Instead, it turned out to be much like a manual for safe, sane and consensual (SSC) BDSM. It never sucked me in, chewed on me and spit me - reduced to an emotional and hot ‘n bothered mess - out at the end! This book didn't shimmer with intensity, there were no sparks that ignited my imagination.

So far, so holding-your-breath-in-anticipation yummie.

A naive, spoilt brat, who also happens to be his student, is the last person he realizes he should want. Anyway, Sterling begs his professor to take him on as his sub, but the man has been disappointed a little too often in subs. Now, my professors mostly were shabbily-dressed and unfit, but I can still appreciate the student/professor kink. It's the weird and wacky or dark and gut wrenching stories that stick with you.'Īt first, my eyes were flying over the pages when handsome college kid Sterling, who has only recently discovered that the BDSM scene could be his thing, visits a club and suddenly spots his stoic and cool professor. 'It's just that really formalised bdsm makes me want to laugh, it's so tidy and lacking in soul. There were a little too many scenes to sustain my interest but the story was good.Let's see if I can keep this short and simple for a change. I loved that the relationship wasn't perfect and that they had to work to make it better. There is a lot of angst and misunderstandings between all three characters. Once the cracks in the relationship started showing up and we moved away from the scene-after-scene routine, the story picked up for me. more ach person brought a lot of baggage into this three-person relationship. Review 2: A book that brings the closure I craved from the previous book.The start of the book was slow for me and I felt bogged down by the innumerable scenes with Austin, Jay and Liam. Overall it was ok but i will definitely have to reread it after i read the beginning of their story.

And even though they found some common ground, it took a long time and a lot of punishment (for Jay). It made me forget that they actually had problems that needed to be resolved. Although the sex was hot, it took away from the main focus. The story was a bit if a drag and i found myself not wanting to finish it. At times i felt lost and knew i was missing pieces of the story. Review 1: Not bad but i screwed up.So i seemed to have read the second book first.

Bound and Determined by Jane Davitt