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4.02 AVERAGE
4.02 AVERAGE
Make no mistake; this book should definitely be shelved as smut (neutral descriptive use of the word, not negative). The author's writing is descriptive and evocative, not just in the spicy bits, but in the imagery and characterization that work to give the story its angst, like a black, white, and gray color palette with pops of bright color.
I'm personally not completely sold on Mark, and I'm suspicious about his supposedly redeeming qualities. I can't get over my instinct that he is a shark and master manipulator, and not just in the bedroom, but I can see why people, fictional characters and IRL readers, are drawn to him.
I was pleasantly surprised by how much I appreciated how good of a job Sierra Simone does in writing a retelling of Tristan & Isolde, especially because I found it so uncompelling when I read it in college. Simone crafts an erotic thriller retelling of it that made me more aware of the ways in which classics are classic because they capture timeless themes like, love, lust, pain, shame, duty, care, rejection, the taboo, and all the gradations and overlap among them.
I'm personally not completely sold on Mark, and I'm suspicious about his supposedly redeeming qualities. I can't get over my instinct that he is a shark and master manipulator, and not just in the bedroom, but I can see why people, fictional characters and IRL readers, are drawn to him.
I was pleasantly surprised by how much I appreciated how good of a job Sierra Simone does in writing a retelling of Tristan & Isolde, especially because I found it so uncompelling when I read it in college. Simone crafts an erotic thriller retelling of it that made me more aware of the ways in which classics are classic because they capture timeless themes like, love, lust, pain, shame, duty, care, rejection, the taboo, and all the gradations and overlap among them.
This book was super misleading as I was under the impression that it was about a married couple who hires a bodyguard and eventually brings him in intimately for their own pleasure… The majority of the book was about the two men having their own thing and that’s just not my cup of tea.
The book lucked out of a 2 star review only due to the last 50 pages of the book when the woman FINALLY gets brought into the story and the cliffhanger you’re left with wanting to know more.
The book lucked out of a 2 star review only due to the last 50 pages of the book when the woman FINALLY gets brought into the story and the cliffhanger you’re left with wanting to know more.
As a big fan of Sierra Simone, I'd say this was pretty good. So far, I like it more than the new Camelot series, but it doesn't hold a candle to the priest series.
Nice cliffhanger, though. I audibly gasped.
Looking forward to the next installment.
Four point two stars.
Nice cliffhanger, though. I audibly gasped.
Looking forward to the next installment.
Four point two stars.
As a big fan of Sierra Simone, I'd say this was pretty good. So far, I like it more than the new Camelot series, but it doesn't hold a candle to the priest series.
Nice cliffhanger, though. I audibly gasped.
Looking forward to the next installment.
Four point two stars.
Nice cliffhanger, though. I audibly gasped.
Looking forward to the next installment.
Four point two stars.
This was an absolute masterpiece. The sensory language, the literary devices, the surprising humor! I bought it not knowing much about it, and I'm so glad I did. This book is so well-written and spicy. I can't get enough, and I can't wait until the next one!
God damn it. I have to wait til June 2024 for the next one?!?!?
This was such a good forbidden romance book and I cannot wait for the next one!
As always, Sierra writes in such a poetic and emotional way. Even though this book has a lot of spice, and we're talking MM, MF, BDSM and kink kinda of spice, it still had emotional layers to the characters and plot.
I read the prequel novella, Salt in the Wound, before this one (not so much of a novella as a whole book but still) and I definitely recommend you do the same. Not only is it a good read, but it also gives you some great backstory to Isolde and Mark.
I don't want to give any spoilers but I will say that while the series will be MMF, this book is only MM and MF.
It's a perfect book for anyone who's looking for a darker, spicy, bodyguard romance with a Tristan and Isolde retelling twist!
Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.
As always, Sierra writes in such a poetic and emotional way. Even though this book has a lot of spice, and we're talking MM, MF, BDSM and kink kinda of spice, it still had emotional layers to the characters and plot.
I read the prequel novella, Salt in the Wound, before this one (not so much of a novella as a whole book but still) and I definitely recommend you do the same. Not only is it a good read, but it also gives you some great backstory to Isolde and Mark.
I don't want to give any spoilers but I will say that while the series will be MMF, this book is only MM and MF.
It's a perfect book for anyone who's looking for a darker, spicy, bodyguard romance with a Tristan and Isolde retelling twist!
Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.
