Review: Great Characters
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 11 22, 2013
My favorite part of this book is that it very clearly highlights that even though one person may choose to submit to another within a relationship, that does not make them submissive outside of the context of the relationship. Though this book is a historical romance, and as such, the women are expected to defer to the men in their lives, Maggie is in no way oppressed. She gives as good as she gets. At the same time, when Clay comes into her life, the more submissive side of her begins to come out. Her relationship with Clay changes her in ways she didn’t know she needed until it happened. I think that kind of subtle shift is very true of many people in domestic discipline and other kinds of power exchange relationships, but it’s very rare to see the portrayal of that subtle shift. This book does it and does it well.