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Title: TRASH.
Review: Woodiwiss manages to be both offensive and boring with a predictable story and characters so trite they are farcical. The hero and the villain have a lot in common. Both are selfish, cruel and attempt to rape the heroine. The only difference is that the hero succeeds and continues to mentally abuse the heroine for most of the novel. The use of rape as a romantic plot device is disturbing and misguided. a rapist is NOT a hero. The rest of the characters are so trite and stereotypical there is no need for them to ever talk for the reader to guess how the story will unfold. We have the evil, ugly villain; the jealous spurned rival (who is, of course, not as pretty as the heroine); and the wronged, passive, damsel in distress. If you value your time, skip this one.
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