Like another reviewer wrote, we got that he was treated like crap with the first few hundred pages, still, it was over 400 pages of brutality and hate.She broached a lot of taboo subjects and for that I have to give her props. It's brutal and cruel, but it does explain Ash's life, but I think it was just a little bit TOO long. What to say about Acheron.The first 2/3 of the book is very difficult to listen to or read. All in all- I loved the story and from now on will have a special place in my heart for a certain Nickleback song (wink wink). Others I could get medieval on to stop their sadistic tendencies. I literally wanted to throw my arms around some of these characters. That said, all of the aforementioned ADULT content serves the plot impeccably and builds solid gold characters the reader can easily invest in. There is also a healthy does of explicit sex. In Acheron's case it's fair to call this extreme and totally heart wrenching. NEWBIES BEWARE- there are very strong tones of violence and sadistic childhood abuse in this and some other Kenyon titles. Now in walks Holter Graham and my long standing fancy for the dark, brooding and sexy Ash (Acheron) becomes a full blown crush! I absolutely adore this narrator and really loved the story. In the past I have been more than a little disappointed by the clumsy, almost criminally bad narration used for some of her earlier titles. The point I got during this time: Acheron suffered a great deal. 8) Repeat all of these steps a few more times, intertwined with a good bit of heterosexual and homosexual scenes, and you've got a great 8+ hours ahead of you. 7) Acheron calls legitimate father 'father', and legitimate brother 'brother' and gets beaten severely for it roughly 40 times throughout the past 8 hours. And of course, b/c of this, Acheron is beaten severely and pleas for death. Artemis is incredibly childish and temperamental for a Goddess, and yet Acheron KEEPS trusting and falling in love with her.

5) Acheron begins trusting the Goddess Artemis. 4) Repeat #3 about 30 times to the utter delight of all listeners. And right after he does so, Acheron is beaten severely and pleas for death. Sister is INCREDIBLY NAIVE AND STUPID (and I really cannot emphasize this enough), yet Acheron keeps falling for her good-intentioned help. 2) Acheron is sexually abused, beaten, and humiliated, of which we're intimately privy to every 20 minutes. I cannot understand how an established author (what's her name) can possibly get by with writing essentially 20 pages of content, with another 400 pages of repetitive dribble-drabble, of which can be summarized in the following ways: 1) Acheron was born - and is cursed, of which we're reminded constantly. I think it's the first time I've ever dropped a story.

I have lost a bit of my sanity in the last 8+ hours and don't think I can continue.

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