This is the latest in the Brie's Submission series and with that you should know that this is absolutely not a book you can read as a jump off if you haven't read the previous books. This is a pretty long series with ongoing storylines and a pretty stable cast. It is not a story of the week but more like an ongoing series where characters and plots grow over time with no particular ending and everything prior to this book is fair game for referencing back to. A lot of storylines are so ongoing that they span multiple books.

I will say that if you are reading this review to determine if you would like the book because you haven't read the series then I would say that this is a strong BDSM erotica series that is not overall dark. It has some seriously dark themes here and there, along with story ARCs that cover multiple books dealing with abuse, abduction, rape, grooming, along with family and relationship drama. It’s Hallmark channel meets Real Sex by HBO mixed with As the World Turns.

It doesn't have the tired BDSM tropes we have all gotten tired of from 2012-2014 (no abusive doms and lackluster subs who are just regular girls thrown into the fire). At its heart this is a series about Brie and her journey from going to the Submissive Training Academy (lol) to finding love and getting married and enjoying life with her Master and others. Also, I must add this series has the best erotic scenes which are both creative and sexy. Each book has at minimum 2 very explicit sex scenes that often involve menage, props, kink, dirty talk and more. However, despite it all there are some strong emotions and love being portrayed. These are BDSM/erotica comfort reads not just “inspirational material” if you get my drift.

If you are in a book slump, and haven’t started this series and keep seeing this author or series on you “recommends” shelf, start it. You have some 25 new books that you will most likely love and will break that slump. Plus, they are all pretty much Kindle Unlimited so there’s that if you have it.

Check out the reviews for the other books.

If you HAVE read this series then you don't need to read this to know that you are just going to read the book.


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