Not really a very good book and I did feel a little lost without reading the others even though it says they are stand alone.
On the positive side.... some of the sex scenes were pretty hawt and the relationship dynamic was compelling. Had there been more of them like the first few it would have helped.
On the negative side...the sex scenes taper off and aren't as dynamic as they started off. They become more telling than showing and skim over the whole d/s bedroom dynamic they start. Additionally. the weird, wrong word choices, made up words and over use of some words and terms irritated me tremendously. Add in the Tina plot twist which was absurd and unnecessary when Axe and Mason had plenty of other relationship avenues that could have been explored.
I have to conclude that this is a bit unbalanced and could have been better. In fact, it should have been longer, too.