He was kidnapped by strangers and, instead of worrying about his life after being physically restrained and tied up, he fantasized about kinky shit. For example, it hinted how women should be dependent on men but not too dependent or else they'll look desperate? There was also no chemistry between Greg and Lissianna after their first meeting and Greg was objectifying her every chance he got. The women in the book were described to be 'overdeveloped' and there were so many things wrong with this book that played on double standards. The description was very vivid-to the point of being male gaze-y. The only character that was 'shown' was Lissianna and her mother. What I meant by 'showing vs telling' was that I want to be shown what the characters look like with details versus just telling the audience that they're attractive. It felt like Sands was trying give them unique personalities but it didn't take. Even so, who wouldn't be interested in a vampire book where the vampire suffers from a fear of blood? I was excited when I started but became disappointed after the page 13 when the cousins were introduced. I expected a lot out of it because of all the high ratings it was given. At least that book was so bad, it was laugh-inducing. This rarely happens and it would have happened with Twilight. I normally finish books but I put myself through too much halfway through and received a migraine because of this book. However, poorly and irresponsibly written smut never sits right with me. I can see the appeal of trashy romance novels-you just want to be thrown into unrealistic worlds sometimes. Let me preface this by saying that I love trashy smut so I am in no way a prude. Misogynistic, sexist, and objectifying. Absolute trash (which some people might like). Poor character development and the man is an airhead. Little 'showing' and too much 'telling'. Terrible foreshadowing Chekhov's gun much? Hasn't been proofread/edited enough too many errors.

Writing that gave me second-hand embarrassment. A few solid ideas (like the anemia thing in the beginning).

A quick bite by lynsay sands