Rai (is hard to please) > Recent Status Updates

“‘We’ve done this hundreds of times.’
Not with an audience. And certainly not with a protective lover trussed up beside me.”

how about: not after being held captive and abused for 2 weeks straight???
Ffs. What was the point of all that torment if no one can be bothered to acknowledge that it happened?

two words: ✨weaponized incompetence✨

HAHAH STILL NOT FUCKING DONE

“You stand much in need of nourishment, proper clothing, and a closer inspection of the contusion on your head.”
Not to mention all the internal damage from weeks of abuse, on top of the STI’s she no doubt now has. But we’re not gonna talk about that. Bc erotica.
I hate my life.

Ffs I’m still on 67%??

(CW: 18+)
“‘Fuck me, Ashley.’ I palmed the thick, hard swelling in his breeches. ‘Fuck every torment out of my mind and soul until you’re all that’s left.’”

Fuck this fucking book. Again, not even a DAY has passed since she escaped her rapist. Oh wait, Ashley is ALSO her rapist.

“I fell in love with you that day.”

The same day you threw her to the wolves and dangled her off the side of your ship for hours on end? That day? Stfu.

(TW)
She was actively being assaulted not even a full day ago and now they’re fooling around and her only reservation is that the ML’s don’t know about each other and that makes her feel like “a fraud”
Right. Ok.

“I forgive you. For all of it. Everything.”

I DON’T.

"Oh, Ashley. No. He looked horrified. So bleak and devastated.
‘You didn’t know,’ I released a sigh of dawning realization. ‘You didn’t know what would become of me here.’”

IS ((SHE)) COMFORTING ((HIM)) RN? IS THIS A JOKE?

. . . “Pulled me onto his lap.”
WHY THE FUCK IS HE TOUCHING HER SO CASUALLY AFTER EVERYTHING SHE’S BEEN THROUGH?

(TW)
“Until they came again.”

I think I’m in shock.
Who writes this?

(TW)
“You forgive me.”
“Only if you use the other hole this time. And you better make it good, Ashley Cutler.”

He literally raped like 30 mins ummm????

(TW)
“‘Ashley…” I breathed though the sharp sting, the searing pressure, and tried to shove him away. ‘Stop!’”

We’re really doing this…

Not her contemplating whether or not she’s in love with a man she met LITERALLY a week ago, who is also her captor.
Gag me.

“Don’t ever tell me no.”
Wtf. Is this man fr?

(TW)
“Why would you put me in the hold with them if you knew what would happen?”
“I wanted you to know what would happen. Let it serve as a warning. Next time, I won’t intervene.”

We’re introducing our second ML with the threat of gang rape. Cool cool.

“He recognized me. How?”
You’re the only female pirate captain on the Western Ocean. Can’t exactly call that a lucky guess, babes.

“A person can’t be in love with two people.”
Subtle.

End of ch. 6 is 👏👏👏

“‘Father!’ I embrace his wide shoulders, squeezing with all my might.”

Nice subversion of expectation. Well done.

“It never gets easier. I fight every time I set my bow to the strings, but I stay true to myself.
I play from my heart.”

Felt that.

“I love you.”

Build up, where? This whole chapter is so choppy.

“I’m not exactly mentally stable right now, so it seems like the best idea I’ve ever had.”
. . .
“But I’m blinded by the need to win, to set the record, to earn the cold, comforting knowledge that I’m no only enough, but better, the best.
I’m essentially, damn it. I’m worth standing up for. My body isn’t what it was, but look what it’s going to do.”

Look at that. Quan has a personality.

If you see me spam-updating this book cause I’m nearly done with it and I’ve got A LOT of notes… no u didn’t.

“‘You know what that means, right?’ he asks, reaching out to tuck my hair behind my ear.” . . . “I can’t remember his question, but I know how I’m supposed to respond. ‘Yes.’”
Stop. Please, stop.

“I don’t want this. I don’t like this. Not from him. But I don’t move away from him. I don’t say anything. What can I say?”
I feel sick.

(TW)
“I get the distinct impression that he believes it’s impossible for me to ‘like it.’”
I want to cry. Anna has been virtually raped by this man countless times and she doesn’t even realize it.

“But I didn’t speak up when I had the opportunity. I never speak up. So this is our path now. We’re all trapped, just like he’s trapped.
We have to see this through.”

What the FUCK are you DOING, Anna? Dear God.

“For that’s the only place where true perfection exists—the blank page. Nothing I actually do can compete with the boundless potential of what I could do.”
Word.

(spoiler alert)
“Mal is the third amplifier.”
*confused laughter*