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Girl… not me thinking i had finished this, when really my downloaded version wasn’t up to date.. oy vey. Lemme finish the last 2 chapters now

“He is… he’s being very good to her,” Ellen assured her. “She’s just not… coming around the way we hoped. I think that… you know she’s still in gray? I think he might be trying to find a new husband for her.” 

What game are they playing with Faith!!!!

“It wasn’t supposed to be erotic. It wasn’t supposed to be fun. So, he wasn’t going to try and convince her of that. It was supposed to strip her down to the bone so she could see how completely and utterly at his mercy she was, and how completely and utterly safe a place that was to be.”

“Look at me,” he ordered. She struggled too, so he helped her, and took her chin in his hand. His eyes bore into her.  “I’m your Father now, Grace.””

🫪

“”Duke.”  He looked very pleased with himself.  “Is that a good school?””

Lol get his ass.

“It was a large open space, like a function hall, filled with large skillets, ovens, and fridges”

Running water but no electricity, my ass

“Grace thought he said something about the weather but she was too focused on Faith to register it.  “I need her to want to stay!” she snapped at Bennie, shoving him away again”

Ohhhhh. Sneaky sneaky. Bad weather and her flight gets canceled, eh

“”The weather report, sir.” Father chuckled, rich and smooth, “Well, isn't that just good luck."  “Very good luck, sir,” Ryan laughed.”

HMMMMM

“So this has been in your family for a long time then,” she said. “It has. This land has an … unfortunate history. Robert’s family is quite closely tied to my own. A troublesome tie, but I do consider him family, as he does me.””

Yikes…

As this is taking me forever to read I’m trying to remember that this would be 1k pages if printed (if Goodreads estimate is to be believed)

Really, really good. Rtc

I've finished it, but I have so much I want to say that I haven't gotten around to the review. Hopefully I don't over-process it in my mind to the point I lose interest in writing a review, we'll see! Lol! I was unfortunately disappointed.

I'm struggling with this in a way I didn't with IICHY. The psychological masterminding in this is so subpar as compared to IICHY. Grace's logic doesn't at all fit with her character backstory and overall profile, Father's psychological methods and gaslighting are all mixed up from how it would work in real life and that messes with me, especially since 700 pages of the book was spent trying to set it up!

Hooray! I was able to get it added to GR's! The part of my brain that demands accuracy is appeased!