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Before You Break by Parker Williams, K.C. Wells
4.0
I did not read the Cuffs & Collars series and didn’t feel like I needed to for this book. I do admit to wanting some history from some of the characters we meet but it didn’t take away from Wayne & Ellis’ story. I mainly didn’t read that series because I didn’t discover it until book 5 and I didn’t want to try to catch up at the time. I like both authors’ writing individually very much and their collaboration seems to work well in this book.
I’m not a big BDSM reader but I was happy with this book as it was not too heavy in the stuff I don’t care for. I did have a hard time believing that a seemingly straight (even in his internal dialog) would enter a D/s relationship with another man. I guess I’ve never read anything related to BDSM that wasn’t sexual in nature so this threw me for a bit of a loop. Ellis ‘coming out’ was a huge surprise and felt like a flip switching to me as we had no hints whatsoever that he was even questioning his orientation. Typically, if someone is in the closet in the books I’ve read, there is at least a bit of hinting in the character’s internal dialog so this also threw me for a loop.
I liked Ellis and Wayne together. I always love a friends-to-lovers story and theirs was no exception. They are truly life partners. I look forward to seeing more of them in future books in the series. I’m also curious who the future stories will center around as there wasn’t much given away there.
Overall a good read and a good start to the series.
I’m not a big BDSM reader but I was happy with this book as it was not too heavy in the stuff I don’t care for. I did have a hard time believing that a seemingly straight (even in his internal dialog) would enter a D/s relationship with another man. I guess I’ve never read anything related to BDSM that wasn’t sexual in nature so this threw me for a bit of a loop. Ellis ‘coming out’ was a huge surprise and felt like a flip switching to me as we had no hints whatsoever that he was even questioning his orientation. Typically, if someone is in the closet in the books I’ve read, there is at least a bit of hinting in the character’s internal dialog so this also threw me for a loop.
I liked Ellis and Wayne together. I always love a friends-to-lovers story and theirs was no exception. They are truly life partners. I look forward to seeing more of them in future books in the series. I’m also curious who the future stories will center around as there wasn’t much given away there.
Overall a good read and a good start to the series.