Review: Hot but...
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 9, 2014
There was a lot that I liked about this book.  I liked that we're finally getting an up close and personal look at Harrison, the Grand Master of the Trinity Masters.  I loved that Alexis is a woman that said "no" to being in the Trinity Masters and that she made her own successes - although, granted, with a liiiiittle bit of help from Harrison along the way.  I loved Michael's dominance and his believable insecurities when it came to Harrison and Alexis.There were also some things that I didn't like though.  I kind of wish we hadn't gotten the villain's POV.  It completely took away the mystery for me, since the reader knows the basic who and why long before any of the characters in the story do.  Instead of being able to make discoveries along with Harrison and really feeling his angst and concern, for me the mystery was basically already solved and I was just waiting for the eventual conflict to happen.  I also wasn't a huge fan of the way Harrison kept Michael in the dark when it came to what was going on, just because I didn't find it realistic.  Harrison is constantly thinking about how his father had kept too many secrets and hadn't relied on other people enough, but then he talks to and relies on everyone EXCEPT his best friend and one of the TWO advisers that he's allowed to have as Grand Master?  It just seemed out of character and like it was an imposed issue to create tension between him and Michael.I'm really not sure how I felt about the end... curious to see where the Trinity Masters is going to go from here, but another thing cropped up that I didn't really like, which is the amount of rules that seem both counterproductive and kind of silly.  Good thing there are loopholes!  I'm looking forward to the next book because it seems like there's some possible major upheaval coming, and I think the Trinity Masters needs that.  If anything, this book showed that some of their rules can actually hinder them and they might be in need of some updating.If you like the Trinity Masters, you'll like this book - despite my complaints, I really did thoroughly enjoy reading it.  It just wasn't one of my favorites because of the issues above.  But I loved Harrison, Alexis and Michael as a triumverate.  I thought that the dynamics between the three of them when it came to the naughty stuff was both hot and believable.  I especially liked that Alexis really struggled with the whole concept but was willing to give it a try and have her mind changed.  There's a lot of domination in this - not BDSM, just super hot domination.  We also get to see some of Tasha, Price, and Gunner, which was fantastic, I enjoyed getting a peek into where they're at now and how they operate within the Trinity Masters organization.Looking forward to the next book!