Review: Pivotal point for Natalie
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 07 6, 2013
I was disappointed by this installment of the series. Its short, has very little plot advancement, it's tied together with sex, and poorly addresses (in my opinion) Natalie's acknowledgement of the additional sexual needs she has. Natalie has admitted to herself that not only does she enjoy rough sex but she enjoys pain..She is embarrassed by this knowledge, and afraid that Tanner will think ill of her, and the relationship will be in jeopardy. She hides these feelings from Tanner, writing about them in a diary. What a wonderful opportunity for the author to have material to use in the plot...journal entries, and sharing of her secret fantasies, this would have be wonderful, it would have allowed the reader to understand this need from Natalie's point of view .  But alas this did not happen; Tanner does find out and is very willing to assist in providing these additional needs for Natalie, but the scenes were still within the BDSM lite arena.The writing seemed choppy for me, additional storyline material very thin, and I found I needed a break from the frequent sex scenes. This was a pivotal point in the relationship, one where Natalie was expressing her needs Vs Tanner always expressing his needs, it should have been played up more, developed, instead of glossed over with run of the mill sex scenes. This is a huge development - it shows that Natalie is actually participating in this lifestyle by choice, not participating as part of the desire to please and satisfy Tanner.I was given this novella by the author for an honest review