Review: Can't stop thinking about Judgment....
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 22, 2011
This is another case of an excellent book for a particular genre not getting deserving attention (at least as far as reviews go...for all I know it's a best seller). I feel compelled to at least write a short review because the story has not left my head even though I finished it a few days ago. Judgment is about domination and submission with a fairly violent spanking bent. Don't get it 'twisted' though, we're not talking about sweet over-the-knee erotic spankings. The action is somewhat extreme but without permanent injury. There's a bondage emphasis as well.Judgment is a non-consensual capture story about the dominant Mountain Lord and the young woman/captive he takes a particular interest in... who he names Mischief. The Mountain Lord, Daymon Tane, is a slaver and Mischief is originally abducted with other women. The setting is then the mountain fortress where Tane and his cohorts train submissives for sale. I'm not interested in multiple captive stories unless it is personal and important between a particular couple, which is how things develop here. It is definitely a story about Tane and Mischief and, even though I know it's wrong, I like them together. The secondary characters (mostly the other dominants/masters) and the world building make the story very interesting as well and help to move the action along. And there's also the aspect of Mischief, after becoming the perfect submissive object, interacting with the outside world.Two other things to say. If you liked stories like Kitty Thomas'Comfort Food, Stephanie Snow'sDemon's Captiveor Remittance Girl'sGaijin(all of which I recommend), you will definitely like this. Also, it turns out this book existed in another incarnation...asJudgement(notice the now absent E). From what I can tell, this was with a former publisher, BUT, if you go to that link, you can read a few other positive reviews.OK, I said my peace. I hope you enjoy this if you decide to read it!