Review: Abusive, Controlling
Rating: 1 out of 5
Date: 12 24, 2012
Simon was cruel and abusive in the first book of this series.  Good thing I didn't have a paper copy, or I would have burned it.  I had SO hoped he had changed back to the guy he was in college.  Instead, he was worse ... dominating and controlling Luke, not just in the bedroom but in every aspect of the man's life - including the business.  I felt so sorry for Luke - he didn't deserve the way Simon treated him.  Simon claimed to love Luke, and he did a couple of nice things for the man (even though he did them in a way that was totally WRONG) - but he obviously had no respect or love for Luke.  Between the first book and this one, he inflicted physical, mental and emotional pain on Luke repeatedly.  What was worse, he did it intentionally ... and he enjoyed it (laughed about it, gloated about it).  In this book he even admitted he did these things intentionally, referred to himself as a cold Dom, and even referred to himself as a 'perverted bastard'!  I loved the Luke character, and adored all the other characters in the book.  This book also breezed over the trauma from the flood and didn't take it seriously.  Another major let-down.  Also, for the subjects covered, the book should have been much longer.