Review: What's love got to do with it?
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 10 15, 2011
The Dom (Mishca) had a strct rule for himself that he never uses the same sub more than once. With his latest sub (Tom) he keeps on making excuses for himself to break that rule.This is not the typical D/s story. It is not a 24/7 Dom and sub relationship. Outside the "playroom" Tom does not have to call Mischa "sir". Both Dom and sub are very stubborn although this proves to be a good thing in their relationship and balance of power. The Dom respects the sub for his mind and scholarship. The sub is equally impressed with the Dom's success in his profession. So the story has character development outside of the BDSM scenes. Still the very inexperienced sub is truly a submissive and a good one as shown in the strength of his desire to learn, his ability to quickly find subspace, and his obedience based not only on his nature but also out of great respect for his Dom. A respect that turns into love. This results in a lot of very hot love making rivaling the intense BDSM scenes that include some things new to me  -- who ever knew that an enema could hurt that much?Mischa overcomes his tough-as-nails nature and tells his friend the BDSM club owner, "Outside the play room, he is my equal, and that intrigues me. I want to be with him." Even more unusual for a Dom so proud of his reputation for being a "hard ass" and a "cold hearted bastard" he admits to learning from his sub, "if there was one thing Mishca had learned from Tom, it was to stand by his choices.So can they stand by their choices? Read the book.Several reviewers mentioned that the book ended abruptly. Initially I thought so too but in just a few minutes I realized it was the author's way for emphasizing that IF the two men could survive the tradgedy, they could survive anything. That question is not answered until the very last page. Don't let my reference to tragedy throw you off, because besides being hot, the writing has a lot of sarcastic humor to give it a lift from the ball busting pain.Highly recommended.