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Comfort Food
by
Kitty Thomas (Goodreads Author)
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 ha...more
Told in the first person from Emily's perspective, Comfort Food explores what ha...more
ebook, 138 pages
Published
March 21st 2010
by Burlesque Press
(first published March 1st 2010)
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Adult review for taboo erotic content.
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 Syndrome, but in this particular case, she chose h...more
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 Syndrome, but in this particular case, she chose h...more
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Comfort Food is a book that has been recommended to me over and over again. It's been called compelling, sick, twisted, a brilliant work of mindfuckery... I've seen it called everything but a love story, but that's what it is to me. Granted, not a traditional love story by any stretch of the imagination. Not typical, and probably not what you'd wish for your children. But love comes in every shape, size and color imaginable, and what works for one might not work for another.
And who are we to say...more
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Disturbing 4 stars
This book is: Fascinating. Alarming. Realistic. Sadistic. Disturbing. Convoluted. Gripping.
Comfort Food had such an authentic and realistic feel to it that even days later, I was still reeling from its impact. If you're in the mood for a book that messes with the psyche, then I highly recommend giving this one a try.
This book is: Fascinating. Alarming. Realistic. Sadistic. Disturbing. Convoluted. Gripping.
Comfort Food had such an authentic and realistic feel to it that even days later, I was still reeling from its impact. If you're in the mood for a book that messes with the psyche, then I highly recommend giving this one a try.
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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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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).
(view spoiler)...more
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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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When I read this I had not read many books at all. So when I read the description that this book was dark I could not comprehend just how bad it can get.
It's only now with hindsight I realise just how fantastic this book is. I have this fierce loyalty to Kitty Thomas.....she was one of the first authors who I thought "YES!! She understands what I want!"
Kitty's writing does not shy away from anything, nothing is left because it is too...more
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When I read this I had not read many books at all. So when I read the description that this book was dark I could not comprehend just how bad it can get.
It's only now with hindsight I realise just how fantastic this book is. I have this fierce loyalty to Kitty Thomas.....she was one of the first authors who I thought "YES!! She understands what I want!"
Kitty's writing does not shy away from anything, nothing is left because it is too...more
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Jun 07, 2012
Glass
rated it
5 of 5 stars
Shelves:
kinky,
way-too-hot,
hoarder-s-delight,
napaljene-munjare,
favorites,
dark-erotica,
mind-fuck
This book is messed up on so many levels but I couldn't put it down for one second. But what made me think was this line from About the author:
"If you haven't developed morals by the time you start reading erotica, it's probably too late."
"If you haven't developed morals by the time you start reading erotica, it's probably too late."
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()()() My B-day read. ()()()
4 Fucked-Up Stars!
First of all I'd like to quote K.Thomas.
from "About the Author"..
" <...> She(Author) 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. "
****** Amen to that! ******
My thought's about the book
First off all it is very well written and well researched. I was captivated by the story from the beginning. Not...more
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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...more
Honestly I thought I was going to like this one. The Darkest Seduction was an intense read, and I enjoyed it's sick twisted ways. Comfort Food was just not for me.
The idea of being stolen, and then brainwashed and slowly broken down is a fear that I would hold up higher then torture, rape, and even death. Which is funny because fear of death is high up on my list of things to be afraid of. It’s the idea of losing yourself, and not being able to stop it. Even though you know what is going on.
Des...more
The idea of being stolen, and then brainwashed and slowly broken down is a fear that I would hold up higher then torture, rape, and even death. Which is funny because fear of death is high up on my list of things to be afraid of. It’s the idea of losing yourself, and not being able to stop it. Even though you know what is going on.
Des...more
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Dark, gritty and sensual; disturbing and riveting. This is a story that will stay with me forever. Not for the faint hearted.
"Today I found something beautiful and decided to break it. I wanted to see it shatter in my hand and crumble at my feet. Her name is Emily Vargas. She's bright and educated and stunning. Articulate. She'll want someone to talk to her."
My first dive into Dark Erotica and Kitty Thomas leaves me begging for more. As disturbing as Comfort Food is, it was also riveting. Emily...more
"Today I found something beautiful and decided to break it. I wanted to see it shatter in my hand and crumble at my feet. Her name is Emily Vargas. She's bright and educated and stunning. Articulate. She'll want someone to talk to her."
My first dive into Dark Erotica and Kitty Thomas leaves me begging for more. As disturbing as Comfort Food is, it was also riveting. Emily...more
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After debating my ratings, I have decided I enjoyed the story enough to give it 5 stars.
"His touch was like heroine in my veins, and I was a grateful addict."
It was a quick read. If I were to compare it to any books I would say it is a mix of the Dark Duet and FSOG. It is definitely a tamer version of the Dark Duet, so if you have read those books you will not have any problems getting through Comfort Food. The story begins in a flash back right in the midsts of Emily's captivity.
Emily is a su...more
"His touch was like heroine in my veins, and I was a grateful addict."
It was a quick read. If I were to compare it to any books I would say it is a mix of the Dark Duet and FSOG. It is definitely a tamer version of the Dark Duet, so if you have read those books you will not have any problems getting through Comfort Food. The story begins in a flash back right in the midsts of Emily's captivity.
Emily is a su...more
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This is an amazing read. I don't know how to actually describe it.
This is not a typical book. Emily wakes up to find that she has been kidnapped. By sensory deprevation and no contact she comes to need and desire her captors touch. Her comfort food of chicken noodle soup becomes the punishment if she disobeyes him. She begins to always want him and never thinks of leaving.
It is interesting to see how a person psyche can be twisted and changed. It is a book about slavely and changing a persons v...more
This is not a typical book. Emily wakes up to find that she has been kidnapped. By sensory deprevation and no contact she comes to need and desire her captors touch. Her comfort food of chicken noodle soup becomes the punishment if she disobeyes him. She begins to always want him and never thinks of leaving.
It is interesting to see how a person psyche can be twisted and changed. It is a book about slavely and changing a persons v...more
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"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."
Yeah with that said this monster has me hating Chicken Noodle soup and yet he has me completely understanding why this all happened.
“He always gave me choic...more
Yeah with that said this monster has me hating Chicken Noodle soup and yet he has me completely understanding why this all happened.
“He always gave me choic...more
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“His touch was like heroin in my veins, and I was a grateful addict.”
"Monsters aren't supposed to be beautiful. It's the rule."
Yeah, I am giving this 5 stars, I don't think I could give it any less. I am still in a state of shock and awe having just finished this book. I think the world that Kitty Thomas has dragged me in was dark, twisted, ultimately fucked up (no better way to say it) but at the same dare I say "magical" and beautiful for lack of a better word. I think I may have a tinge of Stockholm Syndrome for the story.
Comfort Food comes with a disclaimer...more
Yeah, I am giving this 5 stars, I don't think I could give it any less. I am still in a state of shock and awe having just finished this book. I think the world that Kitty Thomas has dragged me in was dark, twisted, ultimately fucked up (no better way to say it) but at the same dare I say "magical" and beautiful for lack of a better word. I think I may have a tinge of Stockholm Syndrome for the story.
Comfort Food comes with a disclaimer...more
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OMG... First I guess I should say that I should be thankful that no one tried this with me because I can see within myself that I would suffer from Stockholm Syndrome... or whatever this would be labeled. How else can I explain the sadness and then the utter joy I felt in the end? Even if she did believe it all to be part of a plan… to me that made it all the more perfect and fill me with a since of warmth…maybe even a love or whatever it was. I must be one sick person to identify with these cha...more
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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, Emily wakes up to realize t...more
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 t...more
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WOW! I think that's really all that comes to my mind right now. That and "complete and total mindfuck"
“I'd convinced myself it would have been different if he'd been as ugly on the outside as he was on the inside, but he wasn't. He was cruel beauty, a sculpture, a god, and I couldn't tear my eyes from him. I'd seen his expression soften in the dungeon with the whip. I'd do anything to have him look at me like that again, no matter how insane he was.”
My Kindle led me to believe there was a lot m...more
“I'd convinced myself it would have been different if he'd been as ugly on the outside as he was on the inside, but he wasn't. He was cruel beauty, a sculpture, a god, and I couldn't tear my eyes from him. I'd seen his expression soften in the dungeon with the whip. I'd do anything to have him look at me like that again, no matter how insane he was.”
My Kindle led me to believe there was a lot m...more
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Jun 06, 2011
Angela
rated it
4 of 5 stars
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I’ve been in the mood for dark reads lately. Dark Erotica has always been one of my favorite genres, anything taboo with a warning? Sign me up! Imagine my happiness when I came across this one! I read the synopsis and the words Stockholm Syndrome and BDSM jumped out to me and I knew I had to read it!
Emily wakes up to find herself drugged, blindfolded and tied to a chair. Her captor comes in, gives her chicken soup and after her first bite...more
I’ve been in the mood for dark reads lately. Dark Erotica has always been one of my favorite genres, anything taboo with a warning? Sign me up! Imagine my happiness when I came across this one! I read the synopsis and the words Stockholm Syndrome and BDSM jumped out to me and I knew I had to read it!
Emily wakes up to find herself drugged, blindfolded and tied to a chair. Her captor comes in, gives her chicken soup and after her first bite...more
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2.5 stars
Did I like this book?
Ummmm.........
Hmmmm......
I just didn't connect with the characters and didn't feel the connection with the characters. It was just a strange book for me. The change from 1st person to 3rd person was strange.It made more sense in the end why the author did this, but it didn't change how I felt about this book. It was just boring. I wanted it to be more raw and vivid in my head .I was expecting dark and disturbing but it was more weird and strange.
Did I like this book?
Ummmm.........
Hmmmm......
I just didn't connect with the characters and didn't feel the connection with the characters. It was just a strange book for me. The change from 1st person to 3rd person was strange.It made more sense in the end why the author did this, but it didn't change how I felt about this book. It was just boring. I wanted it to be more raw and vivid in my head .I was expecting dark and disturbing but it was more weird and strange.
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Despite the grim subject matter and the fact that the heroine - who one day wakes up groggy in a small cell and discovers that she has been abducted - supposedly suffers from Stockholm syndrome, I considered this anything but a mind-fuck. Under the disguise of a psychological experiment, Comfort Food really isn't more than a bland bdsm fantasy, played out by flat characters.
As I mentioned, the heroine, Emily, has been kidnapped by a man who choses not to speak to her. He punishes her, not by hi...more
As I mentioned, the heroine, Emily, has been kidnapped by a man who choses not to speak to her. He punishes her, not by hi...more
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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 her captors will....more
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....more
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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 it’s absolutely going on my “f...more
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 it’s absolutely going on my “f...more
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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 this...more
4.5 out of 5 stars.
This book isn't for the weak hearted and shy. If you can't read about mind fuc**ing, kidnapping, degrading sexual situations, master/slave relationships, etc. then this is not the book for you.
I can't believe how good and disturbing this book was. I've read a couple of books by Kitty and now have no doubt in my mind that she's able to create a world where the readers and victims and captors(villains) can all relate. Finding some type of hope that either things will work out be...more
This book isn't for the weak hearted and shy. If you can't read about mind fuc**ing, kidnapping, degrading sexual situations, master/slave relationships, etc. then this is not the book for you.
I can't believe how good and disturbing this book was. I've read a couple of books by Kitty and now have no doubt in my mind that she's able to create a world where the readers and victims and captors(villains) can all relate. Finding some type of hope that either things will work out be...more
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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 read, but nothi...more
So, it was an entertaining read, but nothi...more
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I'm spending too much debating over the 'stars' I should give it.
To somewhat quote a GR friend- "throw them and let them stick". So, Tom, that's what I'm doing.
This book plays with your head. You've been warned. :)
To somewhat quote a GR friend- "throw them and let them stick". So, Tom, that's what I'm doing.
This book plays with your head. You've been warned. :)
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Disturbing five negative stars.
This didn't do it for me. Twisted, dark and not erotic at all. This is a unhealthy tale of Stockholm syndrome with BDSM. It holds no fascination to me. I read the book in a shocked state. I couldn't believe it was rated as erotic. That it received so many 5 stars! GOD! This is f****** c***!
The hero (?) was flat monster - not even a twisted psycho. And the author could have explored him very well as he has some characteristics that could have made him a very int...more
This didn't do it for me. Twisted, dark and not erotic at all. This is a unhealthy tale of Stockholm syndrome with BDSM. It holds no fascination to me. I read the book in a shocked state. I couldn't believe it was rated as erotic. That it received so many 5 stars! GOD! This is f****** c***!
The hero (?) was flat monster - not even a twisted psycho. And the author could have explored him very well as he has some characteristics that could have made him a very int...more
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Kitty Thomas writes dark literary erotica that explores power dynamics and sexuality. 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.
Her work is not “erotic romance”. Often on some level it is about love and/or obsession. Often the couple in some way ends up “together”, but the work should no...more
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“His touch was like heroin in my veins, and I was a grateful addict.”
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“He said it with everything he did, every touch, every caress, every physical pleasure he bestowed upon me. Give it all to me. Give me your will.”
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