I don't get the hype. It's wordy and flowery concoction of nothingness. Phèdre is little more than a Mary Sue wannabe. Mary Sue (Phèdre) does everything perfectly, says the right things, does the right things, and is in the right place at the right time at every turn of the book. The evil characters in this book fall all over themselves to get Mary Sue to bed and have a mind blowing (epiphany) orgasm, and is praised for giving them the best sex they ever had.I agree with the one brave reviewer who calls Ms. Carey on her over used flowery antiquated use of flat prose to describe a sex act, when the sex act is about BDSM. BDSM has nothing to do with romance or flowery prose.I hope the author will reimburse me not only for the 7.99 paid for the book, but for the 4 days that it took for me to read this badly written tripe.