Review: Almost!!
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 06 16, 2014
Story Rating: 3.5 out of 5Heat Rating: 5 out of 5I purchased this book, as I do a lot, based on the cover.The story starts off slow, sweet, and endearing but doesn’t stay that way as the plot slowly shifts to dark secrets and past traumas. If you only looked at the cover, you’d believe the book was strictly M/M, but that is not the case. There is both MMF and MMM ménages a tris. While for me these aren’t bad things to have in a story, at first glance, I hadn’t expected them.  Other things that some may not like include: rape fantasies, humiliation, references to rape. All of which I could live without.I think there is more to this book than just a love story between two guys. Dario is a gay, tortured writer with a past that haunts him. Aiden is a "straight" part-time musician who has an un-fulfilling day job. They have been around each other in the same circle for a few years but were basically acquaintances until one night when they were unexpectedly alone together. After Aiden plays a song for Dario, then read his book with unexpected results on Aiden’s part, they take tentative steps to act on their attraction.  They both have issues to work out on their own and together, which made them jumping into BDSM and threesomes so fast, one with a female and one with a very dominating man, hard to believe and/or understand.In the end, this is an intimate, erotic, and eerie read.  It would benefit from some tidying up; spelling/grammar, plot-wise. I would also recommend the author not use words that would require some people to have to stop reading and grab a dictionary to get the meaning of the word.  I couldn't quite sink my teeth (so to speak) into the story, which kept me from really enjoying. It felt more like I was being told what happened than seeing what was happening for myself.