The Tied Man by Tabitha McGowanMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
4 *I've Gone Bloody Mental* Stars!
(Yes, I now talk with an accent)
Warning: This is not a typical love story. This is not hearts and flowers. Most of the sex is NOT consensual! There's also severe drug use and forms of torture (physical & mental).
Normally I prefer my men strong, powerful, witty, stable, and clean. Finn was the exact opposite of then men that appeal to me...but that didn't stop me from loving him!
"...but I had never met anyone quite like the willow-thin young man standing before me: Finn had the face of a fallen angel."
He was broken but tender. His appeal was explained in the book as a "soul to save", which is very true. I enjoyed his interaction with Lilith. No matter how hard he tried to fight his feelings for her, she became a chuisle...his pulse.
Finn was being held prisoner, so to speak, being blackmailed by Blaine mother-fucking Albermarle. Over the past few years at the manor he'd been beaten, raped, and drugged. He'd come to a point in his life where he was slowly dying and didn't have a care in the world...until he met Lilith.
Lilith was spunky, witty, free-spirited, fearless, and had a foul mouth...I loved her! She didn't take shit from ANYONE. If anyone deserved Finn, it was her.
After an unfortunate demand of her father, Lilith is coerced into a 'visit' to the manor. There she meets Finn and discovers that something's just not right. Now she's also being held against her will, for fear of her brother's safety, and she'd determined to fight for Finn...even if that means sacraficing her own wellbeing.
The manor was just pure evil. This is a place where demons came to play. Sick bastards who were into rape, blood play, sodomy, and extreme bondage used the manor for their playground. Blaine, the sole owner and operator of this estate, was horrifying-she knew no boundries and was never told "NO". She blackmailed and coerced people into doing the unthinkable. I would have gotten a LOT of enjoyment out of someone beating her to death! I think her demise was well-played but she deserved SO much more!
I had a hard time with this book. It was long and there were just a few parts in the story that I felt lagged but only because I could not escape the terror, it was continuous. But that's all part of the reading experience, right? Living the terror just like Lilith & Finn did? But the book was written very well. The author changed POV's from Lilith to Finn, so we got to see things from both perspectives. One big disappointment was the abrupt ending, but a little birdie told me there's going to be another book! Overall, regardless of the sick & twisted story, I really liked it...even the crazy dialect, which I found funny.
Bravo Ms. McGowan...you are a pure-evil-genius.
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