Great for others, just really not my thing ( )

Wow! Just wow!

I hesitated to read this. I love taboo romances. However I was totally apprehensive about the self-harm aspect. I shouldn’t have worried.

Tortured Whispers is a multifaceted love story. Familial, romantic, and self. It is dark but not depressing. It is one of those books which will linger on my mind for ages to come.

Danielle James is like a literary heart surgeon. She uses her words to open your heart then tenderly stitches it back together. ( )

I love the cover art

I believe stories should be written whether or not they could be condoned in "real life".

This book details an unconventional and confronting relationship. I don't have a problem with it, but I didn't buy these characters. Caesar certainly should have known better, and even with the pseudo-psychological explanation, their "insta-love" didn't ring true to me.

Caesar is irresponsible and Brooklyn is immature, melodramatic and damaged. But that's who they are. Having accepted that, their story is well told. Their trauma is suitably traumatic and I was happy to see the villain of the piece get her comeuppance. And the sex was off-the-charts hot.

So if you can take a heaping serving of taboo in your melodrama, this might be the read for you. ( )