The BDSM Book Club Discussion Thread

[FurryFury]

Thanks Kayte.

I hope you are having a great Friday too. Mine hasn't been great so far.

I look forward to your being able to comment on the next book! If you get the chance you should read this one too. I really liked it, after I got into it.

 

[FurryFury]

The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson

Did you like the book overall or not?

I found it difficult to get into. However by the end of it's 500+ pages I did like the book overall.

Do you feel it portrays BDSM in a real way, a positive way and/or your way?

There was no BDSM in this book for me. There was no consent in the scenes with what would normally be called BDSM activities had there been consent. Briefly it was mentioned that the lead female character knew people who were into BDSM and that the lead male character may have done some of that be a previous lover. That being said, some of the nasty torture did get me all hot.

Did you like the sex scenes in the book?

No, there were very few sex scenes and they weren't well detailed, plus the were nilla.

Did you like the rest of the book, the story in it?

I found the lead female to be very intriguing. I wanted to get to know her better and see what happened to her. The central mystery was pretty interesting. The financial / expose part was less so.

Would you be interested in reading another book by this author?

Yes. I want to know more about Lisbeth Salander.

What did you like best about this selection?

I liked the growth of the lead female character. I liked the spy like moves in getting the money and controlling her life. I liked the resolution of the mystery.

What did you like the least?

There were a thousand things detailed in this book that didn't really serve the story, IMO. It did make for a thick book but I just wanted to get to the next interesting part - NOW!

How would you have changed the story?

From a BDSM POV there would have been some that was healthy in the story. There would also have been clear comment or story on why kidnapping, raping, torturing and murdering someone wasn't in fact BDSM.

I would have had the book less cluttered with details that didn't add to the story.

I probably would have focused more on Lisbeth than anyone else.

 

[kayte]

Thanks Kayte.

I hope you are having a great Friday too. Mine hasn't been great so far.

I look forward to your being able to comment on the next book! If you get the chance you should read this one too. I really liked it, after I got into it.

Good afternoon {{{{{Fury}}}}}

Sorry to hear your Friday wasn't all that good. Hope today is much better.

Looking forward to being able to comment on Kushiel's Justice next month. I just checked my status in the hold queue for the current book.

Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Larsson, Stieg, 1954-2004. Your position in the holds queue: 87

Doesn't look too promising does it? And this is for all of the libraries in my county.

 

[FurryFury]

What shall we read in June?

 

[FurryFury]

What shall we read next month?

Okay I still plan to read and discuss last month's book. (I need to check my library holds again.)

In the meantime while we are reading this month's book, let's vote on the February BOTM shall we?

If you notice any books left out, would like to nominate a book or that I've left one in that we've already read, please let me know.


1.) Kushiel's Justice by Jacqueline Carey

Bestseller Carey's fifth book in her Kushiel's Legacy series, volume two of her Imriel fantasy trilogy (after 2006's Kushiel's Scion), is a moody tale of violence and divided loyalties. Phèdre nó Delaunay, the sexually adventurous heroine of the first trilogy, has become a placid foster mother to Prince Imriel, son of the unseen traitor Melisande Shahrizai.

Carey's infamous explicit sex scenes now portray Imriel's illicit and often violent affair with Sidonie, daughter of Queen Ysandre. Their romance is frustrated by Imriel's obligation to marry Dorelei, an Alban princess, and beget future rulers of Alba. When Dorelei and her unborn son are betrayed and Imriel is badly wounded, he finds himself torn between his vow to avenge his wife and child and his desire to seek solace in Sidonie's arms. His inner conflicts are ameliorated by religious faith, a change from previous books that may please some readers and dismay others. Imriel serves well as protagonist, however, and events are clearly building to what promises to be a spectacular climax in the sixth volume.

2.) Queen of the Darkness, by Anne Bishop.

"Queen of the Darkness" is the third and last book in Anne Bishop's extraordinary "Black Jewels Trilogy." This is a strong novel which truly enhances the material in the first two books and provides a most fitting conclusion to this epic series. I would strongly advise reading the books in order, beginning with "Daughter of the Blood" and then "Heir to the Shadows" to best appreciate the intricate story, characters and unique world that Ms. Bishop has created. I only wish the author had written a quartet!

3.)Sweetheart by Chelsea Cain

Starred Review. In Cain's superb follow-up to Heartsick, damaged detective Archie Sheridan is back home in Portland, Ore., trying to resume a normal life. Archie's ties to serial killer Gretchen Lowell still run deep, even if he's stopped their weekly visits in prison.

Meanwhile, reporter Susan Ward is finishing an article accusing a beloved U.S. senator of seducing his children's 14-year-old babysitter a decade earlier.

When three bodies are discovered in a local park—where Archie's team found Gretchen's first victim 12 years earlier—Archie worries another serial killer is at large.

After the senator's unexpected death, Susan discovers links between the sex scandal and the bodies in the park.

When Gretchen escapes from prison, Archie knows he's the only one who can stop her from killing. In Cain's capable hands, Gretchen is both a monster and the only person who truly understands Archie's pain. With its brisk pacing, carefully metered violence and tortured hero, Cain's sophomore effort will leave readers desperate for more. 200,000 first printing. (Sept.)
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

4.) One Dark Night by Jaid Black.

Finally! A Jaid Black book with a meaningful plot! I was actually engrossed in the mystery of this little who-done-it and not just in the sex scenes. Reading many of Jaid's other stories is a cross between the story line of a cheap porno and the sickeningly sweet endings of a childhood fairy tale. But not this book! Amazing! I hope she keeps it up!

5.) Gordon by Edith Templeton.

Originally written under a pseudonym, this thrilling novel of passion in post-World War II London was banned upon its publication in the late 1960s, and is only now being republished under the author’s real name. Edith Templeton creates an indelible character in the smartly dressed Louisa, a savvy young woman in the midst of a divorce who meets a charismatic man in a pub and within an hour has been sexually conquered by him on a garden bench. Thus begins her baffling but magnetic love affair with, and virtual enslavement to, Richard Gordon.

6.) Warrior's Woman by Johanna Lindsey.

Book Description:In the year 2139, fearless Tedra De Arr sets out to rescue her beleaguered planet Kystran from the savage rule of the evil Crad Ce Moerr. Experienced in combat but not in love, the beautiful, untouched Amazon flies with Martha, her wise-cracking, free-thinking computer, to a world where warriors reigns supreme--and into the arms of the one man she can never hope to vanquish: the bronzed barbarian Challen Ly-San-Ter. A magnificent creature of raw yet disciplined desires, the muscle-bound primitive succeeds where no puny Kystran male had before--igniting a raging fire within Tedra that must be extinguished before she can even think of saving her enslaved world. . .

7.) Choke by Chuck Palahniuk

Victor Mancini is a ruthless con artist. Victor Mancini is a med-school dropout who's taken a job playing an Irish indentured servant in a colonial-era theme park in order to help care for his Alzheimer's-afflicted mother. Victor Mancini is a sex addict. Victor Mancini is a direct descendant of Jesus Christ. All of these statements about the protagonist of Choke are more or less true. Welcome, once again, to the world of Chuck Palahniuk.

"Art never comes from happiness." So says Mancini's mother only a few pages into the novel. Given her own dicey and melodramatic style of parenting, you would think that her son's life would be chock-full of nothing but art. Alas, that's not the case. In the fine tradition of Oedipus, Stephen Dedalus, and Anthony Soprano, Victor hasn't quite reconciled his issues with his mother. Instead, he's trawling sexual-addiction recovery meetings for dates and purposely choking in restaurants for a few moments of attention. Longing for a hug, in other words, he's settling for the Heimlich.

8) Wicked Pleasure by Jaid Black and Lora Leigh.

By CoffeeGurl (MA) - (TOP 100 REVIEWER)
Ties that Bind is one of the most smoldering erotic anthologies I've read as of late, and Jaid Black's Sins of the Father is the highlight of the book. Candy Morgan is James's nemesis. Her father had promised him a lucrative career and a place in the family, but then he discarded James without a moment's hesitation. Now Candy must surrender to James's dark desires and commands if she wants to keep her side of the business running. But little did she imagine that James had an unexpected agenda...

The erotic scenes in Father are insatiable beyond compare! The novella is full of Black's signature eroticism and mouthwatering descriptions. She is a great new voice in erotic fiction. I haven't been able to put down her books and I look forward to reading more of her stuff. Lora Leigh's Surrender, the other novella in Ties that Bind, is also a scorcher. These quickie reads will burn a hole in your sheets! I shall look into reading more of Ellora's Cave authors in the future. In the meantime, I recommend this book along with Jaid Black's The Possession.

9.) Obsession : an erotic tale by Vanderbilt, Gloria

Publisher Summary 2 New York social maven Priscilla Bingham discovers a hidden cache of letters that reveal her late husband's affair with a sophisticated dominatrix who has recorded the intimate details of their relationship, a finding with which Priscilla becomes increasingly obsessed. Publisher Summary 3
The marriages of desire . . .

From the multitalented and versatile Gloria Vanderbilt comes a passionate, sensual, witty, and puzzling tale of erotic obsession, beauty, and revenge, told in tandem by two women obsessed with the same man—and, ultimately, with each other.

Talbot Bingham is a renowned architectural genius who, with his formidable wife, Priscilla, creates an architectural community. When he dies unexpectedly in the middle of their tenth wedding anniversary celebration, the devastated Priscilla is left keeper of the flame of Talbot's genius. Going through her husband's archives, she comes unexpectedly upon a pile of neatly tied letters, and the shocking secret of her husband's intimate life—a discovery that shatters the foundation of her soul and spirit.

Obsession explores the mysteries of the human heart and the nature of sexuality and obsession, provoking questions about whom we choose to love, and why. The reader is left to decide if the other woman represents another facet of Priscilla, or if Priscilla her-self has invented the other woman who completed the world her husband so recently inhabited?


10.)Nine and a Half Weeks: A Memoir of a Love Affair by Elizabeth McNeill

Forget the movie! It's forgettable and formulaic. This 'journal' is anything but. The film does it no justice whatsoever. And much of what's in the film is from the terribly lacking imagination of the screenwriter, and not at all from the book.

Let me state that I do not believe the events in the book to be true, but because of that, I have to say it is one of THE great novels ever pumped out by the U.S.. And ultimately, it is a tragedy that will etch itself into the tissue of the reader's brain for life, whether you like S/M, or whether you think it's uninteresting, or sick. The love of this woman is QUITE sincere; and the inward pain she experiences puts all the belt-beatings to shame.

11.) Swallowing Darkness (Meredith Gentry, Book 7) by Laurell K. Hamilton

I am Meredith, princess of faerie, wielder of the hands of Flesh and Blood, and at long last, I am with child–twins, fathered by my royal guard. Though my uncle, Taranis, King of Light and Illusion, claims that he is the true father since he abducted me from my home, betrayed, and defiled me. And now he has branded my guards as a threat to my unborn children.

Bearing an heir has placed me halfway to my aunt’s throne, that much closer to my reign over the Unseelie Court–and well ahead of her son, my cousin Cel, in this race. Now I must stay alive to see my children born and claim my place as queen.

But not all in faerie are pleased with the news, and conspirators from every court in the realm plot against me and mine. They seek to strip my guards, my lovers, from me by poisoned word or cold steel. But I still have supporters, and even friends, among the goblins and the sluagh, who will stand by me.

I am Meredith Nic Essus, and those who would defy and destroy me are destined to pay a terrible price–for I am truly my father’s daughter. To protect what is mine, I will sacrifice anything–even if it means waging a great battle against my darkest enemies and making the most momentous decision ever made as princess of faerie.


12.) Halfway to the Grave (Night Huntress, Book 1) by Jeaniene Frost

Half-vampire Catherine Crawfield is going after the undead with a vengeance, hoping that one of these deadbeats is her father—the one responsible for ruining her mother's life. Then she's captured by Bones, a vampire bounty hunter, and is forced into an unholy partnership.

In exchange for finding her father, Cat agrees to train with the sexy night stalker until her battle reflexes are as sharp as his fangs. She's amazed she doesn't end up as his dinner—are there actually good vampires? Pretty soon Bones will have her convinced that being half-dead doesn't have to be all bad. But before she can enjoy her newfound status as kick-ass demon hunter, Cat and Bones are pursued by a group of killers. Now Cat will have to choose a side . . . and Bones is turning out to be as tempting as any man with a heartbeat.

Books I can't get at my library:

13.) Menage by Emma Holly

Bookstore owner Kate comes home from work one day to find her two flatmates in bed...together. Joe - a sensitive composer - is mortified. Sean - an irrepressible bad boy - asks her to join in. Kate's been fantasising about her hunky new houseshares since they moved in, but she was convinced they were both gay.

Realising that pleasure is a multi-faceted thing, she sets her cares aside and embarks on a menage a trois with the wild duo. Kate wants nothing more than to keep both her admirers happy, but inevitably things become complicated, especially at work.

Kate has told her colleagues that Joe and Sean are gay but the gossip begins when she's caught in a clinch with one of them in her lunch hour! To add to this, one of Kate's more conservative suitors is showing interest again, but she's hooked on the different kind of loving that she enjoys with her boys - even though she knows it cannot last. Or can it?

14.) Breaking the Girl by Kim Corum

See what all the fuss is about. "I wasn't a slave. I was a willing participant." "His name was Frank. Just Frank. His last name really doesn't matter. It was Smith or Jones or Gallagher or... Hell. Just pick one. They're really all the same. I didn't know that much about him." "Maybe Frank classified me as a whore." "I stopped talking, begging, pleading. Plotting. I wasn't going to win him over. It was his way or no way. And I knew that. So it was his way." "I just wasn't that kind of tie me up, tie me down, beat me, switch me, hold me tight, love me forever' kind of girl. Frank was that kind of guy. Which made me that kind of girl." "And when it was over, we fell away from each other gasping for air." ".he brought the money-in fifties and hundreds-to me, delivering it in a bank bag. Delivering it to me with a big smile on his face, as if he were happy to deliver it, glad he could accommodate me. Who was the real slave here?" Breaking the Girl-a story of white hot sex and submission.


15.) Safe Word by Molly Weatherfield. From the author of Carrie's Story comes the continuing tale of a young woman's uncompromising sexual adventure.

Carrie leaves Jonathan, the S/M master who initiated her into a life of slave auctions, training regimes, and human "ponies" preening for dressage competitions. Whisked away to Greece by the demanding gentleman who has chosen her as his own, she learns new, more rigorous methods of sexual pleasure.

16.) Slaves of the Empire by Aaron Travis.
Steven Saylor in disguise, his hot porn still includes marvelous details of Rome at its dirtiest, wealthiest, and most kinky.

17.) Topping From Below by Laura Reese.

The title of this devilishly pornographic?albeit literate?novel is taken from the argot of sadomasochism and refers to a rebellious dynamic in which the dominant partner (the "top") is subtly manipulated by the submissive partner (the "bottom").

After her young sister, Franny, is found murdered?bound, gagged and mutilated?Nora Tibbs, a journalist for the Sacramento Bee, discovers in Franny's computer a diary that details her brief affair with "M.," an arrogant music professor in his late 40s. Cruelly exploiting the overweight, love-starved woman, M. forced Franny to submit to a humiliating gamut of outre sexual practices.

Convinced that M. is Franny's murderer, Nora sets out to prove his guilt by pretending to submit to his depraved aberrations. But, to her astonishment, she discovers a dark, pagan side of herself when M. enthralls her with intense, if perilous, sexual pleasure. Graphic descriptions of exotic sexual practices (bondage and discipline, sadomasochism, bestiality, etc.) accumulate, counterpointed by Nora's sweetly romantic relationship with a fellow reporter.

The suspense, a bit attenuated by thin secondary characters, also is muted by artless foreshadowing, but the conclusion is satisfying in a savage sort of way and Nora's plunge "down, all the way down" under M.'s manipulations will keep most readers gripped even as they're aware that Reese's shameless pandering is manipulating them in turn. Comparison to Story of O is well earned. 100,000 first printing; Literary Guild and Doubleday Recommended for adult fiction collections.

18.) Wild Rain by Christine Feehan

Feehan has a knack for bringing vampiric Carpathians to vivid, virile life in her Dark Carpathian novels, and in this new book, which builds on her short story "The Awakening," she focuses on a different kind of sensual predator—a half-human/half-leopard species of shapeshifters.

Mysterious freelance paramilitary operative Rio Santana is a member of this breed, but he's been banished from his clan and lives in a solitary rainforest dwelling. Enter Rachel Lospostos, who has marooned herself in the jungle to escape a group of murderers.

Blood runs hot between the two, both emotionally and literally—their first meeting is a near-terminal cat fight that leaves Rachel bedridden with a mangled leg and a broken wrist. As Rio cares for her, it becomes clear that their relationship is fated, but it may soon be cut short if they don't figure out who wants Rachel dead.

Suspense often takes a backseat to the protagonists' romantic feelings, but Feehan handles both elements skillfully, drawing villains who are sufficiently threatening and creating a romance that feels both destined and believable. Readers whose fantasies center on untamed wilderness and on untamed heroes who are as sensitive as they are strong will be seduced by this erotic adventure. Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

19.) The Reluctant Dom by Tymber Dalton

Love hurts...if you're lucky.-

Kaden knows he's dying, but before he goes, he has one problem he needs to solve - he must ask his oldest friend Seth to take over as his beloved wife's Dom and Master after his death. Seth has always seen himself as the perpetual screw-up and Kaden as the strong and steady one, so his friend's request rocks his world.-

Now Seth finds himself immersed in a role he's far from comfortable with: inflicting pain to provide emotional comfort for the woman he's secretly loved for years. Can he deal with his crushing grief and learn the skills he must master in time to become THE RELUCTANT DOM?-

Warning: m/f/m menage, anal sex/play/toys, BDSM, bondage, D/s relationship, and the lesser-known "normality" of the world of BDSM.-

Online Stories:

20.) Tales From Subspace by NIGHTQUEEN1963. http://english.literotica.com/stori...ry.php?id=84817

In addition I have another book thread for reads that do not have to do with BDSM. It's called reading books for pleasure and it is here:

https://forum.literotica.com/showthread.php?t=410377

Any book you consider to have been pleasurable, and somewhat BDSM please share!

Nominations are always open!

 

[FurryFury]

No votes for the next read yet?

 

[Soumis]

No votes for the next read yet?

I'm so confused as to what we are supposed to be reading and what we're reading next and what month we're voting for. This thread just boggles me for some reason!

 

[00Syd]

I'm currently reading The Ethical Slut for a real-life kinky book club with some of my friends.

I'm in the middle of chapter two, and very eager to read the rest.

 

[00Syd]

Also, from the list of books on the last page, I recommend "Choke". What a great book. "Snuff", by the same author, is also great, but 1000% more grotesque and disgusting. Not sure how well that would go over with the book club, but it's pretty appropriate.

 

[FurryFury]

I'm so confused as to what we are supposed to be reading and what we're reading next and what month we're voting for. This thread just boggles me for some reason!

We need to vote for the June 2010 BOTM.


The May 2010 BOTM is Kushiel's Justice by Jacqueline Carey.

 

[FurryFury]

I'm currently reading The Ethical Slut for a real-life kinky book club with some of my friends.

I'm in the middle of chapter two, and very eager to read the rest.

I've wanted to read that.

 

[FurryFury]

Also, from the list of books on the last page, I recommend "Choke". What a great book. "Snuff", by the same author, is also great, but 1000% more grotesque and disgusting. Not sure how well that would go over with the book club, but it's pretty appropriate.

I've been wanting to read Choke, although I didn't much care for Fight Club. Maybe it's because I like the idea of choke play?

 

[00Syd]

I've been wanting to read Choke, although I didn't much care for Fight Club. Maybe it's because I like the idea of choke play?

Just so you know, that book, while awesome, has nothing to do with choke play. And if you want to read The Ethical Slut, go for it! No need to wait for a book group. Or, make it the next book.

 

[FurryFury]

Just so you know, that book, while awesome, has nothing to do with choke play. And if you want to read The Ethical Slut, go for it! No need to wait for a book group. Or, make it the next book.

I figured that, damn it.

I might put The Ethical Slut on the list. It's non fiction right? I'd rather read any book along with others.

 

[00Syd]

I figured that, damn it.

I might put The Ethical Slut on the list. It's non fiction right? I'd rather read any book along with others.

Yes, non-fiction. It's a "practical guide to polyamory, open relationships & other adventures" (or so says the cover), but from what I can tell, it has a lot of great advice on non-traditional relationships of all stripes, and it seems to be a really great writing on sex-positivity in general.

 

[FurryFury]

Yes, non-fiction. It's a "practical guide to polyamory, open relationships & other adventures" (or so says the cover), but from what I can tell, it has a lot of great advice on non-traditional relationships of all stripes, and it seems to be a really great writing on sex-positivity in general.

Sounds good. I WISH I were into polyamory and such adventures.

 

[FurryFury]

The June 2010 BOTM is :

Choke by Chuck Palahniuk

 

[kayte]

The June 2010 BOTM is :

Choke by Chuck Palahniuk

HI {{{{{{{Fury}}}}}}

I just checked my library and that book is there so I'll be able to join in that discussion too.

Reading Kushiel's Justice. I am remembering all of the earlier books as well. It has been awhile since I read those.

Hope you are having a wonderful weekend.

 

[FurryFury]

Yay!

Thanks for the hugs too!

*HUGS back to you!*

Have a great day!

 

[FurryFury]

Okay so I finally got Hallfway To The Grave by Jeaniene Frost! Here is my review of it!

Did you like the book overall or not?

I really did enjoy this book!

Do you feel it portrays BDSM in a real way, a positive way and/or your way?

No. I saw no BDSM in the book.

Did you like the sex scenes in the book?

Not particularly. As a story I was very glad that the lead male was so insistent on her consent though. Since there was no power play or D/s or anything to them they left me otherwise lukewarm.

Did you like the rest of the book, the story in it?

I did. I really enjoyed this book. It falls right into my fav area or Urban Supernatural Fiction.

Would you be interested in reading another book by this author?

Yes. I'll be putting the next volume on hold at my library soon!

What did you like best about this selection?

I liked that the characters were people you could like and pull for. I liked the world created, the character and story development.

What did you like the least?

The blind hatred and responsibility put on the lead girl by her mother.

How would you have changed the story?

I would have preferred that the girl find a way to do what she wanted rather than what would keep her mother and love alive. I wanted her to come up with another option that would do all three.

 

[FurryFury]

Discussion for our May 2010 BOTM, Kushiel's Justice by Jacqueline Carey, may begin at midnight tonight YOUR time!

 

[FurryFury]

Did you like the book overall or not?

Yes, I did! I love these books. They are grand sweeping epic stories with kink! Woo hoo!

Do you feel it portrays BDSM in a real way, a positive way and/or your way?

Yes but it doesn't focus on it or detail it enough for my liking. One of the aspects of this book I like best is that no one can really question what the leads do in bed for long because they can trot out the, "it's our gods wills" thing. That's awesome.

I think we should all be able to say, "It's just the way we are. If you don't like it too damn bad". If you believe in a god, then why not say, "God made me this way."

Did you like the sex scenes in the book?

Yes! I must say they were far more detailed in this book than in the past. Did anyone else think so?

Did you like the rest of the book, the story in it?

Yes, I did. The story was really good, particularly when you consider this was the fifth book.

Would you be interested in reading another book by this author?

You betcha! Try and stop me. LOL!

What did you like best about this selection?

The story.

What did you like the least?

The cover art made it look more cheesy and less like the good novel it is. Also I don't favor the blond on the cover at all. I liked the tattoos and dark haired Phedre so much better. I wish it had showed Dorelai (sp?) or someone more interesting and less generic.

How would you have changed the story?

I wouldn't have. It was great!

 

[kayte]

Did you like the book overall or not?
Yes I enjoyed it very much. I’ve enjoyed all of her earlier ones as well. I’m looking forward to any more from her.

Do you feel it portrays BDSM in a real way, a positive way and/or your way?
I’m a pragmatist. I feel it portrays BDSM in a very real way. A way where it is a part of one’s life but that is it, a part. I also know that there must be a “match” a “fit” for BDSM to work. That was brought up in different ways through the book.
That along with the way it is done is their way, and not necessarily anyone else’s. I think that is something that people who’ve never been involved in a BDSM relationship don’t understand.

Did you like the sex scenes in the book?
I completely enjoyed them. There was enough detail to draw a picture in my mind but not enough to overdo it. I think covering sex scenes that way is a real skill.

Did you like the rest of the book, the story in it?
I enjoyed this book as well as the earlier ones. They are independent but the overall theme and characters are carried through without too much boring detail. I had to focus a bit to remember parts in the earlier books as it has been a few years since I read them. Like I said there was just enough information to allow that to happen. This story seemed to tie things together and yet leave things open for the next one.

Would you be interested in reading another book by this author?
Absolutely


What did you like best about this selection?
It has freshness and brings in areas of good and bad and how one person contains elements of both. I think that freshness can be a trait difficult to continue in a series.

What did you like the least?
I thought getting to the ending of the story was a tad contrived. No, I didn’t state it quite right. It just seemed a bit awkward. Perhaps that was done so it wasn’t completely ended but left open for the future.

How would you have changed the story?
I can’t think of any way.

 

[FurryFury]

I'm glad we both enjoyed it.

 

[kayte]

I'm glad we both enjoyed it.

Hi {{{{{Fury}}}}} It was a good read maybe more so the second time around. I agree with your comment about the cover art making it look more like one of those mass market "romance" books.

Hope you are having a Happy Hump Day.