Review: Overall, it was a fast read and had it presented itself differently in the summary, I probably would have enjoyed it much more
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 02 16, 2014
I really wanted to like Five Weeks in December. The summary and plot sold me, so I was anticipating a ready steamy read between dominate and trained submissive. Instead I got a somewhat “dominate” Hero with past issues and a very opinionated “submissive”.The summary told me Five Weeks in December is about Harry, a dominate who kind of lost his way. Two years ago, his fiancé died and so his dominate life style went with it. He paid a submissive, December to sort of get his groove back.When Harry and December first meet, it was kind of insta-lust, which is okay because she’s a paid submissive, I kind of figured they would get to the steam fairly quickly. But she goes and tells Harry that she isn’t a prostitute and she picks and chooses who she has sex with (her clients that is). So when she said that, I was thinking, oh, there’s going to be good tension. Nope, they have sex right away, but not the kinky kind.There was hardly any BDSM, D/s role play. Harry is hardly a Dom, sure he tells December to kneel, spank her a few times, but what I really wanted was to get into the heart and meat of the matter. What happened to Harry? I understand his fiancé died and it messed him up, but I kind of wanted December to push his buttons and get him to really play the Dom role. Instead she was kind of pushy, but not in the submissive way, but in a Mistress way. She talked back and was sometimes punished, but not really. She also suggested things and Harry went with it, instead of Harry commanding to her. I don’t know about you, but in a true submissive role, I like the Dom to take total action. I didn’t get that.I also felt that the story was lacking, depth, chemistry and drama. Sure the threesome and mild M/M scene was entertaining, but I felt like it was kind of thrown in there for the much needed kink I was looking for. Long story short, I didn’t get my romance I was looking for. I am very disappointed. I feel like there’s a lot of potential, but I just couldn’t connect with the characters.Towards the climatic ending, I felt like the author really did try hard to get Harry and December to work on the relationship, but to me, it just felt awkward and out of place. I didn’t understand the scene change. Then December started to frustrate me and I basically gave up.Overall, it was a short, fast read and had it presented itself differently in the summary, I probably would have enjoyed it much more. It’s more about two people with hurt pasts trying to find love with a mild BDSM tone in the background.An ARC was provided in exchange for an honest reviewThis review was written by Jacqueline's ReadsMore reviews - >[...]