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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Good Solid Fare, 26 April 2005
Belladonna is an enthralling book - the protagonist is kidnapped and sold as a slave to a man known only as His Lordship, with whom she is trapped for many years. After her escape, she slowly recovers and becomes La Belladonna, maitresse of the most exclusive club in the world, where she is sure one of her captors will gravitate, and her plans for revenge can begin.A fansatical storyline, to be sure. And yet somehow it works. To those of you who are fans of Dominance/submission erotica...this is not the same genre. The books' pace is sedate, and the flipping between present day and Belladonna's past is something the reader will find either compelling or irritating. Personally I enjoyed it, moreso on my second read. Belladonna is the kind of book you must go into knowing that eventually all will be explained, and be happy not knowing every fact beforehand, in a nice, neat, linear way. Complaints I have heard about this book is the steady pace until about three quarters through, then a rushed and unsatisfactory ending. I didn't find this at all bad. The pace of the plot picks up until the characters' rushing toward the end is mirrored in the plot's pace, the idea of it all just beginning to spiral out of control. Belladonna is a book you will either find readable or hideous. It's not a book which inspires deep thought on the nature of Man, nor does it answer, or indeed pose, deep philosophical questions. It's a "holiday read" that doesn't require a hell of a lot of thought processes, which to me is great. High philosophy and deep thinking are all very well, but it's nice to maintain the balance with something lighter. The book is unpretentious and well written, and great for those afternoons where you just want to sit with a book and while the day away. Well recommended for those who know that not every detail has to make sense, and who don't mind a little suspension of disbelief, either!
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