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A review by skycrane
Blacker Than Blue by Rebekah Weatherspoon
4.0
I think I liked this one even more than Better Off Red. Cleo and Benny's relationship starts out super fucked up and even abusive, to the extent that I was hoping they wouldn't get back together. I like that the writing got me to care about the characters as people, I was all but yelling at Benny to run away to China to escape her psycho ex. But of course they do get back together, and reading about them learning to forgive eachother and communicate their needs was also satisfying.
In terms of sex, this book is way kinkier than the first one, with a lot of mild-to-moderate BDSM stuff. It's written in a way that's interesting. There was a better balance between sex and drama this time also, it felt like less sex overall than in the first book. I wasn't a huge fan of the ending. It felt like this big drama kind of came out of nowhere and then was just as suddenly resolved.
In terms of sex, this book is way kinkier than the first one, with a lot of mild-to-moderate BDSM stuff. It's written in a way that's interesting. There was a better balance between sex and drama this time also, it felt like less sex overall than in the first book. I wasn't a huge fan of the ending. It felt like this big drama kind of came out of nowhere and then was just as suddenly resolved.