Review: A little disturbing...
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 01 26, 2011
I like the professor/student theme well enough and like to read erotica/BDSM fiction so I figured this would be sure thing, but I was so disappointed in this.The premise is totally cliche, the student comes in looking to better her grade and they get into it.  Technically he does assign her some reading and asks questions, but only while he's touching her.  He ups her grade, and supposedly unrelatedly, they agree to spend a weekend together where she is his love slave.My biggest problem with this book is that the dude is so freaking angry over his ex-wife and he's taking it out on her.  The BDSM angle isn't so much about being in control or giving her something she needs, as it is about keeping his distance from her and taking out his anger issues.  Really, BDSM should not be about hating women and trying to prove something, and I found it really ugly.  Even the love scenes, which were only medium hot anyways, were ruined for me because he kept demonstrating such ... immaturity.  I do like a man to take charge, but if he ends up acting like a baby when he's doing it - that is not hot.  And she stays through it, which doesn't make me think too much of her, and then when he decides she's proven herself and stops acting so angry, she just accepts it gratefully - geez, where you're pride, girl.My second problem with the story was the whole grades/morality issue.  It is bound to be an issue with any professor/student relationship but you can work around it, or at least feel some guilt if you want me to feel sympathetic toward the character.  Instead, the professor goes on about how he really liked her but he couldn't approach her because it wouldn't be ethical - then when she approaches him, he totally goes at her, hard and fast - yes, very ethical you are.  The dude just seems like an immature jerk and the girl is pathetic, but at least she is young as an excuse.YOU MIGHT PREFER...Holiday BoundJulie's SubmissionPromises - Promises Linger