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See this poll on: http://www.lurvalamode.com/2010/08/12/arc-review-an-artificia…
Oh wow, didn't realize Poll Daddy had this feature now. I have a post on this at my blog if anyone would rather comment there, just FYI. ;)
I can understand an HEA coming afterward being less believable, especially when it was the hero doing the forcing. And even tho I didn't ultimately care for MArr's books, I do agree with you in that she doesn't make it out to be an OK element with something empowering the victim later via the rape.
I read a pirate romance were the dude blackmailed her into having sex with her, but it was a form of rape, because she was only willing to save the lives of others. Eventually she falls in love with him because hes a nice guy and out for revenge on some person who has killed his family. And he totally forces her becuase she is really very beautiful, and well I tolerated reading that book (becuase I like pirates), I just absolutely feel that their is more to romance than forcing an unwilling girl. The genre has so much more to explore, that using this trop to spin of a love story really kind of upsets me. Now Melissa Marr deals with rape in one of her wicked lovely stories, but the girl is absolutely shapped by it, as in terrified. She explores the darker end of the spectrum with this, and doesn't try to make it okay. I can respect that. (so I guess it depends on how you are using it, in regards to how I will react to it, but for the most part, to have a hapily ever after ending, I am not buying it)