Review: Pretty good steampunk BDSM romance
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 31, 2013
This was a pretty good read. It's my first steampunk book and I found it an interesting addition to the story line.Claire is a frankenstruct. A person put together from cloned parts of a person. She was made and raised as an assassin. The ship she's on crashes and she's saved by Theo. Normally Frankenstructs are killed but Theo doesn't believe it's right and protects her. He tries to discover who she is and more info about her but since she's scared (for various reasons) she doesn't tell him she was trained as an assassin. I liked Claire but there was a time or two when I wondered that someone with her background and training would be able to accept everything so easily. She doesn't really have the right temperament for an assassin anyways so maybe that's why she takes everything a little easier than I would have expected.Theo is a good man. He is Dominant and when he finds himself attracted to Claire he doesn't hesitate to seduce her. Fortunately he finds her to be a natural submissive which matches with his needs. He tries to find out more about her for himself and because he wants to make sure she's safe to have around his people (he's a Lord with lands and many people working for him). He knows she isn't telling him everything but trusts her to an extent.Although Claire is willing to leave her past behind her, it doesn't want to stay there. Things come to a head and Claire has to admit to lies. She works to correct them but Theo doesn't take it well. Help comes from a friend and things end nicely. I enjoyed this story and am glad I tried it. I may read more in the series. :D(