Review: enjoyable enough
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 05 22, 2013
I thought that this was alright, though I honestly think there is enough here to develop it into a whole book. There is years of history referenced between the H/h. That might just be my preference for novels over short stories coming to the fore.Things I liked:★Grayson being so enamoured with Sasha. I thought the way he followed her about without her knowing  was really cute. Maybe a little creepy too, predominantly cute. I also just plain liked Grayson.★The Doctor - I thought his jovial character was a lot of fun★The dialogue - outside of the sex scenes it felt fairly natural★The setup for the larger plot seems interesting, with the potential for some fun twists★Sasha's sense of control - Even as she and Grayson played their dominance game she maintained a lot of power, even if she had to cache it in the guise of a request. Grayson almost always gave her what she asked for. Plus, I've always felt that there is a distinct difference between submission and humiliation. So many erotic authors muddle the two together. At no point in this book did anything feel abusive in any way.Things I didn't like:★I know that Doms & Subs are all the rage right now, but its inclusion felt like an unnatural attempt to please the masses here. I don't mean Grayson being dominant and Sasha being submissive. I was fine with that. But when Grayson started lecturing on the role of an actual Dom or Sub it went too far. He lives in a refugee camp/colony with enough cultural difference that they have to discuss the use of certain titles, so whats the likelihood they have the same sexual subcultures as the greater populace. It also simply wasn't necessary to the plot.★The use of 'Sir.' Again, I don't really mind them including that in their dominance play. Fine, if that's what gets them off. But the excuse that Sasha wanted to submit because she was otherwise always in control felt like a fallacy. She's in the army, admittedly a major, but that means she isn't in control. She's submitting to orders all day everyday, so I'm not buying the let my control go spiel. Every time she called him Sir I was reminded of this fact.★The anal sex. I don't mind it being included, but this particular scene felt pretty clinical. More importantly to my bullet is that it felt obligatory but was accorded an importance that it didn't seem to require or deserve.★The fact that the H/h had been sniffing around each other for years left me wondering what made this encounter any different. There didn't seem to be any reason they would act differently on this particular day than any other.All in all I thought the story was enjoyable enough and I'd be happy to finish out the series, especially if any more of them come up on the free list.