I dunno with this one. I'm hit and miss with D/s books. Sometimes I like them sometimes I don't. This one, that side of the story, I'm not that big a fan of. I don't always understand it, and I think that was definitely the case with this one.

I loved the storyline and everything--minus the above mentioned thing, anyway--the kidnapping and the owner who isn't all bad. The romance between them. I think it was the sex side of things, I skipped through the first one (at least I think it was the first one? About half way through?) and skimmed the rest, looking for the more romantic take on it all.

Hmm. I'm not sure if I'm intrigued enough to continue the series. I'll think about in my sleep and see how I feel in the morning.

If I didn't have to work today, I would have stayed up all night to read this

Estoy indecisa respecto a que puntaje ponerle; lo leí hace varios días y todavía no estoy segura del todo de que me haya gustado.

Me costó tomarmela en serio. Es de esos romances en los que la sipnosis te advierte que "no son romances" pero que al final sí terminan siendo romances, y encima tan cursis como los que escribe HM WARD.

Tiene algunas cosas bastante ridículas, otras muy pobremente escritas; algunas muy violentas, y otras tan soft para el tema que trata que dan un poco de risa.

No es como otras novelas que pueden agruparse en la temática de sexo-no-consensual-pero-consesual . He leido algunas muy explícitas y con escenas insoportables (como CAPTIVE IN THE DARK o COMFORT FOOD) y otras más tranquis como RAW (en este momento, el nombre de la autora se me escapa)peeero...

"Tears of Tess" no entra en ninguno de los dos grupos porque tiene un elemento algo fantasioso , casi paranormal. La escritura misma a veces se va por tramos incoherentes y confusos que te marean;incluso hay momentos en que apenas entendés si lo que estás leyendo está pasando de verdad o es sólo un desvarío en la mente de la protagonista. Creo que es eso lo que hace que la novela en cuestión se aleje bastante del crudo realismo (si es posible que exista realismo adentro de una fantasía erótica) de las novelas de CJ Roberts y Kitty Thomas, y lo que la vuelve un poco más tolerable de leer que las mencionadas.

Esto dicho, la historia de Tess y su captor sigue siendo violenta, solo aceptable para quienes disfrutan de las fantasías de dominación (Investigando sobre el tema en google-no quiero poner nada muy ignorante de mi parte ya que psicóloga no soy-encontré estos links que quizá lo expliquen un poco mejor: Acá y acá y acá también), y horroroso para quienes no compartan la fantasía.

Al fin y al cabo, creo que no es más que una fantasía sexual. NADIE , les aseguro, NADIE quiere realmente pasar por una situación así. NADIE .

Habrá que aceptar entonces que hay mujeres a quienes las erotiza leer esas situaciones y, con eso entendido, tratar de respetar los gustos de esas personas. No soy quien para juzgar a nadie porque les caliente leer estas historias. Lo entiendo perfectamente --e incluso tengo mis épocas en que me leo varias novelas muy CAPTIVE in the DARK. (De ahí a que me gusten en serio, es otro tema).

EN FIN,

Tears of Tess no es terrible y , llegando al final con la gran revelación acerca de Q es hasta bastante buena.

Resumiendo un poco , podría haber sido mucho más ofensiva de lo que fue.

♥♥♥ 4.5 "Monster" Stars ♥♥♥

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Three little words. If anyone asked what I was most afraid of, what terrified me, stole my breath, and made my life flicker before my eyes, I would say three little words.
I was sold.

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Based on the many mixed reviews, I had no idea what to think about this book. But after a bit of persuasion from my friend here on goodreads, Mirjana. I decided, why the hell not and just gave it a try. I am so happy that I finally did after so long having this on my to be read shelf.

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‘Monsters find each other in the dark.’

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As the story started out, I wasn't too interested I will admit. We have our heroine Tess who is in a very unhappy yet comfortable relationship with her boyfriend of two years Brax. After living her whole life feeling like a reject she finally has someone who cares about her and loves her. But, there is something inside her, something that she craves. She wishes to be dominated by a man sexually. Something her sweet Brax is not comfortable with. So, she keeps it internally, fantasizing about faceless men taking her the way she really wants to be.



Brax wants to do something special with Tess so they fly to Mexico for a romantic trip. This trip quickly turns sour, especially after Tess is kidnapped, bar coded, and sold to a wealthy french man named Q. She hasn't lost her fight for freedom which I actually really liked. I LOVED that she never gave up, and didn't let her circumstances break her. She remained strong through it all. But she also had a hard time because she did have a weakness, it was the thing she kept hidden. She desired Q because he could give her exactly what she wanted, to be at his mercy.

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"After tonight, every time I say your name you’ll get wet for me. I not only own your body but your identity, too. Do you deny it?”"

"No, I don’t deny it. I’m yours. Through and through."

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Q was a very confusing, hard, domineering, and sexy man. He made my emotions and ovaries go nuts. I didn't understand him much of the time, but that didn't stop me for wanting to know so much more about him. He was just so damn intriguing. He always seemed to be battling himself and I wanted to know why. Somehow, these two characters worked really well together. It became about two characters trying to accept themselves with all their flaws, as well as learn how to accept each other.

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I want to hurt you.
I want to own you.
I want to devour you.
I want to make you mine.

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Tess goes through quite the transformation from start to end. I didn't really like how meek she was, but enjoyed seeing her grow into her own person. I was captivated by the story and the characters. I was so happy that I was able to connect with Tess. I won't lie though, there were moments she frustrated me by how she saw, thought, or decided to do things. I also was frustrated a bit by how much Q confused me with his hot and coldness. But for the most part I did enjoy them both. I enjoyed the sexual chemistry they shared. I think those scenes were done very well, just the perfect amount of steam. It made me want Q too! He was very mysterious and hot. I was so happy to learn the truth about him in the end.

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"Je suis à toi." I am yours.

"Nous sommes les uns des autres." We are each others.

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The very last parts of the book had me so confused. I was conflicted because I know I should be happy for her, but I didn't get why I wasnt'. Then things were okay again. There is still so much I need to know about Q since he seems to have so many demons to battle. Now it's Tess's turn to try to help him heal from his haunting past. I just really hope Q doesn't go too far with her. I absolutely LOVED that the epilogue was in Q's POV. I seriously thought that it was all so interesting. Now I can't wait to start on the next book. This one had it's slow moments but overall it was fascinating to read. It wasn't super duper dark or anything, but it still had it's effed up moments. It was quite the emotional ride. I would definitely recommend you give this a try for yourself.



*Warning: contains scenes of violence and rape.*

What a fantastically dark, twisted, heart pumping read. I liked this one a lot... but I will warn you, this is not for everyone. This is dark and if you have a hard time reading about slavery, human trafficking, rape and BDSM then this probably isn't for you. On the other hand if you've maybe touched on some of these things but haven't really dived into the dark side, then you may want to give this a try. 

Tess hasn't really had the best childhood but she's making the best of it as an adult. She's got the best boyfriend, Brax, who's loving, sweet and everything a girl could want. The only problem is that Tess has desires that Brax is uncomfortable with. Tess wants to be tied up, spanked and claimed by Brax and he wants nothing to do with that. While on vacation in Mexico Tess's life is about to change in a very drastic way. 

"Three little words that terrified, stole my breath, and made my life flicker before my eyes. Three little words: I was sold."

Tess is a fighter and refuses to break for anyone. She is tagged, tattooed, beaten, treated like a junkyard dog and sold like a common store product. Tess is sold to a man named Q and soon realizes that escaping her new life as a slave is unlikely. Q owns her and will soon own everything about her. 

"Monsters find each other in the dark."

There are a few parts in the book that I thought were a little out of place and could have done without. One is Q asking Tess if she's on birth control? She is a slave and has been with you for a while now and you're asking her if she's on birth control? Another one is after a rape, Im sure the furthest thing on her mind is having sex. With that being said, I get where the author was going with this and it is explained in the book. It still just seems a little odd to me. And finally the champagne! Really? Was that necessary? This is not a rap video. This is the one scene that really made me look up from my book and say WTF? 

Overall, I loved this book. It was dark, twisted, sexy and went places that surprised me.