– by Lee Winter
The Master of ice-queen character development & storyteller, Lee Winter, is at it again with this MUST-READ gem, “The Brutal Truth.” It is one of me favourite lesfic!
Elena Bartell is quite possibly my all-time favourite ice-queen! She’s cold, she’s abrasive with an acerbic, razor-sharp tongue that spews and spits out sarcastic vitriol that could literally render a person immobile, if any ill-advised person crosses her! But she’s so extremely intelligent, so bloody indignant, stubborn, so smart, so incredibly facetious and funny, she’s highly passionate, not to mention, she’s bloody COOL! As you find out more about her gradually, as she thaws, she’s really this irresistibly adorable puppy who needs to be hugged, loved and cared for, who’s just trying to protect herself from getting hurt. It’s all her defence mechanism. She can’t help it because she had to fend for herself ever since she was a kid! Hence she had to learn to build a wall and shut off her feelings in order to survive and get to where she always dreamed of – being at the top of her career – unfortunately at the expense of her personal relationships.
IN BUGS’ OWN WORDS 