Synopsis:

What happens when the man you love becomes unreconisable?


Do you stick it out for run for your life?

Janet Delaine discovers she made a big mistake granting her long time boyfriend his sexual fantasy. John changes…for the worse. Janet turns for help to John’s childhood buddy, Cliff, only to discover feelings she’s kept suppressed.

Will she stick it out with John or finally allow her heart to rule?
 

SRR GRADE:  B+
 

Disoriented Dress by Liam Stalls is a very unusual book comprised of multiple layers with several messages to relate. While it is a romance, and an erotic romance at that, it is also a commentary on the evils of various types of physical and mental abuse, and how they can affect a relationship. The serious issues in this book, particularly the domestic abuse, make it somewhat difficult to read at times; this is not always a light happy romance novel. It is however a deeply emotional and heart wrenching read, evoking intense empathy for its heroine, Janet, and great antipathy for her boyfriend, John. Mr. Stalls handles the subject matter with a delicate touch, never becoming so descriptive or graphic that the reader is turned away from the story itself, just the characters' behaviors.

What redeems Disoriented Dress, and in the end saves Janet is her ability to trust herself and her own judgment by turning to Cliff. She has made such poor choices throughout the book; we wonder will we see her make the right one? There are a few surprises with the secondary characters, and Mr. Stall does an interesting job of making Janet's surroundings secondary character's as well: the shop, the bedroom, the house each one has a dark almost sinister presence in her life, a dark void waiting to suck her in if she'll let it. While not the most comfortable book I have ever read, Disoriented Dress is certainly one of the most well-written; therefore I definitely recommend this book.