Review: Pleasing, even to me.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 14, 2013
The author allowed me to read the manuscript to look for typos, since I am a picky reader.There are several themes that are sensitive in nature, that may resonate with many readers.  They are well, and realistically handled.  As the crotchety curmudgeon that I am, I was pleased to find the author treated the characters and their particular problems in a straight-forward, legitimate way.  It is interesting to read of the use of BDSM, although in a relatively mild version, used for psychological reasons.  Certainly, the mainstream would suggest five or six years of psychotherapy to deal with many problems, but there are often other ways, shorter term, or supportive without being damaging, and this is demonstrated in this book.  Maybe one of the beauties of being human is that in many instances there is more than one way to treat a problem.The characters, while not clones of your next-door neighbors, ring true and are fully fleshed out.  Some will be familiar to readers of previous works by this author.This is a well-written, well-edited book.  The author has a handle on her craft, which is always a pleasure.  I can recommend it to other readers, with the caveat that there are detailed sex scenes but they are never gratuitous.  You may feel that there is also violence, but frankly, it's on the gentle side of BDSM.