Torn from You (Tear Asunder, #1)

by Nashoda Rose

[mitabird]

This book is a completely messed up continuation of With You. Emily gets kidnapped and is going to be trained as a sex slave. She endures some horrible, horrible things. Here's the kicker. Her "boyfriend" Sculpt/Logan is indirectly involved in this shit. His father runs this sex slave trade business and she was kidnapped to encourage Sculpt to work for his father as a fighter. Sculpt gets to keep and "train" her, until if/when he loses a fight. To say she is in a state of shock is an understatement. During her stay at this horrific place, they have "consensual sex". Consensual my ass! She either sleeps with Sculpt or she gets sold. She doesn't have a choice! Sculpt is a complete ass to her in the guise of protecting her. After about three weeks, she is saved/rescued.

Two years pass and she is living with her bff (Kat) & bff's brother on a farm. She and Kat help restore abused horses to health. Sculpt returns and wants to get back with her. He tells her his dad is dead, so I guess it's safe for them to be together again. I am just effing flabbergasted! She wants nothing to do with him and looking at him returns her to that place. He tells her what really happens (like she or I actually give a crap) and he wants her forgiveness because she's his. He bought the farm she lives on her and effing bff/bff's brother knew about it and kept that info from her. What kind of shit is that?!

Since this is labeled as romance, I know they are getting back together, which is completely ludicrous to me! At this point, I'm hate-reading this. I know I should DNF, but it's a train wreck that I can't stop looking at.

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I can't even begin to adequately explain what a complete disaster this book was. Sculpt/Logan was a manipulative, controlling douche bag. Yeah, he went through messed up shit, but the stuff involving Emily was way out of line. She wanted him to leave her alone, and he just kept at her until she broke down. He used guilt to sway her his way and it was disgusting. In my opinion, nothing could be done to redeem Logan in my eyes.
I thought she gave in too easily and apparently his magic peen and her magical orgasms were enough for her to put aside the fear and degradation she suffered at his hand. He just knew that she was a natural submissive and didn't even attempt to ease her back into sex. Not that it really mattered since she was ready whenever he wanted it.

She gets kidnapped by one of his father's associates, but she is again saved at the end. Sculpt and pals were looking for him and didn't tell Emily what was going on for a long time. Instead, he told her what she could and could not do. When she tried to protest, he'd say that he was being cautious and just used sex to shut her up.

Some of her friends were caught in the crossfire and were hurt. I know I was supposed to care, but I didn't. I'm assuming there are going to be stories featuring some of these pointless side characters, but I will not be continuing with this train wreck.

This is labeled as a love story with some dark elements, a dark contemporary romance. I find this labeling misleading as it's far from a romance nor was it romantic in the least. Read at your own risk.