Meeting Her Match

by Justine Elyot

An erotic novel by bestselling author Justine Elyot.In the internet age, it should be easy for like-minded fetishists to find and connect with each other. Or so Cherry thought. Her decision to enter the wild and wonderful world of BDSM leads her to some interesting and unexpected places. She soon finds herself on 'the scene' and her insatiable curiosity takes her to orgies, slave auctions and mansion houses full of trainee submissives, but where will she find her perfect dom? Will Cherry ever meet her match?

Genres: BDSM, Erotica, Romance, Amazon, Ebooks, Contemporary, Contemporary Romance

224 pages, Kindle Edition

First published June 30, 2012

About the author

I am Justine Elyot. I love to write erotica and erotic romance. Elements you are likely to find in my work include: moustachioed melodrama villains, whips, wisecracks, knights in tarnished armour, damsels under duress, lovers, leather, aquiline features, references to popular songs. I massively overuse qualifiers like ‘really’, ‘quite’, ‘actually’ etc. and can’t resist the temptation to substitute long words for ‘said’. Reviewers either rave or cringe, with very little middle reactive ground (insert Marmite cliche here). Which will you do?

Reviews

[Jillian · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fifty shades of Grey... HAHA… Why is everyone raving about that series, while there is much better written erotica available? Meeting her Match from Justine Elyot stands out on almost every point from Fifty Shades of Grey.

Besides the descriptive and hot erotic scenes, this book was actually enjoyable to read. Where most BDSM novels go to the extreme and truly rampage the main characters, this book is different. The main characters are people like you and me, who are having a normal life. What they want is some excitement beyond what they perceive as being boring sex.

This book is not just hard-core erotica, as there is a storyline that includes some romance. Cherry has also an interesting and humoristic personality, and combining that with BDSM, regular people, and romance makes this into a unique book. That by itself is extraordinary, as it seems the Kindle Erotica genre is currently flooded by crappy written novellas. This book is a great composition, and I could not find any grammar or spelling errors. It looks like the author has put a lot of effort into making this book be great quality. Even the cover is fantastic.

If you liked Fifty Shades of Grey, you will like this book better, I guarantee. There is no tedious repetition in Meeting Her Match, and all the writers tricks that are used in similar books were not needed, as the story sells itself. I read it in one sitting, and was pleasantly amazed by the twists and turns in the story.

[Star · Rating 4 out of 5]

I have to say that I overall I really enjoyed Meeting Her Match. It was a refreshingly modern view on meeting like-minded people. As Cherry begins to experiment in the world of BDSM, she has a lot to learn and starts her search online.

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[Maria · Rating 2 out of 5]

What the ????

[Megan · Rating 1 out of 5]

What ever you do, do not get this on audiobook. I listened to it on a long drive and if I could have easily downloaded and switched to something else whilst driving I would have. I'm 90% sure this was read by an AI. It could not pronounce the word "munch" (gave it a hard 'c' sound so said 'Munk') several other words were mispronounced and the accents were genuinely painful to listen to at times. Having the male characters from this perspective made any erotic notions fly out the window. I genuinely think if I'd read this I might have enjoyed it. Listening to it became a perverse challenge of how many miles I could get before I crumbled and pulled over!

[Sarah Adair · Rating 2 out of 5]

I tried the Bolinda Audiobook, narrated by Jillian Powers. Her voice was dreadfully annoying, especially for the male characters. Couldn't finish it. I think the story would have been ok besides that...

[Kim_reads · Rating 3 out of 5]

The beginning was good but I got bored from then on. It was a quick read but I really didn’t hold my attention. The lack of one main Dom male meant you couldn’t become attached to the male lead character. This one wasn’t really for me.

[Jennifer · Rating 4 out of 5]

Usually when I pick up a book for Kindle at this price, I expect a short story or novella at best. This, however, was a pleasant surprise! It was a full length novel and very well written. The heroine, Cherry, is super fun and immediately likeable. The way she thinks is very easy to relate to and made me laugh out loud a few times as she searches the dark corners of the internet for her perfect Dom. Between the unexpected twists, the hot sex scenes, and the great writing style, I was not disappointed. Alas, I only gave it 4 stars because a bit of it was a little over the top and a stretch to believe. I would have also liked a bit more development between Cherry and her man as well. Other great reads in this genre that I highly recommend are My Liege of Dark Haven and PAYBACK - Revenge and Desire.

[Lucy Felthouse · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'm a huge fan of Justine Elyot's work, which is why it's crazy it's taken me so long to get around to reading this book. Having read it, I recommend that nobody else should delay - it's a fantastic read.

It tells the story of Cherry, a woman whose submissive side refuses to stay hidden any longer. She longs to be spanked, to be dominated, and after a chance meeting with someone that fulfils those longings, she goes online to look for something more permanent. She's quickly pulled into the BDSM 'scene' and ends up taking part in slave auctions, orgies and hardcore submissive training in a mansion house.

This is definitely not a book for the faint-hearted - it's packed full of BDSM action, but it's levelled out by the vanilla happenings in Cherry's life. She feels torn between the two sides of her life and worries that they can't sit comfortably together. Will she figure out the balance? Or will she have to make sacrifices?

Meeting Her Match was an absolutely delicious read. The action begins at the very first page and doesn't let up until the book is at an end. It's very erotic and kinky, but there are romantic elements to the read too, which, for me, made it such a brilliant read. Cherry's journey is a painful and emotional one and I was hooked from beginning to end. More excellent storytelling from Justine Elyot. Recommended if you like BDSM erotic romance.

[Black Butterfly · Rating 3 out of 5]

WELLLLLL! THIS IS A VERY SEXUALLY DESCRIPTIVE BOOK. WHEN I CHOSE THIS BOOK I DID NOT KNOW IT WAS SET IN ENGLAND. I PROBABLY WOULDN'T HAVE GOT IT. SOME OF IT WAS KIND OF HARD TO UNDERSTAND BECAUSE ENGLAND'S DEFFINITION FOR CERTAIN THINGS ARE NOT THE SAME AS HERE IN AMERICA. SOME I KNEW OR SORT OF FIQUIRED IT OUT. I HAVE HAD TO DO THIS WITH OTHER BOOKS AND I REALLY DIDN'T LIKE DOING THAT. THIS BOOK IS NOT FOR PEOPLE WHO DON'T UNDERSTAND OR CARE FOR THE BDSM SCENE. I FIND IT INTERESTING THAT SOME PEOPLE ACTUALLY DO PARTICIPATE IN THIS TYPE OF BEHAVIOR. IF YOU READ TRY TO MAINTAIN AN OPEN MIND AND REMEMBER TO EACH HIS OWN. WHAT GOES ON BETWEEN TWO OR MORE CONSENTING ADULTS IS JUST THAT BETWEEN THEM. I DON'T HATE OR JUDGE THEM.

[Skye Etain · Rating 3 out of 5]

Story line was good, Cherry was very easy to understand and follow even though she doesn't know where she wants to do.
I struggled with the British English, the slang, variations of spelling and meanings. There were some parts i had to skip, like all of the excessive spanking. I think if the story is Cherry convincing herself that finding pleasure in being spanked etc... then that internal battle needs to be played out, not just the hiding preferences for work bit. I also missed Stuart... perhaps the next book...

[J.A. Canter · Rating 3 out of 5]

What can I say - I wanted this story to continue with her and Patrick! It was a fun beginning (though I do always wonder what became of Stuart). a crazy middle and the end was endearing. I loved it all!

"Are you telling me you're a paedophile? A necrophilia? Anything else illegal?" ... "Right. I see. And you, er, did the whipping, or?..."

LOL - love that!

[Tara · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not really sure about this one. I seem to be on a bit of a role with BDSM books at the moment and this one didn't rate as highly for me. The concept seemed ok, a girl trying to find out if she would be suited to the lifestyle of BDSM and her journey, however I found it just lacked that one controlling male that I think makes a good BDSM book.

[SASF · Rating 5 out of 5]

Enjoyed the character Cherry going out of her comfot zone. I enjoyed her journey in tot the BDSM world. I do not agree that this book was better than 50 Shades as some state, but interesting and enjoyable non-the-less.

[Mark Ramsden · Rating 4 out of 5]

Hot CP erotica written with an insider's knowledge.

[Julz · Rating 3 out of 5]

Hmmm not sure what to write about this one.
It's about a women trying to find herself sexually. I found this book quick to read.

[Shanna · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was rather hot and intense at times. Recommended.

[Carmen · Rating 2 out of 5]

I liked it but wasn't too crazy about the "slaving" part of the book. Goes a little too far for me but it was still an interesting read.

[Patty · Rating 1 out of 5]

Not my cup of tea!