Torrent Condemned Series Book 1 edition by Gemma James Jessica Nollkamper Romance eBooks
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I was fifteen when I sent the love of my life to prison for a crime he didn’t commit.
Rafe Mason.
Rising MMA star.
My brother’s best friend.
The guy I destroyed with a single lie.
Now eight years have passed, and Rafe is free. And he only wants one thing.
Me, at his mercy.
And I am. I’m a prisoner on his island, held captive by his deviant desires, bound by his justified fury. Even worse, I’m a hostage of my own treacherous heart.
But Rafe is a man obsessed.
A man whose darkness is bigger than the both of us.
A man who will stop at nothing to get the answers he deserves.
Even if it means breaking me.
NOTE TO READERS TORRENT is a psychological dark romance thriller with kidnapping and other disturbing themes. Intended for mature readers. Not for the faint of heart. You’ve been warned. Book 1 in the Condemned series.
Also includes a two-chapter excerpt of Rampant.
Torrent Condemned Series Book 1 edition by Gemma James Jessica Nollkamper Romance eBooks
We accept the qualities of fiction so that we can forget reality all the while clinging to some distorted version of life. There is no problem with the requirements that have to be met in order to read fiction. This is a testament to the fact fiction doesn’t have to be realistic. It has to be believable. And there is a gaping difference that this story never manages to fill in.With this story, the problem lies in the glorification of brutality for no real reason. The excuses are poor while the psychological explanation is completely non-existent. A seemingly complex while really foolish misunderstanding does not justify the actions set forth by these characters. The effort to convince me was just lacking in every possible way. There is nothing glamorous, glorious, or sexual about this entire experience. It is a series of misdirection, misunderstanding, and a general lack of knowledge about the human condition. I could have accepted even really read the story had it provided a basic foundation to empathize with the characters. I felt nothing but apathy.
This story is masquerading as an exploration of the darker fantasies in life. It does not enlighten, enthuse or persuade me at all to get lost in its story. Instead it leaves me questioning every little detail to the point I didn’t get past the first chapters without hitting the forward button just to see if it was really going to keep going. And it did. Worse, there is a second one.
Some detail this as a story of self-discovery, a twisted one at that. This is far from the case. There is no empowerment. The strife is forced while the characters are extremely weak. This story might have worked with better writing and just a better understand of psychology. It wasn’t about convincing me the story was real enough. The book needed to make it so that I didn’t care. It failed to do that never achieving any sort of relevance at all other then to thoroughly confound me.
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Torrent Condemned Series Book 1 edition by Gemma James Jessica Nollkamper Romance eBooks Reviews
Alex De Luca was just a teenager when she lied and sent her friend, Rafe Mason, an innocent man, to prison for eight years. Instead of speaking up and doing the right thing, she let him rot in a cell while his hatred for her grew into something uncontrollable.
Now he's out on parole and he has only one objective. To break her in a way that she broke him. He wants her screams, her tears, and he wants to see her shatter into millions of pieces.
Honestly, this is a difficult book for me to review. A part of me disliked it while another part of me was sucked into everything that was happening. I'm not a stranger to darker reads and I rather enjoy stepping outside of my comfort zone and getting truly engrossed in a good work of fiction.
The emotions that this kind of story tends to draw out of me are usually quite strong. They range from anger, disgust, acceptance, and it really forces me to try and understand just what made a character the way that they are.
Now there is a warning that Torrent features sexual scenes and violence that may offend some. I'm pretty sure we all know to expect something like that from a darker read. However, I know that some people have triggers and I want to let you know that there is rape between step-siblings in this book. If that hits home for you and will trigger a horrific memory, then you may want to pass on this one.
I did find it really hard to feel for Alex. I understand, to an extent, why she did what she did. But honestly, her actions once she was kidnapped baffled me. There wasn't enough of their past in this first book to make me form a connection. To make me understand how she could care for Rafe as he was hurting her. Torturing her. Violating her.
If I really reflect on the situation I can see where Rafe was coming from. He cared for a girl who essentially threw him away and let him rot for eight years. Things happen when you're locked up that change you. He had a lot of time to allow his anger to turn into an inferno like rage that would destroy everything around it, and of course he had his eyes set on one girl in particular.
This was a really quick read for me. There were some areas of the story that I felt like the execution was a little off, but Gemma's writing is captivating enough that I was able to overlook that fact.
I will admit that the ending drove me absolutely CRAZY. Not because it's a cliffhanger. I have no issues with those kinds of endings. However, I found the change of direction in the very last chapter to feel more like a cop-out than anything.
Overall I would have to give Torrent 3 stars. It wasn't what I was expecting, and I do hope to see more character development and more glimpses into their past.
**This book was given to me in exchange for an honest review. The fact that it was given to me in no way changes the way that I feel, and this review is based solely on the story itself**
Detesting this book has nothing to do with it being dark, but rather absurd from start to inconclusive finish.
Don't look for character development. There is no understanding why any of the characters behave the way they do. At the start of the book we know the heroine has spent most if her life being raped by her step-brother and that she orgasms from the rapes. The hero has been sent to jail for eight years after being falsely accused of raping the heroine. So what does he do? He kidnaps and rapes her.
Nothing about the plot is believable and the story ends with the most RIDICULOUS cliffhanger ever.
We accept the qualities of fiction so that we can forget reality all the while clinging to some distorted version of life. There is no problem with the requirements that have to be met in order to read fiction. This is a testament to the fact fiction doesn’t have to be realistic. It has to be believable. And there is a gaping difference that this story never manages to fill in.
With this story, the problem lies in the glorification of brutality for no real reason. The excuses are poor while the psychological explanation is completely non-existent. A seemingly complex while really foolish misunderstanding does not justify the actions set forth by these characters. The effort to convince me was just lacking in every possible way. There is nothing glamorous, glorious, or sexual about this entire experience. It is a series of misdirection, misunderstanding, and a general lack of knowledge about the human condition. I could have accepted even really read the story had it provided a basic foundation to empathize with the characters. I felt nothing but apathy.
This story is masquerading as an exploration of the darker fantasies in life. It does not enlighten, enthuse or persuade me at all to get lost in its story. Instead it leaves me questioning every little detail to the point I didn’t get past the first chapters without hitting the forward button just to see if it was really going to keep going. And it did. Worse, there is a second one.
Some detail this as a story of self-discovery, a twisted one at that. This is far from the case. There is no empowerment. The strife is forced while the characters are extremely weak. This story might have worked with better writing and just a better understand of psychology. It wasn’t about convincing me the story was real enough. The book needed to make it so that I didn’t care. It failed to do that never achieving any sort of relevance at all other then to thoroughly confound me.
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