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diaryofthebookdragon's review against another edition
1.0
I read a lot of praise for Tiffany Reisz from my romance-loving friends, so when I saw that this short story is free on Amazon I thought that it was a perfect opportunity to get the taste of The Original Sinners series.
I am sorry to say but this is definitely not for me. When I read a romance novel I expect to get an HEA. I don't have nothing against bdsm content but partner-swapping is a big no-no.
Tiffany Reisz writes very good erotica but it's not for me.
I am sorry to say but this is definitely not for me. When I read a romance novel I expect to get an HEA. I don't have nothing against bdsm content but partner-swapping is a big no-no.
Tiffany Reisz writes very good erotica but it's not for me.
hannas_heas47's review against another edition
5.0
Great novelette! This author can do no wrong it seems, I loved her short story and I have never given five stars for a short story. There's never enough information but having read this series, it was great. Still waiting for a POV from Soren.
lizzy_22's review against another edition
4.0
I have The Siren on my TBR list but when this popped up in my GRs timeline I thought reading the prequel would be fun.
A quick read, I was nonetheless quickly intrigued by the characters and this bitter sweet love story. The well written, kinky smexytimes didn't hurt either! As a result I think I'm almost more excited to read a full length story by Ms. Reisz.
A quick read, I was nonetheless quickly intrigued by the characters and this bitter sweet love story. The well written, kinky smexytimes didn't hurt either! As a result I think I'm almost more excited to read a full length story by Ms. Reisz.
kayla_llbr's review against another edition
5.0
Oh Tiffany, you make me love Nora more and more. By far one of the best characters I have EVER read about. She is complex in so many ways. Part of me wished she would have strayed from Soren after the end of this. Daniel was a temptation I wouldn't be able to refuse
foreverbeautifulbooks's review against another edition
5.0
Tiffany, oh wonderful Tiffany, you do love to write a mind game of a BDSM story don’t you. I have to admit, that I read The Siren before all these earlier stories, so I came in already knowing the ‘secret’. Everyone seems to have this hot and heavy issue with the ‘secret’. Perhaps it is because I’m an atheist, or perhaps it is that I am a total fan of The Thorn Birds, I just don’t care. Love is love. It is really hard to mess around with something that the universe has destine to happen.
With that being said, we enter Daniel.
A Master out of practice after the death of his wife and slave; I feel for this man. I have to say that if my Sir and husband died, I would be hard pressed to even want to find someone else. So for me, that was personal. I got it. Why Soren felt the need to mind game his friend out of seclusion. Now, I have to say, these books are hard for me. It is a whole lot of telling me that something happened, without actually showing me something happened. Reisz has such a knack with story telling that you stop caring that there is telling me that fisting happened, without actually giving me that whole scene in vivid detail. This was one of the less impressive stories in the series. I got the mind game, I liked the mind game, if Soren is anything, he is clever. Yes, it hits a trigger, because Reisz also doesn’t give you the whole cake. You can look at it, but you can’t eat it. And I am left writing a review that tells you guys NOTHING other than it was great story telling, because to say anything else would give the game away!
With that being said, we enter Daniel.
A Master out of practice after the death of his wife and slave; I feel for this man. I have to say that if my Sir and husband died, I would be hard pressed to even want to find someone else. So for me, that was personal. I got it. Why Soren felt the need to mind game his friend out of seclusion. Now, I have to say, these books are hard for me. It is a whole lot of telling me that something happened, without actually showing me something happened. Reisz has such a knack with story telling that you stop caring that there is telling me that fisting happened, without actually giving me that whole scene in vivid detail. This was one of the less impressive stories in the series. I got the mind game, I liked the mind game, if Soren is anything, he is clever. Yes, it hits a trigger, because Reisz also doesn’t give you the whole cake. You can look at it, but you can’t eat it. And I am left writing a review that tells you guys NOTHING other than it was great story telling, because to say anything else would give the game away!
elliefufu's review against another edition
4.0
I liked seeing Nora young and not broken. Very short story but very good. I have a love/hate relationship with Soren and wish he would have been in this more
perfectlymisaligned's review against another edition
5.0
For the love of all that is holy, Tiffany...stop making me cry in your books!!! And this isn't even a book...it's damn novella. A novella that took me 30 minutes to read, and STILL made me tear up at the end.
Stop it. Just...stop.
Now, please excuse me. I need some alone time with Soren to ease my rattled emotions.
Stop it. Just...stop.
Now, please excuse me. I need some alone time with Soren to ease my rattled emotions.
papercranestitches's review against another edition
4.0
This one gets a 4-star rating for the sexiest use of library analogies ever used in an erotic short story. Or possibly any story. Ever.
I should probably preface this review by saying that I don’t usually read short stories (erotic or otherwise). To me, character development is the most important aspect of a novel. It's the thing the draws me in and makes me care. I can overlook an implausible plot, bad dialogue, and even spelling errors, but I refuse to overlook one-dimensional, cardboard cut-out characters. And that's why I usually bypass short stories. I mean, how much character development can an author possibly pack into 40 pages?!
Well, apparently if the author is Tiffany Reisz, the answer is a lot, actually.
In my opinion, the three characters in Seven Day Loan - Eleanor, Daniel, and... let's call him "Sir" - were each fully realized beings; the thoughts, feelings, and desires that Reisz projected onto the page for each of them (from each of them?!) were so well-written as to be practically tangible. Even the power and control exerted by the mostly invisible "Sir" was palpable throughout.
So kudos to Ms. Reisz for changing my mind about the power of short stories!
Verdict: Quick, sexy read that deals with the ideas of power and love in a really interesting way and gives readers a satisfying if nontraditional happily ever after.
I should probably preface this review by saying that I don’t usually read short stories (erotic or otherwise). To me, character development is the most important aspect of a novel. It's the thing the draws me in and makes me care. I can overlook an implausible plot, bad dialogue, and even spelling errors, but I refuse to overlook one-dimensional, cardboard cut-out characters. And that's why I usually bypass short stories. I mean, how much character development can an author possibly pack into 40 pages?!
Well, apparently if the author is Tiffany Reisz, the answer is a lot, actually.
In my opinion, the three characters in Seven Day Loan - Eleanor, Daniel, and... let's call him "Sir" - were each fully realized beings; the thoughts, feelings, and desires that Reisz projected onto the page for each of them (from each of them?!) were so well-written as to be practically tangible. Even the power and control exerted by the mostly invisible "Sir" was palpable throughout.
So kudos to Ms. Reisz for changing my mind about the power of short stories!
Verdict: Quick, sexy read that deals with the ideas of power and love in a really interesting way and gives readers a satisfying if nontraditional happily ever after.