Review: Claimed, A Review for the blog Tea and Book
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 08 5, 2013
I first fell for author Stacey Kennedy in her PNR novel Werewolves be Damned (shoot the name alone gets ones attention). I loved her ready wit and quirky sense of humor so when I saw Claimed available for Review on Netgalley I thought.. Hey this should be good! I was right but for an entirely different reason!Claimed is the first book in Ms Kennedy's Club Sin Series and it is deliciously decadent.. This is a BDSM book that totally and completely works.. Why? Because Ms Kennedy made it something she understands.. She didn't write a book about the lifestyle and all it's rules. She didn't have some broken hero who needed BDSM to find himself.. A Fractured heroine who stumbled her way through life... Nope she writes about individuals with lives, families, friends and yes are into BDSM.. BDSM the way they believe it should be done. (They of course being Ms Kennedy). It's not a statement about the lifestyle but a book that speaks to all of us who have questioned, wondered and then smirked and said yeah right.. It's more a blending of ideas.. and because it is it is believable.Dmitri Pratt is a strong man who has a need to control the world around him. He has discovered that if he focuses his need to control in his sexual life, he becomes a Dominant, he is able to allow others to become theirselves. That they can control their own lives without his assistance. Upon the death of his friend and mentor Dmitri formed his own BDSM club and created his own set of rules. Rules he feels work for him and for those who choose to join his club. Only trouble is..ever since his last relationship three years ago Dmitri just isn't interested in forever.. or even for more than tonight.Presley Flynn is a wonderfully sweet woman who just broke up with her useless fiance.. The man she has been with since High School, the man she left her home town and moved to Vegas for.. the man who she found boinking another woman.. Presley knew there was something missing in their relationship but she figured it was her needs not him.. that is of course until she found him in coitus (yes I too watch the Big Bang Theory). Now Presley is living with a friend who has suggested maybe just maybe she needs more to her life than good old vanilla sex.Presley braves all to try out Club Sin and her first meeting with Dmitri sets off all the bells and whistles.. and it's not just Presley. These two have an instant connection BUT are smart enough to realize that real relationships don't happen in an instant. They work on their instant attraction and we get to watch it sizzle!Of course all is not perfect in their world Presley has to learn how to stand up for herself.. How to not be a doormat and most of all how to get rid of her know it all obnoxious ex who still "cares" for her.. BULLY alert..As I said in the beginning I liked the way Stacey does a wonderful job bringing BDSM to us. It is as I would imagine it.. created to fit the individuals involved instead of following some BDSM guidebook. It is a well crafted, well thought out book with wonderful characters and simply sizzling connections.. I seriously can't wait for the next book in the series..ShauniThis review is based on the ARC of Claimed provided by netgalley