The Last Girl by Kitty Thomas Review

Title: The Last Girl

Author: Kitty Thomas

Kindle Edition

Amount of Pages: 114 pages

Release Date: Febuary 12, 2012

Publisher: Burlesque Press

Meant for: Adults

Source: Amazon

Summary: Six years ago strangers broke into Juliette’s house; she was home alone and only thirteen. She kept her eyes closed, praying that if she didn’t see anything, she wouldn’t be killed. No one harmed her. In fact, one of the thieves protected her. Now Juliette’s dreams are haunted by him.

Christian has waited to take her, resisting the urge each night. It always ends badly with human pets. They’re too fragile. The longer he can wait, the better, because the moment he takes her, the clock on her life starts ticking down.

Then she’ll be gone forever.
My Review:

I was so excited to get this book after reading Guilty Pleasures and The Aution by Kitty Thomas, both of which I gave 5 stars. I thought it was going to have the same feel that the other books had but unfortunately it wasn't anything of what I expected it to be.

I'm not really sure how I feel about this. I have never been disturbed while reading something that is erotica. Kitty Thomas you actually managed to disturb me, and I don't know whether or not that is a good or bad thing. I'm not sure I should have rated it 1 or 5 stars. While the things that Christian puts Juliette through are horrible, I can't help but feel that is the intention and I felt Kitty captured the emotion's anyone would feel in this kind of situation with Juliette.

Characters:

I thought Christian was cruel, and in mind that I was reading an erotica, he repelled me from ever being attracted to him. Which I think is a no-no if you're writing that sort of book. I didn't really find anything about him redeeming as Juliette did, and found that at times I just wanted Juliette to get up the nerve to kill him so that she could free herself from such abuse.

Juliette at sometimes, I thought was delusional because she stayed with Christian. She let herself be totured, and cared more about him than she did herself.

Relationships:

I thought that Christian and Juliette's relationship was really disfunctional. One minute Christian was hurting her and the next he was warning her not to be with him. Meanwhile if he really felt that way, he would have released her the first chance he got. But he prolonged the pain and made Juliette question herself and her morals.

Ramblings:

While reading I felt very uncomfortable, I found I couldn't even read the book while surrounded by other people because I thought they would lean over my shoulder at any moment and read what I was reading.

The Last Girl kind of makes me apprahensive to reading her other books that I have, Comfort Foods, and Tender Mercies. I can only hope they are better than this, and more like the other things I have read by her.

End Thoughts:

Would I reccomend this ebook to everyone? No. Would I suggest this to those who are into erotica? Maybe. Everyone has different preferences, and this just happened not to be one of mine. I can never undermine Thomas' writing skill, and found that even though I did not appreciate the themes current within this work, I love the way she pieced everything together, and created the imagery the way she did.

I give The Last Girl, 3/5 stars.