Mercy's an innocent, pure and wholesome, yet tainted by her past. Alone, each of them were broken, shattered souls. There's no weak female lead here who needed a man to save her. Mercy is strong, independent, willful, and just so incredibly sure of herself. She is a kick-ass woman, strong and free, who gave everything to love a man stronger than herself, but who was also her equal.įor a brief moment in time, I was swept into another world and shared a sliver of a moment with these two incredible characters. He twists them and wrings from his characters, something we all hope we could become, but would never dare, because that pain would be too raw. Lucian Bane does not write in the usual romantic tropes. A hope for more.Īnd here is where Mercy comes in. His self-loathing rose from the page, but so did a wish for something….else.
His self-destructive tendencies were hell bent on ruining his life, but man, how he fought. He stood tall and proud, and burned with a brilliance I found daunting at times. The story of MERCY gave the surprise of a strong, dominant male lead with so many cracks and scars, I couldn't see how Sade held himself together. Lucian Bane hit it out of the park on both these counts…far, far, out of the park…
And it's in a storyline that takes me on an unexpected journey, challenging my assumptions of where I thought I might go. Their strengths, weaknesses, and their staggering flaws. For me it is the rawness expressed in the characters. Now for my thoughts…What makes a story interesting, fun, memorable, and just plain engaging on an emotional gut level differs for us all. It was impossible not to become invested in the lives of Sade and Mercy. It's been awhile since I've read a book where an author made me physically feel, but Lucian Bane paints in words a world so vivid it leaps off the page. I won and I received a gift copy of MERCY. My desire to write a review is by my choice alone and was not requested by the author.
WOW…a delicious, whirlwind of rioting emotions! A one-sitting, page-turner to the end…įirst a little background… I’d been reading teasers on Lucian Bane's Facebook page, reading snippets here and there. I played this game to pick Sade's favorite song.
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