Tormentor Mine by Anna Zaires Book Review
Publish Date: March 28, 2017
Series information:
Tormentor Mine is the first book in the Tormentor Mine trilogy. Obsession Mine is the second installment published November 14, 2017, Destiny Mine finishes the story published July 3, 2018.
Genres: Romance, Dark Romance, Suspense Romance, Contemporary Romance
Formats: Ebook and Paperback
Pages: 366 for paperback
My Ranking: Over all 4
Fire In The Sheets ranking:
Fire (4): This is a dark romance, however the story doesn’t necessarily get as rough in bed as most dark romances do. This book does contains sexual scenes that can get pretty descriptive and causes the characters mental turmoil. With all that being said the scenes are very well written and will get you hot and bothered. For more information on my ranking system please click here.
Page Turning Ranking:
Flipping Pages (4): For more information on my ranking system please click here.
Age ranking: 100% Adult.
About the book:
A new dark romance from New York Times bestseller Anna Zaires
He came to me in the night, a cruel, darkly handsome stranger from the most dangerous corners of Russia. He tormented me and destroyed me, ripping apart my world in his quest for vengeance.
Now he’s back, but he’s no longer after my secrets.
The man who stars in my nightmares wants me.
***A Twist Me series spin-off, featuring Peter Sokolov, but stands entirely on its own—no prior knowledge of any of the characters or events required.
Excerpt from Anna Zaires' website
Where To Buy:
All where to buy links found on Anna Zaires' website.
My review:
Warning, could be spoilers ahead.
As always, I am going to be honest here and say, I have tried a lot of dark romances over the years and this book is the best so far. Most of my road blocks with dark romances is either in the extreme lack of actual romance in the story, or the situation that the heroine finds herself in is easy to escape from. This book has neither of those problems.
Both the hero and heroine of this book were very well written with emotional pasts that really pulled me in. Peter is a tortured soul with an upbringing that could make the Boogie Man cringe. Through his actions to survive as well as his strong need for vengeance, he finds himself in a high ranking position within the Russian Special Forces and with a family he did not expect to have. Heart break and tragedy strikes again when his family is killed in a raid to find a terrorist cell that turned out to never have been in the area. This pushes his desire for vengeance to a whole new level and he starts his mission to hunt down and kill everyone responsible.
Sara is a women who feels a little like a cat backed into a corner. She is a successful caring doctor who is married a journalist named George. To the outside world their life is perfect but the truth is their relationship is in such ruin it makes the Colosseum look shiny and new. When George is involved in a car accident that leaves him in a vegetated state, Sara finds herself in the the midst of dealing with FBI protection and unable to go through with the divorce she wanted out of guilt.
The relationship between these two characters is so emotionally complicated from the start. Sara meets Peter for the first time when he breaks into her home and attacks her for information on George’s whereabouts. Sara proves to be loyal and a fighter as she refuses to tell Peter what she knows. This seems to draw Peter in, however she is scared out of her mind and both Sara and Peter are surprised when she winds up in his arms seeking comfort from her attacker.
Chemistry between these two is off the charts. Despite every reason for them to hate each other, they also can’t seem to get enough. Let me just say, things get hot in these sheets. Sara feeds off the ability to just let go of the controlled perfect lifestyle that was thrust on her as Peters all consuming violent power sweeps her away on a tied of passion. Peter find his need for vengeance cooled by her presence and the numb emotions are replaced with something he can’t quite name. When he possess her for the first time he find a strange solace in his desire to cause Sara both pain and intense pleasure.
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Chemistry between these two is off the charts. Despite every reason for them to hate each other, they also can’t seem to get enough. Let me just say, things get hot in these sheets. Sara feeds off the ability to just let go of the controlled perfect lifestyle that was thrust on her as Peters all consuming violent power sweeps her away on a tied of passion. Peter find his need for vengeance cooled by her presence and the numb emotions are replaced with something he can’t quite name. When he possess her for the first time he find a strange solace in his desire to cause Sara both pain and intense pleasure.
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As I mentioned, this book doesn’t over look all the ways Sara could escape Peter. I love the way Anna Zaires molds Peters past and current mission in a way that really made me feel as confused and panicked as Sara was.
Emotions wage war in each character’s mind and between each other. Honestly the way the inner turmoil of Peter and Sara’s relationship is taken into consideration in this story made me feel sorry for both of them. I have never experienced anything even in the same state as what Sara goes through and yet I found myself relating to her on a level that made my feelings about Peter flip back and fourth.
Darkness isn’t the only thing happening in this book, it’s pierced often by the light of love that is slowly growing between the two characters. Personally, I really loved the way their romance is shown in this book. Peter knows the gravity of how they first met and his mission places a relationship between them next to impossible to achieve, but he will make Sara his no matter what it takes. While he could force everything he wants on her, he tries to make things right and get her to chose to love him back. All the little domestic things he does for Sara really makes me a little envious of the pampered way she is living.
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The growth of these two characters in this introduction book is unbelievable good. Both Sara and Peter find out things about themselves they either never knew before or never wanted to examine. Love is a real emotion between them but the obstacle of their past keeps their relationship from really taking root. Will their love survive or will Peter need to resort to extreme measures to make and keep Sara his?
Overall:
This book was a real page turner. The way things were presented to the reader made everything not only realistic, but allowed them to become the characters they were reading about.
Would I recommend it:
Short answer, absolutely. This was a great story that really pulled me in and I think anyone who is looking for a good dark romance would enjoy it. However, Please keep in mind that this is a dark romance, it has a lot of hard subject matter. While Peter never actually rapes Sara, there is a lot of forced submission both sexual and non-sexual in this book which includes both violence, rough sex, and threats. If you are not into that kind of thing do not read this book. If you are looking for a very romantic love filled story this is not the book for you.
Happy reading.
About the author:
Anna Zaires is a New York Times, USA Today, and international bestselling author of sci-fi romance and contemporary dark erotic romance. She fell in love with books at the age of five, when her grandmother taught her to read. Since then, she has always lived partially in a fantasy world where the only limits were those of her imagination. Currently residing in Florida, Anna is happily married to Dima Zales (a science fiction and fantasy author) and closely collaborates with him on all their works.
After graduating from the University of Chicago with a degree in Economics, Anna spent eight years on Wall Street analyzing stocks and writing research reports. In 2013, she became a full-time author, pursuing her lifelong dream of writing romance novels.
Dima Zales is the love of her life and a huge inspiration in all aspects of her writing. Every book Anna writes is a product of their unique collaborative process.
In addition to reading and writing, Anna enjoys drinking tea (coconut oolong, anyone?), watching addictive TV shows, and discussing book ideas during long walks with her amazing husband.
She loves hearing from her readers, so please don’t hesitate to contact her through [her] website or connect with her on Facebook, where she hangs out way too often. Also, please visit her husband and collaborator, Dima Zales, at www.dimazales.com and check out their fantasy & science fiction books.
Excerpt taken from Anna Zaires' website
I am always looking for a good dark romance, and glad this one was such a winner!! Will definitely be checking this one out for sure.
ReplyDeleteAnna Zaires is fantastic at dark romance. The new book for this series comes out soon too. 😊
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