Review: LOVED!!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 31, 2014
This was a series that sat on my iPad forever as I was waiting to get closer to release of the third book!  And guess what was released today…. Book 3!!!!Enter Yummy Doctor…… But her best friend tells her that he is a serial playboy who is bad news.  But how bad is bad?  She is the daughter of a prominent judge who would like to run for political office and she feels a deep loyalty to her family.  She wants to please them, but at what cost?  She sets out to explore BDSM, but under the premise of writing an article about it.  Just research….. you can’t get into trouble with just research, or that is what she keeps telling herself.  As she starts her “research” she meets a domme, who plans to set her up with a dominant to help her continue her research.  Guess who the dominant is……… :)Kate is scared away once she realizes who the dominate who is supposed to help her with her “research.”  She is afraid that her “research” will blow up in her face.  She is afraid that people will judge her and then judge her father in return and ruin his chances for political office.  However, Drake is not going to allow her to run away.  To run away from what she really is…….. a submissive.So what could go wrong with a dominant helping his submissive explore herself on the down low?  You will just have to read and find out yourself.Slight Spoilers!!This book had TONS of humor.  My favorite line in this book:“How’s Big doing? Got any action from Big lately?  Want to come out for a drink or are you busy with Big tonight?”  Big is a dildo. HAHAHA.  That’s some good humor right there!!!  Especially, for a girl who used to watch Sex in the City….. awesomeness!!!And Drake really knows how to push her button….  “Okay,” he said and signed once more.  “Your call.  But if you change your mind and want me, I’m willing.  Very willing.”  YUMMY!! I’m not sure how she kept saying no to that!  He continued……. “All I really want is to do whatever it is your need so I can make you come, over and over again.  Is that so bad?”  My personal answer “Hell to the NO!!!”However, I HATED…. And I mean HATED the best friend.  How dare she judge something that she  any doesn’t know anything about!  Yeah, I know that some people experience abusive relationships but I get soooo frustrated with people who believe these relationships are all abusive.  Any relationship can be abusive.  Even this book points out their tag:  safe, sane and consensual.  People really need to focus on that and not their unfounded beliefs……I enjoyed Drake and Kate’s relationship.  He made sure she knew that she would be safe.  He was also extremely honest with her even about his own emotions.  “It’s OK.  I know you’re nervous.  A bit excited.  You know what?  So am I.”  He used his own honest emotions to help her calm down.  I also loved that he had a psychology degree and they analyzed the realities of being “bare” to someone and not sexually bare but emotionally bare.  AMAZING!!!  She even implied that men just have sex and they are not open emotionally with sex.  Men have sex.  Women make love.  I found this concept very interesting and it was woven very nicely into this book.  Only a talented author could seamlessly put that into a book.  It challenged me to understand the psychology behind sex and their defense mechanisms.  It also touched on society’s influence on sex.  Women are taught that sex is bad, but yet men are placed on a mantel for being a playboy.The BDSM in this book was written beautifully.  When done right, a writer has the ability to show you that a taboo subject can be wonderful, pure and exhilarating.  Most people worry about the power differential, but it doesn’t have to be about that.  This is the perfect book for someone wanting to be introduced to the BDSM lifestyle through books.  The author also gives you a taste of the other no so come things that would be considered taboo as well.  Electricity…..Male-on-Male.  (Not so sure about the electricity myself, but hey that is the point of the phrase “to each their own”).There were some formatting errors when the legal agreement was laid out on my iPad, but overall was well written.Stars:  4.5 stars.  I tend to like angst in my books and would have preferred just a little bit more in order to get 5 stars!Reviewed by Melissa :)