"maybe her being nice to him because he was paying her wasn't some sort of fiendish womanly trick, or that possibly that affection was, oh, not earned?"
*twitch*
Did it really go the "you were my mistress and I happily paid you, but now that you no longer shower me with affection because I was paying you to, obviously you are an evil manipulative money grabbing witch" route? (And I may just be bitter at 19 out of 20 mistresses in romance novels automatically being eeevvviiillll here...)
But you know...I think I mentally ran away at the title.
You know, the actual CONCEPT sounds interesting: Courtesan saves up money to set herself up, says "later" to the guy, and goes off to live her own life. Guy realizes(I assume) he actually loves her, and sets out to win her for real. Hijinks ensue. And yet...it sounds like the execution is straight out of 80s romance novels. (Of course, what do I know? Before I watched Gundam Wing, I read about the actual Heero/Relena and thought the actual elements sounded like an interesting take on the pairing type...and then I actually watched it.)
But you know...it sounds like the author went the "they had consentual sex before, so it doesn't count as rape" route(which, you know, is the excuse for a lot of date rape...)
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*twitch*
Did it really go the "you were my mistress and I happily paid you, but now that you no longer shower me with affection because I was paying you to, obviously you are an evil manipulative money grabbing witch" route? (And I may just be bitter at 19 out of 20 mistresses in romance novels automatically being eeevvviiillll here...)
But you know...I think I mentally ran away at the title.
You know, the actual CONCEPT sounds interesting: Courtesan saves up money to set herself up, says "later" to the guy, and goes off to live her own life. Guy realizes(I assume) he actually loves her, and sets out to win her for real. Hijinks ensue. And yet...it sounds like the execution is straight out of 80s romance novels. (Of course, what do I know? Before I watched Gundam Wing, I read about the actual Heero/Relena and thought the actual elements sounded like an interesting take on the pairing type...and then I actually watched it.)
But you know...it sounds like the author went the "they had consentual sex before, so it doesn't count as rape" route(which, you know, is the excuse for a lot of date rape...)