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Witch Fire (Elemental Witches, Book 1)
Horribly written pornographyThe "story" was just a carrier (and a badly written one, at that) for porn scenes. No, not sex scenes - this is right up there with the rest of the pornography in the back of the porn store. More violence against women as "sexy" ---- "oh, please tie me up so I can't protect myself and take your wicked ways with me, oh, my!!" Did all of these idiot authors decide that they will write just anything, any desecration against women, just to get the shock value out there? What happens when men (again - let's read a little history, ladies) decide that what we really want is to be tied up and raped, beaten and denigrated, and they take away our protections against it - make it accepted to drag a woman into an alley, tie her up, and beat her until she is unconscious, then rape her to death? I thought we were past all that disgusting nonsense??? Or have women truly lost their ever-loving freaking minds, and really think that being tied up is ok? That domination in bed with whips, chains and ropes is acceptable? Oh, and before any of you go off on the dominance crap being ok "when it is done with love" - it's a illness, ladies. A twisted sickness that makes it ok for one person to hurt and denigrate another. I am all for play - but play twisted around a core of dominance and pain need it's head examined. OK, maybe all of you were sexually assaulted as children, and have gravitated to being demeaned as being the only way you think you can be loved. Believe me, been there, done that, had the t-shirt ripped right off my back and used for cuffs. You DON'T have to put up with it - believe me. Get some help.
This piece of poorly written trash is definately yet another example of the "Shades of Gray" sickness that is overwhelming publishing at this point in time. Horrible writing as a vehicle for shock-jock style porn.
It is about time those of us with some sense of intelligence and a genuine care for the safety and well being of our sisters, daughters, and friends stop putting up with this kind of sick and twisted behavior being counted as acceptable. If you stop reading it, they will stop writing it - the publishers don't publish what doesn't sell. What is really sad is that this got published in the first place. The writing sucks the chrome off a bumper....