Review: Bound and Bonded
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 10 1, 2013
We all nurture the fantasy of a spaceship swooping down and taking us off to another planet where they do things differently - where the light is golden and people believe in love in all its quintessential possibilities.This is the vision Ellie Bay brings us in Borealis, where Claire, as she is duly named, awakes naked and bound in a world without disease, shame or jealousy, where love is expressed through submission and domination. Where sex rules. She is partnered with the cruel gorgeous Marcus Alexis, a man with an unquenchable taste for BDSM. On Planet Borealis the whip and chain, the paddle and cane are objects of worship and Marcus is something of a zealot when it comes to his religion - a metaphor, perhaps?Then there's God, an alpha-sexual-superman, who likes to see his happy children in sub-dom relationships without the final gratification of full intercourse. What a meany! Will they get there in the end, climb the slopes and ignite the volcano?You'll have fun finding out. The author warns us to expect a lush palette of BDSM "with a special emphasis on bondage." Which sold me immediately. Sub-dom erotica is like a highwire act, not easy to write, and easy to tumble into the abyss of cliché and vulgarity. Ellie Bay keeps her balance and leads is on a rare erotic path to a better place.