Claiming Catherine: Montana Maiden
Series, Book 1
Written by: Vanessa Vale
Narrated by: Lauren Sweet, Brian L.
Hunter
Length: 3 hrs and 43 mins
Series: Montana Maiden, Book 1
Unabridged Audiobook
Release Date:03-20-15
Publisher: ABCD Graphics and Design,
Inc.
My Review
I do not even know where to
begin I am still in shock. I know in this time frame women didn’t have a lot of
say about issues. I have a hard time believing that every man in a town
including the preacher and doctor would agree to this life style. I had no idea
that this was an Erotica read I
guess had I went to Amazon and not Audible to read the description I would have
know this before signing up to review it. As with most Erotica reads there is
very little story and I do not mind sex but I really would like a story with it
which this book has very little of. When the preacher asked if they wanted him
to cork her, my mouth fell open. I have a hard time believing a man of God
would do this to an innocent or any women. The next place I have a hard time
believing is when he thought it was ok for his brothers to see her with no
clothes on or even touch her in private places. Had I been this women and got branded
a harlot for undoing a confining button on her blouse (which would be correct
in this time period) and then walked into a marriage of this kind I would have
run for the hills never to have returned. I know they had BDSM very early in
history but as a mail order bride that is an innocent and all the man in town are
doing this I have a hard time buying that.
Dom/Sub relationships are
based on trust this story was not. First they have to drug their wives up their
butts with corks and plugs to even get them in the mood to do the deed whenever
the husband wants. Then they have to keep them drugged for the rest of their
lives so they can do the deed whenever and wherever they want to with whatever
people might be around. There is no trust this is all about control and getting
all they can get whenever they want by drugging the women to make them sick so
she would understand that she needed to take her meds like a girl little girl. His
reply is I am only doing what is right for you to keep you safe and healthy I
am only thinking of you. I found very little romance in this story. I will give
the author credit for turning around Jake at the end to wanting to make his
wife happy in return making him happy with what he wanted. The one thing about a story is if it is
believable and the author makes you buy into it. This story is not believable
yes it is fiction but it is not believable.
Narration by Lauren Sweet, Brian L. Hunter was
really good they put emotion into the read. You felt Catherine pain, embarrassment,
her sorrow and so much more. You felt how controlling each man were and the
thrills they were getting from treating women like trash, from embarrassing
them and making them feel lower than life. There are not any background noises
or interruption just a clear listen with lots of emotions. You have no trouble
knowing what each character is going through. The different character voices were
good. I would have liked it better had the women been done by Ms. Sweet and the
male by Mr. Hunter in no way does it take away from the listen. All in all these narrators did an outstanding
job. I given them 5 stars and feel they deserve this after narrating this
story.
I am so sorry this story has a pretty good plot but not much
of a story. The only thing I got out of this story are the men are controlling
and get off on the thrills of from treating women like trash, from embarrassing
them and making them feel lower than life along with degrading them. Yes I will
agree some of this went on all through history but a WHOLE town? This is what
we know as abuse to demean, embarrass, control and put down. If it
had not been every man in town even the preacher and doctor I would have bought
into this story. Book 2 in this series
does sound like a great read and I am hoping it will be a little better than
this one maybe have a story with it. I have promise to review both books and
will do so with an open mind as long as there is a story with the sex. I just
cannot buy into a whole town going along with this. If it had more of a story
and not just the deed of control and the means they gain that control I could
go along with the rest of it. I really
hate to give a bad review and do not take on a book I feel I can’t give at
least a 3 or above. I wish I could in this case. I know there will be people
who will love this story. It will be right up their ally and that is great but sadly
I am just not one of them.
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