A review by samia_islam
Breathless by Anne Stuart

3.0

Ugh honestly, this would've been a strong 4 if it wasn't for the problematic hero.

He basically hires someone to kidnap the heroine, which is fine. BUT then the kidnapper rapes her. I don't think he expected the one he hired to rape her, but the hero was still responsible for what happened to her. The way this was handled had multiple issues:
1. The heroine brushed off this traumatic experience and said 'oh it wasn't technically rape because she she didn't struggle' ... ???
2. The hero was not REGRETFUL of what he put the heroine through
3. There was absolutely 0 groveling on the hero's part.

I usually love these revenge plots/captive stories, so I'm sad to give this 3 stars.