
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hero-total-ass
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AgentScully wrote: ""I am one of those who like the captor/captive, forced seduction, noncon type of romance"ditto, and I STILL think this book sucked cooties
I loved So Speaks the Heart too, also Prisoner of My De..."
Glad it's not just me then. I can understand the hate if you simply don't like the genre, but so many reviewers that I normally agree with were gushing all over this one. Different strokes, I suppose.
I loved Prisoner of My Desire too, another Lindsey favorite :)
Ditto what Scully said. SSTH and POMD were great. A Pirate's Love...so much went wrong there. And I like early Lindsay books, even the unpoilshed early works that lacked her later humor.
Yeah. I'm going to stick with my first impression. To many tbrs to waste time with this.
KatieV wrote: "Yeah. I'm going to stick with my first impression. To many tbrs to waste time with this."Yup. I looked at my TBR list and realized that if I read one book every other day (which is way beyond my reading pace), it would take me more than 20 years to get to them all. And that's not counting books on my wishlist! If I reread a book, it's going to be one I know I'm going to enjoy!
I haven't done the math, but I'm fairly sure I'll be dead before I finish my tbr if I don't stop adding to it.BTW don't ever change your icon. It makes me smile every time :)
Great review, Katie! :D
ditto, and I STILL think this book sucked cooties
I loved So Speaks the Heart too, also Prisoner of My Desire