Review: Enjoyed but...
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 25, 2014
If you've read any of my other reviews that involve a bdsm theme you're aware that I don't always like the actual physical / painful aspects of the "lifestyle".  The brutality encountered in this novel was horrifying.  It's inconceivable to me that the MCs would return to "similar" though not "cruel"  by comparison practices, even after being brutalized. Why did I not only continue reading but finish when I had so many problems with the subject matter?  The author wrote a thorough emotional story that focused on helping a sub overcome the years of torture and degradation he suffered while he was held as a sex slave by a crazy narcissistic spoiled rich man proporting to be an acclaimed Dom. Most of the story was focused on what a consensual bdsm relationship really is supposed to be, in contrast to a cruel man playing at being a Dom.  When a scene centered on "beatings" I could only skim it, even when it was "consensual".  The patience and understanding demonstrated by the club owner show how loving and caring a true Dom should be. How the mentally and physically damaged sub responded to him makes this a romance. The MCs are surrounded by a supportive cast of friends and canines that rounded out a very good story.