Review: A must for the BDSM reader
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 22, 2013
Warning - this book contains graphic sex scenes and violenceBen and Hugo are the dream couple who have it all, and they are getting hitched, much to the delight of Hugo's family and the chagrin of Ben's mother! Except they're not actually that much of a dream couple and theirs is not an exclusive relationship by any stretch of the imagination.  Hugo tolerates Ben's infidelity but is by no means a saint himself, as he proves with a waiter on the penultimate day of their honeymoon by having sex with a waiter whilst Ben is lazing by the pool.However, it is Ben's over the side activity which gets them into trouble as his past catches up with him and their South African dream honeymoon soon turns into the nightmare in Cape Town as Ben is abducted, drugged and raped.  The aftershock is what changes this book from a pretty simple sex romp into something all together darker and more sinister and the way both central characters handle what happens is what makes this book so engaging and even riveting to read. You will be surprised and maybe even dissatisfied with the way this book ends because it's nothing like you might expect, but that is the sort of thing which makes good writing special, and this book is certainly that. Discounting the graphic sex scenes which are a bit full-on for my taste at times, this is one of the best books I've read for a long time.BDSM and Cape Town are a combination you'd not normally expect or imagine and the author grounds the book in the reality of a city full of sights everyone has heard of, which lets you form lots of mental images to help the story along a bit..Not that it needs it in any way shape or form. Well done to David Ellis for writing this, and for having the imagination if not the actual experience, thankfully, to produce a real top read.