doing some organization and lmao I just realized I borrowed this from the library a few months AFTER I had already bought a physical copy from a vintage shop.

I think I skimmed a lot? Love the cover I own, though! ( )

No, thank you.
After the gang rape I kind of fast forward through reading this :/
It did start off kind of interestingly wild, childhood love, kidnapping, and drama lama but as it approached the half way point it started to drag and the last half just wasn't interesting. Our supposed hero Anthony doesn't really make an appearance, except to kidnap and then rape the heroine, he mostly hangs around waiting for the heroine to agree to marry him. Our heroine Cassie is 18-20yrs old in the story and is written fairly well, it's just that the only material she has is to react to men wanting to rape her and/or marry her. There wasn't even any wild fun shipwrecks or the heroine picking up a sword, although she does shoot hero at one point; it was lacking the wild kookiness dramatic flare that brings me back to these old bodice rippers.
This is best lost to the annuals of time. ( )

První kniha Ďáblovy dilogie.

Cass je zamilovaná do Edwarda, tajně si s ním dopisuje a spřádá sny o budoucnosti. Její vychovatelka rázně rozhodne, že je čas najít pro Cass vhodného manžela, a dívka musí bojovat jako lvice, aby si právo na lásku uhájila. Už se zdá, že má vyhráno a její štěstí je na dosah, avšak při vyjížďce na moře ji unese na svou přepychovou jachtu hrabě z Clare. Odváží Cass daleko od domova s úmyslem vzít si ji za každou cenu. ( )

Cassie and Anthony. The Devil books are probably the most well loved CC stories. While the setting is sort of unique, nothing else really is. Be prepared, it's typical 80s bodice ripper. ( )

This is not the first book I couldn't finish. However, it holds the honor of being the only one I couldn't finish because reading it made me feel physically ill. ( )