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Vespyr
“When life feels like a fever dream, don’t wake up.”
Fennec and I have been close our whole life, but things haven’t been the same ever since this summer.
I realized things I never noticed.
Not only about myself, but about him as well.
He’s changed.
Or…the way I saw him changed.
Manipulative.
Sick.
Possessive.
Twisted.
Words I would’ve never used to describe him.
Until now.
He slowly ruined me, made me see the worst in him.
But as dark as the things between us became, I would never leave his side.
WARNING
This is an extremely taboo standalone taking place in the wilderness of Alaska.
This book contains dark themes, and if you dare to read, go in with an open mind.
TW include: mental illness/abuse, knife play, blood play, bondage, watersports, breath play, sexual scenes of a very taboo nature.
This book is raw. Don’t say you haven’t been warned.
“When life feels like a fever dream, don’t wake up.”
Fennec and I have been close our whole life, but things haven’t been the same ever since this summer.
I realized things I never noticed.
Not only about myself, but about him as well.
He’s changed.
Or…the way I saw him changed.
Manipulative.
Sick.
Possessive.
Twisted.
Words I would’ve never used to describe him.
Until now.
He slowly ruined me, made me see the worst in him.
But as dark as the things between us became, I would never leave his side.
WARNING
This is an extremely taboo standalone taking place in the wilderness of Alaska.
This book contains dark themes, and if you dare to read, go in with an open mind.
TW include: mental illness/abuse, knife play, blood play, bondage, watersports, breath play, sexual scenes of a very taboo nature.
This book is raw. Don’t say you haven’t been warned.
352 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 17, 2021
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59 books3,732 followersSeven Rue is an international bestselling author. Born and raised in a small town by the Lake of Constance in Switzerland, she loves writing books that not only make hearts melt but also push limits. When she's not writing, you can find her on long walks with her pup, Bowie, or kicking around a ball on the soccer field.
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May 29, 2021
The reoccurring thought in my mind is; damn, this guy will put anything in his mouth. 😳😝
I swore I would never read another one of her books but I’ve been eyeing this one for a while. And then I read Audrey’s review and it was enough to poke that godforsaken curiosity inside me.
First, this obviously isn’t my first rodeo in this subject manner but I will say, it might be the most fascinating.
Fennec is what makes this book. He is creepy, manipulative, confusing, bossy af, at times airing on the side of abusive. But then he’s charming, considerate, possessive and every time he calls her sweet girl, I fucking swoon.
Other then the obvious incest, there are a great many disturbing things because obviously this writer loves her shock value. I pretty much said it all at the beginning of my review, the dude will pretty much put anything in his mouth and seemingly enjoy it.
If I recall correctly, didn’t she get in trouble for not having trigger warnings? So I guess she had to make up for lost time by sticking one in the middle about a certain movie that’s watched by our siblings. I knew exactly which movie she warned about and when I was proven right my blood ran cold thinking she was gonna go into detail. Thank god she didn’t because I’ve heard quite enough about this movie to scar me for life.
Jesus H Christ, this book is nauseating at times. I can’t tell you how many times I had to take a second to contemplate why I’m reading this.
So, if I’m being nice I would compare Vespyr to clay, easily manipulated and formed into whatever her brother desires. If I’m not, I would say she has as much personality as a fuck doll. As the following quote pretty much sums up;
“I love you, Vespyr. No matter how many fucked up things I’ll make you go through.”
I didn’t regard the words after his I love you, seeing as I didn’t feel as if the things he did last night were fucked up.
They were things he desired to do, and his intentions weren’t to hurt me.” 🙄
I don’t even want to get into the whole mental health diagnosis for Vespyr. But long story short, that doesn’t add up. Mostly I don’t understand why the psychiatrist (which is a Dr FYI and not Mrs.) came to the conclusion she did about the dreams. Obviously we all know the only thing wrong with her is naïveté and a willingness to please Fennec no matter what.
Overall there wasn’t much of a plot, the book both started and ended dull. The whole thing rode on Fennec’s shoulders and if I didn’t like him as much I would’ve given a much lower rating.
I swore I would never read another one of her books but I’ve been eyeing this one for a while. And then I read Audrey’s review and it was enough to poke that godforsaken curiosity inside me.
First, this obviously isn’t my first rodeo in this subject manner but I will say, it might be the most fascinating.
Fennec is what makes this book. He is creepy, manipulative, confusing, bossy af, at times airing on the side of abusive. But then he’s charming, considerate, possessive and every time he calls her sweet girl, I fucking swoon.
Other then the obvious incest, there are a great many disturbing things because obviously this writer loves her shock value. I pretty much said it all at the beginning of my review, the dude will pretty much put anything in his mouth and seemingly enjoy it.
If I recall correctly, didn’t she get in trouble for not having trigger warnings? So I guess she had to make up for lost time by sticking one in the middle about a certain movie that’s watched by our siblings. I knew exactly which movie she warned about and when I was proven right my blood ran cold thinking she was gonna go into detail. Thank god she didn’t because I’ve heard quite enough about this movie to scar me for life.
Jesus H Christ, this book is nauseating at times. I can’t tell you how many times I had to take a second to contemplate why I’m reading this.
So, if I’m being nice I would compare Vespyr to clay, easily manipulated and formed into whatever her brother desires. If I’m not, I would say she has as much personality as a fuck doll. As the following quote pretty much sums up;
“I love you, Vespyr. No matter how many fucked up things I’ll make you go through.”
I didn’t regard the words after his I love you, seeing as I didn’t feel as if the things he did last night were fucked up.
They were things he desired to do, and his intentions weren’t to hurt me.” 🙄
I don’t even want to get into the whole mental health diagnosis for Vespyr. But long story short, that doesn’t add up. Mostly I don’t understand why the psychiatrist (which is a Dr FYI and not Mrs.) came to the conclusion she did about the dreams. Obviously we all know the only thing wrong with her is naïveté and a willingness to please Fennec no matter what.
Overall there wasn’t much of a plot, the book both started and ended dull. The whole thing rode on Fennec’s shoulders and if I didn’t like him as much I would’ve given a much lower rating.
January 23, 2021
not saying i didn't expect this, but it happened.
‼️RAW GOT BANNED ON AMAZON‼️
I uploaded it to Eden Books for now, but you can also buy it from me directly. Either way works.
I will also be uploading it to other sites, so please make sure to check in with my socials for more info.
Welp...was fun while it lasted Amazon. #bannedbooksclub
RAW on eden books: https://edenbooks.org/product/raw-a-d...
‼️RAW GOT BANNED ON AMAZON‼️
I uploaded it to Eden Books for now, but you can also buy it from me directly. Either way works.
I will also be uploading it to other sites, so please make sure to check in with my socials for more info.
Welp...was fun while it lasted Amazon. #bannedbooksclub
RAW on eden books: https://edenbooks.org/product/raw-a-d...
January 24, 2021
I’m sorry but this book was really boring. I really enjoyed the kinks in this book and some were new to me, which was not the problem. The problem was the length of the book. This book could have been much better if it was not dragged. Most of the parts was unnecessary. I enjoyed fen’s character but Vespyr was straight up annoying to a point I wanted to stop reading. She agreed to everything think Fen said. It did not matter if she liked it or not. I was so closed to dnf this book. I enjoy the taboo seven writes but this was boring. I was expecting to see some action or good plot other than the sibling relationship.
I like taboo books but I always like reading books for story. And this book failed to provide me one. It was so slow. Like REALLY slow. I was just skipping towards end. I’m hoping for better books from her in future.
I like taboo books but I always like reading books for story. And this book failed to provide me one. It was so slow. Like REALLY slow. I was just skipping towards end. I’m hoping for better books from her in future.
May 27, 2021
4 stars until Ch. 31, 3 stars afterward
Omg, I was looking for a sibling incest book to read, so I'm glad I happened to stumble along this one not realizing it was a sibling incest romance till the reviews. This book reminded me of "The Wild" by K Webster but this one had more triggers, especially in the non-vanilla sex scenes.
Vespyr has just graduated high school (I found it funny at the beginning of the book how everyone thought that was a big deal when it's kind of expected). She goes to join her brother and father who are already living in the woods, the Alaska wilderness. She and her brother, Fennec, have always been really close but they get even closer in the wilderness...
~unrelated notes but thoughts~ I thought it was also funny how Vespyr was like these 2 boys ("friends" of Fennec) have the weirdest names, and I was like how can you be talking when your name is Vespyr and your brother's name is Fennec?! I even thought Vespyr was a guy's name before continuing the story.
Fennec starts off seeming really sweet and I could totally see why Vespyr liked him. Handsome, sweet, a slightly older brother. But he turned manipulative fast. His admitting in his POVs that he was manipulative definitely helped me recognize it. When he was upset, he'd make Vespyr feel bad, and then she would be the one apologizing to him when he really should have been the one apologizing! Fennec was also a total mindfuck. He kissed her when she was sleeping, tasted her period blood, made her cum, etc., all the while letting her think she was dreaming. It was clear to me as the reader that they were awake doing this, but he had Vespyr close her eyes so she thought she was dreaming. But it just seemed very naive of her. But then even I started to doubt that, when Fennec let the charade go on for so long, even saying in the car that that was the first time he made her cum. Finally, at the end of the book, he reveals to her that he really did those things to her and that it wasn't a dream.
This book has so many trigger warnings because of the out-there kinks. They do blood play with her period, a little knife play, a little breath play and bondage, waterplay (which is drinking pee), and probably some others. If these things bother you, skip the book. I know this book is probably not for a lot of people. None of the kinks except the knife play and scissor play bothered me. It made me squeamish and grossed out when he pricked Vespyr's back w a knife while taking her virginity. She said she didn't like it but Fennec sort of manipulated her into liking it/consenting to it for another time. Then what really grossed me out was that the next day, he started picking the scabs, so it would leave a scar so she'd remember that he scarred her there. (Like leaving his mark on her body)
Vespyr justified it as well, no one will see it. Well, why would you want to be permanently marked by something painful? What happens if you want to go to the beach and wear a bikini but now you have these scars?
Of course in the whole beginning there was this will they or won't they, which is to be expected when 2 ppl are crossing the forbidden line, especially in incest books. That gave the book really good sexual tension in the beginning, which was definitely lost as the book continued.
I was wondering why the Dad (lol how they called their parents "Mama" & "Papa", which I thought was a little strange but it grew on me) and Fennec were mad at each other when Vespyr arrived, and this wasn't revealed till the latter part of the book. I think it was because of Fennec's mood swings. Then when Papa told Vespyr how Fennec would have no emotion when killing things and how the voices inside Fennec's head told him that it would be easier if he would just kill Papa (I was afraid he was going to kill their dad at some points!), I thought to myself that Fennec was probably a psychopath and sure enough, he was.
When they got back home the mom forced both of them to go to therapy. Fennec was diagnosed with bipolar and antisocial personality disorder, which made sense. However, the psychiatrist diagnosed Vespyr with schizophrenia because she believed what was real were dreams but it was at night and maybe she just couldn't believe what was going on...her diagnosis seemed totally wrong & she definitely didn't have schizophrenia...
Tbh, I'm kind of sick of the characters having a mental illness during sibling incest books. Are we supposed to believe that they're having incest because they have a mental illness? Because that's not true.
The book was long enough so it was the appropriate time for an ending, but I do get what other reviewers meant that the ending seemed a bit rushed or something seemed missing. I feel like I wasn't done with the story, I had some more questions but I'm not even sure what they were. I just needed a little more. Also, I don't think they should be stopping their medication...in the epilogue, they were like we don't take our medication daily. Like what? Those are prescribed for a reason and just because you're doing well now, it's because you're on the medication, so you shouldn't go off it without the doctor's permission.
~other unrelated thoughts:
2.) Once or twice, I felt that Fennec didn't love Vespyr but was rather just obsessed with her. How can you proclaim to love someone if you keep manipulating them and taking advantage of their naivety? Also, his kinks were so "raw" (see what I did there) that most girls probably wouldn't accept or consent to doing them, but since he knew his sister was in love with him and looked up to him, she would do anything, try anything he wanted of her. Thus he could take advantage of her love for him.
3.) I was like how did the parents even make enough money to live in a house in Alaska? It didn't seem like the mom worked and the dad definitely didn't, living in the wild. Only at the end of the book did it say the mom went to work and I was like thank god because I had no idea how they were bringing any money in.
4.) Wow, it's kind of crazy to think that Vespyr and Fennec will probably never be working a day in their lives because they're just living in the wild surviving on a day-to-day basis. But doesn't that eventually get boring or tiresome?
5.) The poor parents, they'll never get grandkids because Fennec is infertile & Vespyr is with him and he's probably too possessive to let her use a sperm bank on the off chance they wanted to have kids after all.
Omg, I was looking for a sibling incest book to read, so I'm glad I happened to stumble along this one not realizing it was a sibling incest romance till the reviews. This book reminded me of "The Wild" by K Webster but this one had more triggers, especially in the non-vanilla sex scenes.
Vespyr has just graduated high school (I found it funny at the beginning of the book how everyone thought that was a big deal when it's kind of expected). She goes to join her brother and father who are already living in the woods, the Alaska wilderness. She and her brother, Fennec, have always been really close but they get even closer in the wilderness...
~unrelated notes but thoughts~ I thought it was also funny how Vespyr was like these 2 boys ("friends" of Fennec) have the weirdest names, and I was like how can you be talking when your name is Vespyr and your brother's name is Fennec?! I even thought Vespyr was a guy's name before continuing the story.
Fennec starts off seeming really sweet and I could totally see why Vespyr liked him. Handsome, sweet, a slightly older brother. But he turned manipulative fast. His admitting in his POVs that he was manipulative definitely helped me recognize it. When he was upset, he'd make Vespyr feel bad, and then she would be the one apologizing to him when he really should have been the one apologizing! Fennec was also a total mindfuck. He kissed her when she was sleeping, tasted her period blood, made her cum, etc., all the while letting her think she was dreaming. It was clear to me as the reader that they were awake doing this, but he had Vespyr close her eyes so she thought she was dreaming. But it just seemed very naive of her. But then even I started to doubt that, when Fennec let the charade go on for so long, even saying in the car that that was the first time he made her cum. Finally, at the end of the book, he reveals to her that he really did those things to her and that it wasn't a dream.
This book has so many trigger warnings because of the out-there kinks. They do blood play with her period, a little knife play, a little breath play and bondage, waterplay (which is drinking pee), and probably some others. If these things bother you, skip the book. I know this book is probably not for a lot of people. None of the kinks except the knife play and scissor play bothered me. It made me squeamish and grossed out when he pricked Vespyr's back w a knife while taking her virginity. She said she didn't like it but Fennec sort of manipulated her into liking it/consenting to it for another time. Then what really grossed me out was that the next day, he started picking the scabs, so it would leave a scar so she'd remember that he scarred her there. (Like leaving his mark on her body)
Vespyr justified it as well, no one will see it. Well, why would you want to be permanently marked by something painful? What happens if you want to go to the beach and wear a bikini but now you have these scars?
Of course in the whole beginning there was this will they or won't they, which is to be expected when 2 ppl are crossing the forbidden line, especially in incest books. That gave the book really good sexual tension in the beginning, which was definitely lost as the book continued.
I was wondering why the Dad (lol how they called their parents "Mama" & "Papa", which I thought was a little strange but it grew on me) and Fennec were mad at each other when Vespyr arrived, and this wasn't revealed till the latter part of the book. I think it was because of Fennec's mood swings. Then when Papa told Vespyr how Fennec would have no emotion when killing things and how the voices inside Fennec's head told him that it would be easier if he would just kill Papa (I was afraid he was going to kill their dad at some points!), I thought to myself that Fennec was probably a psychopath and sure enough, he was.
When they got back home the mom forced both of them to go to therapy. Fennec was diagnosed with bipolar and antisocial personality disorder, which made sense. However, the psychiatrist diagnosed Vespyr with schizophrenia because she believed what was real were dreams but it was at night and maybe she just couldn't believe what was going on...her diagnosis seemed totally wrong & she definitely didn't have schizophrenia...
Tbh, I'm kind of sick of the characters having a mental illness during sibling incest books. Are we supposed to believe that they're having incest because they have a mental illness? Because that's not true.
The book was long enough so it was the appropriate time for an ending, but I do get what other reviewers meant that the ending seemed a bit rushed or something seemed missing. I feel like I wasn't done with the story, I had some more questions but I'm not even sure what they were. I just needed a little more. Also, I don't think they should be stopping their medication...in the epilogue, they were like we don't take our medication daily. Like what? Those are prescribed for a reason and just because you're doing well now, it's because you're on the medication, so you shouldn't go off it without the doctor's permission.
~other unrelated thoughts:
2.) Once or twice, I felt that Fennec didn't love Vespyr but was rather just obsessed with her. How can you proclaim to love someone if you keep manipulating them and taking advantage of their naivety? Also, his kinks were so "raw" (see what I did there) that most girls probably wouldn't accept or consent to doing them, but since he knew his sister was in love with him and looked up to him, she would do anything, try anything he wanted of her. Thus he could take advantage of her love for him.
3.) I was like how did the parents even make enough money to live in a house in Alaska? It didn't seem like the mom worked and the dad definitely didn't, living in the wild. Only at the end of the book did it say the mom went to work and I was like thank god because I had no idea how they were bringing any money in.
4.) Wow, it's kind of crazy to think that Vespyr and Fennec will probably never be working a day in their lives because they're just living in the wild surviving on a day-to-day basis. But doesn't that eventually get boring or tiresome?
5.) The poor parents, they'll never get grandkids because Fennec is infertile & Vespyr is with him and he's probably too possessive to let her use a sperm bank on the off chance they wanted to have kids after all.
February 3, 2021
“Society thinks it’s wrong, but out here, we create our own rules.”
This was an interesting read, and certainly one that deserves to be available to readers.
I came for the taboo darkness and I stayed with characters who sometimes verged on seeming to naive to live, but author Seven Rue kept me engaged and guessing as to what the outcome would be.
There are triggers galore in this work. The author even takes a couple of pages to reinforce them in the middle of the novel, something I hadn't encountered before but I think it works here.
I respect Seven Rue for pulling this off and I'm keen to read more of her work.
"Unless you’re breaking the law, fuck what other people say or think about you."
This was an interesting read, and certainly one that deserves to be available to readers.
I came for the taboo darkness and I stayed with characters who sometimes verged on seeming to naive to live, but author Seven Rue kept me engaged and guessing as to what the outcome would be.
There are triggers galore in this work. The author even takes a couple of pages to reinforce them in the middle of the novel, something I hadn't encountered before but I think it works here.
I respect Seven Rue for pulling this off and I'm keen to read more of her work.
"Unless you’re breaking the law, fuck what other people say or think about you."
May 14, 2021
Me encanta leer los libros de esta autora.
Amo los libros taboo y el tema prohibido uffff me encanta.
Pero este... 😒 no fue para mi.
En primer lugar el tema del incesto no lo llevo de una forma interesante(que ya me he leído varios de esos y me han encantado, así que no es porque sea una puritana)
En segundo lugar la onda esta que traía el prota con la sangre era muy perturbadora de leer.
En tercer lugar lo de los sueños y que lo hicieran de niños, eso simplemente NOP.
En cuarto, las escenas +18 eran súper anti climáticas y mal narradas, me sorprendió porque la autora tiene libros con este tipo de escenas mejor escritas.
Y quinto y más importante... este libro es ABURRIDISIMO. Con mayúsculas. Es que ya no sabía ni que hacer de lo mucho que quería terminar por el sueño que me estaba dando.
Un libro malo para mi que siento, me hizo perder mi tiempo.
Amo los libros taboo y el tema prohibido uffff me encanta.
Pero este... 😒 no fue para mi.
En primer lugar el tema del incesto no lo llevo de una forma interesante(que ya me he leído varios de esos y me han encantado, así que no es porque sea una puritana)
En segundo lugar la onda esta que traía el prota con la sangre era muy perturbadora de leer.
En tercer lugar lo de los sueños y que lo hicieran de niños, eso simplemente NOP.
En cuarto, las escenas +18 eran súper anti climáticas y mal narradas, me sorprendió porque la autora tiene libros con este tipo de escenas mejor escritas.
Y quinto y más importante... este libro es ABURRIDISIMO. Con mayúsculas. Es que ya no sabía ni que hacer de lo mucho que quería terminar por el sueño que me estaba dando.
Un libro malo para mi que siento, me hizo perder mi tiempo.
January 26, 2021
I have no idea what to rate this since I've JUST finished the book and I have yet to get my mind wrapped around it. It started off as a solid 4 just from the uniqueness of the setting itself (I mean, how often do you get characters who are living out in the wild?) and the taboo-ness of it all (we see step siblings all the time but actual, real, same blood sharing siblings?) but as the story progressed, so did my feelings toward it.
I won't speak much about it because I don't want to give anything about the characters away but I will say one thing: I am impressed with the way Fennec (the lead male character) was able to mind fuck the shit out of me to the point that I was doubting him. Doubting Vespyr. Doubting their father. Doubting their mother. Doubting MYSELF. I've read many fucked up characters and I have to say he is in the top 3 contenders. Maybe even top 2. Hell, maybe he's at the top of the fucking list. I don't know. All I know is he got me twisted up and I was constantly on edge because I didn't know what to believe.
I wouldn't classify this as a romance or a love story between two siblings. I expected it to be a story about a forbidden love that I couldn't help but swoon at and root for but I didn't leave feeling that way. It really is just a twisted, fucked up, taboo love that is shared by two siblings.
As Seven Rue showed in her previous book fiftysix, the author does not shy away from writing sex scenes that are, no doubt, too much to stomach for some people but if you're not one of them, then you'll know that's the sort of things that make a book stand out and make it memorable, however, where I enjoyed the very kinky taboo-ness of the sex scenes in fiftysex, I felt indifferent about it in Raw. Nothing really jumped out at me. For sure, some scenes were very bloody memorable (pun intended) but did it really captivate me and make me reread the scenes like I always do when I find a scene too delicious to only read once? No.
The pacing of the book was slow and that lead to boredom at times. The ending was too rushed and I had so many unanswered questions.
Truthfully, it was a wild book. So much to take in and so much to think about. For me, it wasn't a bad book nor was it a very good book either. It was definitely one that stood out for being different though in terms of plot, setting and character.
I won't speak much about it because I don't want to give anything about the characters away but I will say one thing: I am impressed with the way Fennec (the lead male character) was able to mind fuck the shit out of me to the point that I was doubting him. Doubting Vespyr. Doubting their father. Doubting their mother. Doubting MYSELF. I've read many fucked up characters and I have to say he is in the top 3 contenders. Maybe even top 2. Hell, maybe he's at the top of the fucking list. I don't know. All I know is he got me twisted up and I was constantly on edge because I didn't know what to believe.
I wouldn't classify this as a romance or a love story between two siblings. I expected it to be a story about a forbidden love that I couldn't help but swoon at and root for but I didn't leave feeling that way. It really is just a twisted, fucked up, taboo love that is shared by two siblings.
As Seven Rue showed in her previous book fiftysix, the author does not shy away from writing sex scenes that are, no doubt, too much to stomach for some people but if you're not one of them, then you'll know that's the sort of things that make a book stand out and make it memorable, however, where I enjoyed the very kinky taboo-ness of the sex scenes in fiftysex, I felt indifferent about it in Raw. Nothing really jumped out at me. For sure, some scenes were very bloody memorable (pun intended) but did it really captivate me and make me reread the scenes like I always do when I find a scene too delicious to only read once? No.
The pacing of the book was slow and that lead to boredom at times. The ending was too rushed and I had so many unanswered questions.
Truthfully, it was a wild book. So much to take in and so much to think about. For me, it wasn't a bad book nor was it a very good book either. It was definitely one that stood out for being different though in terms of plot, setting and character.
March 20, 2024
I'm so confused...and annoyed
I finished this book and wish I hadn't. There's no plot, no character depth, no character connection, and zero passion or emotion from anyone. I was told everything, and never once shown. Ves is so one deminsional and has zero personality. And we're kept being told she's strong...yeah, she's not at all. She's supposed to be 18, yet she reads as 10 or younger. There's also dangerous ideas being offered that mental illness can be cured easily and that it's okay to just stop taking your meds. Simply put, if you have a serious mental illness that is diagnosed by a professional and they recommended medication, you should stay on that medication. ***SPOILER ALERT***
Also, I don't understand how Ves is diagnosed with a mental illness when what she was "imagining" was actually real... ***END SPOILER***
A lot of this book made no sense and was a waste of my time. I went in excited and with high expectations. Unfortunately, it didn't deliver. This was my first and likely last book by Seven. I appreciate her time and effort, but she's not the author for me. On a positive note, there are very few typos. I hate leaving negative reviews, but I had to speak my mind. I don't recommend this book. I got lured in with promises of t@boo, and got a bunch of random.
I finished this book and wish I hadn't. There's no plot, no character depth, no character connection, and zero passion or emotion from anyone. I was told everything, and never once shown. Ves is so one deminsional and has zero personality. And we're kept being told she's strong...yeah, she's not at all. She's supposed to be 18, yet she reads as 10 or younger. There's also dangerous ideas being offered that mental illness can be cured easily and that it's okay to just stop taking your meds. Simply put, if you have a serious mental illness that is diagnosed by a professional and they recommended medication, you should stay on that medication. ***SPOILER ALERT***
Also, I don't understand how Ves is diagnosed with a mental illness when what she was "imagining" was actually real... ***END SPOILER***
A lot of this book made no sense and was a waste of my time. I went in excited and with high expectations. Unfortunately, it didn't deliver. This was my first and likely last book by Seven. I appreciate her time and effort, but she's not the author for me. On a positive note, there are very few typos. I hate leaving negative reviews, but I had to speak my mind. I don't recommend this book. I got lured in with promises of t@boo, and got a bunch of random.
January 21, 2021
DNF
Some crazy nasty fuckery going on between real brother and sister...
January 29, 2021
★★★★
My mind is darker than i thought because for this one i feel like the HEA doesn't fit....
So i had so many expectation for Raw, and the majority of them were fulfilled: the story is twisted, dark, deliciously forbidden and with a hint of thriller that i loved.
It's heavier than i thought tho, but that's ok given the nature of certain topics.
The first part is like living the fever dream Vespyr talks about; you don't know what's real and what not, and it intriguing!!
Then things heats up bringing out the taboo aspect of Fennec & Vespyr' love, but more important the toxicity of it.
Their love is not healthy and not because they are related.
It's a kind of insanely obsession/addiction.
Or, at last, that was my perception of it.
That's why i thought something bad would have happened, instead there was a completely change of direction at the end that lead to their happy ending.
Now, it's not a bad thing i just feel like the author could have push the dark aspect more.
Maybe i'm a little sadistic after all 🤣🤣
But no matter what, Raw is definitely among my favorites with Echo and Genesis.
My mind is darker than i thought because for this one i feel like the HEA doesn't fit....
So i had so many expectation for Raw, and the majority of them were fulfilled: the story is twisted, dark, deliciously forbidden and with a hint of thriller that i loved.
It's heavier than i thought tho, but that's ok given the nature of certain topics.
The first part is like living the fever dream Vespyr talks about; you don't know what's real and what not, and it intriguing!!
Then things heats up bringing out the taboo aspect of Fennec & Vespyr' love, but more important the toxicity of it.
Their love is not healthy and not because they are related.
It's a kind of insanely obsession/addiction.
Or, at last, that was my perception of it.
That's why i thought something bad would have happened, instead there was a completely change of direction at the end that lead to their happy ending.
Now, it's not a bad thing i just feel like the author could have push the dark aspect more.
Maybe i'm a little sadistic after all 🤣🤣
But no matter what, Raw is definitely among my favorites with Echo and Genesis.
January 23, 2021
Look, even if I ignored the whole incest thing, it was still a bad book. There was a lot of misinformation in my opinion. Characters were shallow and there wasn't much plot. With 7rue books, I either really hate them or really love them.
Anyway, this was bad and too mechanic, I didn't feel any emotions reading it. Except for that piss scene. twice. Yuck. Yuck.
But hey, I loved the names. She always has such interesting and unique names for her characters.
Anyway, this was bad and too mechanic, I didn't feel any emotions reading it. Except for that piss scene. twice. Yuck. Yuck.
But hey, I loved the names. She always has such interesting and unique names for her characters.
January 22, 2021
This is the first book by Seven Rue that i give 4 stars :D
It's probably because i can see she was inspired by K webster with the wild, the free, Hale, and the other one M/M (i don't remember the name) all in the forest with incest and taboo's :D but at the same time she added things that weren't in those books (they aren't the same at all but there are a few stuffs that reminded me of them only because we are talking about incest and forests )and the connection level it's not like those but close enough, i love taboo's , the real taboo's and well,if you aren't at all into this all the way then you will hate it, i'm sure.
Since i loved those of course i loved this one too!
This wasn't dark it was mostly DIRTY and messy, OTT in a few things he liked to do, let's say his kinks are...hmm...really rare? i maybe see a few stuffs in some other books but not all of them together, anyway, even if it was really DIRTY i loved it, but i did cringe, a lot of things i couldn't even think of it,bleah, lol ahahaha
I didn't give the last star only because i think she rushed the last chapters, i think we needed to really know what he was doing while her '' dreaming'' and i needed to see ON page that 2 months of them at the house and how they were dealing with that sessions, also i needed to see a more genuine fight between them and the parents, i mean, guys it's incest..at least add a little pressure on that end, the parents find out ,didn't like it but never express a thing just let them be, hm .
It's hard to like the H, but it's just another anti hero i end up liking ahah even tho i really didn't agree with a few stuffs he did,and the h is really naive .
But overall, i liked it anyway. If the Author didn't rush the ending i would've loved it more.
This could've been way better if she played better with the themes she added on it,it's complete but at the same time not developed enough ,more telling than showing us
It's probably because i can see she was inspired by K webster with the wild, the free, Hale, and the other one M/M (i don't remember the name) all in the forest with incest and taboo's :D but at the same time she added things that weren't in those books (they aren't the same at all but there are a few stuffs that reminded me of them only because we are talking about incest and forests )and the connection level it's not like those but close enough, i love taboo's , the real taboo's and well,if you aren't at all into this all the way then you will hate it, i'm sure.
Since i loved those of course i loved this one too!
This wasn't dark it was mostly DIRTY and messy, OTT in a few things he liked to do, let's say his kinks are...hmm...really rare? i maybe see a few stuffs in some other books but not all of them together, anyway, even if it was really DIRTY i loved it, but i did cringe, a lot of things i couldn't even think of it,bleah, lol ahahaha
I didn't give the last star only because i think she rushed the last chapters, i think we needed to really know what he was doing while her '' dreaming'' and i needed to see ON page that 2 months of them at the house and how they were dealing with that sessions, also i needed to see a more genuine fight between them and the parents, i mean, guys it's incest..at least add a little pressure on that end, the parents find out ,didn't like it but never express a thing just let them be, hm .
It's hard to like the H, but it's just another anti hero i end up liking ahah even tho i really didn't agree with a few stuffs he did,and the h is really naive .
But overall, i liked it anyway. If the Author didn't rush the ending i would've loved it more.
This could've been way better if she played better with the themes she added on it,it's complete but at the same time not developed enough ,more telling than showing us
September 23, 2022
I was SO excited for the concept but this writing is absolutely terrible. It legitimately reads like a fourteen year old on Wattpad wrote it.
And, y'know, I'm not dissing those fourteen year olds. Write your insane little hearts out, God knows I did. But when an actual adult publishes an actual book of that calibre and charges for it (and quite frankly, it's a hair expensive compared to most ebooks)... it's a no from me, dawg.
I'm just... so saddened. I was so ready to love this.
(am i still gonna try a couple more of seven rue's books though? of course i am. i am trash for trash.)
And, y'know, I'm not dissing those fourteen year olds. Write your insane little hearts out, God knows I did. But when an actual adult publishes an actual book of that calibre and charges for it (and quite frankly, it's a hair expensive compared to most ebooks)... it's a no from me, dawg.
I'm just... so saddened. I was so ready to love this.
January 22, 2021
Vespyr + Fennec ⭐️❤️
June 9, 2021
My Rating: 1 stars
Genre Taboo Romance
Review Snapshot : I’m no prude and can read almost anything but this book is despicable and disgusting… I don’t even know why I finished it. Curiosity, I guess? Just sick. Sick, sick, sick.
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I hardly ever give a book 1 star because I know how hard authors work to bring readers their stories. Most of the time when I absolutely HATE a book I’ll even stop reading because why would I read something I hated? This book though… I was curious. I wanted to see if it would go ANYWHERE and if there could be any redemption… Sadly, there wasn’t. The plot is lacking, the characters are extremely underdeveloped (especially considering their mental states), and the actual mental health issues discussed towards the end are so far off base that it’s sad! Do your research before putting this in a book. For example, there is nothing in Ves’s behavior that suggests she’s schizophrenic. NOTHING. The so called “delusions” that were actually “dreams” (and really, they weren’t EVEN THAT) do not make her schizophrenic. Talking to a therapist twice a week for a little while does NOT mean that they are fully treated (especially with the “mental heath issues” they were diagnosed with were so severe). JESUS. This really pissed me off. There are multiple TESTS and other things that a psychiatrist needs to do before diagnosing. This book had NONE of that. Just one conversation and they knew. NOPE. Honey, it doesn’t work like that. ALSO, when you’re that disturbed, if you go off your meds you don’t live happily ever after... Sociopathic and psychotic tendencies don’t just go away. Neither does bipolar disorder or schizophrenia. YOU NEED TREATMENT. FOREVER. HOW DO I KNOW ALL THIS? Fun fact, I have my master’s degree in psychology and have worked within the field of abnormal psych and disorders. 😊 DO YOUR RESEARCH BEFORE PUTTING THIS CRAP IN YOUR BOOK .
Another reason I hated this book so much is because it was CLEAR FROM THE BEGINNING that Fennec (the brother) was grooming and manipulating his sister into a sexual relationship with him. THAT IS DISGUSTING. The incest doesn’t bother me as I knew that was what this romance was when I grabbed it. It’s the way he GROOMED HER to be with him. There was nothing else that made me think she actually loved him like that until he did it. EWWWW… And so damn wrong.
Before I end this review, I also want to take a moment and tell readers why I wanted to puke while reading this. SPOILER ALERET The mention of the movie and his LOVE for it (he watched it 5 times) sickened me. I’ve seen that movie. It scarred me for life. Why would you even want that in your book? Oh, to show us he’s psycho, right? 🙄 Nah, it’s just to show us he’s a sicko. PS: the movie is a Serbian Film. Don’t watch it. It’s horrible. Another nasty moment (or moments I should say) are the blood scenes. Listen, I’m no prude and normally kinks don’t bother me, but this was DISGUSTING… What did he do and enjoy? He loved going down on her while she was on her period and then smearing it all over his face. 🤮 There were also a few “golden shower” scenes too.
Anyway, this book clearly wasn’t for me. I don’t recommend it and I certainly won’t be reading any more from her either.
𝗠𝗬 𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚: ⭐
Genre Taboo Romance
Review Snapshot : I’m no prude and can read almost anything but this book is despicable and disgusting… I don’t even know why I finished it. Curiosity, I guess? Just sick. Sick, sick, sick.
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I hardly ever give a book 1 star because I know how hard authors work to bring readers their stories. Most of the time when I absolutely HATE a book I’ll even stop reading because why would I read something I hated? This book though… I was curious. I wanted to see if it would go ANYWHERE and if there could be any redemption… Sadly, there wasn’t. The plot is lacking, the characters are extremely underdeveloped (especially considering their mental states), and the actual mental health issues discussed towards the end are so far off base that it’s sad! Do your research before putting this in a book. For example, there is nothing in Ves’s behavior that suggests she’s schizophrenic. NOTHING. The so called “delusions” that were actually “dreams” (and really, they weren’t EVEN THAT) do not make her schizophrenic. Talking to a therapist twice a week for a little while does NOT mean that they are fully treated (especially with the “mental heath issues” they were diagnosed with were so severe). JESUS. This really pissed me off. There are multiple TESTS and other things that a psychiatrist needs to do before diagnosing. This book had NONE of that. Just one conversation and they knew. NOPE. Honey, it doesn’t work like that. ALSO, when you’re that disturbed, if you go off your meds you don’t live happily ever after... Sociopathic and psychotic tendencies don’t just go away. Neither does bipolar disorder or schizophrenia. YOU NEED TREATMENT. FOREVER. HOW DO I KNOW ALL THIS? Fun fact, I have my master’s degree in psychology and have worked within the field of abnormal psych and disorders. 😊 DO YOUR RESEARCH BEFORE PUTTING THIS CRAP IN YOUR BOOK .
Another reason I hated this book so much is because it was CLEAR FROM THE BEGINNING that Fennec (the brother) was grooming and manipulating his sister into a sexual relationship with him. THAT IS DISGUSTING. The incest doesn’t bother me as I knew that was what this romance was when I grabbed it. It’s the way he GROOMED HER to be with him. There was nothing else that made me think she actually loved him like that until he did it. EWWWW… And so damn wrong.
Before I end this review, I also want to take a moment and tell readers why I wanted to puke while reading this. SPOILER ALERET The mention of the movie and his LOVE for it (he watched it 5 times) sickened me. I’ve seen that movie. It scarred me for life. Why would you even want that in your book? Oh, to show us he’s psycho, right? 🙄 Nah, it’s just to show us he’s a sicko. PS: the movie is a Serbian Film. Don’t watch it. It’s horrible. Another nasty moment (or moments I should say) are the blood scenes. Listen, I’m no prude and normally kinks don’t bother me, but this was DISGUSTING… What did he do and enjoy? He loved going down on her while she was on her period and then smearing it all over his face. 🤮 There were also a few “golden shower” scenes too.
Anyway, this book clearly wasn’t for me. I don’t recommend it and I certainly won’t be reading any more from her either.
𝗠𝗬 𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗡𝗚: ⭐
January 24, 2021
This was a slow yet still intense read for me. It reminded me of a film that's more of a character study rather than something where there is a lot going on in the plot.
Going in you need to know there are extreme kinks in this. It never felt gratuitous to me though. Fennec is this extreme person who I think needs to go to extremes to feel.
Towards the end it felt a little rushed to me but it didn't take away my overall enjoyment. I did think the story ended where it felt right for the characters.
One last thought is Seven Rue knows how to write sex scenes.
Content warning: blood play, knife play, incest, watersports and mental health.
Going in you need to know there are extreme kinks in this. It never felt gratuitous to me though. Fennec is this extreme person who I think needs to go to extremes to feel.
Towards the end it felt a little rushed to me but it didn't take away my overall enjoyment. I did think the story ended where it felt right for the characters.
One last thought is Seven Rue knows how to write sex scenes.
Content warning: blood play, knife play, incest, watersports and mental health.
June 29, 2022
I’m sorry but this book is such a drag. The author could have easily eliminated 80% of the book which talked about hunting and living in the woods and wrote about the actual romance between the FMC and the MMC in a novella.
I don’t give a flying hell about the woods, how to live in the woods, how they hunt for food or how to adapt to the woods. If I wanted to learn more about that, I would read survival books. This was supposed to be a romance book, NOT a survival guide of some sort.
Also, throughout the entire book, “Papa” and “Mama” were mentioned like 5-9 times on every goddamn page. Instead of making this a taboo story between siblings, might as well have made it a taboo story between the dad and his daughter considering they showed more chemistry than the daughter and the MMC.
I loved all the kinks mentioned in this story and I liked the taboo aspect of it as well, however the chemistry between the two MCs wasn’t there at all. Just a personal observation/ preference I guess. I’m highly disappointed considering I have loved other works by this author, I guess this one just didn’t hit right.🤷🏻♀️
I don’t give a flying hell about the woods, how to live in the woods, how they hunt for food or how to adapt to the woods. If I wanted to learn more about that, I would read survival books. This was supposed to be a romance book, NOT a survival guide of some sort.
Also, throughout the entire book, “Papa” and “Mama” were mentioned like 5-9 times on every goddamn page. Instead of making this a taboo story between siblings, might as well have made it a taboo story between the dad and his daughter considering they showed more chemistry than the daughter and the MMC.
I loved all the kinks mentioned in this story and I liked the taboo aspect of it as well, however the chemistry between the two MCs wasn’t there at all. Just a personal observation/ preference I guess. I’m highly disappointed considering I have loved other works by this author, I guess this one just didn’t hit right.🤷🏻♀️
January 22, 2021
I'm having a hard time putting my thoughts into words about Raw by Seven Rue. This book was fucking...brutal. 100% taboo and forbidden. Quite a few triggers and safeword inspired scenes that pushed my limits. A TRUE brother/sister romance with some bloody, fucked up, AMAZINGLY controversial scenarios and opinions.
And the craziest part? It didn't FEEL taboo. Nope. Fennec and Vespyr had a relationship that went beyond human understanding. I've often felt like humanity is so limited by expectations and experiences that we're missing out on so much. Fennec and Vespyr, while both plagued by some serious mental illness, also embraced their differences and craved the depravity that happened between them. To society (and us as readers) what they did SHOULD be wrong, immoral, and nasty. But like usual, Seven Rue can take an unconventional relationship and make it not only believable but acceptable as well.
Fennec was...fucked up. And I LOVED him. He was manipulative and crazy, but he loved Vespyr. Vespyr was naive and innocent, but her own inner darkness welcomed Fennec. It was...disturbing but beautiful at the same time.
This wasn't an easy book. Blood play, golden showers, incest, and a dark AF vibe that never let up. LOTS of triggers, but hot damn this book was amazing.
And holy shit...those scenes were 🥵🥵
⭐ 𝙀𝙙𝙞𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙚, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙥𝙞𝙘𝙨 𝙪𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙣𝙤𝙩. ⭐
November 27, 2021
This book deserves an extra star just for the fact that it’s so extremely taboo! Not just because the main characters are brother and sister (Irish twins), but also because of the kinky $hit they did when they were alone had me cringing in the best possible way. I also loved the wilderness aspect of the story which is not common.
The only reason I didn’t rate this book higher is because there were several aspects to the storyline that i wished had been fleshed out more. For example, at the end of the book, both of the main characters (* spoiler in the next sentence*) are diagnosed with mental health conditions, yet the evidence of those diagnoses are only briefly shown for the male MC, and after finishing the book, I’m still not sure if the female MC even had that diagnosis or not(*end spoiler*). In addition, the characters were unique and entertaining, yet like the story, there were times when I felt they could have been more developed. Rue is definitely creative and innovative, there are just holes that need to be filled in this one.
The only reason I didn’t rate this book higher is because there were several aspects to the storyline that i wished had been fleshed out more. For example, at the end of the book, both of the main characters (* spoiler in the next sentence*) are diagnosed with mental health conditions, yet the evidence of those diagnoses are only briefly shown for the male MC, and after finishing the book, I’m still not sure if the female MC even had that diagnosis or not(*end spoiler*). In addition, the characters were unique and entertaining, yet like the story, there were times when I felt they could have been more developed. Rue is definitely creative and innovative, there are just holes that need to be filled in this one.
February 16, 2021
This book was really Taboo and I absolutely loved it!
Vespyr and Fennec are siblings who are Irish twins and they do everything together.
They go to live with their father in the the wild and their relationship morphs and redesigns itself into something taboo but oh so beautiful.
Raw is not for everyone, so please heed the warnings, but if you are open minded and recognize this story as fiction, then I think you will enjoy it as much as I did!
Vespyr and Fennec are siblings who are Irish twins and they do everything together.
They go to live with their father in the the wild and their relationship morphs and redesigns itself into something taboo but oh so beautiful.
Raw is not for everyone, so please heed the warnings, but if you are open minded and recognize this story as fiction, then I think you will enjoy it as much as I did!
January 22, 2021
I thought this was Seven's best book yet in terms of writing and how she developed her characters. Fennec and Vespyr were nothing what I expected and I was completely consumed by their taboo and insane story. It was hot and the kinks were insane but this just added to the richness of the story. I loved it and I just need a sequel! So, Seven, if you're seeing this, please can we have a sequel?
January 22, 2021
3.5 stars
Overall, the story was okay. Wasn’t bad, but didn’t have the wow factor. There was some suspense circling the plot, which I really enjoyed.
Let’s be real, the steam in this was HOT HOT HOT. There are NUMEROUS triggers in this book, so you were warned.
Don’t think of this as a fluffy/cute romance novel, you won’t find that here.
Overall, the story was okay. Wasn’t bad, but didn’t have the wow factor. There was some suspense circling the plot, which I really enjoyed.
Let’s be real, the steam in this was HOT HOT HOT. There are NUMEROUS triggers in this book, so you were warned.
Don’t think of this as a fluffy/cute romance novel, you won’t find that here.
January 24, 2021
I’m not sure how to feel about this book, plot and story wise. Yeah yeah, I know there are triggers and that isn’t what’s bothering me. I just felt a bit confused at where the twists and turns were trying to go.
Vespyr... she was kinda irritating to me. She’s made out to be super naive and came off as extremely gullible to believe everything that Fennec told her. Did she really believe that what was happening to her was a dream? And so often? And that she was “sleepwalking?” I couldn’t figure out if the whole situation was supposed to be real, if she was actually dreaming, or if Fennec was making her believe it was a dream to manipulate her into wanting the same things he secretly did. I feel like the answer should’ve come across better than it was presented. That or the whole thing just went completely over my head. Either way, I was just like... “WTF is really going on?”
Fennec was okay. His POV made it seem like at one point he loved Vespyr and at other times like he was trying to screw with her head on purpose. I dunno.. it felt like the way we were supposed to see him as a character went back and forth. Was he so in love with Vespyr and we want them together? Or is he a bastard and we hate him? Who knows.
Anyway, I got through this book quickly and it was easy to read. I just wasn’t super satisfied with the storyline. But I’m all about taboo books so I’m glad I read this. 3.5⭐️ overall for me.
Vespyr... she was kinda irritating to me. She’s made out to be super naive and came off as extremely gullible to believe everything that Fennec told her. Did she really believe that what was happening to her was a dream? And so often? And that she was “sleepwalking?” I couldn’t figure out if the whole situation was supposed to be real, if she was actually dreaming, or if Fennec was making her believe it was a dream to manipulate her into wanting the same things he secretly did. I feel like the answer should’ve come across better than it was presented. That or the whole thing just went completely over my head. Either way, I was just like... “WTF is really going on?”
Fennec was okay. His POV made it seem like at one point he loved Vespyr and at other times like he was trying to screw with her head on purpose. I dunno.. it felt like the way we were supposed to see him as a character went back and forth. Was he so in love with Vespyr and we want them together? Or is he a bastard and we hate him? Who knows.
Anyway, I got through this book quickly and it was easy to read. I just wasn’t super satisfied with the storyline. But I’m all about taboo books so I’m glad I read this. 3.5⭐️ overall for me.
January 23, 2021
DNF
Trigger Warning: Incest, Child Abuse, mental illness, knife play, bondage, blood play, breath play
I have followed seven rue for quite some time now as I was introduced to her work by a fellow friend on bookstagram. I am a big fan of age-gap romance so I was excited when I stumbled upon her work.
When Raw was being promoted I was extremely excited as the teases looked amazing. Seven branded it as highly taboo and dark but didn't divulge any information of the exact nature of the relationship besides the obvious of it being a romance. I was hoping it was going to be stepbrother/stepsister trope but that wasnt the case.
After downloading it and realising the nature of the relationship I was determined to give it my best go even though it was really pushing me outside of my comfort zone. I ended up giving up after a particularly disgusting and vile scene (it wasn't a sex scene) that I found to be completely unnecessary to the story and just made me feel sick. I found the characters to be unlikable especially the hero. He was too manipulative and sick for me to ever consider being redeamable. After that scene i just couldnt continue. I felt sick to my stomach.
This was my first ever book of sevens and I'm hoping I will have better luck with her other works.
Trigger Warning: Incest, Child Abuse, mental illness, knife play, bondage, blood play, breath play
I have followed seven rue for quite some time now as I was introduced to her work by a fellow friend on bookstagram. I am a big fan of age-gap romance so I was excited when I stumbled upon her work.
When Raw was being promoted I was extremely excited as the teases looked amazing. Seven branded it as highly taboo and dark but didn't divulge any information of the exact nature of the relationship besides the obvious of it being a romance. I was hoping it was going to be stepbrother/stepsister trope but that wasnt the case.
After downloading it and realising the nature of the relationship I was determined to give it my best go even though it was really pushing me outside of my comfort zone. I ended up giving up after a particularly disgusting and vile scene (it wasn't a sex scene) that I found to be completely unnecessary to the story and just made me feel sick. I found the characters to be unlikable especially the hero. He was too manipulative and sick for me to ever consider being redeamable. After that scene i just couldnt continue. I felt sick to my stomach.
This was my first ever book of sevens and I'm hoping I will have better luck with her other works.
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January 26, 2021🥴🤢 it really is her brother guys. Not step brother not adopted brother HER REAL GROWN UP WITH IN THE SAME HOUSE WITH TWO PARENTS BROTHER!!!! They share the same blood literally and figuratively speaking. Heed the warning sign on the book before reading!!!!!
I made the Mistake of not taking it literally.
Update- I was slightly dumbfounded on how i ended up missing it was a brother sister romance. And about why I wanted to read the book in the first place. So I double checked how I could’ve missed that. Also I noticed a lot of “IT SAYS TABOO IF YOU DON’T LIKE IT THEN DON’T READ IT” reviews.
First off I just want to say WHERE WOULD ONE KNOW IT WAS A “ INCEST“ BOOK?!?! 💁🏽♀️
The brief description of the book seems to skip that part.
When one is reading that description they would assume that it was just two different people that were not blood related. Because it starts off as “Fennec and I have been close our whole life”. Lmfao well....... A-fucking course you where you came out the same womb and ball sack. 😂😂🤦🏽♀️💁🏽♀️
But....... “No One”would have known that part until they read the book.
I made the Mistake of not taking it literally.
Update- I was slightly dumbfounded on how i ended up missing it was a brother sister romance. And about why I wanted to read the book in the first place. So I double checked how I could’ve missed that. Also I noticed a lot of “IT SAYS TABOO IF YOU DON’T LIKE IT THEN DON’T READ IT” reviews.
First off I just want to say WHERE WOULD ONE KNOW IT WAS A “ INCEST“ BOOK?!?! 💁🏽♀️
The brief description of the book seems to skip that part.
When one is reading that description they would assume that it was just two different people that were not blood related. Because it starts off as “Fennec and I have been close our whole life”. Lmfao well....... A-fucking course you where you came out the same womb and ball sack. 😂😂🤦🏽♀️💁🏽♀️
But....... “No One”would have known that part until they read the book.
January 24, 2021
Before I share my review, I'd like to preface it by saying this - every book I've endeavored to read by this author has fallen severely short in some aspect for me and before reading RAW, I'd only ever been able to complete one book of hers without becoming completely irritated and picking it all apart - and that book was Echo, which still lacked in some ways but was still deserving of 4 stars. The specific type of taboo romance depicted in RAW is my personal favorite, and I was very worried it would fall short of my expectations. Now that all being said, let's get to my review.
This was my first read of 2021 and I was absolutely blown away by this book. Like, holy hell! I don't know what changed for Seven Rue, but this book was perfectly balanced. It kept me hooked, there was a much more solid plot and it didnt feel like the main focus of the book when she was writing was "Let's just see how dirty I can make it". The characters and storyline actually had some amount of depth that I never got from her other books. I loved how manipulative yet equally sweet Fennec was, and I loved how naive Vespyr was. There were a few little parts that could have stood to be polished a bit, but it would only be a teensy nuisance if you're the grammar police or super detail oriented.
SPOILERS AHEAD!!!
I LOVED finding out that those "fever dreams" were indeed not fever dreams, but Fennec playing with Vespyr's mind (and body) for his own perverse psychological satisfaction. That was hot, I'm not even sorry. I also LOVED the red wings scenes. I would have enjoyed the incorporation of golden showers a bit more if there'd been atleast one scene of them doing it to keep warm in the wilderness during the winter. The only thing that made me sad, was that in the end, they couldn't reproduce due to Fennec being infertile, but I guess not every book with this taboo trope can end with a baby, and that's understandable for obvious reasons.
Overall, I give this book 4.75⭐.
This was my first read of 2021 and I was absolutely blown away by this book. Like, holy hell! I don't know what changed for Seven Rue, but this book was perfectly balanced. It kept me hooked, there was a much more solid plot and it didnt feel like the main focus of the book when she was writing was "Let's just see how dirty I can make it". The characters and storyline actually had some amount of depth that I never got from her other books. I loved how manipulative yet equally sweet Fennec was, and I loved how naive Vespyr was. There were a few little parts that could have stood to be polished a bit, but it would only be a teensy nuisance if you're the grammar police or super detail oriented.
SPOILERS AHEAD!!!
I LOVED finding out that those "fever dreams" were indeed not fever dreams, but Fennec playing with Vespyr's mind (and body) for his own perverse psychological satisfaction. That was hot, I'm not even sorry. I also LOVED the red wings scenes. I would have enjoyed the incorporation of golden showers a bit more if there'd been atleast one scene of them doing it to keep warm in the wilderness during the winter. The only thing that made me sad, was that in the end, they couldn't reproduce due to Fennec being infertile, but I guess not every book with this taboo trope can end with a baby, and that's understandable for obvious reasons.
Overall, I give this book 4.75⭐.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
January 25, 2021
Another book to fulfill your darkest kinks. Author seven rue has delivered again with a book about .. family love.
Despite the story flowing along in the wilderness of Alaska as well as in town.. the atmosphere overall invoked a sort of melancholy to me. When the slight rise and fall of the plot continued.. I found it didn't rise that high and it really didn't fall that low.
Like a ship staying afloat through some waves that comes its way, but perhaps I was expecting a ship that had to weather a storm.
Does this make the story bad? no, it does not.
It is, however, in the seven rue style. Almost a smooth sailing from start to finish, with slight waves in between.
Compared to other .. family books I've read though, the intensity was not as .. pulse spiking.
*4 stars*
Despite the story flowing along in the wilderness of Alaska as well as in town.. the atmosphere overall invoked a sort of melancholy to me. When the slight rise and fall of the plot continued.. I found it didn't rise that high and it really didn't fall that low.
Like a ship staying afloat through some waves that comes its way, but perhaps I was expecting a ship that had to weather a storm.
Does this make the story bad? no, it does not.
It is, however, in the seven rue style. Almost a smooth sailing from start to finish, with slight waves in between.
Compared to other .. family books I've read though, the intensity was not as .. pulse spiking.
*4 stars*
February 6, 2022
Raw's strength is in how Seven Rue plays with the idea of the Alaskan wilderness, and of Ves being gaslit by Fen via vivid dreams. The foxtails were also creepy. I think I would have been intrigued by a story where it was a gradual descent into madness. What would have happened if Ves grew a backbone and tried to escape from Fen? Not going to lie, I would be interested in that. Instead we get a twisted version of a Hallmark ending.
And yes, this is probably the most taboo read I've read so far. Not necessarily the most violent but in terms of kink. So there's that going for it.
And yes, this is probably the most taboo read I've read so far. Not necessarily the most violent but in terms of kink. So there's that going for it.
January 22, 2021
Seven works her taboo magic with this forbidden romance!!
Before going into I just want to say that this story has a TON of triggers, so if your a sensitive reader please tread with extreme caution. If you are open minded and like to see how far you can go with that open mindedness, definitely check this one. Don’t bash an author for being creative, because not everyone has the same tastes and this is the reasoning behind trigger warnings at the beginning. Now that I have said my peace, onto my review:
Oh my sweetness - just when I think Seven can’t top her last book, she goes and does it. I started and finished this today - I seriously couldn’t put it down. Ves and Fen’s story has so many layers, the more I read the more layers came open and I was pulled deeper into their world. These two characters were so intriguing and even as I went back to re-read certain actions, Seven succeeded at catching me off guard when she started dropping the bombs (I adore it when authors are able to do this to me). I loved how the story flowed and unfolded - it was suspenseful, mysterious, and sweet baby Jesus the steamy scenes were 🔥🔥🔥🔥. Seven blew my mind with this extremely taboo/forbidden and I seriously can’t wait to read what she writes next.
Before going into I just want to say that this story has a TON of triggers, so if your a sensitive reader please tread with extreme caution. If you are open minded and like to see how far you can go with that open mindedness, definitely check this one. Don’t bash an author for being creative, because not everyone has the same tastes and this is the reasoning behind trigger warnings at the beginning. Now that I have said my peace, onto my review:
Oh my sweetness - just when I think Seven can’t top her last book, she goes and does it. I started and finished this today - I seriously couldn’t put it down. Ves and Fen’s story has so many layers, the more I read the more layers came open and I was pulled deeper into their world. These two characters were so intriguing and even as I went back to re-read certain actions, Seven succeeded at catching me off guard when she started dropping the bombs (I adore it when authors are able to do this to me). I loved how the story flowed and unfolded - it was suspenseful, mysterious, and sweet baby Jesus the steamy scenes were 🔥🔥🔥🔥. Seven blew my mind with this extremely taboo/forbidden and I seriously can’t wait to read what she writes next.
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January 31, 2021Um…WTF did I just read? 🥺
Alright, I've been marinating on what to write since I finished reading this book some days ago. I've been curious about Seven Rue for a while as her titles/plot/covers are incredibly appealing. She marketed the sh*t out of this book and my curiosity got the best of me so I downloaded it through Kindle Unlimited.
Let me say, in no way shape or form did I think I had triggers or that I want to bash this author. However, as I stated, "WTF did I just read?".
I found the Fennec to be manipulative and conniving with absolutely nothing redeemable about him. He was beyond disturbed. His weird obsession with his sister knew NO bounds. Now let's talk about Vespyr. I found her character lacking strength or any sort of brain for her own. How easy it was for Fennec to make Vespyr think she was "dreaming" while doing all those things to her? She was weak and naive and cringy with her obsession with her brother. She couldn't think for herself and was brainwashed into thinking this was right. Who in their right mind would discuss with their dad & brother the amount of blood they lose during their period only for her to say that her brother told her how to replace the blood lost? F*cking sick. That's not taboo, that's WEIRD.
I found there to be a serious lack of plot over all. From the beginning to the end, there wasn't much. I was disappointed to read that the whole thing was based on a "mental illness". Seriously? Is this what we resort too now when writing a forbidden, taboo book? Cop out. The whole book was based on the sex scenes that were disturbing beyond words. I understand people have kinks and fetishes, but FFS, call me vanilla then because I wanted to vomit reading the scenes. And I enjoy good sex scenes! But these....these...were...something....ELSE.
I don't regret reading Seven's book, however, if this is any indication of her other work, I have zero interest in reading anymore of her books.
Needless to say, this is a huge fail. I won't be reading her work again.
Alright, I've been marinating on what to write since I finished reading this book some days ago. I've been curious about Seven Rue for a while as her titles/plot/covers are incredibly appealing. She marketed the sh*t out of this book and my curiosity got the best of me so I downloaded it through Kindle Unlimited.
Let me say, in no way shape or form did I think I had triggers or that I want to bash this author. However, as I stated, "WTF did I just read?".
I found the Fennec to be manipulative and conniving with absolutely nothing redeemable about him. He was beyond disturbed. His weird obsession with his sister knew NO bounds. Now let's talk about Vespyr. I found her character lacking strength or any sort of brain for her own. How easy it was for Fennec to make Vespyr think she was "dreaming" while doing all those things to her? She was weak and naive and cringy with her obsession with her brother. She couldn't think for herself and was brainwashed into thinking this was right. Who in their right mind would discuss with their dad & brother the amount of blood they lose during their period only for her to say that her brother told her how to replace the blood lost? F*cking sick. That's not taboo, that's WEIRD.
I found there to be a serious lack of plot over all. From the beginning to the end, there wasn't much. I was disappointed to read that the whole thing was based on a "mental illness". Seriously? Is this what we resort too now when writing a forbidden, taboo book? Cop out. The whole book was based on the sex scenes that were disturbing beyond words. I understand people have kinks and fetishes, but FFS, call me vanilla then because I wanted to vomit reading the scenes. And I enjoy good sex scenes! But these....these...were...something....ELSE.
I don't regret reading Seven's book, however, if this is any indication of her other work, I have zero interest in reading anymore of her books.
Needless to say, this is a huge fail. I won't be reading her work again.
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