I laughed, I cried, it became a part of me

[naomi_jay]

I just finished Running in Fear: Escaped. I can't decide what my favourite part was though.

Was it when Jaycee, the heroine, got her nipples pierced so her husband wouldn't recognise her?

Is the fact that her husband's surname changed halfway through the book?

Was it the whole idea of Jaycee being bonded to three men, two of whom were brothers, and all of whom were gigantic assholes who treated her like shit?

Oh, was it when her first mate fisted her in the car whilst his sister sat in the back seat watching with a "dreamy look" on her face? That was certainly something.

 

Maybe it was the scene where Jaycee and Dane start shagging while her dad's in the room? And then her dad leaves and waits in the hall for them to finish, then comes back in so they can carry on their conversation about everyone who's ever raped Jaycee?

 

OMG, or when someone snuck into Jaycee's room and poured acid on her sex toys and they melted into goo?

 

How about the fact that having a threesome gave Jaycee telekinetic powers?

 

Or how about how someone kept sneaking into Jaycee's room and pissing on her clothes?

 

I guess I can't pick just one moment. There was so much WTFery jammed into this book, it was unreal. I'm not even going to get into the grammatical errors riddling the book from start to finish, but I can say that at one point, a dog turns into barley via an unfortunate spelling mistake.

 

Okay, look. It's Ravenous Romance. I wasn't expecting much. I think it was worth buying for the sheer entertainment value alone, but really? Someone thought this was okay to publish? Really? I... I don't know how to feel. My understanding of how the world works has been damaged. I'm sure there are people out there who think this book is awesome, and that's fine, but my God. The continuity errors, the spelling mistakes, the grammatical errors, the fact that at one point Dane appeared to be fantasising about shagging his sister (although maybe I'm wrong and that was deliberate?). Where was the editor? Hell, where was the writer? Why doesn't the writer know that this is subpar?

 

There are four more books in this series. The feeling from a certain faction on Twitter is that I should read them all and review them. I'm not sure I should pay for any more of these books, in case it encourages the author to believe she's got this writing thing nailed.

 

But thanks for the lulz, Trinity Blacio. I needed cheering up and Running in Fear: Escaped definitely made me laugh my freaking ass off.

Comments

[blythe025.livejournal.com]

Well, you bought it for entertainment, and you definitely got entertainment.... just not the way the author intended. ;)

[naomi-jay.livejournal.com]

Lol, true! I feel kinda sorry for the author though - it looks like she's had some rave reviews for this series despite the low quality, so with that kind of affirmation, how is she ever going to improve as a writer?

[blythe025.livejournal.com]

True. Rave reviews are nice, but constructive criticism is better.

[summersdream.livejournal.com]

Was it when Jaycee, the heroine, got her nipples pierced so her husband wouldn't recognise her?

Hey, it worked for Superman, didn't it?... What? What do you mean that's not how he did it? ... I've been lied to!

I sort of want you to read these so I can laugh at your recapping of them, but I respect that you probably value your brain cells more than that.

[naomi-jay.livejournal.com]

If I could get them without paying for them, I would, but I don't feel right contributing to this writer's paycheck!

[mardelwanda.livejournal.com]

LOL - was this listed under porn? haha maybe her main objective was to write porn, and the plot came second, or maybe even fourth....after editing, spelling....maybe she's from the LKH school of writing....

[naomi-jay.livejournal.com]

Lol, well Ravenous Romance do consider themselves the home of "feminist smut," so maybe she was just aiming for porn. Then again, there is nothing remotely feminist about a rape victim being told by men who allegedly love her that she should never wear underwear because they want easy access to her...

[mardelwanda.livejournal.com]

yeah...not very sexy - to most of us, but there are some seriously disturbed people. Of course if it ever really happened to them, they would probably hate the though of it...people are just plain stupid sometimes.

[devilmet67.livejournal.com]

Wow. You gotta share this one, Nome! This is too 'good' to pass up!

[devilmet67.livejournal.com]

Are you gonna read the rest of the series? lol

[naomi-jay.livejournal.com]

Only if I can get them for free!

[spiderling.livejournal.com]

I HAD to look this up on Amazon and HOLYFINGSHIT $6.99???? Are they kidding? From an erotic e-pub and not even an erotic e-pub of quality???

Can you loan it to me?

[naomi-jay.livejournal.com]

I can try - I've no idea how to do it! But yeah, they are stupidly expensive for ebooks. Particularly such bad ebooks.

[spiderling.livejournal.com]

I hear you can loan things on Kindle but I don't know how to do it either....