The only part of this book I enjoyed was the last chapter & I only got that far because I wanted to know the little twist at the end.

And I'm kind of mad about that because the overall concept of this was very intriguing and I was poised to love it based on the concept alone (also full of art history factoids that I loved) but the erotic scenes were an absolute nightmare to read.

Here are some of my least favorite quotes I read:

"No man had ever taken her in that orifice before." For what reason did we use the word orifice? Other variations include: "aching orifice" and "devouring orifice"

"A spurt of his seed hit her cervix and she orgasmed suddenly from the incredible force and heat of it." Absolutely not.

"Her sex felt like an open wound, the tissue wet and raw and pried apart." 🥴

"...his hot spurts filling her bowels." Actually "spurts of semen" shows up a few times.



... I wasn't mad at the boot worshiping though and for that I blame Manson in The Dare.