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Passion's Sweet Sacrifice
READING CREASES ON SPINE. MINOR DISCOLORATION ON EDGE OF COVER BY SPINE. NO WRITING OR MARKS ON PAGES.
380 pages, Paperback
First published May 1, 1979
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December 1, 2020
Sigh.
Yes, this is indeed quite the bodice ripper .
And no I have not recently read it. I am trying to get caught up on my reviews and am reviewing some oldies that I realize I never did a review of before. This is one.
So..whom should read this?
Well.....I did. I should say I was way into Bodice rippers when I was younger versus now. But I cannot even remember most of them because they all seem to be the same. This one however managed to distinguish itself from the pack.
It tells the story of Sabrina, the young and beautiful waif whose dad SELLS her in to a marriage with the man who has recently raped and assaulted her. Yeppers. All sorts of triggers for this one!
From then on, just about everything bad that can happen does happen. Rapes and assaults and kidnappings and training to be an international spy along the lines of Mata Hari. And somehow, intersperced within this train wreck, Sabrina falls in love..twice. With Pilot Hunter and with sweet and gentle Michael. Whom will she choose?
I'm sorry..I must say it..this book became something of an "in joke" between myself and one of my closest girl friends because of one of the character's names. His name is...ready? B.B. Dada. You heard me.
This has through the years, been a fond joke between me and the above mentioned friend..and it has also manged to keep this book in my mind.
I have no issues with Bodice rippers but this one was to rapey and out there for me even back then. I read it again as an adult and did not like it any better but felt a certain fondness for it..if that makes any sense.
And I will admit I had a major crush on Hunter. I can't help it. I suspect every red blooded girl who read this.....and I'm sure we are few.....wanted Hunter.
Anyway..if it had got rid of all the sex and focused on the spy stuff I think it would have been better but even though I cannot call this...well...good....I cannot bear to give it a 1..so.... a 2 it is and I hope Sabrina and the man she chose (no spoilers) are living happily ever after.
Yes, this is indeed quite the bodice ripper .
And no I have not recently read it. I am trying to get caught up on my reviews and am reviewing some oldies that I realize I never did a review of before. This is one.
So..whom should read this?
Well.....I did. I should say I was way into Bodice rippers when I was younger versus now. But I cannot even remember most of them because they all seem to be the same. This one however managed to distinguish itself from the pack.
It tells the story of Sabrina, the young and beautiful waif whose dad SELLS her in to a marriage with the man who has recently raped and assaulted her. Yeppers. All sorts of triggers for this one!
From then on, just about everything bad that can happen does happen. Rapes and assaults and kidnappings and training to be an international spy along the lines of Mata Hari. And somehow, intersperced within this train wreck, Sabrina falls in love..twice. With Pilot Hunter and with sweet and gentle Michael. Whom will she choose?
I'm sorry..I must say it..this book became something of an "in joke" between myself and one of my closest girl friends because of one of the character's names. His name is...ready? B.B. Dada. You heard me.
This has through the years, been a fond joke between me and the above mentioned friend..and it has also manged to keep this book in my mind.
I have no issues with Bodice rippers but this one was to rapey and out there for me even back then. I read it again as an adult and did not like it any better but felt a certain fondness for it..if that makes any sense.
And I will admit I had a major crush on Hunter. I can't help it. I suspect every red blooded girl who read this.....and I'm sure we are few.....wanted Hunter.
Anyway..if it had got rid of all the sex and focused on the spy stuff I think it would have been better but even though I cannot call this...well...good....I cannot bear to give it a 1..so.... a 2 it is and I hope Sabrina and the man she chose (no spoilers) are living happily ever after.
May 31, 2015
The Red Baron, Rasputin, Lawrence of Arabia, and Sabrina! Take them all and throw them into a Spicy Adventure pulp, wherein you have two stalwart heroes vying for the girl's love and you've got this crazy novel of spies, sex and shenanigans in WWI era Europe.
I have to thank my Goodreads friend, Karla and her terrific blog for cluing me in to this "alternative" masterpiece. What is the secret to writing a book that is 350 pages and that you can read in a few days? Maybe it's the wacky plot that involves tons cads tearing Sabrina's clothes off (she should stick to velcro stitching!) or the crazy S&M scenes pursued in the name of spying for the Germans. "Now blast it, pet! Don't get mixed up in this spy business! You're too lovely, darling, really. And too sweet and innocent." He says to the girl who just the night before was getting her rocks off with Rasputin in a mad display of whips and leather!
A story that includes our heroine Sabrina and her two heroes, Hunter and Michael getting shot down in a jungle, and having her mistaken for the Sun Goddess by the local natives. A chance again for her clothes (this time a grass skirt) to be ripped off her nubile body. A ceremony that involves bringing Sabrina to "the heights of ecstasy" only to leave her panting in unrequited fulfillment. "Soon she was like a wildly impassioned jungle beast, gyrating and shimmying as she danced about the bonfire...grass skirt swirled high around her...exposing her long golden legs."
A plot wherein the French characters all speak like Inspector Clouseau, "Do you wheesh ze blindfold?"
You actually like this kind of trash? one might ask me.
Well...yeah, call me guilty!
I have to thank my Goodreads friend, Karla and her terrific blog for cluing me in to this "alternative" masterpiece. What is the secret to writing a book that is 350 pages and that you can read in a few days? Maybe it's the wacky plot that involves tons cads tearing Sabrina's clothes off (she should stick to velcro stitching!) or the crazy S&M scenes pursued in the name of spying for the Germans. "Now blast it, pet! Don't get mixed up in this spy business! You're too lovely, darling, really. And too sweet and innocent." He says to the girl who just the night before was getting her rocks off with Rasputin in a mad display of whips and leather!
A story that includes our heroine Sabrina and her two heroes, Hunter and Michael getting shot down in a jungle, and having her mistaken for the Sun Goddess by the local natives. A chance again for her clothes (this time a grass skirt) to be ripped off her nubile body. A ceremony that involves bringing Sabrina to "the heights of ecstasy" only to leave her panting in unrequited fulfillment. "Soon she was like a wildly impassioned jungle beast, gyrating and shimmying as she danced about the bonfire...grass skirt swirled high around her...exposing her long golden legs."
A plot wherein the French characters all speak like Inspector Clouseau, "Do you wheesh ze blindfold?"
You actually like this kind of trash? one might ask me.
Well...yeah, call me guilty!
November 20, 2020
Wartime romance! Spies! Angst! All my boxes checked.
October 16, 2014
ay bu kitap ne manyaktı. Zamanında okumuştum ve beni şok eden kitaplar arasında yerini aldı. Yanlış hatırlamıyorsam, bir sahaftan almıştım.
İşkence mi dersiniz, tecavüz mü dersiniz, ne ararsanız vardı. Ben böyle kitaplara hiç gelemiyorum. Size de önermem. Allah bu tür kitabı bir daha bana göstermesin. Bu kız hala bu kadar olaya nasıl bulaştı mantığıma oturmuş değil.
İşkence mi dersiniz, tecavüz mü dersiniz, ne ararsanız vardı. Ben böyle kitaplara hiç gelemiyorum. Size de önermem. Allah bu tür kitabı bir daha bana göstermesin. Bu kız hala bu kadar olaya nasıl bulaştı mantığıma oturmuş değil.
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