Reviewed by Becca
TITLE: Undone
AUTHOR: R. Phoenix and Morgan Noel
PUBLISHER: self-published
LENGTH: 569 pages
RELEASE DATE: January 30, 2018
BLURB:
Leandro is a capricious fae, and he has it all: a glamorous casino as his personal playground, more power than he knows what to do with, and Kol’tso, his pet incubus. When Kol’tso tries to push the boundaries of their relationship and provokes feelings in Bryce, a nosy detective, the arrangement becomes more and more complicated. Kol’tso soon finds out there is a high price to pay for angering one of the fae. He finds himself trapped between his nature as an incubus and his desire for freedom. Leandro and his personal security guard Gideon may just be the only obstacles standing between the incubus and everything he wants.
WARNING: scenes of abuse and rape
REVIEW:
I have waited a few days to write this hoping it would help me, but it hasn’t. I heard so much about this book and really wanted to read it and when the opportunity came, I was really excited to be able to do so. But I wasn’t happy with the outcome. I do want to say, first and foremost, the authors did a great job of collaborating and overall, the book wasn’t bad. However, there were a few scenes in this book that were hot button for me and because of them, I can’t rate this book higher. I also have to say that the blurb and the warning isn’t quite correct. No matter which way you try to spin it, there are scenes of rape in this book. Just because you write a character whose nature is feeding off sex, doesn’t mean it’s consensual when it happens.
In this book, Leandro is an all powerful fae. He’s taken Kolt as a slave. Being an Incubus, Kolt needs to be around people all the time to feed himself or he could kill. At first with Leandro, it seemed to work. He feed off people in the casino and he was ok. But things began to get worse. He was constantly pimped out. If he did something Leandro didn’t like, he was punished. And badly. To the point, Leandro, several times, almost killed him. He tried to run away but his nature made him end up killing people so he ventured back thinking he’d be safer and it would be safer for other people. But Leandro pulled the ultimate punishment that drove Kolt almost to the brink. Thankfully he was saved but now he had to figure out how to live life safely and away from all that could hurt him.
There is no nice way to say it. Leandro is a psychotic asshole. He’s like a child throwing a temper tantrum. I hate him. I loathe him. He is nothing but a bully and an asshole who needed knocked down a few pegs. He would kill people on a whim. He hurt Kolt in ways that were manipulative, condescending, and hurtful. He often raped him to get back at him for something he did. I don’t care what Kolt’s nature is, if he’s sobbing trying to get a breath and trying to stop the sex, it’s rape. And what pissed me off even more is everyone stood around and watched this happen. No one would dare stand up to him. I felt so sorry for Kolt. He was in an abusive relationship with no way out. And then people would get his hopes up for freedom only to dash it away. His one chance at freedom ended so badly, he thought he would be better off with Leandro. He was so starved because of Leandro’s abuse, he committed murder in trying to fix himself. The only redeeming thing that helped me get through all this was that Gideon, Leandro’s bodyguard, finally pulled his head out of his ass and helped Kolt to freedom. He was finally free. And Leandro was getting what he finally deserved.
I can’t recommend this book. If you want to try it, feel free. I hope you like it. But the way Kolt was treated was abominable and I can’t condone it. Happy reading.
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