That does sound awful. A bit like Laurell K Hamilton would've been if her editor said, 'Psht. I don't care what you do. Go wild.' (No offense meant to LKH fans at all.)
In all honesty it sounds like the credibility of the book got tossed out the minute it wasn't really love, but the power of mind manipulation.
"Once they sleep together, Dmitri begins to claim Regina as 'his woman'. He invades her mind without her knowledge or consent and uses it to manipulate her. Then, when Regina's friends try to talk her out of a relationship with a creepy guy she met at a bar, he breaks into one of her friends' minds and manipulates her into not caring about Regina's fate. Regina tries to date other men and Dmitri, at one point, responds by deciding to kill the guy in front of Regina so that she doesn't 'doubt that she is his'."
You know, that actually sounded pretty interesting at first, until you said " A week later Regina realizes that she is "in love"."
I can see that story being good if it portrayed those actions as a BAD thing, but definitely not if the author actually expects people to believe that is true love.
That is sick. That would make Twilight positively tame if I wasn't entirely sure that had Edward started hacking into Bella's mind, I would not have been surprised at all.
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In all honesty it sounds like the credibility of the book got tossed out the minute it wasn't really love, but the power of mind manipulation.
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You know, that actually sounded pretty interesting at first, until you said "
A week later Regina realizes that she is "in love"."
I can see that story being good if it portrayed those actions as a BAD thing, but definitely not if the author actually expects people to believe that is true love.
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