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A review by atheresa
Building Bonds by Morticia Knight
1.0
DNF @ 56%. Could not stand both MCs - they were OTT caricatures of a BDSM Dom/sub. Returning this Kindle book along the next one in the series.
Gavin was a bully. He proceeded to continue his non-committed sexual sub relationship with Toby while thinking of Kyle. He publically offered a sub contract to Kyle, with no prior discussion, and then immediately pushed him to behave like a sub, initiated sex and then pressured Kyle to move in with him, all in one afternoon. And, the contract was for a 24/7 D/s lifestyle. He also announced this contract to Kyle in front of Toby with no prior discussion with Toby. Toby got his feelings hurt with Gavin's announcement. Gavin "told" Toby he should have spoken up sooner about his feelings. Well Gavin should have spoken up sooner too. Hell, Gavin should have stopped training Toby at that point. Gavin also "told" Kyle he should have spoken up sooner that he was not in the lifestyle. Well Gavin was at fault for not bringing up the sub contract privately with Kyle.
And Kyle was just plain milk toast. Kyle's whole personae was extremely wimpy and he was afraid of BDSM. He indirectly led Gavin on by not correcting Gavin's assumptions that he was in the lifestyle and Roger had been his Dom because he made BDSM equipment. And a big strike against his character (and which Toby should have not taken advantage of), Kyle said yes to Gavin's sub contract without knowing anything about BDSM and the specifics of the contract.
Gavin was a bully. He proceeded to continue his non-committed sexual sub relationship with Toby while thinking of Kyle. He publically offered a sub contract to Kyle, with no prior discussion, and then immediately pushed him to behave like a sub, initiated sex and then pressured Kyle to move in with him, all in one afternoon. And, the contract was for a 24/7 D/s lifestyle. He also announced this contract to Kyle in front of Toby with no prior discussion with Toby. Toby got his feelings hurt with Gavin's announcement. Gavin "told" Toby he should have spoken up sooner about his feelings. Well Gavin should have spoken up sooner too. Hell, Gavin should have stopped training Toby at that point. Gavin also "told" Kyle he should have spoken up sooner that he was not in the lifestyle. Well Gavin was at fault for not bringing up the sub contract privately with Kyle.
And Kyle was just plain milk toast. Kyle's whole personae was extremely wimpy and he was afraid of BDSM. He indirectly led Gavin on by not correcting Gavin's assumptions that he was in the lifestyle and Roger had been his Dom because he made BDSM equipment. And a big strike against his character (and which Toby should have not taken advantage of), Kyle said yes to Gavin's sub contract without knowing anything about BDSM and the specifics of the contract.