Disappointing Daddy
2 stars

This is the second book in the Western Daddy Doms series (after Her Billionaire Daddy) and sadly, this is also the second book of that series that I’ve given 2 stars. I think it’s time I give up on this author as she’s clearly not a match for me.

Lexa was a fairly likeable character in the beginning - or certainly not offensive in any way. However, she weakened as the book went on, which was greater highlighted in comparison to the very minor character of Harper. Harper was a strong, confident woman who knew her kink and enjoyed participating in it - but she didn’t let it overtake her personality. It was a shame Lexa couldn’t have been more like her. Asher was equally as okay as our male lead. At times I felt he was a little condescending towards Lexa but it wasn’t so much that I disliked him or the pair together.

The writing was decent and I was engaged for the most part. I didn’t give up on the book and read through to the end - only skimming the sex scenes. There were several instances of words being used that were downright strange. I noticed many occurrences where I would mutter to the author: “I don’t think that word means what you think it means.”

I found the story itself to be very erratic and somewhat poorly paced. And the ‘point’ of the story really wasn’t clear. Was it about the sheriff as the big bad? Or was it about the hunt for Martin’s lost brother? Or was it about Asher and Lexa’s love story? No to all, it turns about - as none of these storylines get fully finished by the end of the book. I see the next two books in the series feature related characters so perhaps you’re supposed to want to read them after this one. I think you can already tell that I will not be doing that. We also get lots of instances where things happen to move the story in a certain direction but they make little sense. Like when Asher brings Lexa to the club rather than his house to keep her safe from the sheriff. The sheriff knew exactly where she was so she was no safer at Western Daddies - but at least she could join in the shenanigans! Sigh.

Speaking of shenanigans - surprisingly, the book wasn’t as chock full of sex as I expected. There’s a couple of 1 on 1 sessions between Asher and Lexa, a few where they get it on alongside other couples and 1 scene where Lexa has multiple male partners including Asher himself. None of them titillated me to any sort of degree and I started to skip past them quite early on. There’s a lo-o-ot of talk about anal sex - which is so not my bag - although I don’t think they actually did it in the end. I may be wrong - I was skimming those scenes, as I said. And although there’s group sex, both of our couple are involved in that, so some people might be put off as, at the beginning, we get a sex scene between Asher and a woman who is not Lexa - with Lexa not present.

I’ve read and enjoyed DDlg books before but there was something about it in this book that made me uncomfortable. Lexa turns from someone taking charge of her own life into someone who cannot make any move without the say-so of her Daddy. But it was more the fact that Lexa called him Daddy in front of other people who weren’t part of that world (that we knew). Imagine meeting a colleague’s wife and then having her call him Daddy all night right in front of you. *Shudders with the cringe!* And then the author herself just started referring to Asher as Daddy in the narrative (which is written in third person) - it felt like I was intruding on a personal fantasy of hers rather than reading about our couple’s romance. And other than the name, and some spanking, there was more of a group sex / voyeuristic vibe going on than a DDlg one, in my opinion.

With all that said, this book has a very high rating on Goodreads, so perhaps it was me that it just didn’t click with. If it sounds like your bag and you like the DDlg, voyeuristic, group sex with cowboys vibe then give it a go. I didn’t love it but I hope you do. Just 2 stars from me.

* I received this book in exchange for my honest review * ( )

I'm really not sure what to say about this book. I don't want to discourage the author but in my opinion there is much to work to be done. The sexerpts, I guess that's what you call them, were distasteful, perverted, kinky and repeated to often. I read through one of the distorted excerpts and that was more than enough. I am sure there are people who do this sort of thing, those who talk about it, those who elect to read about it, Though, I'm not sure why. Ms West's story line, with some nurturing, could have been awesome. As written the characters we've not developed, and lost any potential of redeeming the plot. I sincerely hope to read something from Allison West in the future with content moderation to the sex, lust, and submission. ( )

Though I went into this book not knowing a lot about the plot (because that's just the way I like to read books), I knew that this was clearly going to have a 'daddy/babygirl' aspect (*cough* it's in the title). That being said, this is not my favorite trope (I knew what I was getting into, so I'm not going to let this affect my rating), not that I don't like a good dominant main man, but not quite to this extent. As for the overall plot, it definitely took a while to really understand what was happening. I loved the suspense and the general ambiguity of the main character and her background.

I am really glad I read this book and I hope this was a good, honest review, though I do not think I will read another book in this series. ( )

I received an eARC of this in exchange for an honest, voluntary review. All opinions are my own.
Normally I'm down for some great kinky erotic writing. But I've never entered the world of DDLG before. I love a dominant/submissive genre but the Daddy and baby girl aspects aren't for me. I'm not shaming the trope or the real-life enjoyers, but it's not something I personally enjoy.
That being said, the surrounding plot has a lot of promise. There's decent suspense underlying the jumpy scene hopping inconsistencies.
I really felt like I was entering a show already in progress, always missing something that was never explained.
The subplot with the Sherrif annoyed me endlessly. I get a small-town sheriff with delusions of grandeur, overstepping his boundaries. But the lackluster way he was held accountable was really unbelievable (in an unrealistic way, not an I can't believe it way).
There was a lot of macho posturing between the men, especially Archer and the Sherrif.
Lexa's intimate thoughts and self-action belied her experience to the point where her innocence didn't fit with her character.
The mystery surrounding her parentage and history was another good subplot that could have been explored better, as is her 'step=brother' and his presence in her life.
All in all, I felt like a visitor to this world. It didn't drag me into its depths and I felt like the book was skimming the surface of something that could be amazing. ( )