Title: Monster Stepbrother
Author: Harlow Grace
Release Date: February 9, 2015
His dark obsession runs deep.
How does a girl go from being her Daddy’s precious baby doll to feeling like a
filthy whore?
Easy really. When my father remarries it changes the course of my life and
everything becomes . . . complicated.
My new stepbrother is a monster who hates me. Unapologetic, controlling and
brazen he’s intent on making my life a living hell. Blackmails me into doing
things I never thought I’d do. Illicit things.
Oliver King makes the rules. He f*cks me whenever he wants. How he wants. Where
he wants.
My head screams this is wrong, yet I can't resist giving in to forbidden
desires.
I’m his possession, his toy — his ultimate pleasure.
He’s never letting me go. I’m his dark obsession.
My dirty addiction to my stepbrother grows to a dangerous level. Am I sick to
crave more from the man who has made me his slut? Or should I escape and run as
far away as possible?
My name is Maya Childs and this is my story.
Dark
erotic novel that contains sensitive subject matter that may make readers
uncomfortable. Not appropriate for readers under 18. Contains explicit language
and descriptions of sexual situations and violence.
Confession
time…the blurb of this book scared me. I’m talking, run in the other direction
scared me. So….why did I read this you ask? Well…uh…because I’m crazy!?
Ok, reality
is, I’ve been on a stepbrother kick lately. There have been quite a few coming
out in the last few months and while some have been pretty decent, others have
been…well…really bad. So I’ve been determined to find a GOOD one. But I don’t gravitate toward dark books. And this one sounded beyond dark.
But my curiosity got the better of me and I signed up to review it. Again, cue
the crazy scared. However, once I started this, I was unable to put it down. I
literally read this straight through, in one sitting.
I can’t say
that the relationship was pretty, because it wasn’t. It was dark and twisted
and downright awful at time. I can’t even say that I loved the characters
(particularly Oliver) but (and maybe this was wishful thinking) I felt like I
was able to see past the awful things that were said to see that Oliver was in
denial and fighting his feelings HARD. He had very good reason to early on
since Maya was younger than him, and under 18.
Later, I
felt like he continued to fight just because that’s what he’s always done. But
there were a few instances where his walls fell and I could see his genuine
feelings for Maya. I loved those moments. One was sweet and the other was a
stressful situation where there was no pretending. It was a critical situation
and there wasn’t any room for pretense. I was a little disappointed that that Oliver
didn’t own up to his feelings at this point and reduced the situation to their
typical fighting and insults.
Some moments
were definitely over the top and had me rolling my eyes because Oliver and Maya
were being idiots (mostly Oliver), but I just chalked it up to the dark style,
something akin to Undeniable by Madeline Sheehan. It wasn’t pretty. I tried to
look beneath the surface of Oliver’s insults and attitude to see his real
feelings. Heck, maybe that was hopeful thinking on my part and there was
nothing else there, but that’s what I saw and how it was for me. I saw the draw
that the characters had, the fight to deny themselves what they wanted and the
desperation both characters felt at a very desperate and emotional moment and
later when they even admitted to themselves, how they really felt and things
still went wrong, they weren’t honest with each other. They never actually
communicated and expressed their feelings.
But even
with all that, I still enjoyed the book. I enjoyed the writing and would
definitely read more from the author.
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Harlow
Grace has tried many things in her life but writing has always been and still
remains her passion. She loves to create characters in need of redemption
and her stories are mostly all dark romance but then again, she likes to mix
things up so don't be surprised if she publishes a sweet romance every now and
then. When she's not writing or reading, Harlow is plotting and planning
her next adventure or dreaming of lazy days in the sun with a good book in one
hand and a cocktail in the other.
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