Josie

So I read 'Bared to You' but I'm not sure what to rate it.

I don't like comparing books but I understand why so many talk about it in terms of Fifty Shades.

It was super addictive and I really liked certain elements (her background, Cary, the issues with her mother) but then I started having problems.

I mean, at first, I was impressed with how strong and mature Eva was, for example:

• Even though Gideon only wanted sex, she didn't give in.
• She took control the first time they did have sex.
• I admired her going to lunch with her boss and making sure Cary didn't get dropped.
• She was open about her past and her triggers that come with that.
• I thought she was really brave and sensible when she suggested couple counselling and to talk more honestly with each other.

But then here is my problem. Gideon. He didn't give her anything back. Not a bit. Predictably he didn't say a word about his past. I'm not saying he should've bared his heart but mentioning that he was engaged? So when Eva was - quite understandably - upset about that (as well as ignoring her the whole time at that dinner party which was inexcusable), what is his fail safe measure to get her back on his good side?

Put a c*ck in her, of course!

Everytime she brought up something he'd done which had upset her, he thought sex was the answer. I mean the dinner? Just after she had told him of her jealousy, and he continued to spend the whole time with his ex-fiancée and of course when she became upset, what did he put it down to?

“You need to be fucked now,” he hissed in my ear, nipping the lobe with his teeth. “I shouldn’t have made us wait.”

Oh yes, it was her libido that was making her irrational. Please! How condescending can someone get. That scene made me uncomfortable. The fact that he said he'd "bent and adjusted" for her was utter BS. She did what she said she wouldn't do at the beginning and that was to be grateful for the scraps he gave out. It seemed like he f****d her into submission.

Which was weird because I really didn't think she was submissive. Maybe it's just me but I didn't see any signs until he said it and then her character did a complete U-turn. I don't have a problem with a character being submissive but I just didn't think she was. All of a sudden she wasn't satisfied with being on top and turned into a doormat. Fine, be dominated in the bedroom but why with the rest of yor life?

The more dominant he was, the more I started to dislike him. He was hypocritical and turned into more of a bully as time went on. And the fact that he didn't say "I love you" because it was not enough for what he felt. Ugh. Well, why not say that at least? He knows about her low self-esteem and so staying quiet when she says it - what else is she supposed to think?

Wow, I had no idea that was all going to come out. I must've had more problems with it than I had originally thought lol!