Kay Jaybee has managed to write a novel that literally ouses sex, Dominance and submission from beginning to end, and yet, I have just finished reading and I am desperate for the next couple of chapters!
This book is very clever. The main characters and the supporting cast are (literally) painted and yet they evolve and emerge as the story progresses, filling the pages with unexpected plots-twists and grenades (thanks @miss_rosie ) to become new and exciting pawns moving through the carefully crafted game Kay Jaybee sets out through Maddie and Theo, her main characters.
Theo, her leading man is both so very believably written, a tradesman, who starts out as a proper ‘lad’ who is thrown into this game unwittingly, however not unwillingly. His journey, along with Maddie’s, leads the pair through unexpected turns for each character, exploring their desires, passion and resolve…!
The book is set against the backdrop of Maddie’s erotic atwork and an impending exhibition. I absolutely loved the way that the tempo of the book seems to match the speed with with Maddie is having to work, although I have to say, I would switch my job with her’s, or her model’s in a heatbeat, if only I could draw, or sit still…..!
Much of the book takes place within the same four walls, however it is never dull, nor even similar to the previous chapter. The plot manouevres around the artwork and sexual tension and desires of the characters brilliantly, with the nature of the paintings, and the poses often becoming blurred with the reality of the erotic encounters. I found the book incredibly imaginative, especially on the artistic front, both drawn, painted, bound and photographed!
What I also really enjoyed about the novel was that the whole book was, as described on the front cover, Erotica told on a canvas of baondage and discipline, however very differently to a lot of the BDSM erotica I read there was very little pain play. The sex is enticingly written and made me ponder (more than once) whether the author is herself a Dominatrix, submissive or a switch as the layers of humiliation and psychological aspects of BDSM were so billiantly conveyed without the need to resort to physical acts of BDSM. The final two scenes had me squirming, as the characters submitted to many things on many levels and with anticpation of what was ‘promised’.
I would fully recommend that you all go and buy Making Him Wait, a 5 star novel…. When is the second book out?!
Thank you to Sweetmeats Press for sending me this novel to review.