book_lover_97's review
4.0
Captivating story with plenty of great discoveries. Rowena has a likable personality. I really liked the secondary characters and hope to read their stories as well. This is wonderfully written and very entertaining.
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deanie's review
4.0
Actually 3.5 stars
The beginning of Finding Rowena plunges the reader into the story as if you already know the characters. I actually took the time to stop and see if this series was a spin-off of something else I should read first. So it was confusing at the beginning. But the writing is good, and the characters are compelling. I liked the relationship between Rowena and husband Octavius, and the relationship between her and her newly discovered sisters. If the beginning had been better, this might have been a 4.5-5 star read.
The beginning of Finding Rowena plunges the reader into the story as if you already know the characters. I actually took the time to stop and see if this series was a spin-off of something else I should read first. So it was confusing at the beginning. But the writing is good, and the characters are compelling. I liked the relationship between Rowena and husband Octavius, and the relationship between her and her newly discovered sisters. If the beginning had been better, this might have been a 4.5-5 star read.
lifeinthebooklane's review
3.0
On balance Finding Rowena is an engaging and enjoyable read and one that I recommend if your looking for a lighter BDSM/ DD read. The characters are likeable, Rowena and Octavius are already a couple so whilst there wasn't so much of a romance there is plenty of steam both BDSM and discipline wise. The pace was good and there are some great supporting characters.
There were a few minor issues that meant I wasn't able to rate this any higher than "liked it". The first is that it felt as if I'd arrived in the middle of a story or series of books, characters and situations were spoken about as though I already had knowledge of them. This proved to be quite distracting at times and left me floundering a little.
The book also felt a little more tell than show. Since Octavius/O/Bear/Daddy (perhaps one name would have been sufficient?) and Ro were already in a dynamic and married this didn't prove too much of an issue in terms of believing in their relationship. However it DID impact on what felt like a very abrupt and slightly out of left field decision at the end. Because we didn't hear their 'mental thought processes' it felt like choices and actions came out of nowhere.
The final thing was that I wasn't quite sure what the actual main focus of the book was, which also played into me being a little surprised by the ending. I thought the story was heading somewhere else altogether! There are quite a few loose ends left at the end of this book, which I assume will be picked up and form part of both Teagan and Evelyn's stories.
I liked this enough that I do intend to continue reading about them all.
There were a few minor issues that meant I wasn't able to rate this any higher than "liked it". The first is that it felt as if I'd arrived in the middle of a story or series of books, characters and situations were spoken about as though I already had knowledge of them. This proved to be quite distracting at times and left me floundering a little.
The book also felt a little more tell than show. Since Octavius/O/Bear/Daddy (perhaps one name would have been sufficient?) and Ro were already in a dynamic and married this didn't prove too much of an issue in terms of believing in their relationship. However it DID impact on what felt like a very abrupt and slightly out of left field decision at the end. Because we didn't hear their 'mental thought processes' it felt like choices and actions came out of nowhere.
The final thing was that I wasn't quite sure what the actual main focus of the book was, which also played into me being a little surprised by the ending. I thought the story was heading somewhere else altogether! There are quite a few loose ends left at the end of this book, which I assume will be picked up and form part of both Teagan and Evelyn's stories.
I liked this enough that I do intend to continue reading about them all.
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