Review: Surprisingly lengthy - with good development
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 2, 2012
So let's get this out of the way. You need to know and understand this book is FULL of grammatical errors and unless you truly can't see them they will bother you. I rarely ever mention these - nor do I take off for this in my rating most of the time but here it was incomplete sentences, run on sentences, and just general no sense making whatsoever sometimes.I rated it I liked it because, much like a runaway train, I could not take my eyes off of this and I read way later than I planned. The Master (H) and slave were well characterized (I cannot remember her name but most of the time she was "this slave" or "your slave" so that's not so surprising) and surprisingly robust. The story was interesting - a world within our world. There is no discussion really about what drew the slave to this lifestyle and only glimpses of who she might have been before. I felt like sometimes when something modern was mentioned (e.g. texting) it was sort of a face slap with a "oh yeah this is supposed to be in the present day!"The relationship evolves slowly - and I do mean slowly to some degree. You do get time to absorb and process things as they happen. However I had some issues with Master H. He treats her very much like a princess but then he does things and says things that don't make sense in that context. Sometimes he treated her more as a sub or girlfriend and other times a slave. My head kind of spun on that.The whole Master C thing that happened about 70% in was contrived and just added length but no depth to the book IMHO. I dislike adding a villain to make the good guy look better or holding on to a villain beyond that which serves a real purpose other than drama.I picked this up free. I do think it is an interesting read. I myself did not find the sex scenes or punishment type scenes too arousing. Typically CP will get me all sorts of hot and bothered. I just felt they didn't get enough time nor were the characters emotions as they run through them put out there. I do have to caveat that with saying the f/f scenes were the hottest of them all - but those are not my kink so not so much helpful to me. I like to feel, experience, believe, I am there with them enjoying or suffering too. I didn't feel that here in the scenes I am most interested in (CP).So we come to the end of the review -and I settled on 4 stars. My head kept saying 2 but then my emotions were reminding me I did like parts of the journey - and I did like how things evolved - that enough time was given to show this without appearing rushed. I liked how the slaves were encouraged to have talents and skills and work on them. I liked how the society was changing to reflect 21st century needs. There was surprising depth to this aspect of the book - and I think that is the reason I would recommend it to read for folks that are interested. If you just want left hand material - for me this wasn't it. If you have patience and want a glimpse of the way things may be in this lifestyle then give it a go. Although I wouldn't say I'm "in" the lifestyle I do participate in activities -- but primarily club or individual based and not Master/slave oriented. It does make me curious though!