Customer Reviews

The Wanton

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This is absolutely the worst romance novel I have ever read. While reading I felt as if I had somehow gotten hold of a first draft, one that had NEVER seen an editor! The relationships in this book are bizarre, things are never fully explained (who is Jesse? was Trista ever really married to this Amerson guy officially? If so, why wouldn't he help her? What happens to Trista's inheritance? What is the deal with this swamp woman?) and you have no opportunity to care at all about the characters. Also, the ITALICS! At least 20 italicized words on every page! The heroine is tortured throughout the book, repeatedly raped, abused and degraded, and no one is made to answer for the crimes. The "love interest" Blaze, is more of a "lust interest" as every time the two main characters are together all they do is have brutal, graphic sex, never sharing a meaningful conversation, and yet they are "in love" at the end of the book. Most disturbing is that when the "hero" Blaze finds out about the atrocities committed against Trista, he does nothing, and rapes her again. This is a sick and disturbing book. I don't know that I will ever read Rosemary Rogers again, though I have enjoyed her books in the past. This one goes right to the second hand book store. PS: if Trista attempts to hit Blaze, but he "brutally captures her wrists in his hands" ONE time , this same scene happens 20 times! God, what an awful book! Also, the plot description above is totally wrong. Trista never joins a wagon train, she moves to Paris! Blaze isn't a cowboy, he is a Civil War correspondent!

If this were the first Rosemary Rogers book I had ever read, I would never read another one. This morbid book is terribly degrading to women, and the incidents that occur in it are beyond digusting! I am normally a fast reader, but this relatively small book took me four days to complete. It was not detailed enough to hold my interest,and the characters never did come to life for me. I often found myself having to read and re-read whole paragraphs just to try to understand their meaning. Sometimes I found myself thinking about other things while I was reading it - like "Did the trash get taken out tonight?" I nearly drove my family and friends insane with my complaining about whether or not I would EVER be able to finish it. The whole book was nothing but a series of trials and tribulations. The ONLY reason I was determined to finish it was to see if this poor heroine survived the atrocities done to her. Even the ending was unsatisfactory - a relatively "happy" ending, but too vague and far to abrupt. It might have been better if some of the devastating tortures the heroine experienced had gradually been dealt with. I got the impression that Ms. Rogers just got too depressed with writing the content of the book and decided just to end it. The first Rosemary Rogers book I ever read was Sweet Savage Love - that book I have kept and enjoyed re-reading for years. Wanton hit the trash can as soon as I finished reading it. Literally! It is definitely NOT a romance. This books depicts the heroine's life as "a living Hell." The only excuse I can see for the publisher putting this book on the market is because of the draw of an established author's name. That, or Ms. Rogers just didn't have anything better in the works to submit in time for her deadline. If there were a rating on here LESS than 1, I would have used it. I can not, in good concience, recommend this book to anyone; unless, of course, they thrive on the darker, seamier, side of life.

Read the editorial reviews for the book description...

I am just about the most politically incorrect person I know... I tell you I love a good man-handling read. {The kind of stuff that would outrage the politically correct women of today. All of them.} I'm talking about the kind of reads to where the hero will taking nothing less than a yes for an answer from his intended lady love. And then goes about getting that yes by any and all means necessary through out the novel.


With that said, I tensely disliked this novel... This was by far the worst novel I have ever read and actually completed. Rogers heaped way too much abuse on the female main character. She goes through so much {which includes beatings and being raped at the hands of evil stepbrother and of course her own husband. Oh did I mention the gang rape?!}

I was actually hoping for a happy ending for her, which Rogers refused to give. This book ended so badly that I tossed the book in the trash. I would have given it away but I didn't want anyone to know that I had read something that bad.

I wrote this review not to tell you about the book but to tell you don't waste your time...

I love romance novels, in particular historical novels but I hated this one. I have read Rosemary Rogers other books and enjoyed them but I have to say I really did not like this book. There was way too much violence and the characters were sketchily drawn. I didn't care what happened in the end because the characaters were awful individuals! I also found the plot difficult to follow (maybe that was just me!).

I am a huge fan of Rosemary Rogers but I have to admit when I read this book I was in shock. I couldn't believe that Rosemary Rogers wrote it. Well, guess what? She didn't. Rosemary Rogers had a mental break down in the middle of the first draft of this book and a member of her family finished it. I hope this explains a lot to her fans.

What was Rosemary Rogers thinking when she wrote this book. It is soooooooooo bad.

I guess I am in the minority, but I enjoyed this novel immensely. If you cannot take those sappy love stories, then try this one. It is different, harsh and a bit shocking, but still a keeper. I purchased my first copy more than 20 years ago and guess what.....I 'still' have it!!

Unfortunately I read this book when I was about 14 years old.I had just started reading in this genre and it was a quite a shock for me.Rape and brutality at the hands of the anti-hero was something I could have done without.This was the first violent rape romance novel I had read.Rosemary Rogers let me know that romance heroes weren't all chivalrous and gentlemanly,up to that point I'd mostly read harlequin and mills and boon so that in part accounts for my shock.Silly me, I went on to read Surrender to Love and Sweet,Savage love by Rogers believing they would not be more of the same torture alas I was proven wrong.Now I can't read any other Rosemary Rogers novel.I have owned the Tea Planter's bride for some years now but I just can't work up the nerve to read it.

If the the copy I had didn't belong to the library I would have thrown this book in the trash were it belongs! I can't believe this book was ever published it's not just horrible but atrocious! I'm glad this book is out of print. Please, please, please don't waste you time and money on this monstrosity!

WHAT A HOT MESS!!! I could barely get through this trash & when I finished that is where the book ended -- in the trash. Wasn't worthy of a second hand book store. No one else should be subjected to this & if I could give it no stars, that would still be too high of a rating.