as reviewed by Silk Kitty Reviews

(from a review at the former Silk Kitty recommendations site, by Cerise.)

The characters are flawed yet everything makes so much sense in their perspective. And what's so amazing is that if one steps back, you can see exactly why others treat them the way they do...it's so sad...

Tuesday 19th January, 2010

as reviewed by lauand

(taken from this review)

...quite special. It's not an ordinary novel, it's a shifting POV of the main characters. The story is beautifully woven and borders poetry in some parts...a story of losers, human characters built and driven by their lives, on which they don't have control...love in its purest state and intensity of feelings.

Tuesday 19th January, 2010

as reviewed by Garrett Cozart

(taken from a review sent in to the much-neglected lost violet press myspace page.)

The best thing about this phenomenal book is how it offers a realistic view into...a dark individual with a troubled past. The relationship of Raven and Pegasus is rocky to say the least...the author...didn't just wrap everything up with a pretty bow once they confessed to one another; they had to struggle and fight to stay together...because of deep psychological scars which both led themselves to think they couldn't make the other happy.

Tuesday 19th January, 2010

as reviewed by fabulousraye

(taken from the review at goodreads.com)

...It caused me to be all nostalgic for the 90s, and for the days when I loved Poppy Z. Brite books... The love between Raven and Pegasus was so achingly bittersweet. It just tortured me. All I wanted was for them to end up together and happy.

The sex scenes were the most erotic I've read in a long time. Even the sex practices that aren't my sort of thing were hot!

The first 2/3 of the book, went quickly and I enjoyed it. The last 1/3 lost me a bit... Some parts and some of the reactions of the characters, I found to be rather over dramatic... I would have liked a clearer explanation of how Wendy & her father got to be such evil, nasty people. They were such unlikeable characters.

There is a drunken attempted rape scene, that I found to be quite traumatizing. I had to stop & take a mental break in the middle of it. There are a couple self-harming scenes that I winced through.

Wednesday 17th March, 2010