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Comfort Food

by Kitty Thomas (Goodreads Author)

3.99 · rating details · 564 ratings · 200 reviews

Emily Vargas has been taken captive. As part of his conditioning methods, her captor refuses to speak to her, knowing how much she craves human contact. He's far too beautiful to be a monster. Combined with his lack of violence toward her, this has her walking a fine line at the edge of sanity. Told in the first person from Emily's perspective, Comfort Food explores what h...more

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Published March 21st 2010 by Burlesque Press

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Aug 06, 2010

Amy rated it

Disturbing, twisted and just plain weird with no redeeming qualities. Did not connect with either character and was not drawn into the storyline. Captor was flat, deplorable, more machine than human and victim was pathetic and frustrating. Comfort Food may appeal to a lot of people, but not to me.

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Jan 17, 2012

Lou rated it

Its getting hot in here! This story comes with content warning adults only story! One woman finds herself captive and turned in victim of sexual depravity, what's got me scratching my head is how she's feels that she has found her true calling bizarre. Stockholm syndrome or just pure adrenaline junkie or passion I leave the reader to answer. I feel like maybe I am rating this story too high as it has a lot of explicit goings on, but it does leave plenty to think about and debate. The writing is ...moreIts getting hot in here! This story comes with content warning adults only story! One woman finds herself captive and turned in victim of sexual depravity, what's got me scratching my head is how she's feels that she has found her true calling bizarre. Stockholm syndrome or just pure adrenaline junkie or passion I leave the reader to answer. I feel like maybe I am rating this story too high as it has a lot of explicit goings on, but it does leave plenty to think about and debate. The writing is good and it is a page-turner. She felt she was living behind a mask, she was a successful motivational speaker, people believed her and listened. The mask was convincing but beneath it she felt that she was in more of a prison than ever, until she came to discover her captor. A freedom of a sordid passion unleashed, she's one twisted women! For her It was a release, absolution. The surrender, finally, of everything to him. The acceptance that she was now his creature, not her own, and the inexplicable peace that brought her. She sounds as someone who has found God and devoutly worships and surrenders to him maybe we are all slaves to one kind or another this is a wide social moral and psychological topic up for discussion here and I would not know where to start!

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"No matter how desperately I wanted to, I couldn't bring myself to hate him. But it wasn't love either. What we shared was deeper than love. It was a mad and unyielding obsession, and it was mutual. And the flames from it would likely kill one of us some day. Probably me."

" He was a predator and I was his prey. No matter how much I came to depend on him and crave him, I wouldn’t forget that. What he’d done and was continuing to do to me was wrong, but the constant struggle to fight it based on moral fortitude was too emotionally exhausting for me. Acceptance was easier. If I wanted to keep any part of my mind intact"

" Monsters aren’t supposed to be beautiful. It’s the rule. The Hunchback of Notre Dame was ugly. Frankenstein’s monster was ugly. Nosferatu . . . ugly. Ugly was in the rulebook. And yet the man kneeling calmly before me wasn’t ugly. Not on the surface. Look anywhere but into his eyes and he was the man women fantasized about from puberty onward."

" obedience equaled reward, and disobedience equaled punishment."

"The room contained no TV or DVD player, no computer. There were no movies, no news, no commercials, no Internet. Nothing to link me too closely to the outside world. No faces to see but his, not even on a screen. No voices but my own calling out in the silence."

And a final note on what she felt..." He continued, and she found herself floating while the endorphins flooded her system, and he pushed her higher still. Tears streamed uncontrollably down her face, but it wasn’t the pain that made her cry. It was release, absolution. The surrender, finally, of everything to him. The acceptance that she was now his creature, not her own, and the inexplicable peace that brought her."
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Sep 11, 2010

Missie rated it

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Make no mistake, the subject matter of this book is extremely disturbing. Even though this book is listed under the 'dark erotica' genre, I don't think it is a story that one can romanticize. What I found compelling about this story was the emotional journey of the captive, Emily.

As a successful self-help author, Emily leads the ideal life. Her empowerment books have make her a highly sought after motivational speaker. But them,...morehttp://www.theunreadreader.com/2010/09/r...

Make no mistake, the subject matter of this book is extremely disturbing. Even though this book is listed under the 'dark erotica' genre, I don't think it is a story that one can romanticize. What I found compelling about this story was the emotional journey of the captive, Emily.

As a successful self-help author, Emily leads the ideal life. Her empowerment books have make her a highly sought after motivational speaker. But them, Emily wakes up to realize that her life has taken a twisted and sordid turn. She has been drugged and taken against her will, confined in an empty room, a cell, with nothing but her thoughts to explore until she is desperate for human contact of any kind.

Emily's nameless captor conditions her by depriving her of stimuli as punishment or allowing her simple luxuries as rewards until he has her under his complete control. Soon Emily finds herself addressing him as Master, and submitting to his every desire. Once Emily reaches her point of no return, she is given freedom, but that freedom comes with a price she can no longer bear.

What I found the most appalling about the story was that through the 'Master' the author not only subjected Emily to mind games, she also bestowed them upon the reader. The Master never had a voice, never spoke, and that made him more terrifying. Because of this, it was easy to see him for the monster he was...until readers are introduced to his personal journal, which reveals his thoughts and motivations for why he did the things that he did.

I didn't want to sympathize or pity him, not after how he forced Emily to consent to rape, but after his own tormented background was revealed, I did! It was the most uncomfortable I've ever felt while reading a story!

As difficult as this story was to read, I can't deny that the writing was exceptional. The author seamlessly approaches a controversial subject with careful consideration to the psychology and emotion involved. I felt intimately connected to Emily's thoughts, fears and desires. Yes, it was extremely hard to watch Emily's ego and sanity disintegrate from smart, independent woman to willing sex slave, but I was very attuned to the raw poignancy of the writing. It was arguably the strongest aspect of the story.

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Jun 06, 2011

Angela rated it

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Recommended to Angela by: Dark Erotica

Shelves: erotica, slave, kidnap, 2011

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Apr 18, 2011

Stacia ~ platonic rated it

Shelves: adult, favorites

18 plus review (dark erotica).

4.5 stars. How do I describe this book without making it sound like run-of-the-mill erotica fare? There's only one way I can think of - if you're looking for a steamy, turn-you-on book, look somewhere else. Yes, there is explicit sexual content, but the sex is merely used as a tool to emphasize the power that "master" has over "servant."

Comfort Food takes us inside the life of a woman who has fallen victim to Stockholm Syndro...more

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Aug 01, 2010

Diana Leigh rated it

Shelves: favorites

Rating: 4½ Stars

Emily Vargas is a writer and self-help guru. At the end of a speaking tour, she is kidnapped in her home town of Atlanta. She wakes up in an empty cell, blindfolded and tied to a chair. Her captor refuses to speak to her. She's given three meals a day, always chicken soup. He uses sensory deprivation and isolation as part of his conditioning methods, knowing this is the only way to break her will. Desperate for any type of human contact, Emily begins to bend to ...moreRating: 4½ Stars

Emily Vargas is a writer and self-help guru. At the end of a speaking tour, she is kidnapped in her home town of Atlanta. She wakes up in an empty cell, blindfolded and tied to a chair. Her captor refuses to speak to her. She's given three meals a day, always chicken soup. He uses sensory deprivation and isolation as part of his conditioning methods, knowing this is the only way to break her will. Desperate for any type of human contact, Emily begins to bend to her captors will. He wants her complete and total submission. He wants to be her Master, and she his willing slave. When she obeys, she is rewarded. When she disobeys, she is punished by being put back in the cell with only chicken soup to eat, often for many days. He refuses to force himself on her; she must come to him willingly. With a psychology background, Emily knows what he is doing, but she is helpless to stop it.

Once I started reading this book, I could not put it down. Emily and her captor, know only as "Master," were fascinating characters. I couldn't read fast enough to find out what drove Master's actions. All is not as it seems. Emily's transformation from strong independent woman to willing slave is agonizing and mesmerizing. As far as this being erotica, I did not find this book particularly arousing, though I know many people would. For me, it was just too disturbing to be erotic. But as an exploration in psychology between captor/captive, and witnessing someone's will be completely broken, it was fascinating. As the disclaimer states, this book is NOT for everyone. It is about real kidnapping, mental and physical abuse, and slavery. There are instances of violence where he whips her until she bleeds. But, Emily chooses to be whipped over being put back in the empty cell. We know what that says about Master, but what does it say about Emily? I suppose we're given a happily ever after of some sort, at least one that would befit these two individuals.

Kitty Thomas is an excellent writer. If someone can suck me into a dark and twisted story like this, she must be good. I'm a super-slow reader, but I read this book in one afternoon. I loved Emily's first-person point of view; it really puts the reader inside her head. We get to feel her anger, torment and ultimate submission along with her. During sex scenes the point of view switches to third-person, maybe to distance Emily from what is happening to her. That was a great choice. Master has very little to say, but ultimately we learn what his motives were for kidnapping Emily. In the end, I still hate him, but at least we're given a glimpse of what's happening inside his mind. Should you read this book? I don't know. You'll need to decide that for yourself.(less)

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Sep 24, 2011

Mahlet rated it

Shelves: erotic-romance, eagerly-anticipating, bdsm, taboo, favorites

MIND…IS…BLOWN

Let me start with the “About the Author” found on the very last page:
“Kitty Thomas writes dark erotic fiction that explores the psychology of ownership. She believes there is no topic too taboo to write about and that fiction isn’t meant to teach morality. If you haven’t developed morals by the time you start reading erotica, it’s probably too late.”

Oh yes, this book is a dark and delicious mind f*ck. The best of its kind that I’ve ever encountered and...more

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Nov 04, 2010

Adrienne rated it

Shelves: nc-r, literary-erotica

I loved this story. Non-Con is one of my favourite themes and this aspect together with the strong emotional ties this story portrays made it a winner for me. The premise is straight forward a woman is kidnapped and, over time forms a bond with her kidnapper. The bond they share is not love, it's not Stockholm Syndrome it's something that runs very deep for not too many people, but it is out there, and if you understand, if you're wired to feel the same way as the protags you'll understand thi...more

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Jun 11, 2011

Ridley rated it

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Shelves: erotica, ebook, read-2011, 3-star

Fuck me, that was a weird book. I'm not sure I've read enough erotica to review this effectively. All I can say is that it's an interesting character study, but not as deep or as well-written as I'd hoped for nor as graphically sexual as I'd expected. It's not romantic enough to be a romance, sexual enough to be erotica or insightful enough to be a psychological thriller. It really needed to commit to at least one of these facets to be a purposeful book.

So, it was an entertaining rea...more

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Feb 10, 2012

Patricia added it · review of another edition

Shelves: age-adult, read-in-2012, source-gift-or-rak

Wow.

Dear future self,

this book blew your mind. It was intelligent, it was disturbing, it was well-written - in a disturbing and intelligent way, ha - and it makes it impossible for you to give a proper rating or write a text remotely resembling a review.

You have, so far, only read.. one or two books with light BDSM-ish content. You're not a fan of Erotica, and as far as you can tell, you're not a fan of BDSM either. But that doesn't matter, because this book...more

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Jan 17, 2012

joє mo rated it

Recommended to joє by: Wendy Darling

Shelves: 2012, battle-of-the-sexes, complex-relationship-s, dramarama, fiction, mobbing-ragging-bullying-humiliatin, obsessive-controlling-behaviour, painful-to-read, slice-of-life, thriller, troubled-boys-who-are-jerks, unhealthy-relationship, icky, partly-read, abuse, oddities, some-sort-of-addiction, depression-melancholia, mute-deaf-or-blind

1.25/5

I practically ran to the mirror and wished I hadn't. My eyes looked too haunted to be mine. Where did my soul go? I couldn't see it anymore.

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May 25, 2011

✿Michelle✿ rated it

Shelves: freebie

It wasn't my cup of tea. For my personal preference, I didn't care for the main couple, or the ending. At first, I was rooting for the heroine, but by the end, I didn't think much of her at all. The hero lacked any redeeming qualities in my opinion.

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Sep 07, 2010

Jaymzangel rated it

Disclaimer: please forgive me for this admittedly shite attempt at a review for this book, I am still finding it hard to form actual words at this point.

Summary from Goodreads:

Emily Vargas has been taken captive. As part of his conditioning methods, her captor refuses to speak to her, knowing how much she craves human contact. He's far too beautiful to be a monster. Combined with his lack of violence toward her, this has her walking a fine line at the edge of sanity...more

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May 06, 2011

Dyllan aka ~Whycked Mhystresxs~ rated it

Shelves: back-invasion, bdsm, erotica, favorites, he-s-an-effing-dom, i-mean-wtf, not-for-the-faint-of-heart, she-cries-a-lot-the-idiot, spankings-red-butts, taboo, reviewed, life-changing-read

Comfort Food by Kitty Thomas. Burlesque Press (2010)

BIG SPOILER AHEAD.

Is it too wrong for me to have liked this?
Lets drawn some boundaries in here.
This is not a romance, and it's not about love. At all.
This is about dominance and submission, without safewords or any kind of protection cable. The book is also narrated in first and third person (At sex scenes).

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Apr 16, 2011

Andreea Daia rated it

Shelves: dreadful, read-2011, erotica

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. This book is about a woman, Emily, who's kidnapped and "broken" by a psycho with good looks.

BIG SPOILER AHEAD

Main problem: she is so weak that she can't stand to be alone after the first day - she'd rather prefer her kidnapper to touch her than to be alone and safe in an empty room. Seven days later she wants him fiercely. After two weeks (which in the book represent less than 30 pages) she's having orgasms over him. Hmmm... I'm more disappointed in the reviews tha...more

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Dec 17, 2011

Autumn rated it

Shelves: e-book-freebie, deep-complex-angsty-plot, i-own, nook, spicy, fiction, food-for-thought, interesting-plot-premise, mental-issues-included, pretty-cover, very-emotional

What do I think??...

It think this a story with several elements that make it quite unique without a definite label. It`s not sexual enough to be categorized erotica, nor it is a love story (thank God)or a psychological thriller. It was a mix of the three that made the story and its characters an interesting read.

Relationships between victims and their perpetrators are very complex to define. Impossible to understand,unless you have experience it. I think Kitty Thomas han...more

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May 08, 2011

♆ Bookaddict rated it

Recommends it for: into BDSM

Recommended to ♆ Bookaddict by: Alma (aka Mrs. Rhaw)

Shelves: bdsm, purchased, april-vacation, intense, slavery, rape

I dreaded reading this book based on the mixed reviews and feedback from the different GR groups. Still, one of my friends was insistent that I read the book and respond back to her on how I felt.

I want to state, this is definitely NOT your standard masturbatory BDSM book. This is not the first one I've read where a woman is kidnapped and trained to be a slave. However, this is the first one I read where it crossed the line between reality and fantasy. Most of the capture, kidnap a...moreI dreaded reading this book based on the mixed reviews and feedback from the different GR groups. Still, one of my friends was insistent that I read the book and respond back to her on how I felt.

I want to state, this is definitely NOT your standard masturbatory BDSM book. This is not the first one I've read where a woman is kidnapped and trained to be a slave. However, this is the first one I read where it crossed the line between reality and fantasy. Most of the capture, kidnap and slavery BDSM books are easily scoffed off as fantasy. This one, while some of it is a bit unrealistic, the feel of it is too realistic and plausible. Ms. Thomas creates a possible scenario, especially with the amount of money some men have in this day and age.

I was mixed in whether I should rate this a 4 or 5. I finally decided on a 4 because there was a certain lack of love that caused me to not like the monster as much as I could have liked him.

The story while not exactly intense in physical pain, the psychological mind fucking was intense. As a gregarious and extroverted female who is independent and rather strong, I could understand Emily's distress and logic. I don't know if I would have as much of a problem as she did with isolation because there are times where I just want plain silence and not speak to people for days.

During Emily's captivity, I kept wanting to tell her to submit. What the monster did to her and the insights into his methodical and rather diabolical destruction of a self confident woman was well done. I found it to be well thought out and impressive. If I ever wanted to break someone, I would use his method as a template. I really enjoyed Emily's understanding of what was happening to her and her inability to stop it. This sense of helplessness and lack of control was rather heady. It gave me guilty chills of desire.

The ending was not unexpected. I wasn't sure how it would wrap up in detail, but I did have a general idea of what would happen. I admit, I loved the ending. While I'd like to see a sequel to this story, I think it would probably ruin it. I like being left wondering what is happening to Emily.

The Monster Ms. Thomas created was someone I loved to hate. His matter of fact cruelty and fucked up mind games is something I hate. I can't respect a man who can't be honest and communicate with me. When the truth is revealed, I still have some issues with him but I understand the method to his madness. I can appreciate his slave training. As a sadist, I admire his skill. As a masochist, I shiver in frightened delight. I do love the sexual sadism his doles out, but his psychological ones I probably would not be able to handle and unlike Emily, I'd probably kill him. I'd wait until I caused him to be hopelessly in love with me and then I'd kill him, even if I ended up loving him. This story kind of messed me up. It's a good thing I'm reading this story when I'm more assured of myself than when I was a younger feminazi. I probably would be out for Ms. Thomas's blood if I read it during that phase. Now, I just want to read more of her stories and enjoy my guilty pleasure of wanting something that is destructive for me.

I recommend this book only for people who are okay with TPE and mind fucks. I do NOT recommend this book to people who have issues with a women being turned into a dependent slave unable to cope with the real world. (less)

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Dec 18, 2011

Anja rated it

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Like other reviewers have noted, this book isn’t quite a thriller, erotica, or romance. Because of this identity crisis, the book never got dark enough, hot enough, or emotional enough to connect with me.

The story is written in a very detached, almost numb way, especially during the first quarter. The protagonist was very passive in the telling as she educated me on the textbook behavior of a kidnapping victim. She has a background in psychology and skipped through the steps to ge...more

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Aug 16, 2010

Reena Jacobs added it

Shelves: 2010-favorite-reads, reviewed, 2010-reads, indie

I started this book with a bad attitude because of thoughts of BSDM and slavery. I can’t tell you how surprised I was when I couldn’t put it down. I devoured this book in one sitting, page after page after page. Comfort Foods was so good, it made my "2010 Favorite Reads" list, which only includes three books at the moment.

My biggest disappointment about the entire experience was reaching the end and finding Kitty Thomas has yet to publish another book. Please Ms. Thomas, do...more

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Jan 19, 2012

Rasmus rated it

Holy shit that was disturbing, The infamous Two girls on cup video dosnt even come close to how disturbing this book is. This could be a script for a snuff film. The male characther in this is SO disturbing never have i read a book with a more fucked up person, those evil guys who kill people dosnt even come close to this guy. I was hoping he would kill her since that had been a gentler fate then what she got. I wasnt even angry or dissapointed after reading this, just plainly disturbed. Movies ...more

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Dec 28, 2011

Jessica rated it

Shelves: favorites, bdsm, nook-lend-me

"...an erotic story without safewords...".
The disclaimer drew me in and I expected a hot steamy read. It wasn't arousing though. Even though Emily complied with his wishes, it wasn't consensual at the most basic level. Emily had a choice and she chose the lesser of two evils.

******SPOILER ALERT SPOILER ALERT******

Stockholm Syndrome. Emily knew she would develop it and she feared it, but she didn't know how to hold out against it. Her situation felt so ho...more

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Dec 06, 2011

Amanda-Lee (StoryWings) rated it

Shelves: 2011, book-lovers

Comfort Food was a powerful read, but it didn’t truly touch me in the ways I was expecting.

Emily is a captive of a man that has an obsession with her; he intends to make her his slave. After months of conditioning and training Emily is a shadow of her former self, but she’s not entirely sure that she truly hates what she has turned into.

Emily is a strong woman, one I admire simply because I don’t know if I could have done what she did. Instead of fighting, instead of being ta...moreComfort Food was a powerful read, but it didn’t truly touch me in the ways I was expecting.

Emily is a captive of a man that has an obsession with her; he intends to make her his slave. After months of conditioning and training Emily is a shadow of her former self, but she’s not entirely sure that she truly hates what she has turned into.

Emily is a strong woman, one I admire simply because I don’t know if I could have done what she did. Instead of fighting, instead of being taken by force Emily survived and submitted to what was being done to her purely because she couldn’t stand being deprived of human contact, and because she always had a sliver of hope that she could escape.

Comfort Food is confronting in ways that it forces you to really ask yourself, what would you do? Taken captive by someone who is obviously sick do you survive by submitting or die by being stubborn. I have been thinking about this ever since I put Comfort Food down, I can think of ways that I would want to survive, but I also think that maybe I would just prefer to die. Emily’s choice was survival but her way of thinking truly makes one question the meaning of inner strength.

I was hoping for more from Comfort Food in the way of writing though. Emily was a very detached character; even though we were in her head I never really felt her fear or her pleasure. I never really felt happiness when she was in the “good cell” or the complete despair when she was in the “bad cell”. In a way it adds to the book, because it gets into your head afterward, one enters a sort of shock response when reading it and that is only lifted after the final page is turned, so in ways it’s brilliant, but in others it’s lacking because the book while staying with you, doesn’t draw you in while reading, it is easy to put down and walk away to do menial tasks and then come back to later.

I think I may have been hoping for more of a psychological thriller rather than a BDSM romance and that is my own fault, for the purposes of this being a BDSM romance though, Comfort Food is once again hard-hitting in some ways, but lacking in others. The sex scenes were written in third person, to show us Emily’s detachment from them but in doing that the true horror or even eroticism was glazed over.

Stockholm syndrome played a major part in Comfort Food, but because we were in Emily’s head and she was the sufferer that was also glazed over romanticised in some ways. I felt that it could have been better represented, Emily has a psychology degree, she saw it happening to herself and yet she couldn’t stop it, but she wasn’t fazed by that at all.

Comfort Food wasn’t as hard hitting as what it could have been, in ways it was as bland as the chicken soup Emily was forced to live on. Some aspects of this book will stay with me for a while but mostly it is just a flash in the pan.

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Nov 09, 2011

♥Book♥YouVeryMuch rated it

Shelves: bdsm

This book was very disturbing on so many levels.

I had warning bells in my head go off so many times. I would have rated this story higher if the Author has placed proper warnings in respect to BDSM, not just placing Safe Word in her Note for sake of it, but talked about the importance of Safe, Sane and Consensual in respect to the difference she has done in her novel, and I always go back in my discussion about BDSM novels to Cherise Sinclair and her words of wisdom about safe practi...moreThis book was very disturbing on so many levels.

I had warning bells in my head go off so many times. I would have rated this story higher if the Author has placed proper warnings in respect to BDSM, not just placing Safe Word in her Note for sake of it, but talked about the importance of Safe, Sane and Consensual in respect to the difference she has done in her novel, and I always go back in my discussion about BDSM novels to Cherise Sinclair and her words of wisdom about safe practices of BDSM and importance of being cautious. The three stars are more due to the shock value than anything else, and to be fair most of the writing and some of the scenes were creative.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THERE MAY BE SOME SPOILERS BELOW.

It is very important for readers not to respond through this as some form of fantasy, that erotic books can make readers feel. I do realise this is fiction, but books are written to evoke reaction, and erotica deals with sexual reaction. Some people who practice/live BDSM do like role playing, - schoolgirl/Teacher, Daddy/daughter, some do rape fantasies... - and this is all fine as long as it is done by two CONSENTING adults and it is Safe, Sane and Consensual. This book is everything BDSM stands against and it should not be labelled as BDSM.

This should be not labelled as Erotic Romance either, as there is absolutely nothing romantic in this book.

Talking about psychology and sanity of human nature, it was disturbing to note that the heroine has almost given up after two days. Two days? Maybe I am wrong, and my lack of deep knowledge of psychology as a science as I never studied it, I would like to think that human nature can hold out bit longer.

Further more as any sub in BDSM, even those who crave very deep physical pain, would tell you that their first experience at whipping, or flogging (milder version), is done in slow and careful manner, and increased accordingly, most do it with a Dom or Top that they trust completely. No one would orgasm through their first painful whipping where the blood has been drawn, they would just end up traumatised, especially in the circumstances that has heroine lived through. (less)

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Sep 16, 2011

Emma rated it

Shelves: slave, mind-fuck, abduction, abusive-relationship

I bought this book because of all the excellent reviews. It was interesting psychologically, and I am glad I read it, although I didn't think it was either as amazing or extreme as other readers. However I was extremely annoyed at the misleading length of my Kindle edition from Amazon. The story is only 71% of the book. The remainder (more than one quarter; nearly a third!) is a excerpt of three chapters from another book, Mercy, by Annabel Joseph. This makes me mad as hell! It really jolted me...more

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Sep 05, 2011

Smitha rated it

Recommends it for: none

Shelves: e-book, half-read, didn-t-like-it

I had just finished Stolen: A letter to my captorand loved it. This made me take up this book as I heard that this was another good story similar to the first. It also came highly recommended as a psychological study of the behavior of imprisoned and the captor. But it was weird from the beginning. I could not relate to the behavior and actions of the captured lady or to the kidnapper. The dame was a bit too weird and twisted who preferred being raped (or could I call it that - it looks mutual i...more

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Aug 04, 2011

Darcy rated it

Shelves: 2011, e-book, erotica

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. This is one of those books that is not comfortable to read. Odds are that there will be lots in it that will push your buttons, but much like a bad car crash that you slow down to look at while you drive by, you won't be able to stop reading this story until you are done with it.

It is almost like there are 3 different parts to this story. The first part is when the woman is kidnapped and you are experiencing what she is going through. You can see where she makes very clear cut cho...more

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May 31, 2011

Becky H rated it

I am on the fence with this book. It was extremely well written but the topic itself made me so uncomfortable. I guess I'm just not an erotica type of person if this is what erotica is like. I didn't start reading this thinking or knowing that its an erotica, I just thought it was more like a suspense/thriller type of book. I don't know.
It was a fast read. I read it in one sitting in a few hours. Mostly because I wanted to finish reading it right away I didn't want to go to bed wondering a...more

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Apr 30, 2011

Gem H rated it

Shelves: erotica, ebook, 5-star-reads

I got this book really not knowing what to expect and when I finished it I was left breathless.

This book is an amazing insite into the psyche of both captive and captor.

The author is just amazing in delving into this very dark world. She manages to show how Lucy, the heroine (if you can call her that) changes all due to the conditioning that her captor puts her through. There is very little violence in the book and what there is is not there for the sake of it but is an impo...more

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Apr 24, 2011

Bianca Sommerland rated it

Shelves: bdsm

This is actually a 4 1/2, but goodreads doesn't give the option.

From the moment I powered off my ereader at this stories end, the strangest thing stuck in my mind. In reading this book, I had been conditioned, probably not permanently, but it’s there. Just the idea of chicken soup turned my stomach—I actually took it out of a scene I was working on because I couldn’t stand to recall the smell.

Any book that affects me this way occupies a space in my mind for a while. Dist...moreThis is actually a 4 1/2, but goodreads doesn't give the option.

From the moment I powered off my ereader at this stories end, the strangest thing stuck in my mind. In reading this book, I had been conditioned, probably not permanently, but it’s there. Just the idea of chicken soup turned my stomach—I actually took it out of a scene I was working on because I couldn’t stand to recall the smell.

Any book that affects me this way occupies a space in my mind for a while. Disturbing, a little twisted, but the artist in me craves extreme reactions from words woven together, and appreciates the skill that goes into the weaving. My own little trigger, one of many Ms. Thomas exploits.

And all this by the end of chapter one.

To be perfectly honest, saying ‘This book is not for everyone’ is a gross understatement. This book is for those people who love a story for all its intricate details, for the power it has to move you. It’s for those people who hear lyrics like ‘I hurt myself today, to see if I still feel’, and understand, whether they’ve experienced that level of numbness or not. Because experiencing it isn’t necessary to understand the pure horror of feeling nothing.

Locked in a room, denied everything but bland sustenance—chicken soup and crackers, uck—the psychological manipulation of Emily is done slowly and carefully. I actually got to the point where I wanted her to give in because I couldn’t take the deprivation anymore. Some may say she didn’t ‘hold out long enough’. Bull. One of the most severe punishments you can give a child is to ignore them, to cut them off from your affection, to refuse to respond to them. They can feel when they’re not reaching you anymore and a normal reaction is for them to scream and cry and tell you anything you want to hear. ‘I’m sorry, mommy. I’ll be good, daddy. Please look at me!’

That people actually believe that we become immune to such punishments as adults amazes me. I think we’re probably more susceptible; we’ve had the illusion of control for years.

This is a book I will definitely reread, probably for the same reason I treat myself to tequila every once in a while. I’ve made myself real sick with the drink, but my inhibitions were gone, and in that moment, I felt free. I could never surrender my life like the heroine in Comfort Food, not in real life. But the author gives me a safe place where I can live out the warped fantasy.

I’ve given Comfort Food 4 ½ strong shots (my blog rating) because I would have like the sex to be a little less detached. In part, I understand why it was, but I found myself wanting a bit more of a connection.

I was tempted to take off another half a shot for the ending, but it didn’t feel right. Part of me hated the ending because I’m supposed to, because that’s the strong, modern-day woman way to feel.

In the world of Ms. Thomas, in the sanctuary her hero created, there could be no better Happily Ever After.

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Apr 11, 2011

Capuletgirl rated it

A really disturbing book about a twisted mind who creates another twisted mind so they colide into one with a relative happy ending of their own. This book caught my eye in the explore section of GR. It had high ratings, interesting description that related to one of my favourite books Stolen with an erotic character so why not? At the beginning I loved it, probably 2 chapters, then I was beginning to think about letting it go, not finishing it, but the language and the style it was written in w...more

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Kitty Thomas writes dark literary erotica (not erotic romance). Her stories explore the psychology of ownership. This work is fiction and meant for an adult audience. The author does not endorse or condone any of the behavior carried out by characters in her stories.

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