Review: The story line shifts
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 22, 2013
I have a hard time reviewing these serial stories. Especially with better writers because the story progresses and does not remain the same as in the original chapters.So the first 2 episodes give us interesting characters. Dougie is a straight sheltered PhD Psychology student. Mat is his older cage fighter/ bouncer/ gay brother. Dougie is targeted by a sex slave cartel and Mat is incidentally captured as well.In the first 2 episodes they are treated like commodities. Total non consent repeated rape. They are demoralized and out of their element. Minimal care to keep them intact and ready to sell. Throughout it all they want to protect each other.So the first 2 episodes are sadistic vs BDSM. A bit hard to take but well written, well plotted.Episode 3 we meet Nickolai, their new trainer. He purchases Mat for a specific client who wants a controllable but vicious dog of a sex slave. Dougie he had to buy, as they came as a pair. You get hints that Nickolai is multi dimensional and not just an abusive animal like Mat and Dougie's previous captors. Nickolai's personal slave is obviously devoted to him and they express love to each other.Nickolai has very different tactics with the two brothers. He sees their slavery as their new state and wants to train them to be what their new owners will want. He is cruel but consistent. Both brothers are trying to find their feet. What power do they have, if any? How to avoid punishment?Episode 4 and 5 got more interesting to me. Now it has become very much a mental game as well as a physical one. Dougie is tortured with pleasure. Mat is given the mind twisting task of balancing his fighter's instinct and self preservation. His motive throughout life has been his brother. Does he have any self preservation of his own? Can he redefine winning and losing in a way that he can survive his situation mentally without cracking?These episodes restored my faith in these authors and made me look forward to the next installments.