This book is very intense, engrossing, but at times lurid and harsh to read through the depravity. It was out of my comfort zone, a little bit too much for me.
I love how the female leads of most of Candace Blevins books are strong, independent women. It is always intriguing to have the dichotomy of the strong female lead who also wants to be reduced to merely a sex slave or worse. This book is challenging with its intense kink but it is well written and it is clear how everyone is satisfied with their roles. The poly group works together despite struggles. The things described here are really dark and would be real torture, violation and horror if it wasn't framed in consent and even, it was still somewhat revolting to read. The descriptions are so vivid, I needed to skim some of them. The darkest in this book was a lot physical but even more on the psychological side, and this discomforts me more. I had less difficulty reading Khan or Consequences, two dark books from Candace Blevins, than this one.
What to expect:
- 3rd pov
- when team building activity is breaking in a submissive
- hardcore kink , mmmf, extreme sadism, rules, rituals, and lot of scheduling, degradation kink. Very crude names. This book can be triggering. Be warned
- delicious food descriptions, they make me hungry, don't read while hungry lol
- kink is the plot
- wolf shifters and hawk shifter
- meta references, the female lead is reading a book from Candace Blevins about characters living in her city
- story spanned from after Halloween to Christmas
I recommend this book for fans of deprivation kink, foursome, and hardcore scenes.