Review: What a Holiday Indeed!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 29, 2013
I read this book only out of curiosity. I wanted to compare the richness of its content to another BDSM themed adventure calledSlippery Trust: an Exclusive Rough Erotica Speciala while back. It was definitely peaking to say the least.This would be my first book from Hines and it is promising. She delivered on the erotica which I found was mild and not nearly as hardcore as I would have liked.BDSM  is all about establishing dominance and control over another to a degree that may be borderline humiliating but arousing. Climaxes are heightened by the element of danger that the ropes, chains, handcuffs and other restraints provide. So naturally when I read a book that boasts about BDSM, I expect it to have some conflicting scenes. This read was very subtle in that regard.It was a little to obvious that Nevea would be pulled out of her comfort zone the moment she decided to spend New Year's Eve at an "erotic" mansion with her best friend. There wasn't any originality there as far as I was concerned. It would have been more exciting if she had just woken up dazed and confused in the mansion rather than willingly going there. This is the thing with BDSM, you kind of want your will to be tested.Nevea meets Dorian who opens her eyes to an erotic world that shocks and intrigues her at the same time. She has one of the best sexual experience of her life (naturally) and instead of just laying out in the sun to dry, a switch is turned on inside her. I like the way Dorian caught her attention it gave me a little rush just reading their first interaction. His description is tempting and I could see why she would be intrigued by him.The buildup was good and the descriptions were done well enough for me to envision the rooms, smell the scents and experience Nevea's moments. My only complaint is that the story needed a few extra pages. It was very short and as such the ending was a runaway horse. I would have also liked a little more interaction between Nevea and Dorian before the action started. What did he really know about her except his presumptions and she knew nothing of him except what her senses detected? I guess that was the fun in all of it.Good effort by the writer. It was quite a holiday indeed.