Review: It isn’t a pretty love story but it is one that makes you realize love is hard work and the wait is worth it.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 12, 2014
When I reviewed the first book in this series, Claimed, my one complaint was that there wasn’t enough depth to the characters and in Bared, author Stacey Kennedy has gone out of her way to give the readers a really in depth look at these characters; a revered Dom who still has not completely gotten over the death of his girlfriend/submissive and a new submissive he’s trained and plays exclusively with at Club Sin. We met both Master Aidan and Cora in the first book and we got a little peek at them, but in this book their souls are bared. This is a complicated, deep, and emotional journey of two people; one who can’t let go of a failure and one who has to let go for sanity sake. This book made me feel so much and it’s not a story I’ll forget.Aidan is one of those Dom’s most submissives would love to be around. He is attentive and always makes she his submissive gets what she needs. So when he sees something different in Cora, a submissive he’s been exclusive with for some time, he can’t let it go. Aidan goes above and beyond to try and figure out and help Cora through what he knows is pain; he sees it in her because he sees it in his own face daily. He just doesn’t understand that the pain Cora is feeling is because of him. So begins the downward spiral of their D/s relationship. It was hard to watch these two try and find balance, try to put aside their issues, try to build up trust and then have it all come crashing down. The supporting cast in this book was amazing, helping bothAidan and Cora deal with the fallout and to offer love, support and even a good slap upside the head when needed. I absolutely loved the friendship between all of these characters.Aidan or Cora have to reconcile their feelings and try to deal with and understand everything that happens between them. My emotions ran the gambit while reading this book and in the end while satisfied I was a little emotionally drained. That’s not to say this wasn’t a good book, it was a great book.There’s so much I’d like to say about this book but I can’t without giving away too much of the plot however, Bared is one of those books that will stick with me for a very long time. It isn’t a pretty love story but it is one that makes you realize love is hard work and the wait is worth it.Review copy provided for an honest review.