Review: I almost really liked this book.
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 11 14, 2011
Reviewed by SabrinaReview copy provided by publisherWarning... there may be spoilers ahead.I almost really liked this book. I love M/M and BDSM. Usually when you put the two together I find the outcome is spectacular. I think the main reason I had such a problem with this book is it tried to market itself to me as a romance. I found no romance in the main character's relationship with each other. They were best friends since childhood. OK, I could see that. Then one plays in dangerous BDSM circles and the friend pulls him out one night in confusion and tries to understand what is going on. That leads to sex. Painful sex. I was cringing sex, and I don't normally do that unless dubious consent is going on. This goes on for two days. Big argument. The bottom goes back to playing dangerously. He gets really hurt and the top goes to get him. I would think from here that things would develop romantically for them. But instead all I saw was someone that needed therapy (badly) and the other refusing to acknowledge it. He continues to hurt the other person. I don't care that the person is asking for it, I am drawing a line. This was not romance. This was not love. This was someone abusing someone else and them both getting off on it. This isn't an issue. Sometimes I read those stories, though not often. But don't try to tell me this was romance.