 The atmosphere throughout the entire novella was stifling, creepy and just hung with a sense of foreboding. It is pretty much a dark, twisted tale throughout the whole thing. Twisted Obsession begins with the main character, Finia, as she learns she has become pregnant by her crazy ex-boyfriend, Miki. They had just broken up, because of his controlling nature and unfounded, constant jealousy. This news is frightening to Finia, as she was not trying to have a baby, least of all with Miki. This news is further compounded by the fact that Miki had replaced her birth control hormone pills with placebo pills, just so that she could get pregnant with his baby. This was yet another measure of control Miki placed on Finia as he tried to control every aspect of her life. With a shared child, there was no way he’d lose Finia. The story jumps ahead a few years to when their son, Jahlin, was a few years old. Finia and Miki are not together in a committed relationship, but Miki is still very much in Finia’s life. He spies on her and eats up any man with an interest in her; he comes over unannounced and refuses to leave; he even monitors credit card purchases and loan applications. Things become especially heated when Finia is offered a chance to stay in New York for a few months to oversee a company expansion. Miki does not appreciate the lack of control and the fact she would be going there with a male coworker. I won’t say much more about the plot because I don’t want to give it away. But the ending was unexpected, and stayed with me for a long time. The atmosphere throughout the entire novella was stifling, creepy and just hung with a sense of foreboding. It is pretty much a dark, twisted tale throughout the whole thing. This story especially creeped me out because there are people in real life who are controlling and dangerous, like Miki. These people prey on people they know they can control, and will do anything to keep them in their clutches. it saddens me that there are people out there like Miki. There are probably even more people out there like Miki than we can see because they’ve terrorized their partner into hiding signs of abuse. Miki made me so mad throughout the story, and I was fearful for Finia the whole time, rooting for her to escape. This was a real page-tuner for me, and I went to sleep later than I should have a few nights because I HAD to stay up and see what would happen next! Review by Kimberly Wolkens My rating - 5 out of 5 stars Author Twitter: @yawatta_hosby  Baby or no baby, Finia's determined to live life her way.Too bad that doesn't fit Miki's version of a happy ending. He owns her. No leeway. If she fights back, then he'll make her regret it.Miki will get his perfect family by any means necessary...   the heart and soul of horror review websitesComments are closed.
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