His

Tale of a Twink #6

by Arielle Pierce

All twinky little Alex wants to do is please his big bear of a Dom, but Peter doesn’t make that easy, and Alex frequently finds himself full of worry and self-doubt. It doesn’t help matters that Mark, Peter’s business partner, clearly has his eye on Alex.

Things come to a head during a weekend getaway at the isolated vineyard Mark and Peter own. Alex might wear Peter's collar, but is that a guarantee that Peter will protect him from Mark?

Or will Alex have to take matters into his own hands and save himself?

The sixth and final title of the Tale of a Twink series.

Genres: M M Romance, BDSM

Unknown Binding

First published December 22, 2014

Reviews

[Emma Sea · Rating 3 out of 5]

this was an interesting conclusion to the series; deeper and more thoughtful than the porny fun of 1-5. I cannot tell a lie, I was looking forward to a threesome/ foursome, but Alex's self-possession was still satisfying, and I like where Peter's and Alex's relationship ended up.

I am still concerned about who has to clean those sheets D:

[Dre · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5 stars. This is my review for the entire series. It wasn't earth shattering, but I enjoyed it enough that I had to read the rest of the series in one sitting. I did feel the need to smack Alex quite frequently, but he's a teenager, so I guess I can't expect too much from him. When I'm reading, I sometimes have trouble remembering that I was an idiot too back then. The only part that REALLY irked me was when they went to the BDSM club, and Peter left Alex without telling him where he was going or if he'd be back. BDSM relationships take a lot of trust, and I would never trust someone who just up and left me, esp. as a newbie to the scene, with his friends, who were trying to force themselves on me. And Alex just taking Peter back with an I'm sorry, when Peter hadn't contacted him for weeks? GRRR!

[Achim · Rating 4 out of 5]

Emma's right: this part is not like the other installments of this series, not this light porny stuff playing around with BDSM scenes but somehow it's the obvious conclusion of the series. In the last part Alex embraces his view on a D/s relationship with his mature bear Peter until that night at a BDSM club when Peter doesn't care enough about Alex' insecurities and leaves him in the hand of his friend and business partner Mark who's only a bully disguised as a dom. Although Alex takes flight from that club and the relationship with Peter at the end of part 5 he gives in again and comes back. I only could understand that considering Alex' youth, his low self-esteem and a need for a caring but dominant father figure. That surely is also the reason why they never talked about that night and what it meant for Alex to loose his trust in Peter.

"His" is starting with that one topic Alex and Peter still have in common: sex with a little bondage and submission. On that field they still seem to fit perfectly but Peter doesn't see that Alex is longing for something else and Alex can't tell him. There is a lingering doom over Alex head that is getting bigger with every moment he is dreading to talk with Peter. When Mark breaks again into their relationship it becomes obvious how fragile that arrangement actually is. The situation culminates when Alex's accompanies Peter on his trip to his vineyard on Mark's suggestion who made it also clear that he likes to have a go at the twink on that occasion.

It would be a spoiler to tell you if Mark is getting his way, if Peter prooves to be the wrong dom for Alex or if their relationship survives. Figure I can tell that Alex is growing a bit more mature, that he is getting a bit more balanced but that process is too fast to tell if it's a lasting change or just a step made in the heat of the moment. Be aware that this story is written completely on Alex POV with all his insecurities mixed with youthful bravado - Peter obviously doesn't recognize that.

At the end of "His" Peter is still an enigma for me. The author doesn't give a hint about his motive, about his feelings, about his character. She probably can't provide such a hint while it's only Alex POV and he's not able to talk with Peter and Peter doesn't recognize how necessary that is. So in the end there are a lot of open questions to be answered in the next installment. There are scenes that felt rushed like Alex' flight out of the building what kind of person does it make you letting your partner run into the night at a foreign surrounding nakes and afraid and you only make a search attempt and then go to sleep and not all character developments are understandable e.g. Alex' final confrontation with Mark bully or not I can't really believe that Alex can stare Mark down so easily, not yet anyway . So the rating might not be a strong 4 but more somewhere on the way to a 4 but good enough to be rounded up.

[Arielle Pierce]

Expected release date either the 22nd or the 23rd of Dec. It's been too long coming, but it will feel good to finish this part of Peter and Alex's life and begin plotting out their next story, which will be novel length. :-)