My Torin

by K Webster

[stacey_is_sassy]

Curiosity left me feeling depressed…

This review is a little spoilerish, proceed with caution.

I KNOW I’m supposed to take a step away from reality when reading, but sometimes it’s very hard to shut off my brain. My Torin left me a little unsettled. This story is filled with battles and at times I was shattered by the feelings it provoked. The cover caught my attention, the reviews were describing it as a beautiful story, and along with the blurb, my curiosity needed to be appeased. Maybe the beauty other readers found was in the survival of the heroine. It might have been beautiful, that the hero broke through some barriers that held him in isolation. I struggled to see the beauty through the windows. There were no windows.

I read a lot of different types of romance stories and I can appreciate the differences. I admit I’m a sucker for a happy ever after and I enjoy the bubbles of joy and heart-flutters that a good romance can provide. This romance left me dissatisfied because I felt that it should never have happened. A crack whore should not leave a baby abandoned. Men should not be able to sell off a foster child and get away with it. People should not be able to buy a person to fix a problem without explaining what the problem is first. I know these things happen in reality but it was confronting and I didn't enjoy the feelings it provoked.

This was my first story by K. Webster. Maybe, if I had read some of her previous books I would have been better prepared? I wouldn’t say this was a “dark” read or a “light” read. It would be easier to say that this is a story about finding love when you’re a freak, misfit or an odd end. My Torin deals with death, discrimination, fear and abuse. It makes you question how much is “OK” to put up with when the person hurting you has a reason. Does it make it OK?

Do not judge My Torin by my review alone. Check out other reviews because I’m seriously in the minority. The subject matter wasn’t appealing to me but I acknowledge that the writing, cover and blurb sucked me in from beginning to end.