Review: Not as good as the first
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 12 7, 2012
I think I might be done with Brie. The first book had me curious enough to want to try more, but unfortunately this one didn't do for me what the first one did. The first book had it set up nicely for Brie to have her first real encounter with Sir, and I was let down by the measeley few pages they had together in the end. I think I would have liked to see much more of Brie and Sir and much less of Brie's classmates and their lessons.Not to mention...and this is just an issue for me as a black woman reading these books...I was able to get past it the first time, Brie's fear of black men because of being bullied as a kid, however, I found in this book the continual blind terror came off as kind of offensive. I was bullied as a child also. I went to a mostly black elementary school and the kids terrorized me. I am not afraid of all black people. I do not take out what happened to me on others by assuming the worst of a person I don't know. I appreciate the the author wrote Baron (the black Dom Brie encounters in both books one and two) as a gentle, tender man. I really like him. It's Brie and her reactions I have a problem with. Especially since this is book 2 and Baron has already proved himself to be trustworthy. I am just not fond of the constant portrayal of black men as something scary and forbidden. They are men...just like other men. I am sure this is not an issue for other readers, but for me it was.Not to mention, I was way turned off by Sir giving Brie a collar...yeah, let's just go ahead and call it a dog collar, cause that's what it is...and her sitting on the floor grinning like an idiot. I'm sure it has something to do with the BDSM lifestyle, etc. But the independent woman in me just doesn't identify with letting a man treat me like a pet.Overall, this one just didn't do it for me. I'm on the fence as to whether or not I will continue the series. I may try book 3 just to give it another shot, just because I liked book 1 and the concept of it. But for now, I need a break from Brie.