In The Den by Sierra Cartwright
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Ahhh... finally Damien's story!

Damien. We've watched him, strong and silent, but ever present through 5 books, so it was a fitting end to this series for him to finally stand in the spotlight and shine in this book!

The strong Dom and the strong Domme. It was a novel concept. And I liked that she was willing to see it from "the other side", to take it as a learning experience. Little did she know that when she went to Master Damien, of her own free will, after their talk, that she would learn so much more than she bargained for.

I enjoyed the way she embraced being a submissive, even when she struggled a bit internally.

I liked this final chapter in the series, but I felt, that there were some things left out of the story, making the ending feel a little rushed. I would however, recommend it to anyone interested in this genre.

While I love reading a series from start to finish, this is one of those that each book could be a standalone, even though each book is centered around "The Den", there is enough information in each book to not *have* to read the other 5, although I highly recommend it. Especially the first book, With This Collar. My favorite book in this entire series.

Outside of the 2 main characters, Master Damien and Catrina, the one character that *has* been a constant in each book was Gregorio and I enjoyed his character in each of the 6 books. Would love to see him have a book of his own at some point. *hint hint, Ms. Cartwright!*

This book rates a solid 4 stars.


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Tears of Tess...

Tears of Tess by Pepper Winters
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

What to say about this book...

In the beginning I really enjoyed it, I liked the dark content, but somewhere around the middle it started to fall flat. I was encouraged that it would get better, and at some point I did start to enjoy it again.. Then all I wanted was for it to end, and there were several places that it could have done so. It really started to feel like the neverending story at times.

I have to admit that it tugged at my heart when Q sent Tess away, and I was happy when Tess went back to him of her own accord.

The answers *finally* came at the end about Q and Suzette, and they answered all the questions nice and neat, and they fit and made sense. But I think those answers, or at least *some* of them, would have been better served *in* the story then what felt like more of an afterthought at the end.

There were a lot of BDSM elements in this book, the darker elements, and I felt like the author had a list of them and felt the need to use them all, whether they had a place in that particular scene or not. I'm not a fan of purple prose, but I do understand that sometimes it's necessary here and there, it was extremely overused in this book.



And yes, I got it, Q smelled like citrus and sandalwood. Oh and sin. Can't forget sin. The scent of citrus, assaulted her, drowned her, hugged her, kept her grounded, drugged her, hit her, and mixed with her scent. She searched for it, was gripped by it, and breathed deep of it's heady scent and tasted it on him. Did the man bathe in the stuff? Hmm, maybe he did.



I'm just not sure where the second book can go after all of this. But I may have to read it to find out.

I'm wavering somewhere between 2.5 and 3 stars on this one.



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New Vampire Series to love!

Bound by Night by Larissa Ione
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Wow. Just. Wow.

Larissa Ione new series The Moonbound Clan Vampires is fresh, hot, heart wrenching at times, and ohhh so sexy!



The vampires in this series are unlike other vampire stories. She takes it to a different level where vampires are warm blooded, more like what I've read about werewolves being, running hotter than humans by a few degrees. There is no mention of not being able to walk in the sunlight, and they are descended from American Indians, and many are taken as slaves for the very rich.



There are a lot of twists and turns in this book all of them well planned and well timed. Very typical of the great stories Larissa Ione writes, so I'm not surprised that I loved this book.

I felt connections to the characters, main *and* secondary. Nicole and Riker are an unlikely couple. Nicole is human Riker is a turned vampire. Nicole is his sworn enemy, coming from a family that runs a company that uses vampires as test subjects. Doing to them things that are akin to animal testing. Nicole is pretty much in the plausible deniability realm of it all, and has a (justifiable) fear of vampires, seeing how her family was killed by them, when she was very young, in the Vampire Rebellion. Riker is fully aware what her family has cost him, and fully aware that Nicole is actually directly responsible for the death of his mate. And neither are happy to be in each others company when Riker kidnaps Nicole.

But there is a chemistry there, that neither can deny, but neither of them wants to acknowledge. Oh and there is hot human/vampire and vampire/vampire sex. Can't forget that!



I really enjoyed this book and giving it a solid 4.5. I'm really looking forward to the next in the series starring Hunter and the twins! Now *that* should be interesting to say the least!

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Review: For The Sub

For The Sub by Sierra Cartwright

My rating: 4 of 5 stars



I got used to a certain level of writing from Sierra Cartwright, I love everything I've read by her. Totally love the Mastered Series. But this book, I just wasn't really sure about. It felt like I was reading a story that was just written because it had to be, not because it needed to be.

Brandy has been in past books, but I'm not sure she deserved this book, or maybe she didn't deserve the way this book was written. The whole book felt like filler to me.

The ending felt so rushed, Master Niles and Brandy went from Point A to Point B to Point G without more in between. While they spent a couple of good weekends together, there was still much more they needed to learn about each other before the plunge the book took at the end. But I do understand that this is a book and timelines have to be a bit more rushed than normal. I guess I just felt there could have been more discussion, or more time in just a relationship before the whole marriage thing came up. The book would have been fine ending with them just deciding to work on having a relationship.

But all in all, I enjoyed the times that Brandy and Master Niles were together, their scenes were well written. And I enjoyed the antics of the animals, and the gift of the plastic dog toy, foot, that Master Niles gave to MW.. that part of the story was just priceless.

Master Niles seemed like a very sweet and compassionate Dominant. And Brandy surprised me at being such a feisty submissive, to the point of really pushing some boundaries. I did like the characters and their connection, and for the most part I did feel that connection between them.

I'd say this book was a 3.7 star rating for me, so I'm rounding it up to a 4. I'm looking very forward to the next book and Master Damien's story!



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A Beautiful Ending to a Very Dark Duet

Epilogue by C.J. Roberts

My rating: 5 of 5 stars



Will you miss me?

Yes, I will miss Caleb and Kitten, and James and Sophia. They have taken me on a very emotional journey in this series. I'll even miss the funny little "Sprite" and the boy in the skinny jeans!

Will you cry?

Not anymore. This book brought closure to the story. Much needed closure.

This book, written from Caleb's POV, was exactly what fans (I) needed. After being so emotional over the first two books in this series. All I could think about was Caleb and Kitten. What they'd gone through, where were they now?

It's not very often books can make me wonder about the characters days, even a week or so later. This book takes away (most) of that wonder.

Seeing it through Caleb's eyes, how he feels about Livvie, his Kitten, and sadly, how he feels about himself. The emotional and very tumultuous journey he had to make from the man he was to the man he became.

This book was also light and funny. Who knew that Caleb had such a sense of humor? His story took a lot of the sting and pain out of the first two books. The perfect ending to a not so perfect beginning for Caleb and Kitten.

Will you miss me? Yes. Will you cry? Not anymore.

The Dark Duet series is the first very dark, very non-con series I've read, and I'm hooked!

Solid 5 stars for the story, the emotional ride, and the writing. This whole series was a solid 5 stars. I look forward to reading more from CJ Roberts.




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A wild and emotional ride!

Seduced in the Dark by C.J. Roberts

My rating: 5 of 5 stars



What can I say about this book that hasn't already been expressed by others that loved it as much as I did?

These books, (the first one and this one), took me on such an emotional ride. But this book, was the most intense book I've ever read. I have *never* felt more wrung out from reading a book before. I actually had to put this book down at one point, not only because real world called, but because it was just that touching and disturbing. By the time I was 5% into this book I was emotional, my heart was in my stomach, and all I thought and felt was "NO!" I was definitely held Captive and Seduced by this story. I'll be feeling it for days.

"I've been doing this a long time-manipulating people to get my way. That's why you think you love me. Because I've broken you down and built you back up to believe it. It wasn't an accident. Once you leave this behind..... you'll see that."

The saddest words I could have read in this story, and I felt every bit of that.

After reading the first book, I knew better than to think I knew where this one might go, but still I found myself playing it out in my mind what would happen, trying to guess and predict. I was so far off. There is no way I could have predicted the dark and twisted turns this book takes. There was so much angst, destruction, darkness... sweetness, caring, light, and love in this 500 page novel. That I feel completely.... satisfied. Bet you thought I was going to say something else there, didn't you!

Everything in these books were so well written, they were seductive and captivating and they're going on my "must read again" shelf. And there aren't many books that I've read that I can say that about!

This series is my first dark taboo read, and I want more! I'm hooked!

Caleb and Kitten are ones I'll be thinking about for a long time to come. And I'd love to see how James and Olivia fair down the road. Oh and Agents Reed and Sloan.

The first person, 3rd person, present day, past, was a bit hard in the very beginning, but once I caught on to what was happening, I kept looking forward to the next change, just to read Caleb's words, or Kitten's.

I can't wait to read the next part of this story, and have already purchased it, it's sitting on my Kindle, taunting me! Its a wonder I didn't end up with broken bones reading this book. When I had it in my hands, I could *not* put it down, I'd walk and read, but it was so worth the few walls I bumped into!

All through the book, I kept hoping that in the end things would change from that heart stopping bit in the beginning. But I saw my hopes dashed time and time again. I wanted to turn things around, manipulate the story, but the author had other plans and full control and I was along for the ride. And what a ride it was.

I definitely wish I could give it more than 5 stars!




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