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Uneven (2008)

by Anah Crow(Favorite Author)

3.84 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

1603703284 (ISBN13: 9781603703284)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Torquere Press

review 1: Beyond hardcore!!!In order to get into something like this you have to have an open mind. You have to be able to consider the pleasures that some enjoy. The was deeper than even most non-con stories I've read. All i could imagine was that they both have so many demons that nobody knows about (not even the reader!) That slight omission caused this to be a five star. They talk a little about what happened to bring them to where they were but it was mainly skipped over as if it wasn't important. Gabriel is a huge mystery. If i wasn't good at putting pieces together i would know nothing about him. I got no emotion from him at all on anything. He stayed in his distant place and hid away from the story. I am still not sure what happened with his law firm. Now Rase on the other h... moreand was a damaged boy trying to break out and live life the way he wanted. He was tired of living the lie for his late fathers sake.
review 2: 2.5 starsWhat we get:-Explosive sadism/masochism (I'm not all up and up on this terminology, but this seemed way beyond BDSM and Dom/sub. There were no scenes, no safe words, no contracts, just lots of violent/painful sex involving beatings, blood, biting, crawling, shoe licking, and oxygen deprivation.)-A rollercoaster of shame, guilt, anger-A May-December "romance" (I have to use that term loosely) between Rase, a 40-something-year-old, uber-successful, super-rich CEO of some kind of company that involves factories and business deals, and Gabriel, a 20-something-year-old "stockboy" with a past -Two very damaged MCs (although the damage is only vaguely discussed)-Plethora of typos (mostly missing/wrong prepositions)What we don't get: -Romance-Tenderness (very little, anyway, and only following scenes of violence)-Love -HEA-Background development-Relationship developmentI knew what I was getting into with this book. I read many friends' reviews that laid the violence out there, and even though that isn't exactly my cuppa, I don't mind pushing boundaries. Even so, this one was really lacking in the romance department. The two MCs barely talked. Because the story is told from Rase's perspective, Gabriel is an enigma, and not in a good way. We get foggy glimpses of his background, but it's barely sketched in; if you squint, you may see the edges but not much else. As such, I didn't understand why Gabriel needed to inflict pain, why he was so moody and bitchy and kind of nasty at times. Rase, on the other hand, makes so many changes in his life, so damn fast, I didn't believe his motivations AT ALL. I don't think ONE encounter can create such a steep epiphany. His background is also not fully fleshed out (why was he in the closet exactly?)I also didn't see the sex connection translating into real life; what else did these guys really have in common? How do you make something like this work in the long-term? I'm not sure Crow knows either, because she left the ending very vague, a mild HFN. I did like Allen (Rase's assistant). I kind of want to read his story. He was charming and sweet, and made me smile. less

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