I think that the reader can discover the complex characters and their motivations throughout the whole novel. I am incredibly fond of the FMC who came into her own through the story and embraced the dark feminine traits I love to see in a female character.

Interessante la parte riguardante i maghi e come i loro poteri si differenziano, ma soprattutto la figura della donna, che nel cercare di proteggerla viene rinchiusa per tutta la vita al buio. In Bend Her, they keep referencing previous events but their opinion about the event changes throughout the book. He perfectly captured Rhaim’s dark, alpha, touch her and you die sides as well as the fact that despite his fears he finds himself falling for Lisane. Sadly it is a trilogy so be prepared to be drawn in where you are counting the days until the next one.So when Lisane is dumped on him, he knows his days are numbered because she’s the woman from his vision. Some men see snowy peaks or waterfalls, others bucking horses, and some lucky few see themselves with old and wrinkled hands, passing peacefully in their sleep. This story weaves elements of the original tale within an entirely new plot, adding a dark romance dynamic between the protagonists that is sure to appeal to fans of spicy books. Her life gets turned upside down when she wakes up in Rhaim's dungeon, with no recollection of how she got there and no idea whose home she's in. Alone and afraid the young Lisane most learn how to deal with the castles dark brooding beast Rhaim a dark and powerful mage who has seen a vision of his death and it will be the beautiful princess Lisane who will be his destruction.

Your mind is telling you to punch him while your heart (and body) is telling you to just say "yes sir". And so, when a group of soldiers brought a bound and drugged woman to my doorstep, to bribe me to fight in their war, and pulled the bag off of her head and I saw her there—the woman from the vision at my Ascension, and who has haunted my dreams ever since—I knew it was the beginning of my end. Written in dual POV, this story was clearly intended to be a BDSM retelling of Beauty and the Beast. Beauty and the Beast retellings will never go out of style, and BEND HER is definitely in my list of favorites.

One of my favorites elements is how protective Rhaim is of Lisane, he gives off total "touch her and I'll kill you" vibes! Bend Her is a retelling of Beauty and the Beast, and it’s so fresh and imaginative, I don’t even know how to explain.

What seems to be a predictable story lost its predictability when there’s a war ragging against The Deathless and whole dynamic between the characters presented as Dom/sub.

I liked the idea of him knowing that she would end up being his demise and the reasoning for that aspect of this world. this situation brings on tropes such as forced proximity, enemies to lovers, and there are dom/sub kinks. But we hit the ground running entirely too hard for me to really believe from the beginning that the MMC would be able to transform into a person I was able to like - especially with the number of pages the author had to make it happen.