Review: Great Story with some Kink on the side
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 11, 2012
I love books with a great story and intriguing characters. The Gift is no exception. Yes, it's an erotic book with some serious kink, but to me that's not why I read it. Reisz creates believable characters and a compelling story. For being a short, it has a lot of emotion in it. Some other reviewers have complained that the story doesn't "have a happy ending". I disagree. It does, just not in the way that people expect a "romance" novel to end. The romance, and even the kinky sex, aren't what drive this story. The story is about Daniel, a shut-in following his wife's tragic death, told through the eyes of Elenore, a "loaned" submissive. Are both of them broken? Yes. Do both of them learn something about themselves? Yes.If you are wanting a vanilla plotted romance novel, buy 50 Shades. If you want a complex story, read this.As for the kink. Reisz could have been way more explicit than she was. I'm grateful that she wasn't. I think getting too explicit would have taken away from the true story, which is that of Daniel.