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serialbookstarter's review
4.0
The worker girl stealing from the billionaire boss trope. She agrees to be his for 7 months to pay back 7K she stole. It’s a D/s training session. Light on the character development and storyline and heavy on the smut.BBP
lo_oneill's review
4.0
I have to admit when I was reading this that there were times when I bounced between 2 stars and 4 stars. The erotica element of it could get dark, and at times it felt like it was pushing my limits as to how dark but the author manages to walk that line very carefully and never pushed me into DNFing because it was too dark. And every time that thought entered my mind Evans manged to drop just a little snippet of plot that kept me completely engaged. Finally, by the end of this extremely steamy read everything had started to come together masterfully to the point where I was extremely satisfied with the ending.
This is a challenging read and one that I would not recommend if you are into light touch BDSM, but if you are willing to have your limits tested, it is overall a very satisfying read.
This is a challenging read and one that I would not recommend if you are into light touch BDSM, but if you are willing to have your limits tested, it is overall a very satisfying read.
karamglazer's review
1.0
dnf @ like 10%
MEN SHOULD NOT WRITE BOOKS ABOUT WOMEN
WHY DID HE MENTION HER BOOBS LIKE EIGHT TIMES IN TWO PAGES
the writing was so fucking cringe and it didnt flow well at all. very hard to read.
also the idea of a man writing this type of noncon smut makes me extremely uncomfortable. im not sure if anyone else can relate but i find it super gross when men write these type of books. its almost like the mmc is their inner monologue and its *spoiler alert* really rapey (and not in the dubcon good way)
PLEASE
SOMEONE TAKE THIS MAN’S COMPUTER
MEN SHOULD NOT WRITE BOOKS ABOUT WOMEN
WHY DID HE MENTION HER BOOBS LIKE EIGHT TIMES IN TWO PAGES
the writing was so fucking cringe and it didnt flow well at all. very hard to read.
also the idea of a man writing this type of noncon smut makes me extremely uncomfortable. im not sure if anyone else can relate but i find it super gross when men write these type of books. its almost like the mmc is their inner monologue and its *spoiler alert* really rapey (and not in the dubcon good way)
PLEASE
SOMEONE TAKE THIS MAN’S COMPUTER
deckard_'s review
dark
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
5.0
Really awesome book. Highly recommend it!
findingmywings's review
dark
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.0
lifeinthebooklane's review
2.0
Sadly this book just wasn't for me
In terms of editing and story flow there is nothing I can criticise, the author has writing talent that will appeal to many readers. I need to feel a connection for AND between the characters, as well as at least a modicum of emotion when I read a book. Quite simply that wasn't the case for me on this occasion.
Before I outline why I didn't enjoy this, I will say that a lot of reader friends have recommended his work and I will definitely be giving his other books a try. I have read a short story by him that I really enjoyed, so I'm really sad I didn't love this one.
So, I felt that the characters were very flat and under developed, Will is blackmailing Alyson in the most vile and despicable of ways and I couldn't even work up an active dislike of him - he just left me cold. There was also too much of them engaged in repetitive sexual acts and very little of them apart, with other characters or just being themselves. Thus I never got to 'know' either of them. The few supporting characters were even more lacking. I didn't find the sex/humiliation/kink scenes hot because their was no depth to any of the emotions involved. And it doesn't need to be romance, love and hearts, I can quite enjoy a hate f**k in a story.
Edited to add because curiosity killed the cat I skipped forward to the last few chapters of the book. Pleasingly I found that emotion I felt was missing, plus plenty of signs that Alyson remembered she had a child and how much she loved said infant. I just wish the first half of the book had included the same persuasive feelings, my review would have been very different then.
Then there were some plot holes, such as if his original intention was to have Alyson arrested why weren't the police in attendance when he called her to his office? How was she able to stay after work or go to his house at the weekend when she had a four year old son to care for (and no obvious support system/family to rely on)? Why did said son rarely enter her thoughts? Why wasn't she in utter agony since her DD bust had to remain bra-less (unless they'd sagged so much she could tuck them in her waistband?) Wasn't he also a thief if his "seed capital tranche" came from "DEA-seized Sinaloa dirty money"?
There was a lot of attention given to physical appearance but not enough to the thoughts and feelings of the main characters. I gave up at 60%, mainly because that's where I'd stopped reading and I just didn't have any motivation to pick it back up. I'd read nothing that convinced me there was anything other than lust and a possible variation of Stockholm Syndrome.
In terms of editing and story flow there is nothing I can criticise, the author has writing talent that will appeal to many readers. I need to feel a connection for AND between the characters, as well as at least a modicum of emotion when I read a book. Quite simply that wasn't the case for me on this occasion.
Before I outline why I didn't enjoy this, I will say that a lot of reader friends have recommended his work and I will definitely be giving his other books a try. I have read a short story by him that I really enjoyed, so I'm really sad I didn't love this one.
So, I felt that the characters were very flat and under developed, Will is blackmailing Alyson in the most vile and despicable of ways and I couldn't even work up an active dislike of him - he just left me cold. There was also too much of them engaged in repetitive sexual acts and very little of them apart, with other characters or just being themselves. Thus I never got to 'know' either of them. The few supporting characters were even more lacking. I didn't find the sex/humiliation/kink scenes hot because their was no depth to any of the emotions involved. And it doesn't need to be romance, love and hearts, I can quite enjoy a hate f**k in a story.
Edited to add because curiosity killed the cat I skipped forward to the last few chapters of the book. Pleasingly I found that emotion I felt was missing, plus plenty of signs that Alyson remembered she had a child and how much she loved said infant. I just wish the first half of the book had included the same persuasive feelings, my review would have been very different then.
Then there were some plot holes, such as if his original intention was to have Alyson arrested why weren't the police in attendance when he called her to his office? How was she able to stay after work or go to his house at the weekend when she had a four year old son to care for (and no obvious support system/family to rely on)? Why did said son rarely enter her thoughts? Why wasn't she in utter agony since her DD bust had to remain bra-less (unless they'd sagged so much she could tuck them in her waistband?) Wasn't he also a thief if his "seed capital tranche" came from "DEA-seized Sinaloa dirty money"?
There was a lot of attention given to physical appearance but not enough to the thoughts and feelings of the main characters. I gave up at 60%, mainly because that's where I'd stopped reading and I just didn't have any motivation to pick it back up. I'd read nothing that convinced me there was anything other than lust and a possible variation of Stockholm Syndrome.
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