Inspired by True Real Life Events…
Lana Martin had a simple life, uncomplicated by the things that normally plagued her friends. But then terror struck and she found herself the unwilling plaything of a sexual deviant. She is forced to do many things she otherwise would have never considered, the most horrible of all being to take a deep long look at herself. What she sees scares the hell out of her, and those around her. Sex for her is quickly transformed from the mundane to a dangerous way of life. Under his control, she is forced to endure things that would have crushed most people, but somehow she managed to stay alive long enough to be rescued and return to a normal life.
Something dark is awakened inside of her, an unknown desire, an insatiable hunger for a master to use her for his pleasure. Her need for submission takes her down a winding path of pain and pleasure, as she comes to grips with her carnal lust, and her need to have it satisfied. Her captor awoke a sexual beast he hadn’t expected, and no one is prepared for Lana Martin.
Only life would never be normal again for Lana, because she came out of the ordeal with an unsettling knowledge that she had never been truly happy before. The deeply terrifying events she had endured had done something she hadn’t expected; they had awakened something dark inside of her, a lust that could only be satisfied under the protection of a black hood. She found that only in that darkness, could she truly be free from her inhibitions.
When Daniel Morrow, the man who had held her captive is released from prison, Lana’s nightmare begins again, and she fears she will never be safe again. Her life, her future now relies on one man, the man she had once dismissed as unable to satisfy her longing, her former boyfriend Sergio Marsilis. Follow along with Lana as the darkness is awakened inside of her, and then as she searches for the one thing that has always eluded her, perfect sexual freedom.
I’m not sure what is more frightening,
that this book is inspired by “true real life events” or the sloppy editing in
the last third of the book. Because I often review pre-release copies of books,
I rarely comment on the editing because I don’t always know if the copy I
received is the final version or not. But as this book has been out for several
months, I am assuming that it is the published version and would feel remiss if
I didn’t comment on the fact that the frequency of errors increased
significantly towards the end of the book – enough so that missing or
misspelled words kept pulling me out of the story. I consider myself a rather
forgiving reviewer when it comes to this because no one is perfect (myself
included), but when it interrupts my reading flow repeatedly I feel I have to
note it. That said, Lana’s Awakening
was a really good read.
If you do not enjoy dark subject
matter, do NOT read this book. If reading scenes involving abduction, sexual
assault, and physical violence bother you, do NOT read this book. If sexual
interactions involving bondage, sensory deprivation, breath play, and
humiliation bother you, do NOT read this book. However, if you are an
open-minded reader and can enjoy books with these attributes, grab yourself a
copy of Lana’s Awakening and hunker
down for an intensely dark read that will leave you questioning which monsters
were created, which monsters were unleashed, and who created whom. I use the
term “monster” in accordance with the book and not my belief that one’s sexual
proclivities marks one as a monster. While I am a firm believer of “to each his
own” in the bedroom, this does not apply to Lana’s abductor because nothing he
did was consensual. That his actions led to Lana learning more about herself is
entirely moot – the ends do not justify the means, especially as that was not
his intent.
Without giving away too many details,
Lana’s recovery after her abduction causes her to examine her reactions to what
Daniel did to her and she comes to understand that she is submissive by nature
and, although the book does not come out and say it explicitly, she is also a
masochist. While she finds safety in her post-abduction relationship with
Sergio, he is unable to give her what she truly needs. She is forced to end
their relationship so that she can find someone to meet her needs without
stringing him along. Her second relationship with he who will not be named in
this review fulfills her newly discovered needs and Lana begins to plan long-term.
But when a truly unexpected twist is revealed – one that had me yelling WTF? at
my Kindle – Lana finds her world turned upside down and she is left once again
struggling to find her way in the world.
As I stated before, Lana’s Awakening is an extremely intense
read that is not for the faint of heart. Lana’s experience is horrific, made
even more so by the fact that it was inspired by real events. The consensual
sex scenes are dark, graphic, and erotic and the nonconsensual sex scenes left
me crossing my legs, cringing, and thanking the universe it wasn’t me on the
receiving end of them. I found the transformations that Lana and some of the
other characters undergo absolutely fascinating. But I had a huge problem with
the speed with which Daniel was released from prison; I get that this is a work
of fiction but that the reader is expected to accept that the events transpired
in the course of a single day requires a tad too much suspension of belief on
my part because the criminal justice system does not work that fast. Despite
that minor issue, I appreciated the opportunity to accompany Lana on her
journey and I found the ending of the book unbelievable satisfying.
“What
do you want more than anything else?” he asked.
She
didn’t have to think about that one; she knew the answer before he asked it, in
the bath earlier, on the chair in front of Sergio. There was only one thing she
wanted, and while she had only recently been able to come to grips with it,
somehow she knew she had wanted it all along. She looked back over her shoulder
at him and said the truest thing she could remember ever saying in her life.
“I
want you to do any and every thing you want to do, without ever asking that
question again.”He lowered her until her feet were back on the ground below
her, removing his hands from her, and walked around the bench to face her
suspended upturned face. Her eyes followed him as he walked, leaning back to
watch his face as he approached her again. He was looking behind her, but this
time it wasn’t to keep her from seeing his face; he was looking up and down the
street to make sure no one had come up behind them. Convinced they were alone,
he looked down at her, his eyes locking with hers. Surely, he could see the
seriousness in her eyes. She did her best to hold his gaze, the one she had
often seen as kind, but was now becoming something different, a truer level of
kindness, one which reached past her outer weakness and found the strength
inside.
“That’s
easy enough to say,” he said, his eyes seemingly searching hers, searching for
any hint of regret, for anything resembling weakness. Completely understanding
the difference between submission and weakness, Lana smiled.
“So
is ‘stop,’ but you will never hear me say it.”
He
held her gaze a few seconds longer, then seemingly convinced, stepped forward,
unzipping his pants. When he pulled his dick from his pants, she had her mouth
open waiting for him. He lowered his pants far enough to keep the buckle of his
belt and the zipper from his pants from coming into contact with her face, then
gently holding the sides of her head, pushed his dick into her mouth. Lana felt
it pause momentarily at the back of her mouth before sliding in deeper. Her
uplifted head created a straight line from her mouth into her throat, and
though there was some resistance, he had no real trouble getting its entire
length inside her mouth. She held no delusion that any prolonged pressure of
this nature would turn discomfort into actual pain, but it didn’t matter; she
was where she wanted to be, completely vulnerable but in complete control. He
held her head in place and fucked her mouth, gentler than she might have
thought, but firmly, his pace quickening. His anticipation had been extreme and
it was not long until she felt the head of his dick swelling against her
tonsils.
He
pulled his dick backward, stopping when only the tip remained inside her mouth,
and then as a loud grunt came from his mouth, she felt the hot release explode
inside her mouth, easily filling it with his salty cum.
He
pushed forward some, now stopping at the back of her mouth, forcing some of the
sticky mess into her throat, while causing some to escape and run down the
corners of her mouth. She felt it as it dripped from her chin, while more found
its way down her throat into the pit of her stomach, its warmth easily
recognizable inside her. He milked the last of it into her waiting mouth before
pulling his dick back out into the night air. She tilted her head backwards,
swallowing as much as she could, the remainder slipping out of her mouth as she
looked up at him and opened her mouth. With his hot jizz on her chin and lips,
she looked up at him, whispering the most sincere thing in her heart.
“Thank
you,” she said.
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