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Dance Upon the Air (Three Sisters Island, #1)
by Nora Roberts
by Nora Roberts
About half way through this book. It's a fantasy romance about a woman who escapes an abusive marriage and starts a new life across the country.
She is very nervous, distrustful, and not interested in another relationship.
The thing that is disturbing me is that the romantic interest seems to be following in the same steps as a typical abuser; he doesn't listen to her when she says she doesn't want to be touched, he violates her personal space even though it scares her, and other dick moves.
Her husband started out nice, too, but slowly eroded her confidence and sense of self. The husband is a controlling jerk; with the hero- he's doing it for her own good. *Swoon*?
The hero would probably work better in a story with out domestic violence as a central theme- as it is, I'm still not entirely sure he's not there to serve as an example for her to reject to show that she's grown and gained confidence enough not to be taken in again.
(Unfortunately, other reviews of the book show that he is, indeed, supposed to be 'the one'.)
It turned out ok, but not really interested in the two companion books in the series. It just didn't move me.
She is very nervous, distrustful, and not interested in another relationship.
The thing that is disturbing me is that the romantic interest seems to be following in the same steps as a typical abuser; he doesn't listen to her when she says she doesn't want to be touched, he violates her personal space even though it scares her, and other dick moves.
Her husband started out nice, too, but slowly eroded her confidence and sense of self. The husband is a controlling jerk; with the hero- he's doing it for her own good. *Swoon*?
The hero would probably work better in a story with out domestic violence as a central theme- as it is, I'm still not entirely sure he's not there to serve as an example for her to reject to show that she's grown and gained confidence enough not to be taken in again.
(Unfortunately, other reviews of the book show that he is, indeed, supposed to be 'the one'.)
It turned out ok, but not really interested in the two companion books in the series. It just didn't move me.
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Jun 23, 2011 03:02pm
I had the same thoughts as you about the new love interest. A bit odd that his actions are portrayed favorably because, as you say, they're "for her own good."
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