Review: I Loved Enslaved!!! What's better than a hot Alpha Dom with a fun side? Great start to a series!!!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 10, 2013
Enslaved by Shoshanna Evers was a great read.  I really like the BDSM category in erotic romance.  This book had all the elements I look for including: dominant men, a heroine with a backbone, sexy scenes, a great storyline, and entertaining secondary characters.  The story starts out on a sad note when we learn that the heroine, Elisabeth has been un-collared by her long time Master, Gregory.  I think the way Shoshanna Evers explained the separation really made you feel for Elisabeth and understand the way she felt, even for someone who has never read about BDSM.“She obeyed, even after months of separation.  Gregory had released her from her collar, and now her neck felt naked as her soul.  Without a collar, without a Dom—even one who couldn’t lover her—Elisabeth felt lost.  She found herself touching her neck often, the way a recent divorcee touches her newly-bare ring finger.”Trevor is one of the BAD boy billionaires that frequent the club WhipperSnapper.  Trevor notices Elisabeth when he sees her there with her former Master and asks for an introduction and to be allowed to borrow her for a scene.  They have an instant connection and she is later sent to his home after her relationship with Gregory has been dissolved for over a month.  I really loved Trevor’s character.  He was dominant, and sexy but Ms. Evers didn’t go overboard making his character one of those “jerk” doms.  He may be dominant, but he is also sexy, funny, caring, and a genuinely good guy who is looking for the right sub missive to build a life with after ending a bad marriage with a woman who didn’t accept his need to dominate.  In my book Trevor is the perfect balance of sexy dominant male, and caring gentle lover. I believe Ms. Evers was trying to show us the true balance in a loving D/S relationship is about finding the other part of your soul that completes you.  Where Elisabeth is submissive and wants pain, Trevor is dominant and wants to give pleasure.  Elisabeth and Trevor are the perfect yin and yang and you can actually see in their interactions that they would meet each others needs perfectly.  I loved the banter between Trevor and Elisabeth.“My safeword is Teotwawki.”-Elisabeth“That’s not Japanese, it is?  Because Roman’s the only one who knows Japanese.”-Trevor“It’s an acronym.  I didn’t make it up.  It stands for The End Of The World As We Know It.  Teotwawki.  Because if I use that safeword—“Elisabeth“I get it, very cute.”-Trevor“It’s not ****ing cute.  It’s my safeword, and I’ve never had to use it.”-ElisabethI loved the Julian, the gay stylist employed at Trevor’s home.  He was a breath of fresh air, and a hilarious addition to a sometimes serious household.“And shave your legs, girl, you know Julian don’t like working on no gorillas.”I think Elisabeth was comfortable with her previous master, Gregory.  I think it took her entering a “relationship” with Trevor to realize she was missing the feeling of love that could be involved in a D/S relationship, and unlike most people, it scared her to have those feelings.  I think Ms. Evers explained the way Elisabeth felt very well, which helped the reader understand why it was so hard for her to let go of that vulnerable part of her that was always locked away."She wanted to go to subspace, to feel pain beyond her imagination, to endure.""Gregory was a sadist, and didn’t care if she came or not, which was the way she liked it.  Trevor, on the other hand, was more than just a sadist.  He was a Dom, that much was clear.  He wanted control over all of her, including her pleasure."“Don’t you think you deserve someone to love?”-Trevor“Probably not.  I imagine I’d screw things up so bad if anyone was ever stupid enough to fall in love with me.”-ElisabethAnd now we come to the person I really felt for.  Roman is one of the BAD Boys, and Trevor’s best friend.  He introduced Marc and Trevor to BDSM back in college at Yale.  He is a sadist, he appears to be a cold dominant who goes strictly by the rules, and a playboy who is never seen with the same submissive more than once.  He is a self proclaimed bachelor and plans never to enter a relationship.  So logically thinking he would be the prefect candidate to train Elisabeth without getting emotionally attached right….oh how wrong that statement was.  I loved how Ms. Evers explained throughout the book the type of person Roman was, because it made it so much easier to love him for the person he became with Elisabeth at the end of the book.  I won’t say any more on this because it’s a major factor in the story but I love when a truly bad boy finds the right girl to reform him, and for me that’s Roman.  I give this book 4 stars and I cannot wait for the next book in the series!