


Excessive porn and smut must logically follow.Ĭonversely, Rachel keeps the reading guessing. First encounter here, conflict arising there, intimate interaction at this juncture. Rather that perception of slow build is the fault of an entire industry of romance stories that demand a specific formula be laid out in the development. It starts out a bit slowly, but I feel that's not the fault of Rachel's writing: neither characters, nor plot development. "Oh, my aching yum-yum."Ĭounterpoint is a heart-wrenching romantic fantasy that weaves slavery and cultural animosity with the duality of struggle - personal struggle against one's self, and the external one of survival.
