Her Russian Beast: 50 Loving States, New Mexico by Theodora TaylorMy rating: 1 of 5 stars
"We accept the love we think we deserve."
Had I never read those words in Perks of Being A Wallflower or been in a relationship where those words (unfortunately) applied, I'd have rated this book much lower than one star. But, here we are.
Bair and Thelxiope's story (yes, that's actually her name) was a well-crafted emotional roller coaster ride of two extremely fucked up individuals in an extremely fucked up relationship. Well, one extremely fucked up person - Bair. Thel was just a young, sad girl who couldn't figure out how to forgive herself. Bair, however, was a dangerous young man with anger issues that became a cruel, horrible man.
I still feel that Thel forgave him for the degradation he put her through far too quickly. I don't get how she thinks she's in love with him when she carried such anger for Alexei because he encouraged Bair to treat her the way he did, but it was Bair who actually did those cruel things to her. But...we accept the love we think we deserve. So, ok. Bair has a lifetime of atoning to do as far as I'm concerned. I would have liked to see them fix whatever they had between them without a child being thrown in, or...actually not end up together. Not every relationship deserves a "happy" ending. But, fine. Fine.
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