***This is a story of perseverance,
trying to overcome the transgressions others inflict upon you, it’s a story of
love gone wrong and obsession gone mad. This book contains raw and graphic sex,
obscene language, violence, torture, rape, assault, none of which is limited to
persons over the age of consent. This book is intended for MATURE AUDIENCE
MEMBERS ONLY, and NOT intended for the weak at heart, nor persons with triggers
related to child assault, rape or abuse.***
A beautiful, enchanting story of
love, happiness—*Record needle scratches across vinyl*
I'm just fucking with you. Love,
happiness, and fairy tales… Yeah, they don't live here anymore.
The only things residing amongst
these thin and baren walls are Dominance, submission, and twisted fucking
obsession.
Stella gets knocked down over and over throughout her life… Though she is bloodied and
battered she stands back up every single time, smirks and nods before
asking, "That all you got?".
Wesley has shoved his way through
the rich life with both middle fingers up. He's also shoved his way through
half of the socialite population, but all that vanilla has left him a starved
man.
He knows he can't keep his Dom fed with kinky little masochistic
vanilla's anymore.
On his mission to find the perfect sub, Wesley stumbles across a
broken, shattered angel, only to find when she comes up swinging, that this
little angel knows how to fight.
He wants to be the one who breaks
her…
But it's not a question of who
breaks her, the question is who destroys her.
Before I even start
my review please if you didn’t pay attention to the warning the author posted
please do so because this book is dark, disturbing and painful to read at times
due to the subject matter.
Stella, shit girl, the hell you went through, the pain you
suffered would have broken a typical person, hell I will be the first to admit it
would have broken me a long time ago.
Stella is sarcastic, bitchy, loving to those she allows in, but what
thing she isn’t is broken. Her past is
horrific but she pulls herself up from that and she does it fighting. She keeps her walls up as a defense, but once
you break those walls down, you see not just the pain that she survived but the
soft that never really went hard but only few see.
Wesley, Wesley, Wesley.
Man I will admit I thought at first I would totally hate you, your
attitude and your approach with Stella, but instead of hating you I loved
you. Even when you fucked up, I loved
you. I knew it was you who would heal
and destroy her at the same time, and you did my man you did. But in the end you are the one who ends up
destroyed and I cried like a baby feeling your pain.
What can I say beyond. Holy. Fucking. Shit. This book completely
blew me away. In my warning above I
stated that this book is dark, disturbing and painful to read at times, but
that is the biggest understatement of the year.
I was sucked in from the start, even when I would cry or literally feel
like throwing up because I would get so upset I couldn’t put it down. This is not an easy read, it is not by any
means a happy read and the ending not just destroys the characters in the book
but it destroys you. I knew going into That Which Destroys Me that it was going
to be one that would fuck with my mind.
And fuck with my mind it did.
Normally typing up a review isn’t that hard for me when I loved a book,
but I have sat here for an hour trying to find the words to even do this book
justice and have my emotions come across correctly. Even now I know that these words aren’t enough,
that the only way to truly appreciate the pain of this book is to read it. If you are looking for a HEA well then move
along because you won’t find it here, but what you will find is a dark, painful
story that in it’s own way is beautiful even with the pain.
I only recently became a fan of Kimber S. Dawn when I read
her first book A Woman Gone Mad, I
reviewed it as well, and knew I would connect with her. With That
Which Destroys Me, I am now a fan for life.
Please, if you are a fan of dark romances add this book to your TBR list
you will not be disappointed but be prepared because what you read will stay
with you, it will haunt you, and it will make you pray that you are never
destroyed.
Author bio:
Who is Kimber? Shit, sometimes even
I don't know, lmao. However if I had to type up an author bio (which, son of a
bitch, I do) this is how it would read. BTW, caught a lot of shit for this
author bio. Really don't give a fuck though, because I was asked to type up a
bio. And if I can only say one thing for certain about myself, it's this: I'm
real, I don't back down from what I believe, I say what I mean, and I mean what
I say. I don't bite my tongue and I never try to hide the ugly parts of who I
am... You either love me or hate me, but if you love me... I'll always be
loyal, no fucking matter what ;)
I can be called a billon different
things—daughter, wife, mother, labor unit nurse. I sell pussy on the side.
*Coughs* That would be Persian kittens, thank you…you dirty-minded scoundrel.
I'm a book blogger, book pimp, and a book whore. My two indulgences are my
Jack’s in life…Jack Daniel’s and Blackjack. My biggest dream, the day I'll
acknowledge that I've succeeded in life and can I die a happy woman, is the day
I get to go two stark-naked hour-round sexual bouts with Jason Statham. *Sighs*
I was born and raised in Louisiana…
and No, I do NOT live in a bayou, I actually see the beaches on the gulf coast
more than I see a bayou, lol. I started writing poems and short stories very
early in my life. You know, for the Michaels and Leos and Nicks in my life.
I've been a book hoarder since I was eleven years old, but then a couple years
ago something wonderful happened! The 50 Shades of Grey craze brought to life
my inner smut whore and I commenced to read anything and everything smut
affiliated. When reading wasn't enough anymore and I noticed that so many of
the authors of my favorite indie authors and their books weren't getting the
exposure their work deserved, I turned it into a mission, starting my own blog,
buying their books and reading them one by one. I then wrote my reviews for my
blog and didn't hold back in writing them (Hell yeah those motherfuckers a
profanity laden). I've never done a single thing in my life halfway. I always
go all in. After the success of my Blog, and the insistence of one of my
bestest friends, my sister from another mister, Trina Taylor of Bad & Dirty
Books, I was ready to finally take the plunge and see if I could write a book
that was worth a damn. I'm a Southern girl to my core, a self-proclaimed smut
whore, and I keep hearing that I’m an author, but honestly… I don’t believe the
rumors, lol. I don’t feel like a kickass bitch spittin’ out lyrics, or stories,
like a motherfuckin’ rockstar.
Tattooed across my ribs are the
words I have always lived by: 'Aut viam inveniam aut faciam tibi.' Latin for:
If I cannot find a way, I will make my own.
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