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The Flesh Cartel #11
Permanent Record
Mat and Douglas’s time as Nikolai’s wards is finally drawing to a close. Though torn apart by Nikolai’s machinations, their fates are still inextricably they’ve been sold to the same cruel master, and are united in their desire to go home. But “home” means two different things to the for Mat, their little bungalow in Nevada, and for Douglas, a swift return to Nikolai and Roger, the only people he believes still love him.But first they must survive their new master. Smythe Hall is a twisted island paradise where Americans affect British accents and slaveboys dress up as slave girls, all at the whims of the rich and megalomaniacal Allen Smythe-Kennedy.Meanwhile, FBI Special Agent Nate Johnson can’t let the case of the missing brothers lie. He knows it’s a waste of resources to chase ghosts down a cold trail, but after admiring Mathias “Stonewall” Carmichael ringside and at countless afterparties where he was too shy to say hello, he’s determined to solve the mystery and bring Mat and his little brother home.Word 18,800; page countL 74
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First published November 2, 2013
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November 5, 2013
Oh… Thank. You. Lord!!!
Someone is finally looking for Mat and Dougie. FBI Special Agent Nate Johnson is on the case and a man already familiar with Mat… Mmmm, Mat’s love interest? I am hoping so, because the guy already has the hot’s for him and that can only be good, because right about now if anyone needs some love…. it’s Mat!
After Episode #10 I have have to admit I was left a little shell shocked and grieving… for all that is lost and for all that they could have been, but mostly because no matter the outcome they will always be damaged and haunted by what has transpired between them. Thankfully Mat still has all his faculties intact, which is more than I can say for Dougie. I am so not his fan right now!
Nikolai’s fucking diatribe pissed me off! He’s reasonable, compassionate and calm with an air of concern… oh please! The man is made of ice… words of comfort are only more manipulative whisperings… He is a contradiction to end all contradictions, he claims to love Douglas and in his own sick mind what he feels equates to love… but I’m not even going there on that one because I am likely to rant from here to next week. You can feel he is anxious about letting Douglas go, especially to a man like Smythe but his own superiority complex, his pride and reputation in producing a product to a certain standard is far more paramount to the narcissistic SOB… will I ever feel any sympathy for this man? …I do wonder about his past and how he became the man he is now and the authors have managed to alienate me from Dougie so I suppose anything is possible!?!
I know it’s not Dougie that we see, Nikolai destroyed him and rebuilt him in the form of Douglas, someone unrecognisable from the boy he once was… but I loved that boy! Douglas is self centred, self righteous, narcissistic, vain, proud… sound familiar?!? …and the contempt he shows towards Mat, that part of him just turns my stomach and breaks my heart! Douglas thinks him a coward and treats him as such… I was fuming! and even Mat can no longer see any of the love and compassion that once shone so brightly and he feels betrayed and hurt and yes… he doesn’t much like him right now either.
Mat mentions PTSD… and I have no idea how Heidi and Rachel are going to heal these boys, because I have nightmares about what they have been through, and unless some aliens come down and wipe their minds, they will always be broken mentally. The authors have subtly and more often than not, not so subtly shifted and manoeuvred the characters, drip feeding the changes, until what once was is now unrecognisable, with their personalities and mind sets taking a diverse path the get where they are… Doulas now cold and callous and Mat more vulnerable because of it… because he no longer has anyone to believe in him, yet he remains strong and still holds out hope that at some point he will have a chance to save Dougie, because despite everything he still loves his Brother.
I have to say I am glad to see the back of Nikolai and Roger and hope I never see them again… unless they get put behind bars, incarcerated with a big brute of a man with a penchant for arrogant pricks… now that would make me happy! Unfortunately the boys are moving on and it may be that they are moving from the frying pan to the fire… but it’s Okay… because we have Nate on the case, and he is going to save them YAY!!!
Episode #11… and I am still as enthralled and captivated as day one… also angry, pissed off, agitated, and a whole dictionary full of other emotions… with a lot of crying along the way, but I still love it, and that’s down the the excellent writing of these two authors who are still dangling that bloody carrot of hope!!!
Someone is finally looking for Mat and Dougie. FBI Special Agent Nate Johnson is on the case and a man already familiar with Mat… Mmmm, Mat’s love interest? I am hoping so, because the guy already has the hot’s for him and that can only be good, because right about now if anyone needs some love…. it’s Mat!
After Episode #10 I have have to admit I was left a little shell shocked and grieving… for all that is lost and for all that they could have been, but mostly because no matter the outcome they will always be damaged and haunted by what has transpired between them. Thankfully Mat still has all his faculties intact, which is more than I can say for Dougie. I am so not his fan right now!
Nikolai’s fucking diatribe pissed me off! He’s reasonable, compassionate and calm with an air of concern… oh please! The man is made of ice… words of comfort are only more manipulative whisperings… He is a contradiction to end all contradictions, he claims to love Douglas and in his own sick mind what he feels equates to love… but I’m not even going there on that one because I am likely to rant from here to next week. You can feel he is anxious about letting Douglas go, especially to a man like Smythe but his own superiority complex, his pride and reputation in producing a product to a certain standard is far more paramount to the narcissistic SOB… will I ever feel any sympathy for this man? …I do wonder about his past and how he became the man he is now and the authors have managed to alienate me from Dougie so I suppose anything is possible!?!
I know it’s not Dougie that we see, Nikolai destroyed him and rebuilt him in the form of Douglas, someone unrecognisable from the boy he once was… but I loved that boy! Douglas is self centred, self righteous, narcissistic, vain, proud… sound familiar?!? …and the contempt he shows towards Mat, that part of him just turns my stomach and breaks my heart! Douglas thinks him a coward and treats him as such… I was fuming! and even Mat can no longer see any of the love and compassion that once shone so brightly and he feels betrayed and hurt and yes… he doesn’t much like him right now either.
Mat mentions PTSD… and I have no idea how Heidi and Rachel are going to heal these boys, because I have nightmares about what they have been through, and unless some aliens come down and wipe their minds, they will always be broken mentally. The authors have subtly and more often than not, not so subtly shifted and manoeuvred the characters, drip feeding the changes, until what once was is now unrecognisable, with their personalities and mind sets taking a diverse path the get where they are… Doulas now cold and callous and Mat more vulnerable because of it… because he no longer has anyone to believe in him, yet he remains strong and still holds out hope that at some point he will have a chance to save Dougie, because despite everything he still loves his Brother.
I have to say I am glad to see the back of Nikolai and Roger and hope I never see them again… unless they get put behind bars, incarcerated with a big brute of a man with a penchant for arrogant pricks… now that would make me happy! Unfortunately the boys are moving on and it may be that they are moving from the frying pan to the fire… but it’s Okay… because we have Nate on the case, and he is going to save them YAY!!!
Episode #11… and I am still as enthralled and captivated as day one… also angry, pissed off, agitated, and a whole dictionary full of other emotions… with a lot of crying along the way, but I still love it, and that’s down the the excellent writing of these two authors who are still dangling that bloody carrot of hope!!!
August 1, 2018
4.25 stars
Nikolai work is done! now onto the next chapter.
The brothers are on their way to their new master.
On the plus side Nate is finally here, the one person who kept digging when everyone else stopped.
Nikolai work is done! now onto the next chapter.
The brothers are on their way to their new master.
On the plus side Nate is finally here, the one person who kept digging when everyone else stopped.
July 10, 2014
This series til now gave me the chills, and had me shaking as I read them, went beyond my limits ( if I had any :D) , it can either freak the hell out of you or just disturb you, or it could be just what you needed.
If you’re interested in this kind of reading, it´s certainly one of the reads it´s “branded” on my soul!!
Maybe in the next book, we will see the brothers have their HEA… or NOT!
May 14, 2017
Nate.
Mr-Police-Man Nate who knows Mat from his cage fighting days.
Nate who had (has) a crush on Mat 'Stonewall' Carmichael.
Nate who is supposed to file away the missing person report of the two Carmichael brothers and doesn't want to archive the file, questioning the Las Vegas PD's investigation results...
I. AM. COUNTING. ON. YOU!!!
Save my boys, please.
5 stars!
Mr-Police-Man Nate who knows Mat from his cage fighting days.
Nate who had (has) a crush on Mat 'Stonewall' Carmichael.
Nate who is supposed to file away the missing person report of the two Carmichael brothers and doesn't want to archive the file, questioning the Las Vegas PD's investigation results...
I. AM. COUNTING. ON. YOU!!!
Save my boys, please.
5 stars!
November 3, 2013
*** Jahy's, Why bother when Goodreads is glitchy review ***
God I've missed "The flesh Cartel" of madness. This is going to be a very unique, infuriating and chaotic season....... YES!
MAT
DOUGIE
NIKO
SMYTHE HALL
.......... and the waiting game begins.
God I've missed "The flesh Cartel" of madness. This is going to be a very unique, infuriating and chaotic season....... YES!
MAT
DOUGIE
NIKO
SMYTHE HALL
.......... and the waiting game begins.
July 15, 2023
Nikolai parece no querer dejar ir a Doguie, pero sabe que tiene que hacerlo, y despues de un pequeño "recordatorio" de Roger, decide entregarlos la semana siguiente. Pero, primero lo primero, debe marcar sus obras de arte, y de esa manera asegurar que su propiedad (Doguie) vuelva con el cuando todo termine.
Este capitulo fue sencillo, si, tuvo sus momento cruciales de manipulacion mental, pero nada tan rudo como los libros anteriores, y lo que espero que vendra en los proximos. Pero ahora tenemos a un Mat que esta decidido a salvar a Doguie asi sea de si mismo. Vamos a ver como se enfrentan a este nuevo "Dueño", y como van a lograr de esto ambos.
Este capitulo fue sencillo, si, tuvo sus momento cruciales de manipulacion mental, pero nada tan rudo como los libros anteriores, y lo que espero que vendra en los proximos. Pero ahora tenemos a un Mat que esta decidido a salvar a Doguie asi sea de si mismo. Vamos a ver como se enfrentan a este nuevo "Dueño", y como van a lograr de esto ambos.
November 4, 2013
This volume is basically a transitional part. Mat and Dougie are being prepared to be taken to Allen's house of horrors. After the brutal abuse in the previous part, this one takes a look mostly at the mindset of the brothers and introduces Nate, an FBI agent who has had his eye on Mat as a fighter and is now investigating their disappearance.
It is more of the same with robo-Dougie, hating Mat, loving his Master and preparing to be the bestest slave ever for Allen so he can return to Nikolai and Roger as soon as possible. Mat is doing his best to cope, allowing himself to feel some hatred towards what Dougie has become, yet still blaming himself and plotting to do what it takes to save Dougie. And is that Nikolai offering Mat some actual helpful advice and feeling some sympathy? Probably, but only to make sure his arrangement with Allen to get Dougie back in one piece goes smoothly. Roger is harder for me to hate. It is hard to remember that many years ago he likely was in the same situation as Dougie, but I think he really is sincere in his attempts to comfort Mat. (Is it too much to hope that Dougie and Roger are together in a HEA that does not include Nikolai?)
So the boys are off to their new prison, which promises to be more horrifying than Nikolai's. Unknown to the boys there is a glimmer of hope out there and maybe Mat will be able to get some psycho blood on his hands soon. I can't wait.
It is more of the same with robo-Dougie, hating Mat, loving his Master and preparing to be the bestest slave ever for Allen so he can return to Nikolai and Roger as soon as possible. Mat is doing his best to cope, allowing himself to feel some hatred towards what Dougie has become, yet still blaming himself and plotting to do what it takes to save Dougie. And is that Nikolai offering Mat some actual helpful advice and feeling some sympathy? Probably, but only to make sure his arrangement with Allen to get Dougie back in one piece goes smoothly. Roger is harder for me to hate. It is hard to remember that many years ago he likely was in the same situation as Dougie, but I think he really is sincere in his attempts to comfort Mat. (Is it too much to hope that Dougie and Roger are together in a HEA that does not include Nikolai?)
So the boys are off to their new prison, which promises to be more horrifying than Nikolai's. Unknown to the boys there is a glimmer of hope out there and maybe Mat will be able to get some psycho blood on his hands soon. I can't wait.
July 16, 2017
5 stars... I must say this serial keeps its high level at all times!!!
So, that's it! The "boys" finally leave Nikolai's "training centre" and are about to be delivered to their new Master...
Sorry guys, but I don't feel anything positive towards Nikolai or Roger ... Nothing! I don't believe in Roger's affection and Nikolai's "love" toward Dougie. It's just all sick and perverted.
If you need your partner on their knees, servicing you, you just look for a BDSM kind of relationship. You can even find a willing 24/7, live-in "slave" - and it all can be safe, sane and consensual! You don't kidnap people and mould them to your liking, into your f**ktoys with an artificial feeling of "happiness" beaten and brainwashed into them! You just don't!!!
So, sorry, but I won't give in to Roger and Nikolai...
And, thank God, Nate is finally in the picture!!! Go, Nate!!! ;)
So, that's it! The "boys" finally leave Nikolai's "training centre" and are about to be delivered to their new Master...
Sorry guys, but I don't feel anything positive towards Nikolai or Roger ... Nothing! I don't believe in Roger's affection and Nikolai's "love" toward Dougie. It's just all sick and perverted.
If you need your partner on their knees, servicing you, you just look for a BDSM kind of relationship. You can even find a willing 24/7, live-in "slave" - and it all can be safe, sane and consensual! You don't kidnap people and mould them to your liking, into your f**ktoys with an artificial feeling of "happiness" beaten and brainwashed into them! You just don't!!!
So, sorry, but I won't give in to Roger and Nikolai...
And, thank God, Nate is finally in the picture!!! Go, Nate!!! ;)
April 6, 2014
One star again – this time for cheating.
So many things promised, so little delivered. I paid handsomely for the sitting place in the first row at "lavish party with all the debauchery Nikolai’s clientele could want" and the Authors just left when the party started to swing. One hundred welts with my favourite implement and, oh, alcohol enema! I hope it was good Bordeaux vintage. Silly me, of course it was – the man of such culture and refinement doesn't go outside Grand Cru Clasee. You can’t go beneath Château Talbot 2010 ($ 100/bottle) for enema if you earn more than $ 1 000 000 for selling the man for death by (choose correct adjective) hideous/inventive torture. But back to main topic: I will be very angry if the Ladies pull this trick again at Paradise Island and the delightful tableau of barebacking, biting, bondage, CBT, cross-dressing, cum-play, dirty talk, enema, face-fucking, flogging, frottage, gangbang, hate-sex, angry sex, humiliation, impact play, insertion, public play, sadomasochism, single-tail, size, slavery, caging, confinement and last but not least actual and role play incest will not unfold in all its beauty but will be only mentioned in the retrospective.
But seriously,
Everybody hates DOUGLAS, so do I but probably I do it for a different reason. I despise him not for what he became but for the velocity and swiftness of his transition from straight as arrow psychology doctorate to never sated, always cock-hungry, slut ready to abuse. Once, at the beginning, Petrovice (neither narrator nor Douglas himself) said that Douglas would draw from his academic experience to fight him but it never happened. Douglas never resisted Petrovic, not mentioning using any kind of psychological skills or tricks from his school. In fact, I do not believe in the possibility of such transition. What makes you homosexual is not a person you have intercourse with (even multiply times) but the gender of a person you make sex in your dreams. It's also hard to believe that his core was so fragile, his existence so empty and prospects so bleak (and we know they weren't) that one dildo and one anal intercourse (rape) were enough to make him reject his love, dreams and humanity, his very essence - his soul.
Please noticed that on the other hand we (so far I was in tune with the majority of the reviewers), do great injustice to Douglas because we used different scales to measure brothers’ performance. It was MATT who was the first to give up to Petrovic's manipulation; he was the first who betrayed his brother (FC 6); and how easily Petrovic framed him in this situation! Matt is still in his own frame of mind only because Petrovic allowed him - not because of any special feature of his character. Be honest, throughout the entire 11 books Matt hasn't shown any superiority to Douglas, any greater endurance, not mentioning his intelligence because on this fielded he is a complete failure. Recall what prompted him to fuck with Petrovic the first time. One threat with Derby’s dose (this and Thomas Thistelwood can be googled) and he actively (by his passive behaviour) participated in the scheme to destroy his younger brother. The authors wrote that Petrovic always underestimated him but they failed to show at least one situation to prove this opinion. De facto, absolutely all their interactions showed how much right Petrovic was in his derogatory opinion about older Carmichael’s abilities. Matt’s strength and wit are greatly and undeservedly over-appreciated. In the end, in the recognition of his inferiority, he will have to ask Petrovic for help to save Douglas.
As far as PETROVIC is mentioned, CF 11 fully confirms what I suspected previously. The great “white-washing” is in full swing and I can stand this process even less than Douglas’ fears that Matt would destroy Petrovic slave business (FC10). The opening scene with Matt and the entire scene with Roger (this one before branding) should convince as how considered he is and that he even has consciousness and scruples. What worse, now even Matt thinks that Petrovice loves Douglas in some way. I do not buy this. I have already explained this quite thoroughly. Now I only add that the price for love is vulnerability (therefore Matt can be hurt - he loves Douglas). Petrovic's feelings toward Douglas don't make him vulnerable; I know from the web they will but even then, I do not consider his cooperation with Matt in saving Douglas to be atonement for his sins: “some (“his creations”) return broken, some in ashes, majority never return...”. It’s not slave business, he is trading in death.
To my surprise, currently, ROGER is the only person I hate form the entire cast of FC. And contrary to the Authors I don’t mind his death in the season 5. The affection and support he is showing toward Matt are so false and dishonest that makes me puke. In “the land of misery, in the house of slavery” inmates can touch their dicks only for pissing. If Roger offers something to Matt it’s on Petrovic’s direct order (like Douglas fucking Jeremy). Matt should already know it. But not, he is buying this - another example how weak Matt’s intellect is.
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Sad.
The blurb only confirms may suspicion that we will be offered “dues ex machina” ending. The warrior in white armour on the white horse (pardon me, in white helicopter), whose existence nobody suspected for 10 books will come to rescue the hopeless brother/s. Petrovic has been always right and will remain on top of the game.
I will never see my perfect ending: the really real punishment for Petrovic: not prison or torture but loneliness when all slaves have left him. I would like to see Roger (but I don't believe that's even plausible on the grounds what we know about him) and the cook (that's more probable) leave him when they have the chance to make a choice ("choice" like in the world where they are not threatened with severe biting into unconsciousness). To see him empty -handed when he learns that he can't built love on rape, pain and humiliation; that TPE built without consent never brings real trust and devotion. To watch him realize that all what surrounds him is one great lie and he is the biggest liar.
So many things promised, so little delivered. I paid handsomely for the sitting place in the first row at "lavish party with all the debauchery Nikolai’s clientele could want" and the Authors just left when the party started to swing. One hundred welts with my favourite implement and, oh, alcohol enema! I hope it was good Bordeaux vintage. Silly me, of course it was – the man of such culture and refinement doesn't go outside Grand Cru Clasee. You can’t go beneath Château Talbot 2010 ($ 100/bottle) for enema if you earn more than $ 1 000 000 for selling the man for death by (choose correct adjective) hideous/inventive torture. But back to main topic: I will be very angry if the Ladies pull this trick again at Paradise Island and the delightful tableau of barebacking, biting, bondage, CBT, cross-dressing, cum-play, dirty talk, enema, face-fucking, flogging, frottage, gangbang, hate-sex, angry sex, humiliation, impact play, insertion, public play, sadomasochism, single-tail, size, slavery, caging, confinement and last but not least actual and role play incest will not unfold in all its beauty but will be only mentioned in the retrospective.
But seriously,
Everybody hates DOUGLAS, so do I but probably I do it for a different reason. I despise him not for what he became but for the velocity and swiftness of his transition from straight as arrow psychology doctorate to never sated, always cock-hungry, slut ready to abuse. Once, at the beginning, Petrovice (neither narrator nor Douglas himself) said that Douglas would draw from his academic experience to fight him but it never happened. Douglas never resisted Petrovic, not mentioning using any kind of psychological skills or tricks from his school. In fact, I do not believe in the possibility of such transition. What makes you homosexual is not a person you have intercourse with (even multiply times) but the gender of a person you make sex in your dreams. It's also hard to believe that his core was so fragile, his existence so empty and prospects so bleak (and we know they weren't) that one dildo and one anal intercourse (rape) were enough to make him reject his love, dreams and humanity, his very essence - his soul.
Please noticed that on the other hand we (so far I was in tune with the majority of the reviewers), do great injustice to Douglas because we used different scales to measure brothers’ performance. It was MATT who was the first to give up to Petrovic's manipulation; he was the first who betrayed his brother (FC 6); and how easily Petrovic framed him in this situation! Matt is still in his own frame of mind only because Petrovic allowed him - not because of any special feature of his character. Be honest, throughout the entire 11 books Matt hasn't shown any superiority to Douglas, any greater endurance, not mentioning his intelligence because on this fielded he is a complete failure. Recall what prompted him to fuck with Petrovic the first time. One threat with Derby’s dose (this and Thomas Thistelwood can be googled) and he actively (by his passive behaviour) participated in the scheme to destroy his younger brother. The authors wrote that Petrovic always underestimated him but they failed to show at least one situation to prove this opinion. De facto, absolutely all their interactions showed how much right Petrovic was in his derogatory opinion about older Carmichael’s abilities. Matt’s strength and wit are greatly and undeservedly over-appreciated. In the end, in the recognition of his inferiority, he will have to ask Petrovic for help to save Douglas.
As far as PETROVIC is mentioned, CF 11 fully confirms what I suspected previously. The great “white-washing” is in full swing and I can stand this process even less than Douglas’ fears that Matt would destroy Petrovic slave business (FC10). The opening scene with Matt and the entire scene with Roger (this one before branding) should convince as how considered he is and that he even has consciousness and scruples. What worse, now even Matt thinks that Petrovice loves Douglas in some way. I do not buy this. I have already explained this quite thoroughly. Now I only add that the price for love is vulnerability (therefore Matt can be hurt - he loves Douglas). Petrovic's feelings toward Douglas don't make him vulnerable; I know from the web they will but even then, I do not consider his cooperation with Matt in saving Douglas to be atonement for his sins: “some (“his creations”) return broken, some in ashes, majority never return...”. It’s not slave business, he is trading in death.
To my surprise, currently, ROGER is the only person I hate form the entire cast of FC. And contrary to the Authors I don’t mind his death in the season 5. The affection and support he is showing toward Matt are so false and dishonest that makes me puke. In “the land of misery, in the house of slavery” inmates can touch their dicks only for pissing. If Roger offers something to Matt it’s on Petrovic’s direct order (like Douglas fucking Jeremy). Matt should already know it. But not, he is buying this - another example how weak Matt’s intellect is.
------------------------------------------------------------------
Sad.
The blurb only confirms may suspicion that we will be offered “dues ex machina” ending. The warrior in white armour on the white horse (pardon me, in white helicopter), whose existence nobody suspected for 10 books will come to rescue the hopeless brother/s. Petrovic has been always right and will remain on top of the game.
I will never see my perfect ending: the really real punishment for Petrovic: not prison or torture but loneliness when all slaves have left him. I would like to see Roger (but I don't believe that's even plausible on the grounds what we know about him) and the cook (that's more probable) leave him when they have the chance to make a choice ("choice" like in the world where they are not threatened with severe biting into unconsciousness). To see him empty -handed when he learns that he can't built love on rape, pain and humiliation; that TPE built without consent never brings real trust and devotion. To watch him realize that all what surrounds him is one great lie and he is the biggest liar.
April 23, 2020
The brothers prepare to get shipped off to their new owner, of whom both are not looking forward to, since the new owner, Allen, seems like a sadistic one. Dougie, at this point, has gotten so irritating to read about because he's totally been brainwashed to become a mindless sheep. I still like reading about Mat, and glad we have more on him this time as he doesn't get a lot of time on page.
This book introduces a new character, Nate, who is an FBI agent and gets thrown to review the closed case just because their ex-foster father plays golf with one of the judges or something. Not sure why the cartel would pick the siblings when their ex-foster parent have such pull with prominent people, which doesn't make sense since they supposedly should have done a lot of research on the twins to even allow for something like this with a chance of happening.
It is getting interesting now with Nate in the picture and introducing another story arc. If I were to suffer through another 8 books with just the brothers living lives as obedient slaves, I'll probably give up way before then.
4 Stars!
This book introduces a new character, Nate, who is an FBI agent and gets thrown to review the closed case just because their ex-foster father plays golf with one of the judges or something. Not sure why the cartel would pick the siblings when their ex-foster parent have such pull with prominent people, which doesn't make sense since they supposedly should have done a lot of research on the twins to even allow for something like this with a chance of happening.
It is getting interesting now with Nate in the picture and introducing another story arc. If I were to suffer through another 8 books with just the brothers living lives as obedient slaves, I'll probably give up way before then.
4 Stars!
February 6, 2019
4 Stars
November 3, 2013
This episode had a different feel about it..Its now opened the story up so much more for the future.
I can't believe its only been 4 months since they were taken..
Mat and Dougie have now been sold and are awaiting collection from Allen their new master.
Poor Mat..I think you worry most for him. But once again his love for his brother will hopefully save them...
And Dougie..is just in a different world..lost.
I'm pretty sure the next part of their journey will be just as heart breaking but I am really starting to feel hope is maybe round the corner...with the introduction of Nate
I know now in my mind there is no HEA just freedom...
I can't believe its only been 4 months since they were taken..
Mat and Dougie have now been sold and are awaiting collection from Allen their new master.
Poor Mat..I think you worry most for him. But once again his love for his brother will hopefully save them...
And Dougie..is just in a different world..lost.
I'm pretty sure the next part of their journey will be just as heart breaking but I am really starting to feel hope is maybe round the corner...with the introduction of Nate
I know now in my mind there is no HEA just freedom...
August 12, 2016
Oh boy did I need this book after the last one. *shudders*
This was considerably tamer and so much was given to spring to life hope like I have never wanted it before. We get in everyone's head here; Mat, Dougie and Nikolai as the boys spend their last days with Nikolai before going to their new Master.
Mat, you are breaking my heart boy more than I thought possible. The love you still have for Dougie even after THAT happened. The questions you ask Nikolai that borderline on advice? Oh goodness.
Dougie, you're kinda creeping me out now. I mean, I adore the holy hell outta your submission. Regardless of how fucked up it is, it's gorgeous and you wear it well. Yet, the question still remains deep in my grey matter of should you wear it at all?
Nikolai, why do I adore you so much? Just stop with all the things you do that make me like you, please? Kidding. Don't stop. Ever. Mmmkay.
Oh and new POV...hello Nate. Nice to meet you and I hope we get more of you as you go through this fucked up missing persons case and though it would be awkward, you get your chance to overcome being shy with a certain someone. Can a girl want that, even in this series? I do. Forgive me but I do.
This was considerably tamer and so much was given to spring to life hope like I have never wanted it before. We get in everyone's head here; Mat, Dougie and Nikolai as the boys spend their last days with Nikolai before going to their new Master.
Mat, you are breaking my heart boy more than I thought possible. The love you still have for Dougie even after THAT happened. The questions you ask Nikolai that borderline on advice? Oh goodness.
Dougie, you're kinda creeping me out now. I mean, I adore the holy hell outta your submission. Regardless of how fucked up it is, it's gorgeous and you wear it well. Yet, the question still remains deep in my grey matter of should you wear it at all?
Nikolai, why do I adore you so much? Just stop with all the things you do that make me like you, please? Kidding. Don't stop. Ever. Mmmkay.
Oh and new POV...hello Nate. Nice to meet you and I hope we get more of you as you go through this fucked up missing persons case and though it would be awkward, you get your chance to overcome being shy with a certain someone. Can a girl want that, even in this series? I do. Forgive me but I do.
November 3, 2013
No weirdass fuckery in this one. It was nice for a change. I was a bit worried after I read #10, wasn't sure which direction this story is going to take.
This installment was different from the previous ones. We got a new pov. I liked the character, but the parts that were told from his pov felt repetitive. I know he's just trying to figure out what happened, he has no clue what happened to the brothers, but for me his parts felt like repetitions. I found it a little boring. But I'm still exited to find out how (or if) he's going to figure it out what happened to them. I hope there is some kind of twist in the next one, to make it more exiting.
#12 is already pre-ordered :-).
This installment was different from the previous ones. We got a new pov. I liked the character, but the parts that were told from his pov felt repetitive. I know he's just trying to figure out what happened, he has no clue what happened to the brothers, but for me his parts felt like repetitions. I found it a little boring. But I'm still exited to find out how (or if) he's going to figure it out what happened to them. I hope there is some kind of twist in the next one, to make it more exiting.
#12 is already pre-ordered :-).
November 6, 2013
Honestly, I have lost all patience with this series. I'm sticking it out to reach the end. I skimmed through most of this book just to see where this was going and as usual, it's going at a snails pace. I love these two women writers but for the Love of COCKS, get this over with so we can all move on!
It's more of the same. More of Dougie being a little bitch, more of Mat taking everything on his shoulders and the cruelty, nothing new. I don't think there could really be anything new or shocking. We've been through it all with 11 damned books.
Ladies, it's time! Do something!
It's more of the same. More of Dougie being a little bitch, more of Mat taking everything on his shoulders and the cruelty, nothing new. I don't think there could really be anything new or shocking. We've been through it all with 11 damned books.
Ladies, it's time! Do something!
September 1, 2016
I think Dougie is truly lost...Nikolai has moulded him into the perfect slave. He and Mat are now ready to be transferred over to their new Master...Allen (this guy scares the crap out of me).
The branding was brutal but the manties were awesome.
The branding was brutal but the manties were awesome.
November 7, 2013
4.5 stars
I am still committed to seeing these guys through to the end, whatever that may be. This segment was more transitional in that the boys are ready to be moved on. Nikolai struggles with letting them go, and the boys are more unsure than ever of what awaits them, nothing of which can be good.
I was really happy to see someone is finally taking an interesting in looking into their disappearance and am really excited to see where that part of the story goes.
There were some parts here and there that seemed repetitive, such as Mat's constant rehashing of guilt, etc. about Dougie. I get that he is traumatized, so I don't belittle that at all, but I was ready to move on.
The boys are now packaged and on the move, so the next installment should be interesting to see how things are once they arrive at Allen's. I am, as I have been from the start of this, eager for the next one.
November 2, 2013
OMG, is that a glimmer of hope? An FBI agent is on the case..
This book covers the interlude before our boys are sent away to Smythe Hall. Matt is busy beating himself up over his growing hatred of brother Dougie.
'"Time, that's all," (Matt) mumbled to the family photo, then put his back to it, curling up on his other side. "I just need some fucking time."
And like fifty years of therapy. And Nikolai's head on a fucking pike. Allen's too, while he was at it.'
This book covers the interlude before our boys are sent away to Smythe Hall. Matt is busy beating himself up over his growing hatred of brother Dougie.
'"Time, that's all," (Matt) mumbled to the family photo, then put his back to it, curling up on his other side. "I just need some fucking time."
And like fifty years of therapy. And Nikolai's head on a fucking pike. Allen's too, while he was at it.'
December 20, 2014
I HATE DOUGIE SO MUCH IT HURTS I am seriously weeping for Matt and praying like hell the author have some mercy and stop Matt being so vulnerable when it comes to Dougie.I atlast made myself read this one and proved yet again to myself I am a glutton for punishment who will keep reading this bone chilling,creepy,scary as shit book.I have high hopes about Nate atleast it seems he care for Matt and only Matt.Anyway I know I will keep reading this series till I find my Matt safe,so should anyone who has started reading this series.Happy.....Oops scary creepy reading.;0
November 14, 2013
This book has a completely different feel to it than the others. Things are finally moving on and Mat and Dougie are on the way to their new sadistic owner Allen. There is a glimmer of hope as Special Agent Nate Johnson is on the case. I'm still keeping my fingers crossed that things will turn out ok in the end!
December 2, 2015
Permanent Record is one of the weakest parts of this series so far! I had the feeling that a rather short event has been drawn out to make it a full episode! Most aspects felt rather repetitive and I desperatly wanted the authors to move on. However, I was very happy to meet Nate and I can't wait to read more about him and his attempt to find out what happened to Dougie and Mat! I'm also very curious to continue the series and to read about the new setting! 3 stars!
November 18, 2013
I hate to give any book in these series a lower rating.....
But this one was unfortuneately only 3 stars for me.
It just didn't do much for me.
This episode was just a little bit boring. Not much happening.
Dougie and Mat are being marked, prepped, and packaged. Nikolai is preparing his merchandie to be sent off to their new Master.
An investegator has taken on their missing person's case and is delving deeper into it, trying to figure out exactly what has happened to the boys.
End of story pretty much.
It was rather anti-climatic.
I am hoping with the next episode that something BIG or CRAZY happens.
But this one was unfortuneately only 3 stars for me.
It just didn't do much for me.
This episode was just a little bit boring. Not much happening.
Dougie and Mat are being marked, prepped, and packaged. Nikolai is preparing his merchandie to be sent off to their new Master.
An investegator has taken on their missing person's case and is delving deeper into it, trying to figure out exactly what has happened to the boys.
End of story pretty much.
It was rather anti-climatic.
I am hoping with the next episode that something BIG or CRAZY happens.
September 1, 2013
The Flesh Cartel, or as I like to call it "Book Crack"!
What is there to say that has not been said before. This series is freaking amazing.
Thankfully, this installment is not as dark as the previous one. I have never wanted to pluck two characters out of a book and save them more than in the previous episode. I could not have taken another episode that emotionally draining.
This one gives us more of the confusion of emotions experienced by Mat, and Dougie's almost blind faith that his master will do what's best for him. We also see a snippet of the hunt for the boys happening on the outside.
Bring on #12!
What is there to say that has not been said before. This series is freaking amazing.
Thankfully, this installment is not as dark as the previous one. I have never wanted to pluck two characters out of a book and save them more than in the previous episode. I could not have taken another episode that emotionally draining.
This one gives us more of the confusion of emotions experienced by Mat, and Dougie's almost blind faith that his master will do what's best for him. We also see a snippet of the hunt for the boys happening on the outside.
Bring on #12!
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November 5, 2013Glad things are looking up, albeit with one hell still to cross. Roger's such a brilliantly manipulative bastard that you miss it when you blink.
Even Nikolai doesn't seem to be immune. I get the feeling, btw, he's forging the weapons of his own destruction. Still hoping we'll get back to him and see him turned inside out.
Even Nikolai doesn't seem to be immune. I get the feeling, btw, he's forging the weapons of his own destruction. Still hoping we'll get back to him and see him turned inside out.
November 3, 2013
The introduction of hope at this point is just so...
Welcome!
Welcome!
March 15, 2014
Dougie needs an ass whooping, little shit!
March 4, 2025
I'm trying, I really am, but I'm bored! This series is the same old stuff every part.Im over Dougie.There is nothing left to like about him at all & I honestly don't care what happens to him anymore.This is a slow process to get through this series & I'm determined to get it over with.Im mad at the ppl who recommended this, i really am.
June 21, 2018
My head is just spinning from this mind fuck. Good grief. I feel as manipulated as Dougie.
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November 29, 2025I guess I could try to feel hope or something but haven't I already learned my lesson 😭
November 12, 2013
For me, this suffered from "Lost: Season 2" syndrome. Too much repetition of things we already know in order to give other viewpoints. I get it: 'Dougie' is gone and 'Douglas' hates Mat. I don't need paragraph after paragraph reminding me. I get it: Mat is in turmoil because he blames himself for not protecting Dougie, and he can't see he's being manipulated by not just Nikolai, but Roger as well. I don't need three or four more scenes of Nikolai and Roger manipulating him and making him feel more and more guilty about something he had absolutely no control over. I get it: Nikolai is having second thoughts about sending Douglas away, and questions his own role as Master. I don't need more examples of it.
There was precious little new info, and what was parceled out (mainly in the new character POV) could have easily been told in half the space, giving more room for the kink, which was all but absent. And I mean, let's be honest, isn't that why we're all here?
I'm in this for the long haul, simply because once I go past about the halfway point in a series I need to see the resolution, but waiting another three months? Sheesh.
There was precious little new info, and what was parceled out (mainly in the new character POV) could have easily been told in half the space, giving more room for the kink, which was all but absent. And I mean, let's be honest, isn't that why we're all here?
I'm in this for the long haul, simply because once I go past about the halfway point in a series I need to see the resolution, but waiting another three months? Sheesh.
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