Holy Hell.....two of the most fucked up characters I've read about but I loved it!
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First of all the title is a bit misleading..4.5 Stars.
Holy Hell.....two of the most fucked up characters I've read about but I loved it!
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First of all the title is a bit misleading....this is definitely not a stereotypical Stockholm Syndrome book but what I will say is that once I started reading this I couldn't stop. The writing is superb and just draws you in...it's,witty,sad,violent in places and has a bittersweet vibe that makes it both sweet and hopeful. These two are so dysfunctional but yet you can't help routing for them.
Valentine is 19 and Lindsay is 34 when they meet but there's so much more to their first encounter.... Little by little Valentine firmly plants himself into Lindsay's life. Both characters are flawed and together they are explosive but not always in a good way.I wouldn't say it's dark but I found it fascinating and disturbing at the same time.
The sex(and there's plenty of it) is kinky,rough and definitely dirty but plays a very important part in these two men's relationship.
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I read the last 20% not having a clue which way it would go. If you're after the 'usual' type of M/M book this definitely won't be for you but if you're interested in something completely different I can't recommend this highly enough.......more