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The Stunning USA Today Bestselling Epilogue to the Submission Series.
Did you want a pat little ending about me and Jonathan riding off into the sunset? Did you want flowers and stars? Man, I wish it was all soft filters and violins. I wish we could fight about who cleaned the bathroom or who was cooking dinner. But I knew I was never destined for simple contentment.
I almost committed murder for him. I almost tore us apart to save him. How do you get back on the horse after that? Because, I promise you, nothing is the same. Nothing.
I’ve earned our happily ever after. Now I have to survive it.
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This is the book to read if you've read the Complete Submission bundle. If you've read Connection, you've alread read Coda.
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112 books9,640 followersCD Reiss is a New York Times bestselling author. She still has to chop wood and carry water, which was buried in the fine print. Her lawyer is working it out with God but in the meantime, if you call and she doesn't pick up she's at the well hauling buckets.
Born in New York City, she moved to Hollywood, California to get her master's degree in screenwriting from USC. In case you want to know, that went nowhere but it did give her a big enough ego to write novels.
She's frequently referred to as the Shakespeare of Smut which is flattering but hasn't ever gotten her out of chopping a single cord of wood.
If you meet her in person, you should call her Christine.
***NONE OF MY BOOKS ARE SAFE***
Born in New York City, she moved to Hollywood, California to get her master's degree in screenwriting from USC. In case you want to know, that went nowhere but it did give her a big enough ego to write novels.
She's frequently referred to as the Shakespeare of Smut which is flattering but hasn't ever gotten her out of chopping a single cord of wood.
If you meet her in person, you should call her Christine.
***NONE OF MY BOOKS ARE SAFE***
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Coda is the conclusion to the Songs of Submission Series. This review is entirely spoiler free as the story of Coda goes, but may reference aspects of the prior books in the series.
Amongst the grit and the slick shimmer of the City of Angels a struggling musician met a successful dominant man. A King met his Goddess. Their journey was not simple, not a straight shot to a happily ever after, it was traffic jam on the 405 it was hugging the curves on Mulholland Drive.
In the weeks and months that follow the departure of the suffocating walls of Sequoia, Monica and Jonathan have to navigate the future that was shoved into their hands. A future that was nothing like the one they imagined they’d be facing. New risks, old desires and a constant thumping heartbeat that is like a ticking time bomb waiting to go off.
Can this new heart love the way the old one did?
Will the fear of death stifle the hope of life?
Both Monica and Jonathan experienced their own fears as the days wasted away while waiting to see if their love collided with tragedy. The elation of feeling the foreign rhythm that was shoved into a chest and the reality of admitting that not everything was solved when the release papers were signed.
This is Coda.
This is a story of two souls that found each other in a city over three million.
Two people that overcame death and found life.
A broken heartbeat.
Healed.
Saved.
I am going to attempt to do this without gushing, but I make no promise that I won’t ramble. I read Coda with the taste of Songs of Submission fresh on my tongue; having just skimmed through the 1300 and them some pages. But Monica and Jonathan’s story is not one that could be forgotten, it’s there, always.
I wanted this story. I craved it. I needed something to prolong the high that came with SOS. This filled the void. It gave me that final piece that I needed after Sing left me fractured. My plan, because yeah I had one... was to go in fast and hard. Enjoy the story. Experience it and then stop, rewind and go back and read it all over again to savor every word. That didn’t work out quite the way I planned. There were times when I’d hit a part of the story and rather than flip to the next page, I went backwards. Not ready to move forward, onto the next scene. I wanted to stay there. Stuck. On my knees. Legs spread.
And those times when I had to pause, that is when it would happen.
The tightness.
The burn.
Tears that came with the joys and the devastation.
This book affected. I felt their love, grief, fear and hope as if it were my own. I can’t recall a time prior to this while reading that a scene that was one simply of hope, sunshine and happiness bringing me to tears. That is a gift that has been bestowed upon this author. An ability to draw out every bit of emotion from the reader with the use of her words.
This was not an ending to a love story. This is just one more step of a beginning. A no-longer struggling musician and her King. A man that had every success he could want and still was empty until he found his songbird. His Goddess.
There are a few scenes that will forever stick with me.
The devastation of realizing that hope was dangled in front of them and ripped away. The single word that escaped his mouth, a word that held so much more than just vowels and consonants. Nine letters that were crippling.
The unspoken way that Jonathan’s fears showed, even when he was in control. A thought that slipped through the sentences only to resurface again wrapped up in a red scarf. And that fleeting thought? Yeah, I got it. I paused at the period. I felt the impact of those lines. I saw the fear in that moment. I felt it like it was my own.
The struggle Jonathan faced with his control and fear. The battle that Monica had over grieving for her loss. The gentle man she loved but missing the man who loved her with such power that it left her bruised.
At first, when Christine had made it known that eventually we’d get this story I was excited. I wanted this conclusion. I needed it after Sing. I was felt like I was ready for the future. The Capo. The hot-mess-that-is-Fiona. The stories that would come from the tangle of red headed siblings. New adventures, with new characters, new stories. But as I finish Coda I find myself unwilling to sever the ties, even knowing that it is time. And I’m torn on whether or not I want every detail of what devastation could linger on the fringe for these two or if I will just hold onto the hope that we are left with. The peace in the moment. Life without the fear of death.
I would think by now that I’d be used to the impact this author has on me and just expect to be left in complete and utter awe. But it just doesn’t work that way. I don’t want it to. I don’t want to get comfortable and just come to expect that it’s going to be brilliant. I want to forget it, I want no memory of how amazing I know it’s going to be, because I want to never lose this feeling by becoming numb to it. I don’t know if there are any more ways to express how talented I think this author is without repeating what I’ve said in other reviews. But this ability and talent is a gift, one that I am honored she shared with all of us. This series is so beyond a romance or the box of erotica that it is placed in. It is raw emotion, it is beauty that is transformed into words and structured into sentences.
I felt every single word of this story so deeply. I fell in love with a man who offered honesty, his body and nothing else in the backseat of a Bentley, with a woman that was may have been made up of flesh and bone, but was built of steel. And through this journey I got to meet a woman of grace, a woman that has been nothing but humble in her achievements and a woman that I truly hope knows with certainty that what she creates is worthy of the praise. All. Of. It.
-----Pre-Review (Art Contest) -----
Hey, you... yeah you. So here's the deal. CD Reiss has a little giveaway going on and I want to win it. So if you could, while you're looking over the teasers - do one little thing. Click like. That's all. It gives me a vote and a chance to win. Thanks!
A tease of CODA courtesy of the Submission Bundle. Full review to come.
====== pre-pre-review =======
Coda is the conclusion to the Songs of Submission Series. This review is entirely spoiler free as the story of Coda goes, but may reference aspects of the prior books in the series.
Amongst the grit and the slick shimmer of the City of Angels a struggling musician met a successful dominant man. A King met his Goddess. Their journey was not simple, not a straight shot to a happily ever after, it was traffic jam on the 405 it was hugging the curves on Mulholland Drive.
In the weeks and months that follow the departure of the suffocating walls of Sequoia, Monica and Jonathan have to navigate the future that was shoved into their hands. A future that was nothing like the one they imagined they’d be facing. New risks, old desires and a constant thumping heartbeat that is like a ticking time bomb waiting to go off.
Can this new heart love the way the old one did?
Will the fear of death stifle the hope of life?
Both Monica and Jonathan experienced their own fears as the days wasted away while waiting to see if their love collided with tragedy. The elation of feeling the foreign rhythm that was shoved into a chest and the reality of admitting that not everything was solved when the release papers were signed.
This is Coda.
This is a story of two souls that found each other in a city over three million.
Two people that overcame death and found life.
A broken heartbeat.
Healed.
Saved.
I am going to attempt to do this without gushing, but I make no promise that I won’t ramble. I read Coda with the taste of Songs of Submission fresh on my tongue; having just skimmed through the 1300 and them some pages. But Monica and Jonathan’s story is not one that could be forgotten, it’s there, always.
I wanted this story. I craved it. I needed something to prolong the high that came with SOS. This filled the void. It gave me that final piece that I needed after Sing left me fractured. My plan, because yeah I had one... was to go in fast and hard. Enjoy the story. Experience it and then stop, rewind and go back and read it all over again to savor every word. That didn’t work out quite the way I planned. There were times when I’d hit a part of the story and rather than flip to the next page, I went backwards. Not ready to move forward, onto the next scene. I wanted to stay there. Stuck. On my knees. Legs spread.
And those times when I had to pause, that is when it would happen.
The tightness.
The burn.
Tears that came with the joys and the devastation.
This book affected. I felt their love, grief, fear and hope as if it were my own. I can’t recall a time prior to this while reading that a scene that was one simply of hope, sunshine and happiness bringing me to tears. That is a gift that has been bestowed upon this author. An ability to draw out every bit of emotion from the reader with the use of her words.
This was not an ending to a love story. This is just one more step of a beginning. A no-longer struggling musician and her King. A man that had every success he could want and still was empty until he found his songbird. His Goddess.
There are a few scenes that will forever stick with me.
The devastation of realizing that hope was dangled in front of them and ripped away. The single word that escaped his mouth, a word that held so much more than just vowels and consonants. Nine letters that were crippling.
The unspoken way that Jonathan’s fears showed, even when he was in control. A thought that slipped through the sentences only to resurface again wrapped up in a red scarf. And that fleeting thought? Yeah, I got it. I paused at the period. I felt the impact of those lines. I saw the fear in that moment. I felt it like it was my own.
The struggle Jonathan faced with his control and fear. The battle that Monica had over grieving for her loss. The gentle man she loved but missing the man who loved her with such power that it left her bruised.
At first, when Christine had made it known that eventually we’d get this story I was excited. I wanted this conclusion. I needed it after Sing. I was felt like I was ready for the future. The Capo. The hot-mess-that-is-Fiona. The stories that would come from the tangle of red headed siblings. New adventures, with new characters, new stories. But as I finish Coda I find myself unwilling to sever the ties, even knowing that it is time. And I’m torn on whether or not I want every detail of what devastation could linger on the fringe for these two or if I will just hold onto the hope that we are left with. The peace in the moment. Life without the fear of death.
I would think by now that I’d be used to the impact this author has on me and just expect to be left in complete and utter awe. But it just doesn’t work that way. I don’t want it to. I don’t want to get comfortable and just come to expect that it’s going to be brilliant. I want to forget it, I want no memory of how amazing I know it’s going to be, because I want to never lose this feeling by becoming numb to it. I don’t know if there are any more ways to express how talented I think this author is without repeating what I’ve said in other reviews. But this ability and talent is a gift, one that I am honored she shared with all of us. This series is so beyond a romance or the box of erotica that it is placed in. It is raw emotion, it is beauty that is transformed into words and structured into sentences.
I felt every single word of this story so deeply. I fell in love with a man who offered honesty, his body and nothing else in the backseat of a Bentley, with a woman that was may have been made up of flesh and bone, but was built of steel. And through this journey I got to meet a woman of grace, a woman that has been nothing but humble in her achievements and a woman that I truly hope knows with certainty that what she creates is worthy of the praise. All. Of. It.
-----Pre-Review (Art Contest) -----
Hey, you... yeah you. So here's the deal. CD Reiss has a little giveaway going on and I want to win it. So if you could, while you're looking over the teasers - do one little thing. Click like. That's all. It gives me a vote and a chance to win. Thanks!
A tease of CODA courtesy of the Submission Bundle. Full review to come.
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March 18, 2015
Coda is book 9 of the Songs of Submission series. It does not work as a standalone and it is necessary to have read the previous books in the series and my review can be considered to contain spoilers for book 7, Sing.
I can recall way back in early 2013 picking out a new book on Amazon just because I liked the cover. It was by an author I’d never heard of, there were no reviews but the blurb appealed to me and it wasn’t very expensive so I one-clicked and went off to curl up on the sofa not really knowing what to expect. That book was Beg, the author CD Reiss, and the rest, as they say, is history.
As I began to read, I realised that I’d stumbled on something very special and was thrilled and I knew that this was going to be big. Since then, CD Reiss has deservedly grown in popularity and is now a best-selling author. As a reader, she challenges me, she pushes my boundaries, enthrals and captivates me. She evokes real emotion in me as her incredible fictional world transcends the written word and lives vividly in my imagination. As an author, she’s definitely colouring outside the lines.
Embarking on Coda, my expectations are completely different from when I first picked out Beg and it’s so good to go back and reconnect with Monica and Jonathan, his Goddess and the man who cheated death. How can the dynamics of their relationship stay they way they were after that brush with catastrophe? Simple answer – of course they can’t and so we embark on the dazzling voyage that is Coda as we watch Monica and Jonathan try to piece it all back together.
Monica is still dazed, functioning and competent, but emotionally stunned after coming so close to losing Jonathan and still reeling from what she almost did to keep him. Jonathan, for his part, is mistrustful of his new heart and is struggling to come to terms with his second chance. They’re a couple treading water, drowning in doubt and worry. Jonathan is a ticking time bomb and they both know it. He wants children, a legacy, and she knows what it’s like to grow up without a Father. They’re both suffering from a bad dose of PTSD and this is playing havoc with their D/s dynamic and Coda follows the story of them trying to get all of this, which they both need and crave badly, back on track.
I confess I read in abject fear, gripped by a strong sense of anxiety, really not knowing how this was all going to end – after all Jonathan is a man living on borrowed time with a borrowed heart and I didn't doubt for a second that CD Reiss could strike him down with her pen. She’s shocked me badly before in this series and I was terrified at what the outcome of all this would be. It often felt like disaster was looming large and yet hidden just over the horizon. Of course, I’m not going to tell you what happens here – you will need to read to find out!
Coda is a wonderful read – it’s as fresh and perverse as ever, an entrancingly erotic bedtime story to stalk your dreams long after you’ve finished it. CD Reiss knows how to seduce her readership and the narrative is packed to the rafters with her usual zingers and sharp observations that single her out from a lot of other authors in this genre. She has an uncanny knack of going beneath her words and eking out the true meaning of what is going on with her keen eye and sharp, no bullshit sense. It’s what makes her style so wholly intoxicating and addictive.
So Coda is an emotionally captivating experience as Jonathan seeks to reassert his dominion over Monica, to stop her from seeing only fragility when she looks at him. It’s extremely well crafted and beautifully rich set during a tumultuous time in their relationship, where these two impassioned characters have almost been torn apart only to cheat death at the last possible second. It’s obvious from the prose just how much the author adores her central couple, they’re treated with real love and affection and their relationship is just stunning and beautiful, despite all the inappropriate bruises! The sexual chemistry between Monica and Jonathan has always been palpable, and is a major factor as to why this series is so good. We, the readers, find ourselves yearning for them to be together forever even though events out of their hands could possibly forever keep them apart. There’s a couple of very strong scenes here that really stand out for me – deeply emotional, I suspect deeply personal and so incredibly poignant. It’s at once brutal and yet tender – a true roller-coaster of emotions.
I confess to keeping a sharp eye out for some of the major players from the other ‘Songs’ series but they’re fleeting and rare and the focus is kept almost entirely on Jonathan and Monica as we immerse ourselves deeply in their story.
In conclusion, I think this was a much needed chapter in their story, after the drama of Sing – we definitely needed to see the calm after the storm, to see them getting their life together back on track, however short that may turn out to be and fans of the series will adore this. It’s very sexy, very emotional – a true pleasure.
4.5 borrowed time stars.
ARC courtesy of CD Reiss with thanks
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September 15, 2015
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Songs of Submission is the whirlwind saga of aspiring singer Monica Faulkner and hotelier and real estate magnate Jonathan Drazen. Books/novellas should be read in order:
Book 1: Beg
Book 2: Tease
Book 3: Submit
Book 3.5: Jessica & Sharon
Book 4: Control
Book 5: Burn
Book 5.5: Rachel
Book 6: Resist
Book 7: Sing
Book 7.5: Monica
Book 8: Dominance
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Book 10: Breathe
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Bring it!
Songs of Submission is the whirlwind saga of aspiring singer Monica Faulkner and hotelier and real estate magnate Jonathan Drazen. Books/novellas should be read in order:
Book 1: Beg
Book 2: Tease
Book 3: Submit
Book 3.5: Jessica & Sharon
Book 4: Control
Book 5: Burn
Book 5.5: Rachel
Book 6: Resist
Book 7: Sing
Book 7.5: Monica
Book 8: Dominance
Book 9: Coda
Book 10: Breathe
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March 22, 2015
** 5++ “my King” STARS **
“You can’t leave me until I DESTROY you.”
“If you destroy me, I’ll NEVER leave.”
Crying was what I needed, and crying was what I got from the final chapter of Jonathan and Monica's story.
You know why I f*cking LOVE this author?
Because C.D. Reiss pours her heart into her words. She grabs yours and squeezes the blood out of it...and you can't help but love every minute of it!
You see, I've been in a weird place in “real life” lately. I feel sort of...uhm...lost? While reading “Coda”, I came across these lines that explained the way I feel so perfectly:
“You never answered my question. Are you alright?”
“I feel, I guess, not lonely. Not alone. Just SEPERATE. Seperate from you, and seperate from everyone here. It’s… I can’t pin it down. I guess it’s not a bad feeling as much as it’s a weird, DISCONNECTED feeling. UNCOMFORTABLE. I don’t know.”
I totally broke down when I read it.
Cried for long minutes...
Not every author can touch your soul quite like that, you know?
If you still haven't read her work, then please, FOR F*CKS SAKE, do it! You'll thank me later.
“Flesh of my flesh, love of my love, broken and tied back together with the strings of my heart, these are mine. And whatever life may bring, whatever tests and tortures, I am complete, and competent, and ready to go to battle in their defence.
But for now, there is only peace.”
March 24, 2015
For me the pinnacle of this series is undoubtedly SING. Coda didn’t equal the level of intense angst and emotion that the protagonists gave me in that episode but they gave me more of them and, in this case, that's the important aspect. Coda gives that elusive extra glimpse of forever-favourite characters. It's for all the fans who pleasurably and willingly suffered through the beautiful heartache of Sing.
It's been a while since I read Songs of Submission but it was of no consequence because as soon as I began reading all the emotions of their romance came back to me in a tidal wave. My heart remembered the ache I felt for their situation.... and the fact that I longed for more, for both them and myself.
"I’ve earned our happily ever after. Now I have to survive it."
I'm completely invested in and emotionally connected to Jonathon and Monica's story and, because I'm an emotional reader, despite the push and pull of their worries and the fact that not a great deal develops until near the end, this story has my heart, irrevocably. Jonathan and Monica are embedded in my psyche. I could read about them shopping and still enjoy it, largely due to the well executed and beautiful prose of the author.
The climax of the emotional content is tender and heartbreaking and irrational. The irrationality totally and truly reflects real life. Sometimes we let our raw emotions rule us, sometimes we need to hang onto some form of control and if that makes us irrational, it also makes us human.
Once again CD Reiss sprinkled her magic writing dust on Songs of Submission and gave us the final episode we thought we may never see. It's beautiful, erotic and lovely and I'm so glad I got to experience the love story of Jonathan and Monica once again.
March 27, 2015
"I was worthy of his love. I'd earned it, and he earned mine. We'd earned the easy part and the hard part."
"I'm scared of death. But you? You put death to shame."I couldn't have dreamt of a better ending to this series than this. It was epic, brilliant, beautiful, emotional, heartbreaking and heart-warming, not to mention that it was highly erotic.
It's the last one in series (although I secretly hope that CD Reiss will not stop and give us some more Jonathan and Monica someday) and you have to read previous ones to start this. There's not a lot I can say about a plot without revealing too much or spoiling, so I'll just say that this part is dealing with the aftermath of the powerful event from the previous ones.
Monica and Jonathan are adjusting to the new lifestyle and dealing with lost intimacy and closeness at the beginning of the book.
"I loved him. I'd never leave him, but some days, I felt as though we were coming apart at the seams."Fortunately, Jonathan has always known when and what exactly Monica needs and he quickly realises what's wrong with their marriage and is determined to fix it.
"This sounds to me like you're telling me no. For the sake of clarity, goddess, when it comes to me, that's not in your vocabulary. I don't hear it."
"You've been a bitch, goddess. That's over. From now on, you step when I say walk. You eat when I feed you. You come when I allow it. If I so much as look at your knees, you get on them and open your fucking mouth."Normally, I am not much into BDSM but here it absolutely worked, because what makes Jonathan a perfect dominant is his mind. He doesn't need red room to play or fancy toys to control Monica, his personality and confidence is enough. He almost always improvises with things at hand and one look, one touch, one sentence or even word is what rocks Monica's world and body.
But BDSM aside, this was not what this series was about, it was about love, about feelings, about devotion, about symbiosis and about the fact that the goddess couldn't leave without his king and vice-versa.
It is the best erotica stuff I have ever read, because in addition to enormously hot sex, there is a wonderful story to it. Monica and Jonathan's love story is one of the most beautiful I had a pleasure reading and they will forever stay one of my favourite book couples.
"He was my sky. Through blood and breath, sin and sorrow, I was his sea, and wherever the horizon was and the world ended, we were there, together."I am in awe of CD Reiss writing style. It is different, her poetic prose is what made reading this series such an exceptional experience. This series was one of a kind journey and will probably stay in my heart for a long time and for that I will be always grateful. So thank you CD Reiss, you made a stunning job!
February 9, 2015
Yes. I am writing it and it's coming out just fine, thank you ;)
Release date - March 18.
Only iBooks has a preorder - http://bit.ly/1DVo6hp
Not sure if Amazon will or not...
But oh look a teaser just flew in!
The low-slung mid-century glass box was so well-designed and so well-placed that unless we kept the lights on at night and fucked against the window in a certain part of the room, we couldn’t be seen. I knew that from the second day. But it felt like we were exposed, and she liked that. That morning, before she’d gone to lunch I’d taken her against that window. Her handprints were still on it, like two frosted starfish. She’d put her hands against the glass when I told her to, ass out, legs spread almost, but not quite wide enough. I stuck my fingers in her. She was soaked, and I hadn’t even started. Was it my commands? Or the window?
“No one can see you, Monica.” I’d said, then slapped her ass.
“Yes, sir.”
“Do you believe me?”
“I want to.”
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Release date - March 18.
Only iBooks has a preorder - http://bit.ly/1DVo6hp
Not sure if Amazon will or not...
But oh look a teaser just flew in!
The low-slung mid-century glass box was so well-designed and so well-placed that unless we kept the lights on at night and fucked against the window in a certain part of the room, we couldn’t be seen. I knew that from the second day. But it felt like we were exposed, and she liked that. That morning, before she’d gone to lunch I’d taken her against that window. Her handprints were still on it, like two frosted starfish. She’d put her hands against the glass when I told her to, ass out, legs spread almost, but not quite wide enough. I stuck my fingers in her. She was soaked, and I hadn’t even started. Was it my commands? Or the window?
“No one can see you, Monica.” I’d said, then slapped her ass.
“Yes, sir.”
“Do you believe me?”
“I want to.”
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March 13, 2015
CODA absolutely CANNOT be read as a standalone. This is VERY important. It is not my intention to post any spoilers, but it IS my intention to get you psyched up enough to run out and start this series RIGHT AWAY!
These characters, this series, this book, my GOD, THIS BOOK....FUCKING BRILLIANT and frighteningly ADDICTIVE! Sensual, raw, and ridiculously emotional, I don't think I took a breath throughout this entire read. I worship CD Reiss and EVERY. SINGLE. THING. this woman writes! If you are looking for a series that will rock your entire world, and leave you in shock and awe, the SONGS OF SUBMISSION series is the way to go! NOTHING, and I mean nothing, can beat this woman's writing style. I get blown away more and more with each addition to the series, and CODA just takes the cake!
I remember the day that an author friend of mine recommended BEG, book 1 in the series, to me. That was the day I was introduced to the power and greatness of CD Reiss. I devoured book 1 in like an hour, and I immediately, I'm talking within seconds of finishing up, I purchased TEASE, book 2. And this went on an on throughout the night. I would finished one and immediately get the next one. I was in a haze. I was addicted. I was a goner. Jonathan and Monica took my heart and just ran away with it. They held it hostage for so long, and I'm finally seeing it again in CODA.
These two have gone through Hell and back, fighting for their love, fighting for their happily ever after. Now, they are living life with a countdown of a time clock. They are acting like different people now, tip toeing day by day, waiting for the other shoe to drop. There is distance replacing the closeness that they once shared. Jonathan misses his Goddess. Monica misses her King. He yearned for her surrender. She yearned for the voice of her King, the voice of her one and only Master.
"Invictus."
"Tangerine."
A couple lost. A couple broken. A couple, suffering over a tragic event that changed their lives forever.
Will love, devotion, and hope wash away the fear, the nightmares, and the guilt?
CODA will give you the Happily Ever After you have been waiting for.
She is his. He is hers. Hope is the key.
*Gifted copy provided by the author in exchange for an honest review*
These characters, this series, this book, my GOD, THIS BOOK....FUCKING BRILLIANT and frighteningly ADDICTIVE! Sensual, raw, and ridiculously emotional, I don't think I took a breath throughout this entire read. I worship CD Reiss and EVERY. SINGLE. THING. this woman writes! If you are looking for a series that will rock your entire world, and leave you in shock and awe, the SONGS OF SUBMISSION series is the way to go! NOTHING, and I mean nothing, can beat this woman's writing style. I get blown away more and more with each addition to the series, and CODA just takes the cake!
I remember the day that an author friend of mine recommended BEG, book 1 in the series, to me. That was the day I was introduced to the power and greatness of CD Reiss. I devoured book 1 in like an hour, and I immediately, I'm talking within seconds of finishing up, I purchased TEASE, book 2. And this went on an on throughout the night. I would finished one and immediately get the next one. I was in a haze. I was addicted. I was a goner. Jonathan and Monica took my heart and just ran away with it. They held it hostage for so long, and I'm finally seeing it again in CODA.
These two have gone through Hell and back, fighting for their love, fighting for their happily ever after. Now, they are living life with a countdown of a time clock. They are acting like different people now, tip toeing day by day, waiting for the other shoe to drop. There is distance replacing the closeness that they once shared. Jonathan misses his Goddess. Monica misses her King. He yearned for her surrender. She yearned for the voice of her King, the voice of her one and only Master.
"Invictus."
"Tangerine."
A couple lost. A couple broken. A couple, suffering over a tragic event that changed their lives forever.
Will love, devotion, and hope wash away the fear, the nightmares, and the guilt?
CODA will give you the Happily Ever After you have been waiting for.
She is his. He is hers. Hope is the key.
*Gifted copy provided by the author in exchange for an honest review*
March 18, 2015
5 Destined, Against All Odds, Together Stars * * * * *
Marriage, relationships...they are unwritten contracts...
You will be this way... I will be like that...You will get my ways... and I will work with yours. Basically, we do these agreements without really talking about them... or at least not really...because it is the things which drew you to be with that person is what all of this mumbo-jumbo is all about. They bring something out in you... that is the key... you provide the same for them and then with these elements...there is Love.
At least, that was my experience... and where this review will be coming from.
Before going forward...
It is important for the reader to have read all of the Songs of Submission; the Complete Submission series by C.D. Reiss to fully understand this review. Some of it will reference back to the relationship and may be considered a spoiler so please if you have not read Sing, please stop now. I would not want to deprive you of an amazing reading experience.
~O~ ~O~ ~O~ ~O~
Monica and Jonathan were a couple finding themselves...together.. when the possibility of death came knocking on Jonathan's heart. They were in the midst of finally coming together where they understood each other clearly; sensing all that was happening, would develop and grow from there. They had their first intense fights, break ups, make ups and finally the true understanding of what each meant to each other. They were about to enter another "level" you could say... start to move to the place where more things would become defined... the little shit stuff one moment ... then the bigger things like children and what they saw for the future outside of their necessity of loving one another...of needing each other to breathe and be.
They never got those moments; instead they got possible death. They got things accelerated to the point where actions were heightened; thoughts would run rampant and the only thing important would be fighting this thing wanting to take all the beauty away.
Minutes took on a life of their own, escalating the need to make sure these lovers knew the depth of their love for each other...The love was true, no question. The devotion already established. A marriage was performed with tear stained vows... vows which almost had one of them murdering for the other to live....A promise to a manipulator just to make this man live....everything done to keep her love, her king alive.
Hail the King..Long live the King....Jonathan pulled through with the help of a heart transplant. Monica has him; she is his and now a life begins again.
But here is the thing about this new "continuing" life for Jonathan and Monica....there is this new "clause" in this unwritten contract they have.
There is a litany of rules which Jonathan must adhere to... He must log all of his medications and food eaten; he must be monitored and watched for his blood sugars, levels etc. These are not suggestions... these are so serious that if a medication is forgotten or particular food eaten, Jonathan could have real issues....like his body rejecting his heart.
Let's think on that for a moment....His Heart... this piece of another inside his chest... beating and hopefully thriving BUT with a time limit of about 10 years. So, technically, he has an expiration date...and he might as well have the bar-code tattooed on his forehead as far as Monica is concerned.
Because Monica is in crisis; she will do anything for Jonathan... and has proven it time and time again. Yet, not the wishy-washy push over way of other women...no she has maintained who she is; songstress, artist, a goddess in her own right... loving her king. But, her fear which is ruling her every thought and action whether she wants it or not is about the clock which is ticking in Jonathan's Heart.
So, you have these two wanting only what would be the best for each other but not able to talk about it out of fear. Fear of pushing too hard... fear of emotionally checking out for good to protect their hearts...and fear of what brought them together may no longer be apart of their newly evolved relationship.
Now in any other hands... this type of situation would have characters somehow coming together, talking around things and then having the big moment ending on a high with the sun setting.
Luckily, this is C.D. Reiss' creation...so hold onto throats, stomachs and hearts because you are in for ever thing you love about her writing.
From the first sentence you know Jonathan is still in command....but Monica is chaffing...she is lost and cannot see how to find her way... too many land minds for her to dance around.
Monica is still driven to succeed in her career - this is a given and good.
She must travel, do recordings and performances- these take her away from Jonathan.
She is frustrated to ask for what she needs from him, his dominance, his command- in her mind, he could strain himself... he could die.
The result of all of these things is the initial unwritten contract is not being met.... and Jonathan knows... and decides to take action.
This action goes from zero to 60 in a heartbeat. It took him awhile to grasp what was his body, how he could control the mind games and nightmares of this thing beating in his chest. But once he did, you could practically hear the roar off the page....I'M BACK...and we were on our knees for him.
This book has all of the depth, dominance, exchange of passion and pain of the series. It has beauty and emotional pain. It is not everyday, it is not regular. Neither were Monica or Jonathan before or now after.
C.D.Reiss gives you much to experience, to think about and a hell of a lot to love. This book was no different and added many layers to an already outstanding series. A must read for Jonathan and Monica. Period.
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Before Reading
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Monica.....
Jonathan.....
Monica with Jonathan....
Jonathan and Monica....together...finally singing....
They were my start with C.D.Reiss... they through her were the catalyst of everything...
Awakening all... Releasing all...Freeing all.
Coda...I am waiting....
For more Reviews, Free E-books and Giveaways
Marriage, relationships...they are unwritten contracts...
You will be this way... I will be like that...You will get my ways... and I will work with yours. Basically, we do these agreements without really talking about them... or at least not really...because it is the things which drew you to be with that person is what all of this mumbo-jumbo is all about. They bring something out in you... that is the key... you provide the same for them and then with these elements...there is Love.
At least, that was my experience... and where this review will be coming from.
Before going forward...
It is important for the reader to have read all of the Songs of Submission; the Complete Submission series by C.D. Reiss to fully understand this review. Some of it will reference back to the relationship and may be considered a spoiler so please if you have not read Sing, please stop now. I would not want to deprive you of an amazing reading experience.
~O~ ~O~ ~O~ ~O~
Monica and Jonathan were a couple finding themselves...together.. when the possibility of death came knocking on Jonathan's heart. They were in the midst of finally coming together where they understood each other clearly; sensing all that was happening, would develop and grow from there. They had their first intense fights, break ups, make ups and finally the true understanding of what each meant to each other. They were about to enter another "level" you could say... start to move to the place where more things would become defined... the little shit stuff one moment ... then the bigger things like children and what they saw for the future outside of their necessity of loving one another...of needing each other to breathe and be.
They never got those moments; instead they got possible death. They got things accelerated to the point where actions were heightened; thoughts would run rampant and the only thing important would be fighting this thing wanting to take all the beauty away.
Minutes took on a life of their own, escalating the need to make sure these lovers knew the depth of their love for each other...The love was true, no question. The devotion already established. A marriage was performed with tear stained vows... vows which almost had one of them murdering for the other to live....A promise to a manipulator just to make this man live....everything done to keep her love, her king alive.
Hail the King..Long live the King....Jonathan pulled through with the help of a heart transplant. Monica has him; she is his and now a life begins again.
But here is the thing about this new "continuing" life for Jonathan and Monica....there is this new "clause" in this unwritten contract they have.
There is a litany of rules which Jonathan must adhere to... He must log all of his medications and food eaten; he must be monitored and watched for his blood sugars, levels etc. These are not suggestions... these are so serious that if a medication is forgotten or particular food eaten, Jonathan could have real issues....like his body rejecting his heart.
Let's think on that for a moment....His Heart... this piece of another inside his chest... beating and hopefully thriving BUT with a time limit of about 10 years. So, technically, he has an expiration date...and he might as well have the bar-code tattooed on his forehead as far as Monica is concerned.
Because Monica is in crisis; she will do anything for Jonathan... and has proven it time and time again. Yet, not the wishy-washy push over way of other women...no she has maintained who she is; songstress, artist, a goddess in her own right... loving her king. But, her fear which is ruling her every thought and action whether she wants it or not is about the clock which is ticking in Jonathan's Heart.
So, you have these two wanting only what would be the best for each other but not able to talk about it out of fear. Fear of pushing too hard... fear of emotionally checking out for good to protect their hearts...and fear of what brought them together may no longer be apart of their newly evolved relationship.
Now in any other hands... this type of situation would have characters somehow coming together, talking around things and then having the big moment ending on a high with the sun setting.
Luckily, this is C.D. Reiss' creation...so hold onto throats, stomachs and hearts because you are in for ever thing you love about her writing.
From the first sentence you know Jonathan is still in command....but Monica is chaffing...she is lost and cannot see how to find her way... too many land minds for her to dance around.
Monica is still driven to succeed in her career - this is a given and good.
She must travel, do recordings and performances- these take her away from Jonathan.
She is frustrated to ask for what she needs from him, his dominance, his command- in her mind, he could strain himself... he could die.
The result of all of these things is the initial unwritten contract is not being met.... and Jonathan knows... and decides to take action.
This action goes from zero to 60 in a heartbeat. It took him awhile to grasp what was his body, how he could control the mind games and nightmares of this thing beating in his chest. But once he did, you could practically hear the roar off the page....I'M BACK...and we were on our knees for him.
This book has all of the depth, dominance, exchange of passion and pain of the series. It has beauty and emotional pain. It is not everyday, it is not regular. Neither were Monica or Jonathan before or now after.
C.D.Reiss gives you much to experience, to think about and a hell of a lot to love. This book was no different and added many layers to an already outstanding series. A must read for Jonathan and Monica. Period.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Before Reading
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Monica.....
Jonathan.....
Monica with Jonathan....
Jonathan and Monica....together...finally singing....
They were my start with C.D.Reiss... they through her were the catalyst of everything...
Awakening all... Releasing all...Freeing all.
Coda...I am waiting....
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December 21, 2015
CODA is LIVE!- http://amzn.to/1Evmaha
5++++ It was EVERYTHING Stars!
CODA by CD Reiss is the ninth book within the Songs of Submission Series. All books must be read in order and don't read further if you haven't read up thru Sing yet as this contains spoilers for this entire series. That being said, if you HAVEN'T read this series, do it pronto! The story of Jonathan and Monica is one of my absolute favorite erotic love stories.
"I own you. Like the sky owns the stars. You are mine."
CODA starts out six months after Jonathan's heart transplant. He's doing everything the doctor prescribed- exercising, eating right, taking his meals worth of medications- but something is just off between he and Monica. Their physical relationship has resumed after a long hiatus, yet Jonathan clearly senses his wife distancing herself from him. He knows why and he plans to fix it pronto.
CODA is probably the most emotionally driven books within the SoS series. Jonathan and Monica's love is palpable but clearly both of them suffer daily with their own struggles. Monica is terrified Jonathan is going to die, obsesses about his medication regimen, stress levels and has nightmare flashbacks to the days in Sequoia Hospital, watching her one true love dying in front of her.
Jonathan struggles with this piece of flesh beating within his body. He envisions it jumping out of him and hopping away, leaving a bloody trail. He knows Monica obsesses about his shortened life expectancy but doesn't know how to calm her fears. Oh, but he DOES!
CODA was everything I love in my erotic love stories. So many times with the erotica genre, I feel it's all sex and zero plot. Not so with this series. Songs of Submission has one of my favorite book couples- combine that with sizzling erotic sex scenes...it's perfection.
First of all, CODA is realistic. It didn't offer up this "I'm all better now" happily-ever-after once Jonathan got his new heart...because that's just not how it works in real life. His struggle was personal for me. I have a friend who received a heart transplant at age 17. He was an otherwise healthy teen who had the flu virus attack his heart. CD Reiss created a believable heart transplant patient with Jonathan. I remember the struggles my friend went through knowing someone else's heart was beating within his chest. A heart is a very personal thing. It's where we find love; it's where we feel loss...it's not always a simple fix. It's a heavy burden to carry knowing someone's heart is no longer beating for it's owner but now for you... I'm thankful she didn't breeze over this post-transplant emotional struggle as if he's all better now- happy days ahead.
Second, CODA was emotional. I love that Monica and Jonathan's love story isn't without struggles. Both characters are struggling but their love for one another carries them through. Jonathan finally knows what his wife needs and he's determined to provide that. Monica would do anything for Jonathan- sometimes at the expense of her own happiness. It's the perfect unselfish love story and the growth of their love is most apparent in CODA. Sometimes during the roughest times, growth abounds.
Third, CODA is steamy! Ladies and gents, we get our Dominant Jonathan back in all his glory. He was sick for a long time and their relationship was rather vanilla but, rest assured, this book is NOT vanilla. He can be brutally dominant but he knows that's what Monica needs for her sense of safety and security.
There's nothing I would change about this book. I almost forgot how absolutely beautiful CD Reiss' voice is. Her prose almost lyrical. I'm just insanely sad their story is over. I surely will find myself peaking here and there in the following books revolving around the Drazen family, looking for glimpses of Monica and Jonathan and how they're fairing. CODA will make your heart clench; it may make you cry; it will make you pant (for sure) and even chuckle a bit. Those elements, in my opinion, make the recipe for a perfect book!
Advanced reader's copy received by author in exchange for an HONEST review. Quotes were taken from pre-published copy and may change in finished product.
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March 21, 2015
6 Beautiful and Emotional Stars******
Ok I'm going to try and make this review unspoilerish as possible but there is some things that I may re-hash from sing so please please read the SOS before you read this!!
I finished this book over 24 hours ago and I'm still reeling from it, lets just say in my opinion this was the best book of the series I devoured it, loved every damn word and yet savoured it at the same time.
Jonathan and Monica's love spoke loud and clear in this book seriously the one thing that I felt throughout reading this long epilogue of sorts is their LOVE and NEED for each other.
So back in Sing Jonathan gets a new heart transplant and in that comes with lots of worries on both parts. They have had a vanilla relationship for the past 6 months lots of sex yes lots of touching yes again and lots of caring yes yes except they aren't a traditional couple, this couple is about sooo much more so Jonathan recognises that his wife is not happy. Monica is taking the world on her shoulders she worries not only about Jon and what he can and can't do but there's that 10 year life span of his heart and time is of essence time of how long they have together and how do they exist in that time?!!!
I just love this couple for how they exceed in needing each other, they are Dom and sub and Jonathan recognises how he's not given Monica what she needs how he brakes her down and opens her up, starts to get her to open up to him make her Trust her Husband and rely on him to know his own body, to trust how he won't brake if they push the need that they both require.
1.
2.
Love is love but with them it is powerful and thirst quenching Beautiful and heart braking, but they need to Trust each other daily in order to live, that's the one aspect of a Dom/sub relationship that I admire and adore and to
Trust each other is most definitely a 100% requirement for Jonathan and Monica.
This is one Emotional Roller-coaster of a journey, this last instalment was the icing on the cake but there was trials and tribulations that they needed to overcome to get to that end line. Monica is the most unselfish heroine that I EVER read period I mean she is willing to have a Vanilla relationship as long as her Dom and husband is happy as long as she gets to be with him, she puts Jonathan first Every.Single.Time. When she travels with her singing she wants him by her side but she always understands if he can't come with her and again put herself last, how she makes sure his health is ok and he's happy before herself and how she just mulls through life the way she's been given at this point.
But when Jonathan see's her need for more he starts to get her to open up to be herself and to eventually be the sub she certainly is, it's how she survives and it's what gives her peace.
Enter Dominant Jonathan
Well well he comes back in full force lets say he knows his wife well and he also knows what his sub needs, he is Strong, powerful, Dominant and he doesn't take NO for an answer it's not an option.
He walks she walks, he runs she runs, she sings he follows, she needs he gives.
Above all what I enjoyed and was gripped to was that this book this final instalment was solely about THEM there's no airs and graces they're an open book and their LOVE was unique and special.
I suppose for me they were the first couple and books of CD REISS that I read and for that this one was an emotional ride, I will never forget them and I will most definitely be reading this again and again...
Lastly I just want to say CD thank you sooo much for giving us this couple your the shit your know that?!!
and Ps the Dedication lets make a thread purely on that #BestDedicationEver if you read it you will understand!!
That. Is.All.
Ok I'm going to try and make this review unspoilerish as possible but there is some things that I may re-hash from sing so please please read the SOS before you read this!!
I finished this book over 24 hours ago and I'm still reeling from it, lets just say in my opinion this was the best book of the series I devoured it, loved every damn word and yet savoured it at the same time.
Jonathan and Monica's love spoke loud and clear in this book seriously the one thing that I felt throughout reading this long epilogue of sorts is their LOVE and NEED for each other.
So back in Sing Jonathan gets a new heart transplant and in that comes with lots of worries on both parts. They have had a vanilla relationship for the past 6 months lots of sex yes lots of touching yes again and lots of caring yes yes except they aren't a traditional couple, this couple is about sooo much more so Jonathan recognises that his wife is not happy. Monica is taking the world on her shoulders she worries not only about Jon and what he can and can't do but there's that 10 year life span of his heart and time is of essence time of how long they have together and how do they exist in that time?!!!
I just love this couple for how they exceed in needing each other, they are Dom and sub and Jonathan recognises how he's not given Monica what she needs how he brakes her down and opens her up, starts to get her to open up to him make her Trust her Husband and rely on him to know his own body, to trust how he won't brake if they push the need that they both require.
1.
2.
Love is love but with them it is powerful and thirst quenching Beautiful and heart braking, but they need to Trust each other daily in order to live, that's the one aspect of a Dom/sub relationship that I admire and adore and to
Trust each other is most definitely a 100% requirement for Jonathan and Monica.
This is one Emotional Roller-coaster of a journey, this last instalment was the icing on the cake but there was trials and tribulations that they needed to overcome to get to that end line. Monica is the most unselfish heroine that I EVER read period I mean she is willing to have a Vanilla relationship as long as her Dom and husband is happy as long as she gets to be with him, she puts Jonathan first Every.Single.Time. When she travels with her singing she wants him by her side but she always understands if he can't come with her and again put herself last, how she makes sure his health is ok and he's happy before herself and how she just mulls through life the way she's been given at this point.
But when Jonathan see's her need for more he starts to get her to open up to be herself and to eventually be the sub she certainly is, it's how she survives and it's what gives her peace.
Enter Dominant Jonathan
Well well he comes back in full force lets say he knows his wife well and he also knows what his sub needs, he is Strong, powerful, Dominant and he doesn't take NO for an answer it's not an option.
"So I need you to go upstairs, take your clothes off, and be ready for a quick go before we leave. And when I say ready, I mean mouth open and hands behind your back."
He walks she walks, he runs she runs, she sings he follows, she needs he gives.
Above all what I enjoyed and was gripped to was that this book this final instalment was solely about THEM there's no airs and graces they're an open book and their LOVE was unique and special.
I suppose for me they were the first couple and books of CD REISS that I read and for that this one was an emotional ride, I will never forget them and I will most definitely be reading this again and again...
Lastly I just want to say CD thank you sooo much for giving us this couple your the shit your know that?!!
and Ps the Dedication lets make a thread purely on that #BestDedicationEver if you read it you will understand!!
That. Is.All.
March 24, 2015
5 "You Are Everything. My Everything" Stars!
In the spectacular finale of SOS, Jonathan & Monica are struggling with adjusting to life after the scare that nearly destroyed them. Their future is uncertain, and they are both trying to cope with their fears & insecurities while being strong for each other. As they are trying to get back to a normal life, they lose some of their intimacy along the way. The one thing they continue to hold onto like a lifeline is their love. It is their one constant. This couple is truly devoted to one another & are lost without the other. There was nothing Monica wouldn't do to keep Jonathan with her.
Monica was really all that mattered to Jonathan anymore. He didn't feel whole, or like himself for a while now, but he wanted to live fully, & get back everything he felt was missing in their relationship. They both craved the intensity they once knew. Monica missed the way his dominance made her feel alive, and longed for the old Jonathan to return.
-She was mine, and I loved her.
-She was my songbird, my goddess, my slice of control in a world of chaos.
After a while of feeling a bit lost, Jonathan begins to return to his delicious dominant sexy self, & just WOW!!! His Goddess quickly realizes the King is back! ;)) He is confident, in control, & ready to live life to the fullest!
This book was full of emotion, & we get to see a softer side of Jonathan. There are so many beautiful layers to this complex amazing man, but what I adore most about him is the way he loves Monica. She is a part of his soul, his reason for living, & his whole world. Thank you C.D. Reiss for this fabulous series & creating one of my all time favorite book boyfriends!!! Nobody compares to my Ginger! :D
-"Your name is written on my heart."
-"I own you. Like the sky owns the stars. You are mine."
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In the spectacular finale of SOS, Jonathan & Monica are struggling with adjusting to life after the scare that nearly destroyed them. Their future is uncertain, and they are both trying to cope with their fears & insecurities while being strong for each other. As they are trying to get back to a normal life, they lose some of their intimacy along the way. The one thing they continue to hold onto like a lifeline is their love. It is their one constant. This couple is truly devoted to one another & are lost without the other. There was nothing Monica wouldn't do to keep Jonathan with her.
Monica was really all that mattered to Jonathan anymore. He didn't feel whole, or like himself for a while now, but he wanted to live fully, & get back everything he felt was missing in their relationship. They both craved the intensity they once knew. Monica missed the way his dominance made her feel alive, and longed for the old Jonathan to return.
-She was mine, and I loved her.
-She was my songbird, my goddess, my slice of control in a world of chaos.
After a while of feeling a bit lost, Jonathan begins to return to his delicious dominant sexy self, & just WOW!!! His Goddess quickly realizes the King is back! ;)) He is confident, in control, & ready to live life to the fullest!
This book was full of emotion, & we get to see a softer side of Jonathan. There are so many beautiful layers to this complex amazing man, but what I adore most about him is the way he loves Monica. She is a part of his soul, his reason for living, & his whole world. Thank you C.D. Reiss for this fabulous series & creating one of my all time favorite book boyfriends!!! Nobody compares to my Ginger! :D
-"Your name is written on my heart."
-"I own you. Like the sky owns the stars. You are mine."
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September 1, 2015
My heart takes a journey when I open a book by Christine Reiss. This magnificent author gave me an ARC of Beg, Book One in the Song of Submission Series many moons ago and I knew the minute I started to read that I had found an author with a gift. A beautiful magnificent gift of writing words that are like lyrical poetry with the deepest of meaning and emotions. I devoured the entire series and it went and will always remain in my All Time Favorite booklist.
The story of Jonathan and Monica is an epic love story. Coda is the "EXTRA" an author's gives you, when you harass her about wanting to know more, needing to know that through their highs and lows, their dreams and nightmares, that they will continued to have that all encompassing love.
So in the end, I would like to thank CD Reiss from the bottom of my heart for........Coda.
For making me feel, for making me cry, for making me smile and for giving me HOPE. For ripping me open and making me whole. For creating a love story rich in love, commitment, desire, and passion. For giving me this "EXTRA"........
I had to share some of the amazing writing.......
A choke made up the rest of the sentence, because I felt lost and empty and he was still there. He was my sky. And through blood and breath, sin and sorrow, I was his sea, and wherever the horizon was, and the world ended, we were there, together.
She was giving herself to me in that microcosm of her pleasure, and especially her pain, because in the macrocosm of her love she was giving me what I wanted most, a family, a home, roots that were mine completely. Nothing borrowed. Nothing temporary. Through all her doubts and legitimate fears, she was taking a leap of faith into the net of my happiness. I was going to live for her, for the family she was about to give me, for the home she agreed to create. My orbit around her was going to get tighter and tighter until, for better or worse, we fused into a single sun.
August 16, 2015
6 pure perfection STARS
There really are no words to describe how much I loved this gift of a book. It was beyond beautiful, heartbreaking and at the end life affirming.
For the first hour after finishing I was left utterly speechless and disoriented. One of those 'all those feels' gifs was pretty much my constitution at that point. What a wonderful and awe-inspiring conclusion to a brilliant series.
Yeah, I'm pretty much obsessed with Jonathan and Monica. I'm afraid you just have to deal with it. ;D
So what is Coda all about?
Remember Monica (Songs of Submission #7.5)? The sort of epilogue? Yeah, this is pretty much a continuation of that book. In fact the whole studio scene is vital part and some ways the beginning of Coda.
After Jonathan finally got his heart transplant things between the newly married couple didn't go so well. They were happy enough and content with being together, but a vital part of their relationship was missing. Jonathan's dominance. And as a result there are misunderstandings, half hearted compromises, lies and ultimately they are drifting apart. Monica was busy with her musical career (not selfishly, mind you - it is her husband's wish) and Jonathan was trying to adjust to his new life.
We all know death is the end of the line for us. No way out. But how would you live your life today when there was a clock ticking down with a relatively certain number? Ten years. Let's just say figuring that out wasn't their strong suit.
For the longest time they didn't face their issues, never mind even acknowledging that there are any to begin with. Coda picks up with the events leading up to the studio scene and where they go from there. Because one f*ck doesn't cure the deeper problem, it just alleviates the symptoms.
Coda was a short read, but it took me ages to finish...BY CHOICE! I just didn't want it to end. For one, it was a case of letting one of my all time favourite couples go, but also savouring the magnificent writing. Ms. Reiss has a way with words like no one else. The story has a beautiful flow and as Eda pointed out to me yesterday, it is almost musical in its execution.
Every word feels precious and very well thought out, and I'm just totally in love and gushing to no end here. Sorry. ;D
What really got me was how raw and real Jonathan and Monica's struggle felt. After acknowledging their feelings and fears, they pushed each other to the breaking point and re-built their relationship from there. Reading that was simply gut-wrenching and fascinating all at once.
Perfect ending, but very bitter-sweet. Thanks for the memories, Ms. Reiss!
“He was my sky. Through blood and breath, sin and sorrow, I was his sea, and wherever the horizon was and the world ended, we were there, together.”
There really are no words to describe how much I loved this gift of a book. It was beyond beautiful, heartbreaking and at the end life affirming.
For the first hour after finishing I was left utterly speechless and disoriented. One of those 'all those feels' gifs was pretty much my constitution at that point. What a wonderful and awe-inspiring conclusion to a brilliant series.
Yeah, I'm pretty much obsessed with Jonathan and Monica. I'm afraid you just have to deal with it. ;D
“I haven't told you this in a long time, so I want to remind you. You are mine. Any time. Any place. Without questions. You get on your knees when I say. You spread your legs when I say. You open your mouth and take whatever I put in it. Do you understand?”
So what is Coda all about?
Remember Monica (Songs of Submission #7.5)? The sort of epilogue? Yeah, this is pretty much a continuation of that book. In fact the whole studio scene is vital part and some ways the beginning of Coda.
After Jonathan finally got his heart transplant things between the newly married couple didn't go so well. They were happy enough and content with being together, but a vital part of their relationship was missing. Jonathan's dominance. And as a result there are misunderstandings, half hearted compromises, lies and ultimately they are drifting apart. Monica was busy with her musical career (not selfishly, mind you - it is her husband's wish) and Jonathan was trying to adjust to his new life.
We all know death is the end of the line for us. No way out. But how would you live your life today when there was a clock ticking down with a relatively certain number? Ten years. Let's just say figuring that out wasn't their strong suit.
For the longest time they didn't face their issues, never mind even acknowledging that there are any to begin with. Coda picks up with the events leading up to the studio scene and where they go from there. Because one f*ck doesn't cure the deeper problem, it just alleviates the symptoms.
“You can't leave me until I destroy you,” he said.
“If you destroy me, I'll never leave.”
“Regularly.”
Coda was a short read, but it took me ages to finish...BY CHOICE! I just didn't want it to end. For one, it was a case of letting one of my all time favourite couples go, but also savouring the magnificent writing. Ms. Reiss has a way with words like no one else. The story has a beautiful flow and as Eda pointed out to me yesterday, it is almost musical in its execution.
Every word feels precious and very well thought out, and I'm just totally in love and gushing to no end here. Sorry. ;D
What really got me was how raw and real Jonathan and Monica's struggle felt. After acknowledging their feelings and fears, they pushed each other to the breaking point and re-built their relationship from there. Reading that was simply gut-wrenching and fascinating all at once.
Perfect ending, but very bitter-sweet. Thanks for the memories, Ms. Reiss!
May 17, 2017
Coda.... The Epic Conclusion to Jonathan and Monica's story.
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This book starts off at the very end of Monica right where Jonathan being the Dom that he is, notices that shit isn't right.
His Goddess is unhappy.
He is unhappy .
The circumstances that led these two into a rushed marriage was heartbreaking to say the least, but also to him necessary.
Jonathan never misses a beat. Whether he is strong & healthy, on his death bed, or trying to figure out how to accept that he is living a life with a new heart, he is still Jonathan. Her King. Her Dom. Her Sir.
When Jonathan takes that step and owns who he is..... Monica is thrown back a bit. Her husband who has gone through so much in the months after his heart transplant is back in full force.
The night that Jonathan stopped letting his operation have a gravitational pull on everything he does, he takes control and their lives, are almost back to normal.
I felt for Monica when she realized that for once in a very long time she didn't think of his heart, or how his body would react if he overexerted himself.... She let her King take control and make the call and in that moment when her bodies needs were taken care of I cried.
I felt how these two needed that part of their lives back. She needed to let go and let him make the decisions. That is such a huge deal. To let someone that you love, that has gone through so much, and your lives have changed 360 degree* and nothing but worry and guilt fills your mind.. to be free of that... If only for a few minutes, is glorifying. It makes taking that breath of air a little easier. The worry and the guilt literally drip off of you. (and makes you stronger)
CD Reiss, wrote CODA for her crazy fans like myself. The ending that we got in Sing was phenomenal. But as Die Hard fans are we begged for more.
BEGGED.
PLEADED.
Got on our knees.
Cried our eyes out and begged again.
I thought that Sing ruined me.
Literally stripped down every single feeling and cell in my body leaving me with my heart ripped from my chest, beating in the tray ready and willing to give it to the man that needed it most, but boy was I wrong.
I still find myself thinking of these two characters at 3 O'Clock when they put their fingers to their lips, in the most romantic of ways I've ever read.
The journey that these two characters embark on is so unique.... So huge.... So heartbreaking and joyous that my mind is telling me "It's okay, keep reading and my heart tells me I can't take anymore"... but I push on, one page at a time.
The heart transplant, the medication, the daily shit shakes, the constant worry.
Nothing of that matters because what these two faced after his operation and before their re-do marriage we got at the end of Sing... It's catastrophic.
The Earth literally tilts on it's axis sending them down winding roads, and air ways that lead them right back to each other.
Hope and Love are two words that humans hold so dear....
When both of those things are left hanging in the balance like a pendulum it's up to us to swing back and fight to get back to where we started.... And that's not always so easy especially when a life could be at stake.
They are both so damn strong.
Their love is strong.
They never give up.
And when life gives them lemons... They squeeze them, make lemonade, and Jonathan would find a use for the peels later.
There are a few things that happen to this couple that really hit home with me personally.
I felt like a piece of my own heart and pain fell into the pages.
The one word I never thought we'd ever hear...... Especially from Our King....
Had me literally gasping for air.....
Before, during, and after.....
You can literally feel every single ounce of happiness, pain, smell every scent, hear every noise like you were there with them through this ordeal and then the Earths axis turns again.
This is probably the hardest review I have ever written.
This book has so many things to talk about. So many feels!
But having said that I will end this review on a few things...
1) I was so happy for Monica's friend Darren I could scream it from the rooftops! This book truly is all about hardships and how fairytales come in all kinds of ways.
2) Jonathan is the most resourceful Sir I've yet to read about.
3) The ending is the most beautiful thing I've ever read. #Invictus4Ever
4) To the character Gabby....... May your spirit, investigative instincts and your genius of music be somehow passed on through your brother and The Drazens.
5) You will need wine.... and tissues... Lots of both.
To CD Reiss..... Brava. I wish I could hug you and Thank You from the bottom of my heart for writing two characters that will stick with me forever. This is the series that I will always rave about to all my friends and family.
Your writing is un-comparable.
You are the Queen of L.A. and your characters own the streets.
After the journey of each and every book in the Submission Series I am left still wanting to say soooooo much. This series is unlike anything out there. CD Reiss and her poetic ways will leave you on your knees, tears from being happy/sad streaming down your face, while you beg the Queen for more.
I'm sure that after my second re-read of this book I will be back to say more... But until then........
Enjoy the whirlpool of emotions in the Must Read Series ever written.
and.........
Do you remember your safeword?
June 6, 2018
"My purpose in life had been simple up until then. Live. Just live. Now I had a resolution. Love her until she believed it."
Old Jonathan is back...
“I haven’t told you this in a long time, so I want to remind you. You are mine. Any time. Any place. Without questions. You get on your knees when I say. You spread your legs when I say. You open your mouth and take whatever I put in it. Do you understand?”
Are Jonathan and Monica happy?
"What about your happiness?"
"It doesn’t matter. Not as much as yours."
Two people-crazy in love- are trying to find their new pace since their life has changed drastically.
The book has funny moments, sexy moments but also moments in which their relationship is tested.
Nice ending. Awesome epilogue.
Possible Trigger:
Old Jonathan is back...
“I haven’t told you this in a long time, so I want to remind you. You are mine. Any time. Any place. Without questions. You get on your knees when I say. You spread your legs when I say. You open your mouth and take whatever I put in it. Do you understand?”
Are Jonathan and Monica happy?
"What about your happiness?"
"It doesn’t matter. Not as much as yours."
Two people-crazy in love- are trying to find their new pace since their life has changed drastically.
The book has funny moments, sexy moments but also moments in which their relationship is tested.
Nice ending. Awesome epilogue.
Possible Trigger:
April 27, 2015
3.5 C-for-C.D & C-for-'CODA' stars
Gosh...Where do I start ? After reading all 9 books at a stretch,all with-in 36 hours.I feel like I'm on sensory over-load.Even with this book done,I can't seem to stop thinking about...almost as the plot felt a bit unfinished towards the....something left me,unsatisfied...
My thoughts on the characters: Johnathan & Monika.., they were hard characters to not love.Their chemistry sizzling..There individuality refreshing.It was nice to finally read a series where the characters don't what you expect them to do in familiar situations.
My thoughts on the book: This book was angst through and through..,I'm not sure what I expected from CODA but it defiantly wasn't this much of issues.Being the HEA addict,I am..I probably was hoping for some miracle and an easy HEA....I know :P
One of the main reason I gave this book a 3.5 star..was because I wasn't really comfortable with the PAIN & PLEASURE aspect of their BDSM.It was a bit more hard-core in this book with belt scenes.Sorry but NOT my cuppa :/
My thoughts on the series: This series started out with three stars,worked its way up slowly with fours while finally finished with fives...
So yes this series sure was fun...I wasn't a HUGE fan of the whole thing at the end.Enjoyed it ? Yes...but it was mostly a one time read for me.
P.S: Just a friendly reminder guys... This book is NOT a STAND-ALONE.
Gosh...Where do I start ? After reading all 9 books at a stretch,all with-in 36 hours.I feel like I'm on sensory over-load.Even with this book done,I can't seem to stop thinking about...almost as the plot felt a bit unfinished towards the....something left me,unsatisfied...
My thoughts on the characters: Johnathan & Monika.., they were hard characters to not love.Their chemistry sizzling..There individuality refreshing.It was nice to finally read a series where the characters don't what you expect them to do in familiar situations.
My thoughts on the book: This book was angst through and through..,I'm not sure what I expected from CODA but it defiantly wasn't this much of issues.Being the HEA addict,I am..I probably was hoping for some miracle and an easy HEA....I know :P
One of the main reason I gave this book a 3.5 star..was because I wasn't really comfortable with the PAIN & PLEASURE aspect of their BDSM.It was a bit more hard-core in this book with belt scenes.Sorry but NOT my cuppa :/
My thoughts on the series: This series started out with three stars,worked its way up slowly with fours while finally finished with fives...
So yes this series sure was fun...I wasn't a HUGE fan of the whole thing at the end.Enjoyed it ? Yes...but it was mostly a one time read for me.
P.S: Just a friendly reminder guys... This book is NOT a STAND-ALONE.
March 21, 2015
6++++ EPIC STARS
Co·da (ˈkōdə)
• the concluding passage of a piece or movement, typically forming an addition to the basic structure.
• the concluding section of a dance, especially of a pas de deux, or the finale of a ballet in which the dancers parade before the audience.
• a concluding event, remark, or section.
“This was our time. However long it was, it belonged to us.”
This was the brilliant finale to the Submission Series and in true CD fashion it was emotional, erotic, poetic, realistic and beautiful.
But I like to think that this is not the end for Monica and Jonathan but rather the end of a chapter and their future is wide open.
“Your name is written on my heart”
“I wanted to hurt, and hurt deeply. I wanted to feel pain, and safety, and surrender; to lose myself and my will.”
“I own you. Like the sky owns the stars. You are mine.”
Goodbye Goddess and King, Master and Songbird, Jonathan and Monica! xoxo
Co·da (ˈkōdə)
• the concluding passage of a piece or movement, typically forming an addition to the basic structure.
• the concluding section of a dance, especially of a pas de deux, or the finale of a ballet in which the dancers parade before the audience.
• a concluding event, remark, or section.
“This was our time. However long it was, it belonged to us.”
This was the brilliant finale to the Submission Series and in true CD fashion it was emotional, erotic, poetic, realistic and beautiful.
But I like to think that this is not the end for Monica and Jonathan but rather the end of a chapter and their future is wide open.
“Your name is written on my heart”
“I wanted to hurt, and hurt deeply. I wanted to feel pain, and safety, and surrender; to lose myself and my will.”
“I own you. Like the sky owns the stars. You are mine.”
Goodbye Goddess and King, Master and Songbird, Jonathan and Monica! xoxo
September 2, 2015
***5 "Flesh of My Flesh" Stars***
I didn't want it to end, but I had to know.
I was lulled into a false sense of security when I read Monica, and then I cried like a baby through almost all of Coda.
I wanted this to be an eloquent review. I gave it three days thinking I could find words for the joyful ache that is this book, but I can't. Pretty words won't come.
C.D. Reiss zooms back in with this book. Remember early Jonathan and Monica, those first breathless moments when they became a "them," when we fell in love with them in the wee hours of L.A.? Coda takes it even further. It's shockingly intimate and honest and uncomplicated, because we get to examine their marriage as they do. Just as we watched them struggle not to fall in love in Beg, we get to watch them struggle to adjust their expectations of themselves and each other in Coda.
There's beauty and joy in the pain, and after all, isn't that just like Monica and Jonathan?
Simply put, Coda is the perfect Happily Ever After to the best romance series I've ever read.
I didn't want it to end, but I had to know.
I was lulled into a false sense of security when I read Monica, and then I cried like a baby through almost all of Coda.
I wanted this to be an eloquent review. I gave it three days thinking I could find words for the joyful ache that is this book, but I can't. Pretty words won't come.
C.D. Reiss zooms back in with this book. Remember early Jonathan and Monica, those first breathless moments when they became a "them," when we fell in love with them in the wee hours of L.A.? Coda takes it even further. It's shockingly intimate and honest and uncomplicated, because we get to examine their marriage as they do. Just as we watched them struggle not to fall in love in Beg, we get to watch them struggle to adjust their expectations of themselves and each other in Coda.
There's beauty and joy in the pain, and after all, isn't that just like Monica and Jonathan?
Simply put, Coda is the perfect Happily Ever After to the best romance series I've ever read.
March 22, 2015
coda
noun co·da \ˈkō-də\
: an ending part of a piece of music or a work of literature or drama that is separate from the earlier parts
: something that ends and completes something else
A perfect definition for a perfect conclusion to a perfect series. I can't express how perfect this book was. The characters stayed true to who they were but their drama, their angst was very real. It was relatable and handled with care that you couldn't help but root for them all the while your heart was aching for them. Yes they are grateful for Jonathan's health but they couldn't stop worrying about time. How much time do we have left? Let's not waste time? Their journey is timeless and beautiful and profound.
If you loved SOS/ Submission series then this is a must read. If you haven't started this series then what are you waiting for!!'
5++++ perfect stars.
An ARC was provided by the author for an honest review.
CODA - the final chapter in Jonathan and Monica's story.
March 18, 2015
Available for preorder exclusively on iBooks: Coda by CD Reiss
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noun co·da \ˈkō-də\
: an ending part of a piece of music or a work of literature or drama that is separate from the earlier parts
: something that ends and completes something else
A perfect definition for a perfect conclusion to a perfect series. I can't express how perfect this book was. The characters stayed true to who they were but their drama, their angst was very real. It was relatable and handled with care that you couldn't help but root for them all the while your heart was aching for them. Yes they are grateful for Jonathan's health but they couldn't stop worrying about time. How much time do we have left? Let's not waste time? Their journey is timeless and beautiful and profound.
If you loved SOS/ Submission series then this is a must read. If you haven't started this series then what are you waiting for!!'
5++++ perfect stars.
An ARC was provided by the author for an honest review.
CODA - the final chapter in Jonathan and Monica's story.
March 18, 2015
Available for preorder exclusively on iBooks: Coda by CD Reiss
https://itun.es/us/obvP4.l
March 28, 2016
This was a beautiful conclusion to my all time favorite love story. This couple, that the amazing author CD Reiss has created, is just perfection. I read it slowly, I had to savor it. It was so beautiful and true. I loved every heartbreaking, pantymelting, joyous part!
I don't even know where to begin. I loved CD's dedication page. Her words to her son about her husband were so beautiful, I started melting from that point. There is not a single chapter on my kindle without at least one if not multiple highlights. I would read and think “oh my god, that’s amazing!” Before I knew it, multiple pages of highlights.
This is by far the worst book hangover ever. I always have trouble moving onto something else after CD’s work. Her writing is so beautiful that even if you hate the action you’re reading about you can’t discount how perfect the words are. Just as in her description this is not some riding off into the sunset happy ending love story. This was real and heartbreaking. It was honest and gritty and sexy.
I will read anything by this author because she never disappoints. I’m so happy to have found her great work and will be forever in her debt for giving me my favorite book couple. This review was so hard to do because it acknowledges that it's over.
I don't even know where to begin. I loved CD's dedication page. Her words to her son about her husband were so beautiful, I started melting from that point. There is not a single chapter on my kindle without at least one if not multiple highlights. I would read and think “oh my god, that’s amazing!” Before I knew it, multiple pages of highlights.
This is by far the worst book hangover ever. I always have trouble moving onto something else after CD’s work. Her writing is so beautiful that even if you hate the action you’re reading about you can’t discount how perfect the words are. Just as in her description this is not some riding off into the sunset happy ending love story. This was real and heartbreaking. It was honest and gritty and sexy.
I will read anything by this author because she never disappoints. I’m so happy to have found her great work and will be forever in her debt for giving me my favorite book couple. This review was so hard to do because it acknowledges that it's over.
March 23, 2015
Could an ending be more perfect than what we have here for Jonathan and Monica? ♥
CD Reiss has written an absolutely perfect book for the fans of this couple.
In this book, you have it all: angst, questions, doubts, pain, hope, joy, love (lots of love), sex and mostly trust.
As I said... perfect!
If you read Coda, it's because you have already read her Submission series but if not please don't go any further ;)
The first 5 chapters reminded me of something and I went back in my books and found out that it was taken from Monica so if you don't remember everything, don't worry.
We are now 6 months after Jonathan has his heart surgery and things begins to get back to normal... well no, not to normal... at least not for them.
Jonathan and Monica have a hard time coping with what happen and with their new life.
Jonathan doesn't fill like himself anymore and Monica is scared to loose him.
When we got home from the hospital, Monica and I eventually made love again. Still I wasn't myself. I was mostly me and partly someone else
Their sex life is nothing like it was used to and both of them suffer without telling the other.
I missed my freedom, and I missed slavery
What I loved the most at this moment was how both of them are ready to sacrifice all they have for the other. They are struggling, they know it but never in a million thought would they want to hurt the other.
It's enthralling how these two are in sync with each other even in a darker time.
Page after page, you see them taking their life back! Being the dominant, it's Jonathan set his mind first
The way they communicate is off the charts! Sex is powerful with them. Jonathan excels in reading Monica's mind and she has too much integrity to lie to him.
"Are you happy?" he asked
I didn't answer
"I asked you a question"
"Yes, sir"
"Is that your answer"
"It's confirmation that I heard you"
"Answer me, are you happy?"
"No, I'm not"
I've never read a book other than CD's where you have pain and it feels natural. You are completely carried to a level of pure ecstasy with all the sex they have. Even the most painful and raw sex feels right. Monica craves pain and Jonathan is a true master.
It's in moment of despair that you see how much you care, how much you count and these two have had enough trouble in their life.
They deserve their happiness because no matter what, they are one
Once you'll finish CODA, you will want to start over. Read this very slowly, enjoy each and every word, sentence, emotion and feeling because that's the best you could do for Jonathan and Monica.
And then at the very end, keep the smile I know you are having
March 20, 2015
I really don't know what to say. Breathless, speachless, and over all just so impressed at how CD finished up Jonathan and Monica. If you're a fan of this series this book is a must.
Raw, honest, gripping.... Just loved it!! Anyone who loves this couple owes it to themselves to read the final book.
CD, I wish I could hug you! You really did right by us diehards. Thank you. <3
Raw, honest, gripping.... Just loved it!! Anyone who loves this couple owes it to themselves to read the final book.
CD, I wish I could hug you! You really did right by us diehards. Thank you. <3
September 19, 2022
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
🌶🌶🌶🌶
🎧🎧🎧🎧
I was so scared of reading this last book for so long that when I finally did, it was a bit underwhelming.
I thought I’d be overwrought with sadness, that it would bring me to my knees, literally or otherwise. But when the ending came all I felt was … crickets … that’s it?
Not that it was bad, or useless. This is the book where we saw them as a married couple. How well it worked and how it didn’t. They went through several trials and tribulations with Jonathan’s health and starting a family.
Through it all they not only endured but they flourished. Proved that they were more then their kinky beginning, that their love was all encompassing.
🌶🌶🌶🌶
🎧🎧🎧🎧
I was so scared of reading this last book for so long that when I finally did, it was a bit underwhelming.
I thought I’d be overwrought with sadness, that it would bring me to my knees, literally or otherwise. But when the ending came all I felt was … crickets … that’s it?
Not that it was bad, or useless. This is the book where we saw them as a married couple. How well it worked and how it didn’t. They went through several trials and tribulations with Jonathan’s health and starting a family.
Through it all they not only endured but they flourished. Proved that they were more then their kinky beginning, that their love was all encompassing.
January 20, 2019
CODA by C.D. Reiss is the epic conclusion to the LOVE story of Jonathan and Monica Drazen. I emphasize love for a reason. It's easy to get caught up in the idea of this series. The Songs of Submission series in general is laden with some of the most erotic, brazen, violent, and jaw dropping sex I have ever read. It is easy to focus on the amazing way Christine writes a sex scene, the hot, unapologetic, heat of it and to place this series into the pile with all the other smut... if you don't know any better! If you do - then you know upfront that Christine's prose, the way she brings these characters to life with dimensions and layers upon layers how she makes them human and fallible is something extremely unique and special to find in the erotica and romance world of books. You know that I have not dubbed her the Shakespeare of Smut without reason... and I'm happy to say that CODA followed the lead of its predecessors. While I would overall give it 4.5 stars it was in no way lacking in its beautiful way of concluding this epic romance that those of us who have fallen in love with these characters have been dying for!!! For the complete review visit http://www.krisandvikbooktherapycafe.com To go directly to the review: http://www.krisandvikbooktherapycafe....
This ARC is in my possession, am I excited you ask???
How excited you ask??? Well...
And...
And lastly...
This ARC is in my possession, am I excited you ask???
How excited you ask??? Well...
And...
And lastly...
March 22, 2015
4.5 Goddess Stars
Wow! I loved getting more of Jonathan and Monica. After Sing I was left wanting more. We get to see how two people find there way back to one another after a near death experience. It sounds like it should be easy, but that's not always the case. Watching these two face their fears and reconnecting was so moving. I hate to say goodbye to these two, but I'm happy where CD Reiss left them.
Wow! I loved getting more of Jonathan and Monica. After Sing I was left wanting more. We get to see how two people find there way back to one another after a near death experience. It sounds like it should be easy, but that's not always the case. Watching these two face their fears and reconnecting was so moving. I hate to say goodbye to these two, but I'm happy where CD Reiss left them.
July 25, 2015
BRILLIANT!!!!!
No words...
Actually, I have a thousand words...
Ok, maybe not...
On fourth thought, no words...
Ok, how about this...
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
What a beautiful poignant read!
I swear, CD never fails to leave me speechless after reading her books, and even more so with this one. I’ve been vested in Jonathan and Monica for a while now and to get this truly fitting perfect ending to their beautiful story was a real gift.
I swear, every time I try to write a review for one of CD’s books, I’m at a loss for words, and even more so with this one. I feel like I won’t do it enough justice to really describe the beauty of this book.
I’m gushing, aren’t I? I’m sorry, I just can’t help it.
I’m glad I got the chance one more time to see how Jonathan and Monica fared after whatever scares they went through. It almost felt humbling, to see them trying to get back to “normal” and along the way, face new challenges and deal with their own internal struggles. Understandably, they’re both dealing with uncertainties as they move forward, the what-ifs and the why-nots, while trying to stay in the present and not allowing one another to worry. Just like how a couple in love and devoted to each other should be.
Monica and Jonathan each have their own fears, and they really did their best to deal with it, not just on their own, but also by being open with each other, and in turn, gave each other strength.
I love how what they feel for each other motivated them in the same direction. I love how Monica is without guile about her emotions. I love how Jonathan managed to stay as dominant as he is despite his inner turmoil. I love his doubts, I love his cockiness, I love his feelings and thoughts on Monica. I love how they truly understood each other to give what each other needed.
In short, I really love the voices that CD gave to these 2. I love how nothing felt manufactured, from their thoughts to their interactions. The unexpected humor in their conversation is so smartly done. The heavy emotions truly felt sincere despite its weight.
I almost want to say it’s a shame that this being erotica may prevent some readers out there in reaching out for CD’s books as really, I think this goes beyond erotica. Her background in screenwriting, I think, really allows her reader to imagine whatever world she wants to put you in. The emotions her words can evoke out of you have no bounds. The poetry in her words conjures all kinds of images that transport you to a whole different place.
I’m gushing again, aren’t I? I’m sorry, I really can’t help it.
Well done, Christine, well done!!! And thank you for your gift of words.
No words...
Actually, I have a thousand words...
Ok, maybe not...
On fourth thought, no words...
Ok, how about this...
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
What a beautiful poignant read!
I swear, CD never fails to leave me speechless after reading her books, and even more so with this one. I’ve been vested in Jonathan and Monica for a while now and to get this truly fitting perfect ending to their beautiful story was a real gift.
I swear, every time I try to write a review for one of CD’s books, I’m at a loss for words, and even more so with this one. I feel like I won’t do it enough justice to really describe the beauty of this book.
I’m gushing, aren’t I? I’m sorry, I just can’t help it.
I’m glad I got the chance one more time to see how Jonathan and Monica fared after whatever scares they went through. It almost felt humbling, to see them trying to get back to “normal” and along the way, face new challenges and deal with their own internal struggles. Understandably, they’re both dealing with uncertainties as they move forward, the what-ifs and the why-nots, while trying to stay in the present and not allowing one another to worry. Just like how a couple in love and devoted to each other should be.
Monica and Jonathan each have their own fears, and they really did their best to deal with it, not just on their own, but also by being open with each other, and in turn, gave each other strength.
I love how what they feel for each other motivated them in the same direction. I love how Monica is without guile about her emotions. I love how Jonathan managed to stay as dominant as he is despite his inner turmoil. I love his doubts, I love his cockiness, I love his feelings and thoughts on Monica. I love how they truly understood each other to give what each other needed.
In short, I really love the voices that CD gave to these 2. I love how nothing felt manufactured, from their thoughts to their interactions. The unexpected humor in their conversation is so smartly done. The heavy emotions truly felt sincere despite its weight.
I almost want to say it’s a shame that this being erotica may prevent some readers out there in reaching out for CD’s books as really, I think this goes beyond erotica. Her background in screenwriting, I think, really allows her reader to imagine whatever world she wants to put you in. The emotions her words can evoke out of you have no bounds. The poetry in her words conjures all kinds of images that transport you to a whole different place.
I’m gushing again, aren’t I? I’m sorry, I really can’t help it.
Well done, Christine, well done!!! And thank you for your gift of words.
May 12, 2015
The King ❤️ The Maestro❤️ Summon the Heavenly Host ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
My God how do you review brilliance and do it justice?? There are only a handful of authors with the shock and awe factor that make you feel into the depths of your heart soul and mind (and back of your throat). CD Reiss is one of those authors. She grabs you from the first lines and never lets go. Long after the final puncuation mark has been placed the story continues to permeate your mind.
CODA concludes the story of our King and his Goddess. Learning to live with the physical and emotional after effects of a life altering surgery. Dominance delivered the only way Jonathan can, restores the symmetry in the relationship they had before it was ripped open, pulled apart and tested at every turn.
Relationship equilibrium restored, they deal with everyday woes and happiness one day at a time. Let the chips fall where they may-they are complete in their life and love and will deal together.
If you haven't read CD Reiss then you're cheating yourself. Her entire Songs of Submission-Complete Submission series is one of her best and in my opinion, Songs of Corruption and Songs of Perdition are equally as powerful in their own right.
My God how do you review brilliance and do it justice?? There are only a handful of authors with the shock and awe factor that make you feel into the depths of your heart soul and mind (and back of your throat). CD Reiss is one of those authors. She grabs you from the first lines and never lets go. Long after the final puncuation mark has been placed the story continues to permeate your mind.
CODA concludes the story of our King and his Goddess. Learning to live with the physical and emotional after effects of a life altering surgery. Dominance delivered the only way Jonathan can, restores the symmetry in the relationship they had before it was ripped open, pulled apart and tested at every turn.
Relationship equilibrium restored, they deal with everyday woes and happiness one day at a time. Let the chips fall where they may-they are complete in their life and love and will deal together.
If you haven't read CD Reiss then you're cheating yourself. Her entire Songs of Submission-Complete Submission series is one of her best and in my opinion, Songs of Corruption and Songs of Perdition are equally as powerful in their own right.
March 26, 2015
4.5 Goddess Stars
Perfect Ending for Jonathon Drazen and his Mrs...his Goddess...his real, true love! For those who took the journey C.D. Reiss laid out for one of the hottest fictional couples, then you will revel in the conclusion that Coda was!
Jonathon is my all time fave ginger and honestly, while I don't 100% get him at times, I appreciate his needs and more than that, I love that he found everything in Monica Faulkner. While their time together was brief, it was beyond hot. Their connection immediate but cautious. Then all hell broke loose and time....no the heart stood still!
I laughed, cried, panted and swooned with this couple and even though I felt content with the end of Sing, I still worried where this dynamo would end up. Nothing like tragedy to fast-forward life. But what happens when the danger is gone...there is another breath to take...when the way things were are not the way they are to be?
Thank you C.D. Reiss for the Dual POV. Thank you for letting Jonathon and Monica come to terms with their fears, their emotions, and their needs the only way they knew how. While the constant "worry was a bit consuming, I loved the "aha" moments that both had! Seems as if the Drazen's are well on their way to their forever...be it 10 years or perhaps 50!!!!
Perfect Ending for Jonathon Drazen and his Mrs...his Goddess...his real, true love! For those who took the journey C.D. Reiss laid out for one of the hottest fictional couples, then you will revel in the conclusion that Coda was!
Jonathon is my all time fave ginger and honestly, while I don't 100% get him at times, I appreciate his needs and more than that, I love that he found everything in Monica Faulkner. While their time together was brief, it was beyond hot. Their connection immediate but cautious. Then all hell broke loose and time....no the heart stood still!
I laughed, cried, panted and swooned with this couple and even though I felt content with the end of Sing, I still worried where this dynamo would end up. Nothing like tragedy to fast-forward life. But what happens when the danger is gone...there is another breath to take...when the way things were are not the way they are to be?
Thank you C.D. Reiss for the Dual POV. Thank you for letting Jonathon and Monica come to terms with their fears, their emotions, and their needs the only way they knew how. While the constant "worry was a bit consuming, I loved the "aha" moments that both had! Seems as if the Drazen's are well on their way to their forever...be it 10 years or perhaps 50!!!!
April 7, 2015
As I mentioned in my review for Monica, that novella is the beginning of this book but a more expanded version.
And for a change, things are not in crisis but slowly improving. Monica and Jonathan are trying to find their way with the new changes.
Monica's also getting busier with her singing and that means more traveling. She tries to get Jonathan to come but of course, he only will when he is ready.
There's some really sweet things...the cake fight was hilarious! I want to be so rich that I don't care about making a mess! And Jonathan and his Sharpie...that was great but I loved what Monica did.
Loved the ending and the bonus scene. I really can't believe I blew through this series so fast and it's over! But it did leave me with some questions. I guess I'll have to check around and see if I can find some answers!
Favorite quotes:
♥ "I don't like the Swiss. The cheese offends me."
♥ "I am your ever
You are my after"
♥ "Good thing you don't sing with your ass."
♥ "Your name is written on my heart."
And for a change, things are not in crisis but slowly improving. Monica and Jonathan are trying to find their way with the new changes.
Monica's also getting busier with her singing and that means more traveling. She tries to get Jonathan to come but of course, he only will when he is ready.
There's some really sweet things...the cake fight was hilarious! I want to be so rich that I don't care about making a mess! And Jonathan and his Sharpie...that was great but I loved what Monica did.
Loved the ending and the bonus scene. I really can't believe I blew through this series so fast and it's over! But it did leave me with some questions. I guess I'll have to check around and see if I can find some answers!
Favorite quotes:
♥ "I don't like the Swiss. The cheese offends me."
♥ "I am your ever
You are my after"
♥ "Good thing you don't sing with your ass."
♥ "Your name is written on my heart."
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