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A review by see_sadie_read
Prince in Leather by Holley Trent
2.0
Mechanically the writing in this book is fine. However, I really disliked it. It was full of quotes like this, "She didn’t want to give in to the six-foot-whatever pain in her ass, but ceding bits of her control to him felt so easy. So…natural." Now, that's not a generalizable quote. That comes from a sex scene and directly equates having sex with the male lead with accepting their relationship and therefore "ceding control" to him...in general, not just in the bedroom. Then random BDSM tropes were thrown in, but not discussed, such that it was inferred him having such control was normal and natural because all women always apparently want to give up their control to a man. So, there's no reason to discuss kinks or anything.
Then a random three-some was thrown in (for their first time together) and it's framed like this: “If he were less kind, he’d make you his plaything,” Thom said. “You may bear the title of wife, but he doesn’t have to treat you like one. He chooses to because he wants you. Do you understand?” Nothing, I repeat, nothing about that is sexy to me. This is the sort of gendered BS that makes me avoid M/F romance for large chunks of time!
I did appreciate the black heroine. You don't see that often enough. And again, the writing is mechanically fine, which is the only reason I haven't given this a one-star. But unless you're particular kink is seeing women subjugated, I wouldn't recommend this book.
Then a random three-some was thrown in (for their first time together) and it's framed like this: “If he were less kind, he’d make you his plaything,” Thom said. “You may bear the title of wife, but he doesn’t have to treat you like one. He chooses to because he wants you. Do you understand?” Nothing, I repeat, nothing about that is sexy to me. This is the sort of gendered BS that makes me avoid M/F romance for large chunks of time!
I did appreciate the black heroine. You don't see that often enough. And again, the writing is mechanically fine, which is the only reason I haven't given this a one-star. But unless you're particular kink is seeing women subjugated, I wouldn't recommend this book.