Reviews for A Well Pleasured Lady (Well Pleasured Series #1)

The average rating for A Well Pleasured Lady (Well Pleasured Series #1) based on 2 reviews is 2.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2017-03-29 00:00:00 Sherry Heller People either hate or love this book…and all because of one infamous scene. I've heard about this book over the years and the controversial rape scene about which even the author has been asked a few times. So I thought to find out for myself. Having forgotten the title, sifting through the CD books (several times) I always missed it…as I never suspected to find that rape scene in a book named 'A Well Pleasured Lady'! Anyways, reading this mostly humorous story set in a rather quirky setting with an uber-dominant-but-considerate-despite-himself H and a prim-but-determined h, who set my heart zipping with their fiery yet endearing chemistry, I just couldn't fathom a rape cropping up here - between these two. **Spoilerish** Rape or Forced Seduction? As HP/Romance readers we've allowed that line to blur so many times for the medieval/regency bodice-ripping, indiscriminately rutting 'Heroes' or for the much older, coldly abusive and rapey husbands of vintage HPs (both kinds I personally detest), but dissenting opinions are still possible and understandable. And to be honest I've enjoyed my fair share of 'forceful' Hs who go for what they want, consent be damned. I feel there was nothing PC about this one here but still I'd rate it a forced seduction rather than a rape. Even when… No (or don't) should mean just that. (I'd be horrified if it didn't in RL.) He was a self-centered jerk to push her as he did. He may not have been violent but power play definitely came into it. He enjoyed and treasured 'her tears over her maidenhood'. He knew she was a virgin and still wasn't particularly gentle with her or tried a more traditional way of doing things. But it was so damn hot and erotic! No wonder she tells him to 'shut up and hurry'. No wonder this particular non-con took on such mythical stature. The author wrote it as simple and complex as that…and takes you along - horrified, confused, swooning (guiltily) even as you wonder on things like No, consent/compliance before or after penetration, a much abused overwhelmed by passion or a believable portrayal of enjoyment, a certain tenderness-yes, it was there too. As for the story, it was an okay entertainer and holds up well throughout. Lots of complex well-fleshed out characters, evil vulturish relatives, engaging plot and subplots, humor, suspense, blackmail, mild ow-om drama mixed in with some gothic-ness and hot sex. Grouse? Although the story never lets up, the h/H interaction drops a bit in the middle. The last scene on the rooftop could have been better. Also the Mary vs. Guinevere thing got a bit odd after a while. This was more a review of the that scene than the book per se. Still a 4.15*, I'd say.

Review # 2 was written on 2012-05-01 00:00:00 David Williamson Hey, enjoy rape and forced marriage? Than this is the romance for you! When the most evil person in the book is a hero, it is difficult not to throw the book across the room in rage. And don't forget it is ok to be an abusive rapist as long as something traumatic happened in your past! Then it is all good.