Review: Romance readers beware
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 01 20, 2012
I liked the concept of this book, the reader got to follow Aiden on his journey from a BDSM relationship to a domestic discipline one, which I thought was interesting. I didn't really know what the difference would be and the reader gets informed about what a domestic discipline relationship is without feeling like it's an information dump.I also like Keaton's character, how he wants to focus on nurturing and caring for someone, and helping them through the hard times.I liked seeing the psychological aspect of Aiden; how he went to a bad place mentally and physically without even noticing how bad of a situation he was in.The author writes well; however, all of this was overshadowed for me because there was to much of a focus on Aiden's negative aspects when he gets out of his BDSM relationship. His time with Keaton is focused mainly on how he makes mistakes, he gets better, and then makes more mistakes. I understood the point. No one is perfect and people will make mistakes throughout their life, but it seemed like all Keaton was doing was fixing Aiden.I would have liked to see the couple spend more relaxed time together, with them being happy and just doing stuff together for fun. Instead, with the focus on Aiden's misbehavior and constant mistakes, I felt like I was reading about a spoilt kid, which wasn't fair to Aiden's character, after all he has been through.Add to that the ending, which was highly focused upon being only a happy together for now and I was disappointed with this being called a romance story.