Review: Happy to see the deviation from what I expected!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 12, 2014
I really do get why some of the readers felt a tinge of disappointment that Shade didn't behave the way we expected him to act in his book, but I thought it was perfect!  Lilly is a damaged and fragile young mind, and I really had concerns that Jamie would try to portray Shade as one of those Doms who "help" submissives with psychological issues through DS relationships.  I think the way this whole thing went down perfectly, and I think that if he had brought her around in any way other than the way he did, it would have been pretty unbelievable to me.  I did have problems at first with the safeword issues, but as somebody who doesn't know very much at all about that whole lifestyle, my understanding of it is that the appropriate use of the safeword is a failsafe when a scene is getting uncomfortable for those participating in it.  When Lilly used it, they weren't scening...she only used it to try to get out of situations that she didn't want to face, so I don't even know that they were appropriate situations for a safeword to be applicable.  Again.....I know very, very little about it, and don't mean to come off sounding like I know anything!  I am just trying to convey why I thought it was okay that Shade didn't let her get away with using it.  I have loved every single book in this series, and hold really high hopes that we will see Killyama both be tamed and to do some taming of her own!  I do admit to some curiosity about what Evie, Bliss, Raci, Ember and Dawn will do when the guys are all "off the menu"!  I also hope that Fat Louise gets some action!