Wow! These books were definitely very, very heavy, and often extremely difficult to listen to, but they were so well-written. I loved that—unlike many books that focus on illegal sex trades—this series NEVER fetishized the abuse & turtles that the victims & survivors experienced. There was a strong focus on BDSM with each book, but consent was pretty much always front & center.
I loved how the author did such a fantastic job of highlighting the horrifying truth of what atrocities the wealthiest people are capable of committing—and getting away with. And how the narrative is so easily & so often flipped on the victim rather than the perpetrator. There was also a tremendous amount of focus on other very real issues, such as domestic violence, sexual, verbal, emotional and physical abuse, poverty, lack of healthcare access, systemic issues with our justice system, and the foster care system, and so on.
This series was very powerful to read and was very thought provoking. I’m so pleasantly surprised by the authors skilled ability to write with a purpose of educating, empowering, and entertaining her readers while also extolling the virtues of therapy and healing, and never exploiting the unspeakable horrors that the survivors endured by warping those vile experiences into something “erotic” like so many other authors do.
Kudos!