http://www.loveromancepassion.com/review-viking-warrior-by-connie-mason/ Because Books Don't Fall Asleep Afterwards! Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:26:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.loveromancepassion.com/review-viking-warrior-by-connie-mason/#comment-11232 Keira Thu, 27 Jan 2011 15:20:00 +0000 http://www.loveromancepassion.com/?p=498#comment-11232 Rape is my least favorite trope in romances - whether it's actively happening, the threat of it going to happen, only sort of happened, or has previously happened. It takes a heck of a lot of good writing to get me past it. Rape is my least favorite trope in romances – whether it’s actively happening, the threat of it going to happen, only sort of happened, or has previously happened. It takes a heck of a lot of good writing to get me past it.

]]> http://www.loveromancepassion.com/review-viking-warrior-by-connie-mason/#comment-11228 Kate Thu, 27 Jan 2011 11:29:30 +0000 http://www.loveromancepassion.com/?p=498#comment-11228 Ugh. I tried this one a couple of years ago and both threw it against the wall and kicked it across the room I hated it so much (and yes, this is a totally abnormal reaction for me.) It resulted in a post about how rape is not romance in my mind. I couldn't stand the justification that clearly it wasn't Wulfric had raped her because her body told her so, and the whole stupidity of saving her rapist's life (after leaving the gates open in the first place, how smart) infuriated me. I didn't like how it painted some bizarro "normative" reactions for a rape victim and I (admittedly) didn't get past 61 pages because I was so highly offended by it. Kudos for making it through. Ugh. I tried this one a couple of years ago and both threw it against the wall and kicked it across the room I hated it so much (and yes, this is a totally abnormal reaction for me.) It resulted in a post about how rape is not romance in my mind. I couldn’t stand the justification that clearly it wasn’t Wulfric had raped her because her body told her so, and the whole stupidity of saving her rapist’s life (after leaving the gates open in the first place, how smart) infuriated me. I didn’t like how it painted some bizarro “normative” reactions for a rape victim and I (admittedly) didn’t get past 61 pages because I was so highly offended by it. Kudos for making it through.

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