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romancejunkie1025's review against another edition
3.0
dark fantasy comes to life, definitely not something for real life, but awesome all the same for a sexy late night read.
foreverbeautifulbooks's review against another edition
3.0
Ok, I want to say that I wasn't as totally keen on this story as I was with Kir and Jarron's books.
The reason being, is that the whole Dom/sub deal was nearly omitted. I am reading these in the hopes of some hot tie me up hot steam. However, this book is centered around the ball busting sexual harrassment attorney Alexi O' Brien, Alice's sister. It starts a year after Alice as disappeared and she is still making an attempt to find her sister. Little does she know she's on her way that night with the hunky and totally devilish Darronn, the King of Spades.
He is the reason I liked this book! Alexi just bothered me, she was almost 'too hard ass' and I'm shocked Darronn bended to her will so easily. It starts out with such potential. Darronn grabs her from her apartment through the magical looking glass and instantly ties her up in the middle of a field, naked except for thigh highs and red high heels, and leaves her there over night because she's punched him in the face and kneed him in the groin.
I was so totally looking forward to him taming her!
Did it happen?
Nadda people! She just kept on flying her mouth off and he just let her do it. She liked being tied up in private and having her be her DOM then. But outside of that is was like business as usual! She has a funny mouth when she says stuff but other than that, she pretty much bothered me.
I guess the point was to be like Oh, not every woman is a sub, and if you really love someone you will compromise. Then why am I getting warnings about it being a bondage book at the beginning of the book if you are going to have NO good scenes in it! LOL
Was there sex, well, yes.
Did I want to see him tame her a bit more? YES!
The reason being, is that the whole Dom/sub deal was nearly omitted. I am reading these in the hopes of some hot tie me up hot steam. However, this book is centered around the ball busting sexual harrassment attorney Alexi O' Brien, Alice's sister. It starts a year after Alice as disappeared and she is still making an attempt to find her sister. Little does she know she's on her way that night with the hunky and totally devilish Darronn, the King of Spades.
He is the reason I liked this book! Alexi just bothered me, she was almost 'too hard ass' and I'm shocked Darronn bended to her will so easily. It starts out with such potential. Darronn grabs her from her apartment through the magical looking glass and instantly ties her up in the middle of a field, naked except for thigh highs and red high heels, and leaves her there over night because she's punched him in the face and kneed him in the groin.
I was so totally looking forward to him taming her!
Did it happen?
Nadda people! She just kept on flying her mouth off and he just let her do it. She liked being tied up in private and having her be her DOM then. But outside of that is was like business as usual! She has a funny mouth when she says stuff but other than that, she pretty much bothered me.
I guess the point was to be like Oh, not every woman is a sub, and if you really love someone you will compromise. Then why am I getting warnings about it being a bondage book at the beginning of the book if you are going to have NO good scenes in it! LOL
Was there sex, well, yes.
Did I want to see him tame her a bit more? YES!
witandsin's review against another edition
5.0
It’s been a year since Alexi O’Brien’s twin, Alice, disappeared, but Alexi isn’t giving up hope of finding her sister. Even being pulled through a looking glass and finding herself in a magical world doesn’t faze Alexi for long. Nothing will take her focus off finding Alice…except perhaps the handsome, dominant King Darronn.
Darronn, King of Spades, is used to women submitting to him. Getting Alexi’s submission, however, will be a challenge; one Darronn revels in accepting. A battle of wills begins between the two, but it’s not long before Darronn finds himself falling for the woman who will be his mate. The question is, will he be able to convince Alexi to stay with him when she finds out he’s been keeping a very important secret from her?
Watch out for the sparks that fly in Claimed by Pleasure – they’re wickedly hot! Jaymie Holland knows how to make both her characters and readers sweat, and it shows. Passion and emotion run extremely high in Claimed by Pleasure, which makes the book feel like it’s moving at lightning pace (which isn’t a bad thing).
Alexi is a strong, stubborn woman, one many readers will be able to relate to. She doesn’t feel that she fits in the world of Tarok, though she clearly does. The skirmishes between her and Darronn give Claimed by Pleasure a different feel from the first Wonderland book, Taken by Passion. What I loved most about Claimed by Pleasure was that both Alexi and Darronn had a lot to learn about relationships. Compromise is a word neither likes, but once both of them are on the same page, their relationship is electric!
Claimed by Pleasure is the second book in the Wonderland series but it can be read as a standalone. But both Alexi and readers of Taken by Passion are sure to be delighted that Alice, the heroine of Taken by Passion, appears in Claimed by Pleasure.
I absolutely adore the Wonderland series and I cannot wait for Annie and Awai, Alexi’s cousin and aunt, to meet their matches in Darronn’s brothers in Bound by Desire and Kept by Seduction. If you’re looking for great erotic fantasy, the Wonderland series is not to be missed!
Note: Claimed by Pleasure by Jaymie Holland is a reissue of Wonderland: King of Spades by Cheyenne McCray.
Reviewed for Joyfully Reviewed.
Darronn, King of Spades, is used to women submitting to him. Getting Alexi’s submission, however, will be a challenge; one Darronn revels in accepting. A battle of wills begins between the two, but it’s not long before Darronn finds himself falling for the woman who will be his mate. The question is, will he be able to convince Alexi to stay with him when she finds out he’s been keeping a very important secret from her?
Watch out for the sparks that fly in Claimed by Pleasure – they’re wickedly hot! Jaymie Holland knows how to make both her characters and readers sweat, and it shows. Passion and emotion run extremely high in Claimed by Pleasure, which makes the book feel like it’s moving at lightning pace (which isn’t a bad thing).
Alexi is a strong, stubborn woman, one many readers will be able to relate to. She doesn’t feel that she fits in the world of Tarok, though she clearly does. The skirmishes between her and Darronn give Claimed by Pleasure a different feel from the first Wonderland book, Taken by Passion. What I loved most about Claimed by Pleasure was that both Alexi and Darronn had a lot to learn about relationships. Compromise is a word neither likes, but once both of them are on the same page, their relationship is electric!
Claimed by Pleasure is the second book in the Wonderland series but it can be read as a standalone. But both Alexi and readers of Taken by Passion are sure to be delighted that Alice, the heroine of Taken by Passion, appears in Claimed by Pleasure.
I absolutely adore the Wonderland series and I cannot wait for Annie and Awai, Alexi’s cousin and aunt, to meet their matches in Darronn’s brothers in Bound by Desire and Kept by Seduction. If you’re looking for great erotic fantasy, the Wonderland series is not to be missed!
Note: Claimed by Pleasure by Jaymie Holland is a reissue of Wonderland: King of Spades by Cheyenne McCray.
Reviewed for Joyfully Reviewed.
xakyr's review against another edition
1.0
I really didn't care for this book at all! Everything about the relationship felt forced or based on deception, and I couldn't believe that a relationship could thrive with that, even a BDSM one! The book felt like it was just repeating the events of the first one, and I was somewhat bored with it overall. I'm willing to give the series another chance though, but this one was a total miss for me.
rachelcus's review against another edition
2.0
This book started off very interestingly, but I didn't think it was as good as the first one. I really liked that Alexi maintained her spirited nature throughout, but I had a hard time with the (essentially) play acting in the bedroom... and there was just a little more bedroom than I really wanted in this book, particularly since it was always the same thing, no spice. Because this was the case for me, I actually ended up rapidly skimming the last couple of chapters and completely skipped the bed (or lack of bed) scenes. This one also, oddly, seemed way more cheesy than the first one and it had me laughing most times, not because it was funny, but because I was generally incredulous over the silliness of various moments. I'm mildly curious about the next two books, but I'm not even close to being in a rush to get to them. Ultimately, I thought that the first book in this series was surprisingly entertaining and interesting, but that this one just didn't live up to it.
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