| Title | : | Abuse Abuse #1 |
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| ISBN | : | - |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Kindle Edition |
| Number of Pages | : | 310 pages |
Abuse Abuse #1 Reviews
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45 StArS An avalanche of strong emotions fills my heart after reading this Please be WARNED the subject matter is extremely sensitive view spoilerChildhood Abuse hide spoiler
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4 Broken and Battered Stars“Abuse? Ah Such problems even with time do not go away on their own They must be addressed”My initial reaction to this read still standsMy brain hurts My emotions are all jumbled upNot at all what I expected and yet a very meaningful and heartfelt readDays later I find myself still analyzing my thoughts on this book How the author was able to create such a gut wrenching story is beyond me Abuse is moving on a deep emotional level You must prepare yourself for the pain in order to appreciate the beauty in the healing I feel it is critical to mention that this book includes many triggers If you are a sensitive reader you should be aware the content of this book includes view spoilera father sexually abusing his son and a girl physically abused and neglected hide spoiler
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André Chevalier shines in this one I think ABUSE may be my BEST book yet Seriously I put my all into this one guys I've worked with victims of abuse in a professional capacity What happens in this book is a combination of TRUE STORIES I hope it touches you as much as it touched me
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•5 emotional stars•Wow Abuse was by far the most emotional dark and disturbing romance novel I have ever read And OMG I loved it I cannot WAIT for the next book Nikki Sex write faster
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This book wasn't for me I dived in hoping to get a dark and twisted story but what I got was far from it It's my first book by this author and it was hot at times even if the author tried to point out some forms of abuse But I got bored on the way and I actually can't believe I finished it I am not interested in what happens next What I know for sure is that I cannot connect to this story Just adding it to my reading challenge 😉
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3 starsThis is the first book in this trilogy and it ends on a pretty big cliffhanger The story is about Grant a man who has lived with dark secrets and emotional pain since he can remember Beyond the internal demons he also has suffered gruesome burn marks that scare many people away from him on sight; as a result he is convinced he is an unlovable unworthy monster He finds a therapist Andre who utilizes unusual but effective methods and feels working with him may be his only chance to live a somewhat normal life As he opens up to Andre his long held secrets begin to come to light and Grant begins to believe that there may be a chance for him to move past these significant obstacles after allAndre has other clients one of whom he has had in his care for many years Renata She came to him as a terrified orphaned unwanted 17 year old who did not speak at all and trusted no one Over several years Andre was able to get her to come and out of her shell to where she now serves as a sex surrogate for clients with specific hang ups related to sex Andre believes that Grant is one of these clients so he connects the two and things progress from thereWhat I liked Grant's story was interesting and the way he revealed his secrets to Andre felt realistic for the type of person he seemed to be and the circumstances he was in Andre is the most fascinating character in the book the author doesn't provide enough information about him to really understand what his backgroundmotivationstrainingetc are yet; the mystery makes the reader want to continue on to explore this character thoroughlyWhat I didn't like The way Renata's story was told felt choppy and repetitive; I didn't connect with her as much as I did with Grant There were some things that just didn't make sense view spoiler It isn't until almost the end of this first book that the central characters Grant and Renata actually meet When they DO meet it's supposed to be some kind of insta love connection though all they did was have a uick dirty bang session It seems pretty absurd for people this damaged to toss their chips in and throw the L word around then plan to move in together after knowing each other for a few hours Especially since the day before they met Renata had another client she had sex with that she thought she might have feelings for and even considered marrying that guy I think it was meant by the author to be a contrast of how she felt about the other guy paling in comparison to how she felt about Grant upon meeting him but it came across as fickle and immature hide spoiler
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Solid 35 StarsOkay this one started off really well And for majority of the book actually I loved how the facts the clinical facts of Abuse in all forms how it affects its victims is explained here The emotional just gut wrenching events were well written tooWhat I have a problem with his how uickly and I mean uickly the hero heroine claim to love be in love with one another after just one day Now I have no problems usually with insta love It all depends on how it's delivered But given the circumstances of both parties involved here their own personal demons in the aftermath of the wrongs done to them I find it EXTREMELY hard to believe they could recognize love in one another so uickly with so little interaction before hand I believe the intensity the lust all that to be there But the love? NO Not so soon And I also hate how this one was so rushed to come to a close And it comes with a cliffy But the way the story is written how things unfold you know it's coming long before it happens So I can't say that the cliffy was a cruel shock or unexpected like some claim it to be But how you get from point A B and finally C comes in just the last 2 chapters So it makes it all feel choppy rushed Didn't like that Almost like the author got tired of writing the story and just wanted to hurry up and finish itSo this is why this read wound up with the 35 star rating and not the 5 star I saw it getting for majority of the storyBut there were many interesting elements here that I love So I do plan to continue this series I have to know how things turn outI would recommend this read It's certainly not what you'd expect And for the most part that's a good thingHappy Reading
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After back and forthing for what seemed like forever I have settled on 325 StarsI just don't know how to feel I was hooked in the beginning and couldn't get enough of Andre Parts 2 Monster and Mouse is where this fell short for me I never got invested with them as a couple There was constant repetition and lagging towards the end which became distracting to me Don't even get me started on the Cliff Hanger So I will now go and ponder on if I want to finish this series or not
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🎁 FREE on iBooks today 1162019 🎁BlurbBonjour my name is André Chevalier It has been my joy and my great honor to help those who have lost their way Not long after I began my journey I met two such wounded souls Renata Koreman my little mouse She came to me as a child—shy mute injured broken It took oh so many years to start to bring her back to herself Yet I could not fully heal her Years later Grant Wilkinson he too fell into my hands The ex Army Ranger was badly disfigured and saw himself as a monster Isolated by secrets solitary and self contained his colleagues affectionately named him ‘Frosty’ Yet how should one behave when besieged by a lifetime of confusion and guilt? The moment I saw him I thought of her and I wondered The eyes they cannot always see clearly And the heart? Ah the heart can only guess at the truth So it was that I remained uncertain Could the mouse and the monster heal each other?
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Abuse by Nikki SexGenres Adult Contemporary Erotica Romance and a new category for me PsychologyMental Illness?????Stars I have no clue what to rate this I will decideEventually4 starsThis book is broken down into 3 partsThe 1st part is about 'The Monster' Grant the male MCThis part I loved You really get into Grant's head and he really digs his way into your heartThe 2nd part is about Renata 'The Mouse' our female MCWhile I loved most of this the last few chapters in her part have repetition I abhor repetition Her story will also get to you The last few chapters though cost this story a partial star due to my abhorrence of the repetition I mentioned above It slows everything down Up to that point the flow was great moved beautifullyThe 3rd part is about both Renata Grant Their interaction with each other While I loved most of it there is a lot repetition and I did NOT like the way it ended It felt Contrived Rushed Awkward I felt like there should have been another chapter and the whole conversation had an 'Unfinished' or 'Unrefined' uality to itThe repetition and this last scene is what caused the most loss of stars This story is very 'Mentally' emotionally weighty It is compelling to say the least While I would recommend it to my friends who love adult romance I would be very careful to watch for triggers There are a lot of them in this storyDo not go into reading this book lightlyI recommend you have a light funny fluffy story ready to read for when you are done with this You will be 'Perplexed' to steal a GR friends word 'Disconcerted' and even 'Bewildered'This story is 'VERY' complex Psychologically Mind Bending It is definitely an adult read with intimate scenes The subject matter and the triggers that this story deals with should not be in the hands of the immature I will not put an age on that This ends on a cliffhanger I forgot about that before I started reading it I HATE CLIFFHANGERSI was going to wait a long time before I started reading the 2nd book in this 'Trilogy' but now that my brain has reset itself I have changed my mind I will continue it in the near futureDon't say you haven't been warned This book will Scramble your Brain
