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April 23, 2018

REVIEW: Her Claim by Rebecca Grace Allen

KaetrinB Reviews / B+ ReviewsBDSM / Contemporary / enemies to lovers / Erotic-Romance / kink / rape fantasyComments Off on REVIEW: Her Claim by Rebecca Grace Allen

Dear Rebecca Grace Allen, I read and liked His Contract a couple years ago so when you reached out to me and offered a review copy of Her Claim, the second book in the Legally Bound series, I was happy to accept. Overall, Her Claim was more successful for me ... more >

November 6, 2017

Monday News: RIP Nancy Friday, disappearing women, and race in Wuthering Heights

JanetPublishing NewsCarmen Maria Machado / Emily Bronte / feminism / History / Nancy Friday / Race / rape fantasy / sexual fantasies / sexual-assault / slavery / Wuthering Heights13 Comments

Nancy Friday, 84, Best-Selling Student of Gender Politics, Dies – If you’re a Romance reader who has never heard of Nancy Friday, you’re not alone. Despite Friday’s groundbreaking work on women’s sexual fantasies (especially rape fantasies), when 50 Shades came out, Katie Roiphe seemed to think that talking about female ... more >

December 6, 2016

JOINT REVIEW: Brutal Game by Cara McKenna

KaetrinBook ReviewsBoston / Contemporary / Erotic-Romance / joint review / rape fantasy3 Comments

*Spoiler Alert & Trigger Warning: A major plot point, which is not revealed in the cover copy, is discussed in this review. Also, per author: This book contains consensual but intense rape role-playing scenes that some may find upsetting.   A note to readers: Hopefully, by now, every reader who ... more >

September 10, 2015

REVIEW: Begging for It by Lilah Pace

KaetrinB ReviewsContemporary / Dark / domestic abuse / Erotic-Romance / Rape / rape fantasy3 Comments

*all the trigger warnings*   This book features rape fantasy and themes of rape and abuse.  There is reference and depiction of sexual assault in the book but it is not perpetrated by the hero or the heroine. What happens between the hero and the heroine is all consensual.  (This was ... more >

June 15, 2015

REVIEW: Asking for It by Lilah Pace

KaetrinB ReviewsContemporary / Dark / Rape / rape fantasy6 Comments

*all the trigger warnings*   This book features rape fantasy and themes of rape and abuse.  There is reference and depiction of sexual assault in the book but it is not perpetrated by the hero or the heroine. What happens between the hero and the heroine is all consensual.  (This was ... more >

June 10, 2014

Revisiting Reader Consent

JanetLetters of Opiniongenre critique / rape fantasy / reader consent / Romance / sexual force9 Comments

These two pieces were originally published in 2011. The first, by Jane, is on general reader consent, and the second, by Robin, is on reader consent and sexual force in Romance.  The reader consent issue was raised last week on Twitter, and we figured it might be time to re-run these ... more >

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