Review: unusual and interesting BDSM paranormal romance.
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 08 19, 2013
How to discipline your vampire.Mina Vaughn .ARC supplied by Netgalley.This sounded like a fun read, erotic and paranormal with some humour so I signed up for it :) Its good sometimes to have something light after all the angsty romances, though I love them too. Anyway, Cerise is a temporary schoolteacher (by choice) with a Dominant side - the sex type Dom. She's been looking for a sub, but she has some very specific requirements that she feels are essential but that most subs are put off by. In desperation she tries a speed dating for D/s people and meets William. Of course she doesn't know he's a vampire, and that makes for some interesting moments. She does wonder though about how he creates such perfect scenes for them from her suggestions, no charity shop props from him but fabulous designer type ball gowns and Steinway grand pianos....It all sounds great fun but...some how didn't quite gel for me. Cerise sounds incredibly selfish, as the story unfolds we learn more about her reasons for such specific detail but it doesn't really make me warm to her as a person. The scenes between her and William were sexy, but for me the charisma wasn't there to make it really erotic. I liked William, felt for him in his quest, did laugh at his questions on birth control - but in most books vamps can't get people pregnant so why ask that, I wondered? Then came the explanation,what else happens, and why he's so glad for her its only 4 times a year due to the three monthly control shots :)The sections where Cerise was at school chatting to the kids were some of the best parts, there were episodes that made me laugh, Mina has school kid humour down to a T, and the oddity of some teachers....but I still struggled to really care for her and what she wanted. There were times when she seemed to relax and I almost got there, but then the uncaring, selfish view would come out and I was put off her. I think that's why the romance side didn't' work for me, I need to like the characters and whereas I wanted William to have someone I didn't feel Cerise really appreciated him. Still, that's just one view, and I'm sure others will feel differently. Priced at 1.99 for 280 pages its good value if its your sort of book.Stars: Three, overall I enjoyed the book, but not enough for a re read. Nothing wrong with the book, just not one that really resonated with me.