Tears of Tess

by Pepper Winters

• ISBN10: 1492103748
• ISBN13: 9781492103745
• Publish Date: 1 September 2013
• Publish Status: Active
• Imprint: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Format: Paperback (US Trade)
• Pages: 382
• Language: English

Reviews

[luna ❥]

wait um. i knew the moment she wanted to hv sex w brax she was into something kinky and suddenly the hero appeared. she wanted q to be rough and use her then on the other hand she wanted to kill him. that got me like ??????? it’s too early for her to “like” him, don’t u think? lol.

[Jack]

Review to come. This wasn't as good as I thought. The middle dragged and got really really messy and confusing, especially about Tess's feelings and thoughts.

The end was really strong, but it was so weakly revealed, I felt cheated. It could have been incorporated in a much better or different way. I felt if we had gotten that at the beginning it would have made more sense. Instead we got some weird "puzzle" that was so confusing and not really a puzzle.

Q grew on me, but that was only at the end. I was not a fan of Tess AT ALL. She was not a very flushed out character and flip flopped on a lot of things. She felt all over the place.

I might read the next book if it's about Q.

[Angie]

I picked up Tears of Tess because I wanted a dark, twisted, beyond unconventional romance. It was definitely that, although it wasn't as dark and twisted as I hoped, which clearly makes me dark and twisted. But whatever. I like what I like. Tess is happy with her boyfriend of two years, but she has these dark urges when it comes to sex, and he just won't go there with her. It isn't until she's kidnapped during their romantic getaway to Mexico and sold to a French millionaire that her desires are met. Clearly she must be broken to respond to a man who owns women, or maybe she's finally met the one man she can be herself with.

Tears of Tess was quite interesting. Yes, the beginning is completely awful. Tess goes through hell, but she fights through all of it. What I was more fascinated by was this war with herself. She knows she wants to be dominated and that pain and bondage turn her on, but she also knows that Q is keeping her against her will as a slave. It's a sticky situation because she wants it, and him, but not like that. I don't think there's anything wrong with her brand of sexuality, but it was still quite twisted how she could only find what she needed with Q who she believed was a monster.

Of course being a dark romance, Tears of Tess had to contain some twist that made it okay for Tess to have feelings toward Q. I was expecting this, even though for once I wanted to read one of these stories where the characters are just completely screwed up and have no redeemable qualities. But Q...well, his redeemable quality is way too redeemable. Like, seriously. I mean, I liked it, but it also took away from the dark and twistedness, because it made him less dark and twisted.

I did like Tears of Tess a lot. I read it in one sitting. It's beyond screwed up, but didn't totally "go there" for me. There was a lot of build up surrounding what Q wants to do to to Tess, and when they finally have their moment, it's not that bad. I was expecting something BAD, like...near death kind of stuff, but it felt normal. I also didn't like Tess' sudden switch from desperately trying to escape to complete submission. It was really sudden, and I could have done without it. I felt like there was a natural progression of their relationship without that moment needing to happen.

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[Ing Cruz]

Updated comments on 8/14/13

Tears of Tess by Pepper Winters is done! I can't wait for you all to read it so I have people to gush about this book with. Fan-fudging-tastic book. It's a good balance of DARK and Romance. You all are going to be fighting over the hero Q Mercer. Hotness. The heroine Tess is awesome. I have a girl crush on her.

Be on the lookout for this book. If I haven't said it enough add it to your GoodReads shelf. HIGHLY, HIGHLY, HIGHLY recommend it.

My final and formal review will be written and up soon. But this book feeds my DARK Romance reads. It LIVED up to all my expectations.

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Comments on 7/31/13

Ya'll last night I did a beta read of 7 Chapters of Tears of Tess by Pepper Winters. This is the DARK ROMANCE that I've been bombarding you all about on the page. I can't tell you how much I've been WANTING to read this book. I wanted it... bad. I had high hopes and I was skurred that I might be setting expectations too high. But let me tell you peeps. Just from the freaking 7 Chapters I read I was BLOWN AWAY!! All I could think was OMG...OMG...OMG no words. Brutally dark and cringe moments that put my fears and any woman's worse fears of being abducted and sold front and center. Mind fuckery people mind fuckery...ahead. Anyway if you love your DARK ROMANCE I am telling you, that you NEED to add this book to your GoodReads shelf and buy it when it releases in Sept. Seriously.

Official review to come later once I've read the whole darn thing...but OMG!!!