Review: Typical Hammer story, although the sex doesn't start until further in than usual
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 17, 2012
Warning: This review might contain what some people consider SPOILERS.Rating: 7/10PROS:- The initial chapters during which Bellamy is befriending Kerry are nothing amazing. But it's sweet how Bellamy makes such an effort to be low-key and not to pressure Kerry into something he's not ready for, especially when Bellamy has the desire right from the start to claim Kerry and start Dominating him.- The Hammer books all have fairly similar narrative voices. There's the sub voice and the Dom voice, and they're practically interchangeable from one story to the next. I like those voices, though, especially when they say things like this: "He woke up at seven a.m. with an upset stomach and a head that felt like a tiny, evil centipede with tap shoes was doing flamenco."- There are times when the characters are almost unbearably formal with each other. In most other stories, this would have seemed out of place, but I thought it fit this particular story pretty well.- The sex scenes--especially the first one--are very sweet: gentle and tentative with a lot of kissing.CONS:- Michael has a tendency to use one word or phrase over and over again within a particular story, and in this case it's "lovely." Halfway through chapter 2, the word has already been used half a dozen times. And it doesn't let up much throughout the rest of the story.- There are unusual expressions used consistently by different characters in quite a few of the Hammer stories (example: "that's very dear" to describe something sweet). This makes them seem repetitive when you've read the majority of the stories in the series, like I have.Overall comments: If you like your romance with some D/s and a lot of sex, this might be right up your alley. I tend to find the sex in Michael's stories a little much, but I do like his characters, so I usually end up reading them in small doses so the sex is broken up a bit.