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Dance For Me by Kay Elle Parker

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helene0707's review against another edition

This novel is better written than some of the other BDSM novels I’ve read on KU. The romance is good, but the story has a few red flags. The author draws similarities between the MC and a child, and the language the author uses felt wrong to me. The story also contains a chase scene, which I didn’t enjoy reading. Surely, chasing a traumatised woman and terrifying her even more would be the WORST thing you could do… Sadly, the novel—like many other BDSM ones—depicts BDSM as inherently voyeuristic, which isn’t true. Voyeurism is a very specific kink, and in my opinion, the MC does not give her explicit consent to being watched. I get it’s a fantasy, but it doesn’t make it OK.

zeya333's review against another edition

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challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.0

madisonleb's review against another edition

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5.0

I read the first book in the club serenity series before I found out about the club avalon series and omg I’m so glad I found this series and went back to it!!! SO GOOD. I can already tell (based on some spoilers I had reading club serenity’s book first) that I’m going to be an emotional mess this whole series. I loved it so much. I love Bodie & I can’t wait to see how Alicia becomes who she is in Lesson in Trust!

ceb926's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging emotional sad fast-paced

4.0

voracious_book_addict's review against another edition

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slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

This book missed the mark for me on most levels. I struggled with the BDSM dynamics in this story, but also with the relationship between the heroine and all the characters. I didn't feel like consent was taken seriously, or that the heroine was able to consent. I felt like the heroine's mental health was an afterthought and that really bothered me. The suspense part of this book did interest me, but overall I found this book to be a struggle.

ela_35's review against another edition

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emotional medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

This book was great.

I really liked how Bodie and Braun got to know each other, and how their relationship developed. There was a lot of communication, and even though Bodie sometimes acted like a brat, I completely understood her, and I liked how Braun made her deal with it.

I liked the plot, but I thought that there could have been more scenes at the end. At first, Bodie and Braun are getting to know each other and building a relationship. Then Bodie has to deal with her parents and the aftermath of that.

I really liked all the side characters and how they all had their own personalities, but I wanted to see more of them interacting with Bodie and Braun. I think my favourites were Jasper and Connie, but I wanted to see more of Bodie and Connie’s sessions together, and there could have been more scenes showing Bodie becoming friends with Jasper.

I definitely want to continue with this series, even though I’m not sure if I like Anarchy yet.