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A review by sass_sass
A Woman's Worth by S.A. Parker
4.0
Baffled
This book was thicc. The first three books in the series were around 200 pages or less, so imagine my surprise at seeing this large baby. Dang. It feels like such a departure from the first three books in a way, too, almost like the writing changed...maybe Dell's character just matured more?
Anyway, Dell's already difficult life gets more complicated. She struggles to have a relationship with the beast inside her. She struggles with a weird connection to her abuser. She struggles with facing her first and possibly greatest childhood trauma. She struggles with protecting her sun gods. She struggles with finding value in herself and her abilities. And she's stubborn, so I totally related to her.
The series is so weird to me, because the darkness in it is some of the most horrific I've read; It's absolutely disgusting and yet Dell's ridiculous inner monologue of raunchiness kind of makes it more palatable? It's odd and though I'm grateful for the storyline to be softened in this way, I'm still unsure what to think about it. Shouldn't I feel more outrage? If anything, this book leaves me confused about my own empathy. I've never read anything that has done this to me before.
Hmmmm...
So, on that perplexing note, I'll leave you to decide if this series is the one for you. I liked it? I mean, I've given it four stars, so that counts as liking it, right?
This book was thicc. The first three books in the series were around 200 pages or less, so imagine my surprise at seeing this large baby. Dang. It feels like such a departure from the first three books in a way, too, almost like the writing changed...maybe Dell's character just matured more?
Anyway, Dell's already difficult life gets more complicated. She struggles to have a relationship with the beast inside her. She struggles with a weird connection to her abuser. She struggles with facing her first and possibly greatest childhood trauma. She struggles with protecting her sun gods. She struggles with finding value in herself and her abilities. And she's stubborn, so I totally related to her.
The series is so weird to me, because the darkness in it is some of the most horrific I've read; It's absolutely disgusting and yet Dell's ridiculous inner monologue of raunchiness kind of makes it more palatable? It's odd and though I'm grateful for the storyline to be softened in this way, I'm still unsure what to think about it. Shouldn't I feel more outrage? If anything, this book leaves me confused about my own empathy. I've never read anything that has done this to me before.
Hmmmm...
So, on that perplexing note, I'll leave you to decide if this series is the one for you. I liked it? I mean, I've given it four stars, so that counts as liking it, right?