This heroine was stalked, raped, and eventually lost her right to fall in love with the man of her choice. It is NEVER okay to have your CHOICES taken away in this manner. It sends a damaging and dangerous message. Would you want your daughter thinking love means being drugged against her will? I think not.

THINK PEOPLE! There's a time to suspend belief. I was stunned by how many glowing reviews I read. Not dressed up like some twisted fantasy. I try to be constructive and kind in 'bad' reviews, but this wasn't a case of 'I just didn't care for it.' I'm not opposed to reading stories that involve rape on occasion, but it better be handled appropriately, with plenty of gall for the offender and sensitivity to the victim. I was promptly punished by a migraine, which I probably deserve for finishing this thing. After the whole breeding thing and the hormone taking away this woman's choice to decide her future fate, she becomes a complete doormat! This book was just terrible! I could hear my brain cells scream as they died. My dream wedding certainly wasn't in the backseat of a van and it didn't involve sex with a stranger.

This puts her into a hormonal craze that she doesn't understand and the author has the nerve to call it their marriage/bonding/mating ceremony. Chris releases the so called sex hormone, MINUTES after he meets her. It's a dangerous form of rape culture that tries to pass off drugging the heroine for sex as romance. Really, really tried, but it just turned out to be dadgum-messed-up. I wanted to enjoy this and told myself, 'That creeped out feeling is just because it's odd sci-fi.' But.

Suddenly a Bride by Ruth Ann Nordin