New Animal : DNF at 53%

Describing your book as "darkly comedic" isn't the same as issuing content warning. Okay? Glad we cleared that up.

Firstly, this writing is gorgeous. I was "in the grief" with Amelia. To a certain degree I felt that everything that happened was understandably complex. Amelia's sexual desires. Her pain. Her seeking "comfort".

Secondly, this dubcon is NOT what I was expecting. Wasn't warned. Didn't appreciate it.

It was graphic. It was brutal. It was painful to read.

I understand (or think I can) where Baxter is going at this point in the novel. Amelia is hurting, searching, reaching for something... anything to feel again. Feel something other than the pain of losing her mom. 

Even if BDSM is what would heal her, THAT introduction into it was forcefully unnecessary and I HATE shock introduced in books to move it along.

I DNFed at page 91/170. I'm so disappointed and physically feel a bit sick to my stomach. We could have gotten our point across Baxter without this seeming trauma to your reader. 🙄  I'm out.