Dimitri must fight his way across the Europe to find her and bring her home. He would rather see the world burn than live without her in it.
He will tear the world apart looking for his little dove.
This is a tragic story exploring the consequences of daring to love in the midst of chaos and terror.
****As with The Beast, this book contains graphic depictions of physical abuse, rough sex and dubious consent. It may contain triggers for several different reasons, so please read with caution. That being said, it is also a book filled with hope, love and light in the dark
“We have to go,” he told her and pulled her up. He helped her slide the gloves over her bloodied hands and said, “We can discuss the philosophy of murder on the plane, but for now we have to make sure we get out of here.”
She reached for him, pulled his head down for a savage kiss. She surprisedhim with the strength she had at the moment, clinging to him and inserting herself into his mouth, trying to take claim of it.
He resisted, pulled her arms down and pinned them behind her back in a grim similarity to how he’d bound the dead man. He twisted them until she whimpered and gave in, allowing him to control the kiss, and her body.
“I want to fuck you,” he said against her lips, “I want to plunge into you and drive my cock so far in your cunt you can’t remember your own name.”
She moaned and started to pant, her breath coming in short, shallow gasps. She tiled herself against him, letting him know she was ready to fuck, she wanted it.
Logic took over and he said, “I want to, but we can’t. We have to go.”
He pushed her away and released her hands, turned and walked away. He heard her scramble to follow him and smiled to himself. He couldn’t wait to get her on the plane and fuck her after everything they’d done tonight.
And he couldn’t wait to feel her struggle against him after leaving her like that. She was a wildcat, and just crazy enough to be the best he’d ever had.
He wouldn’t change a thing in the world, and once again thanked fate or the gods that had brought them together.
“Scars are not a disfigurement, they are a sign telling the world that you fucking survived whatever it was that tried to kill you.”
Rough, hard, violent, threesomes, loving, sweet. I’m surprised the pages didn’t catch on fire with the sex
“I am not jealous because you are mine…as I am not jealous for the night sky taking the sun, or the clouds from hiding the moon…I know in my heart, in my head, and in my soul that you are mine and I do not need to prove it. I am not some young stallion who has to fight for dominance in his herd. I am the dominant one, as surely as the sun will return and the moon will shine again, you are mine and mine alone. Don’t you ever forget that.”
“We weren’t living, we were just surviving. Limping along with half our heart.”
“You belong to me now; in the end you will find your freedom through this ownership. In losing the ability to make your own decisions, in knowing that every single day that I choose to let you live might possibly be your last…in giving yourself to me completely, you will be free to heal yourself and see yourself whole. I am going to take the broken parts of you and mend them back together. I will do this for you if you give yourself to me.”
Woah!
I finished this book 2 days ago, and am only now getting my bearings back to write this review, might I add, I have sat here for over an hour trying to make sense of my ravings about this book.
Due to the dark nature of this book and the fact it has been banned in the past, This book comes with a warning from Jaden, one you should read before picking up the book.
★☆ WARNING ☆★
This is a classified as a dark erotic novel. It deals with some pretty heavy themes. It may trigger those who have experience sexual abuse, rape, violence, basically a shitty childhood or life in general. I must be kind of messed in the head, because I thought it was a touching story full of amazing imagery and people with hearts that continue to beat and seek the beauty in the world in spite of life grinding them into nothingness. Apparently some early reviewers have found mainly the darker elements, so consider this your warning, for what it’s worth. This is not a fairy tale, this is what happens when the music ends and life goes on after the credits roll. This is about simply existing until you find yourself and write your own happily ever after, no matter what form it takes.
Now, with that being said, let’s move on.
No stranger from violence, Dimitri endures abuse from his father through childhood, finally having enough at the age of 12 years old, he takes a step into the line of violence, lies, and murder, and he started it all off with murdering his father. Homeless and running the streets, hee was brought into the Russian Mafia, Bravata by Sergei, his once trusted mentor, and he quickly climbed his way up the ranks, earning himself the title, The Enforcer.
Within the walls of the Bravata, the rumors circulated that Dimitri was trying to take over, Sergei attempted to take him out, but fails, sending Dimitri into hiding to heal and plot his revenge.
It was worth waiting for. Sergei had many vulnerable spots; it was just a matter of deciding which one would hurt the most when hit.
Columbia, also not a stranger to an abusive life. Her mother is never around, leaving her with her alcoholic and abusive stepfather and a sister she is determined to protect at all costs.
Columbia is a cutter. She cuts to free herself from her life, free herself to feel in control of herself.
“The entire experience had an otherworldly feel and for the first time in months she felt in control of her environment.”
While trying to save her community from a huge development, and to impress a guy, Columbia, and her activist’s group decide the best course is to take things head on, to sneak into the penthouse of the man responsible for it all and demand some answers. Little did she realize, she was volunteering to go into the lair of a beast.
Dimitri, paranoid that everyone is out to get him, instantly views her as a threat, as someone who is sent to finally end him. He stops at nothing to get answers as to who sent her, slapping, punching and near choking her to death, Columbia fights back, determined to make him believe her, determined to survive.
When he finally believes her, he realizes he can’t let her leave. Ever.
“I have decided that you will stay with me. I have never had a pet, but I think I will make an exception for a girl like you.”
Things move really fast and before you know it, Columbia gives in to her attraction and these two are so intensely in need of each other, body and heart, finding each other’s imperfections to be beautiful, finding that their needs, wants and desires of pain and domination were their “normal.” A twisted and yet very sexy kind of insta-love.
“I am inside of you, I have your life in my hands. I could close my hand and break your neck, but I don’t… I pleasure you instead. I bring you pleasure, I bring you life. Never forget that.”
I know you all want to know, what about the sex? Extreme!
Dimitri’s raw need to totally dominate and own Columbia is matched by her desires to be claimed by her beast in such panty-singeing details I found myself trying to read faster just to speed it up and get the release I was begging for from their intense connection.
“They came together, pain and blood and sweat and tears a testament to the bond they were forging in that moment. Something deeper than love, something bigger than either of them, and something so far beyond the realm of normal that it was almost mythical.”
There is no in between for this book, it’s Intense! Either you have incredible mind-blowing orgasmic highs, or you are left sitting there with your heart made into a smoothie courtesy of Jaden 😉
If you are a lover of the dark, twisted and, pain induced mind shattering orgasms, this is one to add to the TRB list, along with its follow-up, Perfectly Normal
“Don’t ever apologize for loving me so hard that it hurts. Every time you take me to the edge of death, and let me live, I know I am your truest love. I know you would die without me, and I cherish that with every beat of my heart.”
Two twisted and imperfect beings must adjust to their new lives together while avoiding detection from authorities and an international crime ring.
About Jaden Wilkes;
Humour, wit, intelligence, good looks, a nine inch…wait a minute. 😀 I do of course, but I refuse to admit to any of the dark aspects. In reality I’m a fairly good natured person with a cherubic face and a mean streak that I hide rather well. So, I guess like all my characters.
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Whoa!
“I know I’m an asshole. I get it. Most of you are probably hitting close on your kindle app right now, but hang in there. I might be a piece of shit but it makes for a good read. I guarantee I’ll have your cunt dripping by the time you finish our crazy fucking ride.”
Mrs. Wilkes has captivated me.
The Beast by Jalen Wilkes was recently banned from Amazon. From what I am seeing it was for reasons along the lines of the book “glorifying rape or sexual abuse”.
So yes, this is considered a “dark erotic romance,” and yes, there are some horrible things discussed in the course of the story.I think most people got it though, that it’s not glorifying abuse or rape, it’s glorifying surviving these events.
It’s about letting people know that even if you have been abused, or raped, or gone through sexual trauma…you are still allowed to enjoy dirty sex.
You were raped and still love being held down and fucked hard? There’s nothing wrong with that. It doesn’t mean you are broken or messed in the head or deserved to be raped the first time.
You were molested and enjoy Daddy role playing? Don’t let anyone tell you that you are sick, or a freak, or that the events in your past are controlling you.
If you have been damaged somehow, survived it, and continue to thrive…this is your story. Your sexuality is about you, not about what happened to you…it is all you. Enjoy your kink, enjoy your smut, and never let anyone tell you that you need to be healed if you like it a little more crooked then the norm.
Define your own normal, and write yourself that happily ever after.
Dimitri Sokolov is a man scarred, physically and emotionally. From the rough streets of Moscow to the highest ranks in the Solntsevskaya Bratva, he has seen it all. An attack four years ago left him disfigured and in seclusion, hiding from reactions to his appearance and in safety from those who failed to kill him the first time.
Comfortable in his penthouse, managing his billion dollar businesses, he’s resigned himself to be alone, simply called The Beast among those who’ve dealt with him in the past.
Columbia Grey is a pseudo-activist trying to save her neighbourhood from a developer intent on levelling it to build apartment towers. She goes along with a plan to confront the CEO of the company on his own turf, to force him to listen to her demands…all in a pathetic attempt to impress a man she barely likes.
Little does she know, she’s taken herself into the mouth of the beast, a man familiar with death and destruction, sex and seduction, a man used to getting exactly what he wants and a man with nothing left to lose.
She’s a beauty, but will that be enough to tame the beast and save her life?
