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A review by cavycatcrew
The Men with the Golden Cuffs by Lexi Blake
2.0
I was having a hard time giving this 3 stars so I bumped it to 2. I mean….it wasn’t awful. It just wasn’t great. This was my first BDSM or D/s read and it wasn’t really my vibe. I’ve never read a book with sooooo muuuuuch insecurity. That was the biggest cringe factor. These are grown ass adults that can’t communicate their feelings appropriately. That takes off major points for me. If it was just about the stalker stuff and they navigated the relationship in a realistic way, I would’ve liked it more. But there was just SO MUCH insecurity that it felt like the relationship never got to a healthy place.
Also, this book is supposed to be a stand alone but I really felt lost at some points with all of the other side characters. I understand that it’s part of a series and other characters will appear but it was just too much for me. Jake, Adam, and Serena are the main characters. But then you have Sean, Ian, Alex, Grace, Liam, Bridget, Lara, Brian, Doyle, and Chris. 10 side characters?! And I’m probably missing some! That really took away from my experience, it was just too damn complicated, especially when they tried to explain things that happened in the previous book. Some of it just felt really unnecessary.
Also, this book is supposed to be a stand alone but I really felt lost at some points with all of the other side characters. I understand that it’s part of a series and other characters will appear but it was just too much for me. Jake, Adam, and Serena are the main characters. But then you have Sean, Ian, Alex, Grace, Liam, Bridget, Lara, Brian, Doyle, and Chris. 10 side characters?! And I’m probably missing some! That really took away from my experience, it was just too damn complicated, especially when they tried to explain things that happened in the previous book. Some of it just felt really unnecessary.