When you see a story contains BDSM elements, you almost automatically think it will be hot and kinky. This book was surprisingly sweet, and contained far less sex than I had expected.
It was also a hell of a lot shorter than I had anticipated, but that was on me, because the description clearly states it’s only 39k words. I missed that when I downloaded it through Kindle Unlimited, yet it’s one of my main ‘complaints’. It’s a bit of a conundrum, because can you fault a book for being too short? It’s not that the fact that it was too short in comparison to the price or anything. It was more that I felt the story wasn’t done. It had so much potential for…more.
I quickly checked to see if the story of Garrett and Wyatt was continuing in the other books in the Bound & Controlled series, but alas, those focus on Garretts brothers. I loved the interaction between Garrett and Wyatt, loved their dom-sub dynamic. I wanted to see way, way more of that. The happy end at the end felt rushed to me, especially since there was so much potential to develop the story further.
I read the other books in this series as well, Brent and Grant (book 4, Bryce, will be published soon). They’re highly similar in style, though with a slight difference in dynamic (I especially loved Carter’s character with his preference for more female clothes), but they’re all of the same length. They all left me wanting more!
The BDSM element is very much present in all books, yet at the same time surprisingly ‘light’ in terms of actual sex and kink. There’s some spanking and orgasm denial stuff, but it’s all pretty mild.
I loved the writing style, which felt natural and fluid. I spotted a few grammar, editing, and spelling mistakes, but not so many that they pulled me out of the story.
I definitely want to read more books by Shaw Montgomery, because I loved the style and topics, but I’ll be trying to find full-out novels instead of novellas.