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Saddled
Two decades of running his own fishing boat taught John Michaud to expect anything. However when a family emergency leaves him desperate, he goes farther than he ever expected. If Clive Davidson wants to pretend John is an untamed stallion in need of a firm hand, the pay is too much to pass up.
Clive Davidson has enjoyed the company of any number of submissives, but he’s never found one that can fight and still crave control. It’s intoxicating to find someone whose kinks line up so well. But just as Clive begins to hope that he has found love or at the very least sexually compatible lust, his enemies try to take it all away. Clive must give up something he holds dear or lose the man he hopes to tame to his saddle.
Clive Davidson has enjoyed the company of any number of submissives, but he’s never found one that can fight and still crave control. It’s intoxicating to find someone whose kinks line up so well. But just as Clive begins to hope that he has found love or at the very least sexually compatible lust, his enemies try to take it all away. Clive must give up something he holds dear or lose the man he hopes to tame to his saddle.
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First published February 14, 2020
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Lyn Gala
47 books1,166 followersLynsey "Lyn" Gala started writing in the back of her science notebook in third grade and hasn’t stopped since. Westerns starring men with shady pasts gave way to science fiction with questionable protagonists which eventually gave in to any story with a morally ambiguous character. Even the purest heroes have pain and loss and darkness in their hearts, and that’s where she likes to find her stories. Her characters seek to better themselves and find the happy ending (or happier anyway), but it’s writing the struggle that inspires her muse. When she isn’t writing, Lyn Gala teaches in New Mexico.
She first cut her teeth on fanfic: gen, slash, het, and femslash. She prefers to focus on plot: mysteries and monsters and disasters, oh my, but sex can and does happen. Some of her stories focus on power exchange, bondage or bdsm. In her worlds, tops and bottoms are all mature, consenting adults. In fact, stories where they aren't squick her badly, so don't expect to find abuse stories in her journal.
She first cut her teeth on fanfic: gen, slash, het, and femslash. She prefers to focus on plot: mysteries and monsters and disasters, oh my, but sex can and does happen. Some of her stories focus on power exchange, bondage or bdsm. In her worlds, tops and bottoms are all mature, consenting adults. In fact, stories where they aren't squick her badly, so don't expect to find abuse stories in her journal.
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March 22, 2020
Lyn Gala has an amazing ability to make me understand and empathize with kink and desires I don't actually share. In this book, pony play is the thing that brings together John - a fisherman reluctantly using his body for hire to make ends meet - and Clive - a wealthy producer who can indulge his own kinks. Clive hires upper-end prostitutes who are willing to sign on to a consensual session of pursuing his love of hooves and tails, whips and harness, and role play. So far, it's been only a shadow of what he craves each time, until John.
John thought he was pretty much straight. He's played a lot of roles from muscle to women's sex object since going to work for his shadowy boss Elena. He's not a bigot, though. His anal virginity is going to bring him some serious cash, and he figures he can put up with whatever weirdness Clive wants to dish out for a weekend. But he's startled and a bit discomfited to realize that there is something about the combination of bondage and freedom-to-fight in the role-play that appeals to him. And that his sexuality is more flexible than he realized.
As John tries to make enough money for his mother's cancer treatment, and deals with his clashing siblings, Clive tries to figure out how to continue to see the only man whose pony stallion was a perfect fit for Clive's tastes and kinks. But John's fierce independence, his worries about his family, and his allergy to being given any kind of help he doesn't think he's earned are going to be big stumbling blocks.
The characters in this are great, the pony play is detailed enough to be both fascinating and to convey how someone might find it satisfying. Once again, I followed one of Lyn Gala's men down a path I'd never have chosen to walk, and came out with an appreciation for both her skills as a writer, and a segment of the population I hadn't thought much about. Very well done.
John thought he was pretty much straight. He's played a lot of roles from muscle to women's sex object since going to work for his shadowy boss Elena. He's not a bigot, though. His anal virginity is going to bring him some serious cash, and he figures he can put up with whatever weirdness Clive wants to dish out for a weekend. But he's startled and a bit discomfited to realize that there is something about the combination of bondage and freedom-to-fight in the role-play that appeals to him. And that his sexuality is more flexible than he realized.
As John tries to make enough money for his mother's cancer treatment, and deals with his clashing siblings, Clive tries to figure out how to continue to see the only man whose pony stallion was a perfect fit for Clive's tastes and kinks. But John's fierce independence, his worries about his family, and his allergy to being given any kind of help he doesn't think he's earned are going to be big stumbling blocks.
The characters in this are great, the pony play is detailed enough to be both fascinating and to convey how someone might find it satisfying. Once again, I followed one of Lyn Gala's men down a path I'd never have chosen to walk, and came out with an appreciation for both her skills as a writer, and a segment of the population I hadn't thought much about. Very well done.
August 1, 2020
2.5 stars rounded down for lack of editing
If I go by my very limited experience reading books with pony play, so far it’s safe to say that I’m completely indifferent about it.
That’s not the reason for my rating, though. That part seemed well researched and well done to me, as much as I can judge it, and I always appreciate the chance to try to understand how and why people would enjoy a specific kink.
My problem is mostly with the structure of the story and the progression of the relationship. It wasn’t exactly insta-love, but it was pretty close and I find difficult to believe that
Weirdly enough, I would’ve still given the book 3 stars, if it wasn’t for the part with
Again, I would’ve still rounded up if it wasn’t for the feeling that this book never saw an editor once it went into the publisher’s hands.
The author posted it chapter by chapter on Patreon before finding a publisher and, while it’s not badly edited in general, I think the quality of the editing is all due to the author’s own work before the manuscript reached the publisher.
I don’t know how else to explain the typos I spotted, and who knows how many more I missed, the two small, but annoying, continuity issues (John’s mother was 67 at the beginning of the book, 80 later, and John’s longest relationship had lasted more or less half a year only to find out later that he had been with one of his exes for almost 2 years), one MC’s name was once used instead of the other and in one instance a secondary character was called by an entirely different name. Oh, and yes, let's not forget the time when John was standing beside the car at the end of a chapter and was magically inside the car at the beginning of the following chapter. And before you wonder, no, it didn’t make sense that he’d gone out only to get back inside in the meantime.
If I spotted all of this with one reading, I can’t imagine how professional editing could miss so many things.
If I go by my very limited experience reading books with pony play, so far it’s safe to say that I’m completely indifferent about it.
That’s not the reason for my rating, though. That part seemed well researched and well done to me, as much as I can judge it, and I always appreciate the chance to try to understand how and why people would enjoy a specific kink.
My problem is mostly with the structure of the story and the progression of the relationship. It wasn’t exactly insta-love, but it was pretty close and I find difficult to believe that
Weirdly enough, I would’ve still given the book 3 stars, if it wasn’t for the part with
Again, I would’ve still rounded up if it wasn’t for the feeling that this book never saw an editor once it went into the publisher’s hands.
The author posted it chapter by chapter on Patreon before finding a publisher and, while it’s not badly edited in general, I think the quality of the editing is all due to the author’s own work before the manuscript reached the publisher.
I don’t know how else to explain the typos I spotted, and who knows how many more I missed, the two small, but annoying, continuity issues (John’s mother was 67 at the beginning of the book, 80 later, and John’s longest relationship had lasted more or less half a year only to find out later that he had been with one of his exes for almost 2 years), one MC’s name was once used instead of the other and in one instance a secondary character was called by an entirely different name. Oh, and yes, let's not forget the time when John was standing beside the car at the end of a chapter and was magically inside the car at the beginning of the following chapter. And before you wonder, no, it didn’t make sense that he’d gone out only to get back inside in the meantime.
If I spotted all of this with one reading, I can’t imagine how professional editing could miss so many things.
March 31, 2020
Lyn Gala creates the most extraordinary relationships in her stories, and I found the men in Saddled completely and utterly intriguing. A BDSM romance, Saddled explores the kink of pony play, and I’ve got to say, it’s erotic as hell. Gala’s written some gorgeous scenes in this one, and even if you don’t think you’re a fan of this particular fetish, put your trust in this marvelous author and give this one a try!
A commercial fisherman, John Michaud supplements his income doing odd jobs for the Briarwood Agency. Everything from bodyguard to sexual intimacies, but as he says, none of the acts are things he “‘wouldn’t do for free’”. When an experimental treatment plan becomes available for John’s mother’s cancer, John has to go to extreme measures to come up with his share of the fee. For a big cash payout, he agrees to a contract that’s way outside his comfort zone.
Having learned that emotional entanglements aren’t worth the effort, Clive Davidson hires submissives when he wants to play. Self-confident, unashamed of his kinks, and wealthy enough to make the most of it, Clive has a fully stocked stable and all the right toys.
Expecting a professional escort who’s just acting the part, Clive is thrilled when John shows up. An anal virgin, completely untrained as a pony, and thoroughly dominant to boot, this is Clive’s dream come true!
Way more than simply a steamy, erotic romance there’s a spectacular storyline in Saddled. Told in alternating points of view, what starts as a purely physical relationship for John and Clive evolves into so much more. Both characters gain self-knowledge through their roles during their scenes and as the novel progresses, Ms. Gala shows how the Dom/sub dynamic between these two dominant men impacts each of them.
Not only does each man gain self-awareness through their roles during their scenes, what motivates them as Master and pony flows over into their relationship outside the stable. The level of intimacy they share helps them learn so much about each other and, as a reader, it’s fascinating to watch their relationship develop.
In addition to exploring the two main characters, Saddled is a compelling family drama. The supporting cast is filled with interesting personalities and I’ve got my fingers crossed this is not the last we’ve heard of the Michaud family.
A commercial fisherman, John Michaud supplements his income doing odd jobs for the Briarwood Agency. Everything from bodyguard to sexual intimacies, but as he says, none of the acts are things he “‘wouldn’t do for free’”. When an experimental treatment plan becomes available for John’s mother’s cancer, John has to go to extreme measures to come up with his share of the fee. For a big cash payout, he agrees to a contract that’s way outside his comfort zone.
Having learned that emotional entanglements aren’t worth the effort, Clive Davidson hires submissives when he wants to play. Self-confident, unashamed of his kinks, and wealthy enough to make the most of it, Clive has a fully stocked stable and all the right toys.
Expecting a professional escort who’s just acting the part, Clive is thrilled when John shows up. An anal virgin, completely untrained as a pony, and thoroughly dominant to boot, this is Clive’s dream come true!
Way more than simply a steamy, erotic romance there’s a spectacular storyline in Saddled. Told in alternating points of view, what starts as a purely physical relationship for John and Clive evolves into so much more. Both characters gain self-knowledge through their roles during their scenes and as the novel progresses, Ms. Gala shows how the Dom/sub dynamic between these two dominant men impacts each of them.
Not only does each man gain self-awareness through their roles during their scenes, what motivates them as Master and pony flows over into their relationship outside the stable. The level of intimacy they share helps them learn so much about each other and, as a reader, it’s fascinating to watch their relationship develop.
In addition to exploring the two main characters, Saddled is a compelling family drama. The supporting cast is filled with interesting personalities and I’ve got my fingers crossed this is not the last we’ve heard of the Michaud family.
April 12, 2020
Trust the Gala. Man. I loved every.single.second. in this book. It starts off kind of quick and I was like "hey Gala where are you taking us so quick..I didn't even get my make up on yet!" but I should have trusted the force.
I could have read another 200 pages of this. More pony play! Please! This is definitely a kink that many people will shy away from (no pun) but I really hope they reconsider as such a great example here o how to weave kink in and give it a life between two people that transcends them.
John and Clive - let's hear it for the over 40 crowd first - Yeah baby. That's what I'm talking about. I love to see a bit older, more mature characters who are not immature, whiny, etc. This is not a fluffy book but both men are who they've made themselves to be both by circumstance and drive. John is stubborn, Clive can be an a&*. And it's all ok because they are real. I loved their story - I felt very connected to them. In terms of realism in general - I don't know. This is fiction. Sure in real life there are loans and special programs and all that - but as someone who had a child with a rare condition where the surgery was considered experimental - it's not always easy. You pretty much have to bankrupt to get any assistance at all (first hand experience here) and, when you do, it's pretty humiliating or it was for me and my family. I digress.
I love pony play (not so much dog play and I'm kind of ambivalent on kitten/cat play). There is something about the visceral reaction of pride and control and lust all in one in this kink that just does it for me. The scenes here are so delicious and a bit depraved but not in a non-consent way. I had been putting this book off - until I chose it for a challenge - and seriously picked it up after a whole day of trying to outsmart Nook in Animal Crossings New Horizons. I started at 9:30PM thinking I would read an hour or so and at 1AM I put the kindle down and wished I could go back and read it all again.
I could have read another 200 pages of this. More pony play! Please! This is definitely a kink that many people will shy away from (no pun) but I really hope they reconsider as such a great example here o how to weave kink in and give it a life between two people that transcends them.
John and Clive - let's hear it for the over 40 crowd first - Yeah baby. That's what I'm talking about. I love to see a bit older, more mature characters who are not immature, whiny, etc. This is not a fluffy book but both men are who they've made themselves to be both by circumstance and drive. John is stubborn, Clive can be an a&*. And it's all ok because they are real. I loved their story - I felt very connected to them. In terms of realism in general - I don't know. This is fiction. Sure in real life there are loans and special programs and all that - but as someone who had a child with a rare condition where the surgery was considered experimental - it's not always easy. You pretty much have to bankrupt to get any assistance at all (first hand experience here) and, when you do, it's pretty humiliating or it was for me and my family. I digress.
I love pony play (not so much dog play and I'm kind of ambivalent on kitten/cat play). There is something about the visceral reaction of pride and control and lust all in one in this kink that just does it for me. The scenes here are so delicious and a bit depraved but not in a non-consent way. I had been putting this book off - until I chose it for a challenge - and seriously picked it up after a whole day of trying to outsmart Nook in Animal Crossings New Horizons. I started at 9:30PM thinking I would read an hour or so and at 1AM I put the kindle down and wished I could go back and read it all again.
March 1, 2020
Two decades of running his own fishing boat taught John Michaud to expect anything. However when a family emergency leaves him desperate, he goes farther than he ever expected. If Clive Davidson wants to pretend John is an untamed stallion in need of a firm hand, the pay is too much to pass up.
Clive Davidson has enjoyed the company of any number of submissives, but he’s never found one that can fight and still crave control. It’s intoxicating to find someone whose kinks line up so well. But just as Clive begins to hope that he has found love or at the very least sexually compatible lust, his enemies try to take it all away. Clive must give up something he holds dear or lose the man he hopes to tame to his saddle.
BEWARE AT LEAST SOME SPOILERS INSIDE - mostly setup.
Review:
Dear Lyn Gala,
I have read the vast majority of your published works and I did come to expect BDSM in some way, shape or form to feature in your contemporary works.
So I was not as surprised by BDSM in this book per se, as I was surprised by rather intense pony play. Now when I reread the blurb ( because yeah, I bought the book second after I saw it on Amazon), I realize that I should not have been surprised. The blurb tells you about what kind of play our characters engage in very clearly. I want to be very clear though that while the first very long ( in my view) pony play scene was too intense and too much for me, the scene itself was just a part of the problem.
By time I finished I was not happy with the structure of the novel, even if I thought that the characters were amazing. See, pony play notwithstanding, if I were to sum up the plot of this novel, I would say that what we have here is a "Pretty woman" set up and plot with the very realistic characters dealing with very real, scary issues a lot of people unfortunately have to deal with, especially in the US where complicated medical treatment could easily bankrupt people without medical insurance, or just be out of reach in the first place.
So John needs money to help pay for his mother's experimental cancer treatment. Only one of his brothers has money to help him with it, but John still needs/ wants to contribute. His work now is working for an agency which provides various services, including sexual ones and sexual ones include some very kinky ones.
The owner of this agency woman named Elena is quite a character, who is absolutely unapologetic for providing some services which are not legal , but she takes care of her employees ( assistants) and she has a soft spot for John.
So she is happy to give him extra work, and when a producer Clive Davidson asks for another submissive to engage in pony play, John agrees to take the job because it pays well and never mind that he never actually did pony play before.
And boy they did a lot of playing that weekend and clearly both enjoyed each other's company.
The events that happen soon after the weekend our guys spend together start unraveling in the interesting and sometime scary way. I really liked them together and separately, but I absolutely had issues with strong feelings which they developed after spending a weekend together. Oh I totally get Clive's joy to realizing that their kinks lined up so well together and John's realizing that this is what he wanted, but it felt as if the first third of the book author thought she was writing an erotica only and then decided to transition to romance.
Funnily, once the men decide they do like each other that much , I really enjoyed them on the same page. I liked that they were older - John 46 and Clive 52 (I think). I absolutely loved that both men seemed very self aware. Clive knows that he is a manipulative you know who, even if he was mostly using his powers for good - to take care of the actors and writers who worked on the different projects for him, but he also learns the hard way that sometimes manipulations have unpredicted consequences.
John's relationship with his siblings and mother, should we say complicated? Talking about John's flaws is not really possible without revealing more spoilers, but he had some too I thought.
Here to give you some taste how both men see themselves and each other when they are more familiar with each other:
““You’re still doing it,” John said softly. “Doing what?” “Trying to take care of me.” Clive shrugged. “Yeah, well, I do that. It ruined my marriage and pretty much every other relationship I’ve had. Either I get up in their business outside the bedroom, or I want to control so much in the bedroom that they run screaming in the other direction.
The only people who want my brand of protection are weak. And I’m not attracted to weak. Never have been. Hence the use of prostitutes.” John frowned. Clive was rich and handsome, with a wide streak of ethics. Men and women would line up if he made it clear he was in the market for a relationship. “It can’t be that bad.” “Oh, it is. And it’s hard baked into my personality.” “My brother says that you’re a hardass,” John argued.”
Here is John having conversation with one of his brothers.
““Oh, am I scaring you by talking about feelings?” Logan mocked him. “He’s cute, though. I mean, when people talk about Clive Davidson, they focus on how he can shred a career in six seconds flat. They don’t describe how he gets a lovesick, mushy expression when talking about what a stubborn asshole you are. I can’t believe you found someone with a kink for stubbornness.” John glared at his baby brother.
“One more word, and I am going to describe in explicit and obscene detail every kink Clive and I share. Every single one.” With each word, John leaned closer. He felt cold satisfaction when Logan lost most of the color out of his face. “You wouldn’t,” Logan whispered. John raised his eyebrow.”
So the characters have issues most of which I could relate to in one way or another, and I really appreciated that the author gave me flawed, interesting people to care about and to watch how they found their way out of the complicated situation.
Remember though that I thought that plot did remind me of a "Pretty woman" set up. While I was happy to know John and Clive staying together, I thought that the ending kind of diminished the potential .
Grade B-
Clive Davidson has enjoyed the company of any number of submissives, but he’s never found one that can fight and still crave control. It’s intoxicating to find someone whose kinks line up so well. But just as Clive begins to hope that he has found love or at the very least sexually compatible lust, his enemies try to take it all away. Clive must give up something he holds dear or lose the man he hopes to tame to his saddle.
BEWARE AT LEAST SOME SPOILERS INSIDE - mostly setup.
Review:
Dear Lyn Gala,
I have read the vast majority of your published works and I did come to expect BDSM in some way, shape or form to feature in your contemporary works.
So I was not as surprised by BDSM in this book per se, as I was surprised by rather intense pony play. Now when I reread the blurb ( because yeah, I bought the book second after I saw it on Amazon), I realize that I should not have been surprised. The blurb tells you about what kind of play our characters engage in very clearly. I want to be very clear though that while the first very long ( in my view) pony play scene was too intense and too much for me, the scene itself was just a part of the problem.
By time I finished I was not happy with the structure of the novel, even if I thought that the characters were amazing. See, pony play notwithstanding, if I were to sum up the plot of this novel, I would say that what we have here is a "Pretty woman" set up and plot with the very realistic characters dealing with very real, scary issues a lot of people unfortunately have to deal with, especially in the US where complicated medical treatment could easily bankrupt people without medical insurance, or just be out of reach in the first place.
So John needs money to help pay for his mother's experimental cancer treatment. Only one of his brothers has money to help him with it, but John still needs/ wants to contribute. His work now is working for an agency which provides various services, including sexual ones and sexual ones include some very kinky ones.
The owner of this agency woman named Elena is quite a character, who is absolutely unapologetic for providing some services which are not legal , but she takes care of her employees ( assistants) and she has a soft spot for John.
So she is happy to give him extra work, and when a producer Clive Davidson asks for another submissive to engage in pony play, John agrees to take the job because it pays well and never mind that he never actually did pony play before.
And boy they did a lot of playing that weekend and clearly both enjoyed each other's company.
The events that happen soon after the weekend our guys spend together start unraveling in the interesting and sometime scary way. I really liked them together and separately, but I absolutely had issues with strong feelings which they developed after spending a weekend together. Oh I totally get Clive's joy to realizing that their kinks lined up so well together and John's realizing that this is what he wanted, but it felt as if the first third of the book author thought she was writing an erotica only and then decided to transition to romance.
Funnily, once the men decide they do like each other that much , I really enjoyed them on the same page. I liked that they were older - John 46 and Clive 52 (I think). I absolutely loved that both men seemed very self aware. Clive knows that he is a manipulative you know who, even if he was mostly using his powers for good - to take care of the actors and writers who worked on the different projects for him, but he also learns the hard way that sometimes manipulations have unpredicted consequences.
John's relationship with his siblings and mother, should we say complicated? Talking about John's flaws is not really possible without revealing more spoilers, but he had some too I thought.
Here to give you some taste how both men see themselves and each other when they are more familiar with each other:
““You’re still doing it,” John said softly. “Doing what?” “Trying to take care of me.” Clive shrugged. “Yeah, well, I do that. It ruined my marriage and pretty much every other relationship I’ve had. Either I get up in their business outside the bedroom, or I want to control so much in the bedroom that they run screaming in the other direction.
The only people who want my brand of protection are weak. And I’m not attracted to weak. Never have been. Hence the use of prostitutes.” John frowned. Clive was rich and handsome, with a wide streak of ethics. Men and women would line up if he made it clear he was in the market for a relationship. “It can’t be that bad.” “Oh, it is. And it’s hard baked into my personality.” “My brother says that you’re a hardass,” John argued.”
Here is John having conversation with one of his brothers.
““Oh, am I scaring you by talking about feelings?” Logan mocked him. “He’s cute, though. I mean, when people talk about Clive Davidson, they focus on how he can shred a career in six seconds flat. They don’t describe how he gets a lovesick, mushy expression when talking about what a stubborn asshole you are. I can’t believe you found someone with a kink for stubbornness.” John glared at his baby brother.
“One more word, and I am going to describe in explicit and obscene detail every kink Clive and I share. Every single one.” With each word, John leaned closer. He felt cold satisfaction when Logan lost most of the color out of his face. “You wouldn’t,” Logan whispered. John raised his eyebrow.”
So the characters have issues most of which I could relate to in one way or another, and I really appreciated that the author gave me flawed, interesting people to care about and to watch how they found their way out of the complicated situation.
Remember though that I thought that plot did remind me of a "Pretty woman" set up. While I was happy to know John and Clive staying together, I thought that the ending kind of diminished the potential .
Grade B-
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
January 5, 2021
3 stars more for the brilliant potential of what this could have been than the unexpected twist it took instead. I liked it, but, as strange as this is to say... I just wanted more pony play!
Slowly falling in love through the discovery of a shared kink has become one of my more unexpected go-to's in the m/m genre, and this was an epic setup with dominant personalities on both sides of the equation. The way they are constantly trying to one up each other was brilliant.
I was so uncomfortable in the beginning, but by 25% I was all in and ready for a full book of pony play, fucking and sexual discovery, and then all of a sudden the damn thing's got a PLOT. 😂 And not one that I would have expected -- or really wanted, frankly. It was a bit OTT, and I would have much preferred to watch the relationship develop organically instead of at the accelerated pace brought on by outside interference.
But yes, mostly I am going on the record with a complaint of too much plot, not enough pony fucking!!! Lyn, if you want to write more pony play, I'll read it :)
Slowly falling in love through the discovery of a shared kink has become one of my more unexpected go-to's in the m/m genre, and this was an epic setup with dominant personalities on both sides of the equation. The way they are constantly trying to one up each other was brilliant.
I was so uncomfortable in the beginning, but by 25% I was all in and ready for a full book of pony play, fucking and sexual discovery, and then all of a sudden the damn thing's got a PLOT. 😂 And not one that I would have expected -- or really wanted, frankly. It was a bit OTT, and I would have much preferred to watch the relationship develop organically instead of at the accelerated pace brought on by outside interference.
But yes, mostly I am going on the record with a complaint of too much plot, not enough pony fucking!!! Lyn, if you want to write more pony play, I'll read it :)
May 22, 2020
Пони-плей. Немного GFY. Одному мужчине 46, второму - за 50.
Неплохо, но не зацепило, как другие книги автора. Недостаточно показано развитие враимоотношений самих героев.
Неплохо, но не зацепило, как другие книги автора. Недостаточно показано развитие враимоотношений самих героев.
June 15, 2020
This book came out earlier this year and has some of the stupidest and offensive social horseshit throughout, and NONE of it was necessary. Even for a Gurgh book, the ridiculousness was unpalatable and for all the wrong reasons.
To start with, Character A needs money for his mom’s cancer treatment, Character B has money and a horse kink, and so, given the genre, the story should be Characters A and B developing and navigating the pitfalls of a professional to personal relationship given those motivations. THERE DOESN’T NEED TO BE MORE THAN THAT, and yet this book is saddled with a drug-addicted brother (who doesn't affect the "plot"), a gay brother (who doesn't affect the "plot"), an incompetent sister (who doesn't affect the "plot"), a borderline abusive late father (who's barely mentioned in passing and doesn't affect the "plot"), and a wife who's been dead for thirty years (and just barely affects the "plot"). The plot itself is either that Clive needs to get over his hangups from his bad marriage to his late wife while John figures out his sexuality and his family, or it's that Clive has to deal with the consequences of forcing another man out of a movie project and John just so happens to get caught up in it all after one weekend of playing pony. I don't know which and I don't think Gala does either.
I am being generous when I say Clive and John have known each other for about month, with the majority of their interactions taking place and their attachments forming within the first week. There is so much talking in all of this, and none of it endears me to either character, their situations, nor their relationships. Them both being bastards is supposed to be played as cute, but they're excessively arrogant, constantly dismiss the people (usually women) around them, and otherwise only have their kink in common. I don't care if they're happy or miserable or whether they're together or not. And I ESPECIALLY have no reason to care when a kidnapping crops up and is almost immediately settled in the middle of the book in a desperate grab for tension.
You see, we get about three instances of actual equestrian kink in this whole book, with the last two instances shoved in at the end after nearly the whole book between them and the first instance. And there is so much description of where the harnesses go and what position John is in, none of it clear or concise. Which means nearly the entire book sags between these two points, weighted down with word after word after unnecessary word, and the best stereotypes about sex workers, gay men, women, and black men an author who clearly doesn't know what she's doing has to offer. We're going to pick on one of those in particular.
You see Gala is not racist. She is soooooooooo not racist. She is going to make sure you know how not racist she is by having the black guy actually be really rich and well-educated. He just PRETENDS to be super violent and involved with gangs while he gets random women pregnant and abandons them (that last part he doesn't pretend). And then he follows through on that violence by having a man kidnapped and threatened. But it's okay! Because Clive is deliberately tapping a mixed race woman to replace the black guy, and, sure, she's good at her job, but it will really help keep the PC police appeased that she just so happens to be not white and not a guy. Also, apparently you can find Navajos in Maine? And Elena has an accent (and is also 300lbs, which is of course very relevant to the "plot").
I play a lot of this review for jokes, but the racial aspects genuinely horrified and ruined this reading experience for myself and fellow Gurgh resident. Nothing in the above paragraph was necessary to make this story function. It was all added in as an attempt to prove how woke Gala is, yet it exceeds at proving the exact opposite. You don't need a reason for a character to be black. You also don't need to constantly focus on that character's blackness and all the stereotypes surrounding it, trying to show how they don't fit those stereotypes while ultimately reinforcing them anyway.
Gala originally enchanted me with a surprisingly touching novel with a tentacled dad named Rick. She was able to make an alien abduction into sweet domestic fluff. But she can't write two white dudes without including a black man portrayed in the most tone-deaf fashion I've ever had the misfortune of reading? Absolutely nothing is done right in this book, and I regret the money I spent on it.
To start with, Character A needs money for his mom’s cancer treatment, Character B has money and a horse kink, and so, given the genre, the story should be Characters A and B developing and navigating the pitfalls of a professional to personal relationship given those motivations. THERE DOESN’T NEED TO BE MORE THAN THAT, and yet this book is saddled with a drug-addicted brother (who doesn't affect the "plot"), a gay brother (who doesn't affect the "plot"), an incompetent sister (who doesn't affect the "plot"), a borderline abusive late father (who's barely mentioned in passing and doesn't affect the "plot"), and a wife who's been dead for thirty years (and just barely affects the "plot"). The plot itself is either that Clive needs to get over his hangups from his bad marriage to his late wife while John figures out his sexuality and his family, or it's that Clive has to deal with the consequences of forcing another man out of a movie project and John just so happens to get caught up in it all after one weekend of playing pony. I don't know which and I don't think Gala does either.
I am being generous when I say Clive and John have known each other for about month, with the majority of their interactions taking place and their attachments forming within the first week. There is so much talking in all of this, and none of it endears me to either character, their situations, nor their relationships. Them both being bastards is supposed to be played as cute, but they're excessively arrogant, constantly dismiss the people (usually women) around them, and otherwise only have their kink in common. I don't care if they're happy or miserable or whether they're together or not. And I ESPECIALLY have no reason to care when a kidnapping crops up and is almost immediately settled in the middle of the book in a desperate grab for tension.
You see, we get about three instances of actual equestrian kink in this whole book, with the last two instances shoved in at the end after nearly the whole book between them and the first instance. And there is so much description of where the harnesses go and what position John is in, none of it clear or concise. Which means nearly the entire book sags between these two points, weighted down with word after word after unnecessary word, and the best stereotypes about sex workers, gay men, women, and black men an author who clearly doesn't know what she's doing has to offer. We're going to pick on one of those in particular.
You see Gala is not racist. She is soooooooooo not racist. She is going to make sure you know how not racist she is by having the black guy actually be really rich and well-educated. He just PRETENDS to be super violent and involved with gangs while he gets random women pregnant and abandons them (that last part he doesn't pretend). And then he follows through on that violence by having a man kidnapped and threatened. But it's okay! Because Clive is deliberately tapping a mixed race woman to replace the black guy, and, sure, she's good at her job, but it will really help keep the PC police appeased that she just so happens to be not white and not a guy. Also, apparently you can find Navajos in Maine? And Elena has an accent (and is also 300lbs, which is of course very relevant to the "plot").
I play a lot of this review for jokes, but the racial aspects genuinely horrified and ruined this reading experience for myself and fellow Gurgh resident. Nothing in the above paragraph was necessary to make this story function. It was all added in as an attempt to prove how woke Gala is, yet it exceeds at proving the exact opposite. You don't need a reason for a character to be black. You also don't need to constantly focus on that character's blackness and all the stereotypes surrounding it, trying to show how they don't fit those stereotypes while ultimately reinforcing them anyway.
Gala originally enchanted me with a surprisingly touching novel with a tentacled dad named Rick. She was able to make an alien abduction into sweet domestic fluff. But she can't write two white dudes without including a black man portrayed in the most tone-deaf fashion I've ever had the misfortune of reading? Absolutely nothing is done right in this book, and I regret the money I spent on it.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
June 15, 2020
Read for the "When in Gurgh" bookclub, where my friend & I find books that seem like absolute jokes and hope for a gem.
We'd read another by Lyn Gala about aliens and had been intrigued by the compelling, warm family dynamic that had developed. We decided not to be deterred by the cover or subject matter, because we hoped for a repeat. Something compelling, with good character relationships.
BOY WERE WE WRONG. WOW. I couldn't get behind any of the characters, because they were all incredibly shitty people. I can't say anything about the main subject matter of this book, because we knew what we were getting into, so if anyone is thinking I'm being critical of certain lifestyles just... you do you, I don't want any part of it. The most uncomfortable part of this book was the weird comments on RACE. I was blindsided, because I never thought that was going to be... an issue of discussion in a book like this. How come none of the other reviews have picked up on this?
I thought, hey, maybe this was written back in the early 2000s before social correctness, etc., was talked about but nOPE 2020. This book was written in 2020! The whole Carter thing was horrible and completely unnecessary. There was enough conflict in the book with contrasting ideals, illness, etc., without adding an abduction & interrogation. Which, by the way, absolutely didn't matter at all. Because it was barely touched on after. Carter just disappears. His whole existence was set up to make Clive say things that Gala perceived as non-racist, but were in fact, actually racist.
And I mean, not to mention the misogyny. Clive says, and I'm not kidding, that his mother couldn't outthink a 5th grader. By that point of the book, I was so done.
I was incredibly disappointed. I won't be reading any more of her books. We're done here. It's over. This book isn't even worth the embarrassment of having it in my reading challenge.
We'd read another by Lyn Gala about aliens and had been intrigued by the compelling, warm family dynamic that had developed. We decided not to be deterred by the cover or subject matter, because we hoped for a repeat. Something compelling, with good character relationships.
BOY WERE WE WRONG. WOW. I couldn't get behind any of the characters, because they were all incredibly shitty people. I can't say anything about the main subject matter of this book, because we knew what we were getting into, so if anyone is thinking I'm being critical of certain lifestyles just... you do you, I don't want any part of it. The most uncomfortable part of this book was the weird comments on RACE. I was blindsided, because I never thought that was going to be... an issue of discussion in a book like this. How come none of the other reviews have picked up on this?
I thought, hey, maybe this was written back in the early 2000s before social correctness, etc., was talked about but nOPE 2020. This book was written in 2020! The whole Carter thing was horrible and completely unnecessary. There was enough conflict in the book with contrasting ideals, illness, etc., without adding an abduction & interrogation. Which, by the way, absolutely didn't matter at all. Because it was barely touched on after. Carter just disappears. His whole existence was set up to make Clive say things that Gala perceived as non-racist, but were in fact, actually racist.
And I mean, not to mention the misogyny. Clive says, and I'm not kidding, that his mother couldn't outthink a 5th grader. By that point of the book, I was so done.
I was incredibly disappointed. I won't be reading any more of her books. We're done here. It's over. This book isn't even worth the embarrassment of having it in my reading challenge.
June 5, 2020
As I commented when I was at 75%, I had thought I was just in store for some PWP thrills, but this delivered so much more! All of the characters are complex people, not just John and Clive. Elena, Carter, Beverly and all three Michaud siblings, even Noah the trainer (plus his other job -- surprise!) are complicated and so interesting to meet. The pony training and domination games these two play are amazing -- I adore how hard they are on each other, and how much they respect their opponent. Yeah, this is definitely more of a competition than a sweet love story. And it's hot AF that way. My only complaint is how poorly edited this story is. I want to re-edit the hell out of it, since the missing articles, incorrect names, wrong words, and continuity errors just about drove me around the bend. If it weren't for the editing problems, this would've been an obvious 5 star read for me.
February 29, 2020
What a unique and compelling story! I was hooked from the beginning and only gained interest and momentum as I read to the end. It was a wonderful glimpse into a relationship you just don't see - that of two "assholes" loving each other. Their snark, sometimes disdain, often dangerous physical interactions, and their overwhelming drive to win a point against the other doesn't usually define romance, but for these two it works so well. Add in an interesting cast of characters, some intrigue and a kidnapping, and the pages kept turning. I enjoyed this so much, I want to start it all over again.
February 26, 2020
So much fun as long as you're into pony play. Only thing I wish happened was seeing John compete. Definitely one I'll pick up again as a re-read.
February 23, 2020
One day read
I couldn't put it down! John and Clive are amazing characters and I fell in love with them both. Storyline is fascinating with humor, drama and kink. Highly recommend this book!!!
I couldn't put it down! John and Clive are amazing characters and I fell in love with them both. Storyline is fascinating with humor, drama and kink. Highly recommend this book!!!
August 18, 2020
3.5*
I'm conflicted about this book rating. I bought it on author's name alone without reading the blurb and got a very interesting story about kinks, what people do for the money/ego and how something to endure turns into strong attraction that leads to an unexpected love.
It's not a revelation that people will endure a whole lot when they are desperate and John is prepared to think of England to get money for his mother's experimental cancer treatment as he has already provided sexual services to make the ends meet.
That's my first issue with the book - experimental treatments are for free (at least all clinical trials in the hospital I work for), it's the conventional treatments that are for money.
I can believe that John is thinking of himself as straight but does not suffer identity crisis when he is turned on by pony play and experiences the strongest orgasm of his life from anal sex. I really liked the pony play scenes and how two strong personalities sparked off each other's fighting for dominance.
What I did not like is an unneeded drama with an event and all the casual violence which was meaningless. No one has learned anything from it and the event did not play any significant role in the subsequent plot turns.
I think there were a couple of timeline issues and a contradiction of how long any of John's prior relationships has lasted that should have been corrected in the published version.
Other than that, it was an interesting take on pony play kink, peoples' perceptions and finding yourself at an age where you are too old of a dog to learn the new tricks.
I really liked Beverly, John's "enlightened" mother and his brother Logan who should get a story of his own. He must be a very strong personality to persevere being gay and not willing to hide in any closet in a small-minded fishing community at the time when it could be deadly to be very feminine.
An interesting and unexpected modern story from the author whom I usually associate with the paranormal and SciFi genres.
I'm conflicted about this book rating. I bought it on author's name alone without reading the blurb and got a very interesting story about kinks, what people do for the money/ego and how something to endure turns into strong attraction that leads to an unexpected love.
It's not a revelation that people will endure a whole lot when they are desperate and John is prepared to think of England to get money for his mother's experimental cancer treatment as he has already provided sexual services to make the ends meet.
That's my first issue with the book - experimental treatments are for free (at least all clinical trials in the hospital I work for), it's the conventional treatments that are for money.
I can believe that John is thinking of himself as straight but does not suffer identity crisis when he is turned on by pony play and experiences the strongest orgasm of his life from anal sex. I really liked the pony play scenes and how two strong personalities sparked off each other's fighting for dominance.
What I did not like is an unneeded drama with an event and all the casual violence which was meaningless. No one has learned anything from it and the event did not play any significant role in the subsequent plot turns.
I think there were a couple of timeline issues and a contradiction of how long any of John's prior relationships has lasted that should have been corrected in the published version.
Other than that, it was an interesting take on pony play kink, peoples' perceptions and finding yourself at an age where you are too old of a dog to learn the new tricks.
I really liked Beverly, John's "enlightened" mother and his brother Logan who should get a story of his own. He must be a very strong personality to persevere being gay and not willing to hide in any closet in a small-minded fishing community at the time when it could be deadly to be very feminine.
An interesting and unexpected modern story from the author whom I usually associate with the paranormal and SciFi genres.
August 15, 2022
Oh my, this author just takes me the most iiiiinteresting places...
And with this one, I just couldn't stop... smiling. I am beginning to realize both that I respect her work and admire her writing skills, but my tastes are also too often pretty different and there is usually at least one part of the book that I just don't mech with and would otherwise make me quit.
This kink? Mostly made me (internally) laugh. It just seems so ridiculous, (not) sorry. And the funniest thing? I really respected the couple. Well, I liked the two main characters and their chemistry and their relationship.
My sheltered eyes have been exposed to some wild... well, "wild" stuff from books like these and I do try to try everything at least once and this author? Feels she really, really wants to fo that form her end too. Exchanging ideas so that no books is like the other even if many elements are shared.
And it's such an otherwise peculiar combination of what I would otherwise classify as romance/erotica and very serious, often detailed and professionally made action/sci-fi/contemporary. In other words, you have books that twist itself around the world, the story and those that focus on the relationship (or sex) and this one... it's like she picks this one idea that seems ripped out of some naughty reading and she puts some well-made characters in the middle and makes it all very serious and realistic. Like her claiming series could have been just an asexual and a sub finding happiness but instead she made whole freaking cultures, planets, societies... universe, really, made all these names, terms...
And every book has this niche.
And to my... yeah, kind of disappointment, I only fully enjoyed and respected the standalone Tappdancing the Minefield. I mean, I liked others, but I liked them with some caveats. Like this one.
So unless you're very much looking for this specific thing, I am not sure how much I recommend this (which is ironic considering I really respect and admire the overall style and quality of the author's work).
And with this one, I just couldn't stop... smiling. I am beginning to realize both that I respect her work and admire her writing skills, but my tastes are also too often pretty different and there is usually at least one part of the book that I just don't mech with and would otherwise make me quit.
This kink? Mostly made me (internally) laugh. It just seems so ridiculous, (not) sorry. And the funniest thing? I really respected the couple. Well, I liked the two main characters and their chemistry and their relationship.
My sheltered eyes have been exposed to some wild... well, "wild" stuff from books like these and I do try to try everything at least once and this author? Feels she really, really wants to fo that form her end too. Exchanging ideas so that no books is like the other even if many elements are shared.
And it's such an otherwise peculiar combination of what I would otherwise classify as romance/erotica and very serious, often detailed and professionally made action/sci-fi/contemporary. In other words, you have books that twist itself around the world, the story and those that focus on the relationship (or sex) and this one... it's like she picks this one idea that seems ripped out of some naughty reading and she puts some well-made characters in the middle and makes it all very serious and realistic. Like her claiming series could have been just an asexual and a sub finding happiness but instead she made whole freaking cultures, planets, societies... universe, really, made all these names, terms...
And every book has this niche.
And to my... yeah, kind of disappointment, I only fully enjoyed and respected the standalone Tappdancing the Minefield. I mean, I liked others, but I liked them with some caveats. Like this one.
So unless you're very much looking for this specific thing, I am not sure how much I recommend this (which is ironic considering I really respect and admire the overall style and quality of the author's work).
April 27, 2022
I am conflicted about this one. On the one hand, I thought this was well-written and clearly very well-researched in terms of the kink, but that's what I expected going into this. What I didn't enjoy as much was how quickly the relationship between John and Clive developed, the actual pony play scenes and John's dysfunctional family.
There are only really about 2 actual pony play scenes in the book that happen between John and Clive and they are both very technical scenes. There was a huge focus on the bondage with all the harnesses and bridle, as well as what I can only think to describe as horse exercise. John spent a lot of time walking around in a circle in order to practice using his hoof feet. I get that this is a part of pony play, but I was expecting something along the lines of Fear which is one of my favourite kink series. I just like my pet play with a dash of humiliation.
About halfway through the book, there's a plot point that happens that essentially forces John and Clive into a relationship. I wish they had fallen in love more organically especially because their dynamic is really interesting. They both have dominant personalities that clash, but they enjoy that power struggle and trying to get the best of eachother with John eventually giving in to the whipping and bondage.
I feel like this had a lot of potential to be great. It just wasn't the right kind of pony play for me and also had incredibly annoying side characters, i.e. John's whole family. I will still read any kinky book Lyn Gala writes because I love her works, but this one was a miss for me unfortunately.
There are only really about 2 actual pony play scenes in the book that happen between John and Clive and they are both very technical scenes. There was a huge focus on the bondage with all the harnesses and bridle, as well as what I can only think to describe as horse exercise. John spent a lot of time walking around in a circle in order to practice using his hoof feet. I get that this is a part of pony play, but I was expecting something along the lines of Fear which is one of my favourite kink series. I just like my pet play with a dash of humiliation.
About halfway through the book, there's a plot point that happens that essentially forces John and Clive into a relationship. I wish they had fallen in love more organically especially because their dynamic is really interesting. They both have dominant personalities that clash, but they enjoy that power struggle and trying to get the best of eachother with John eventually giving in to the whipping and bondage.
I feel like this had a lot of potential to be great. It just wasn't the right kind of pony play for me and also had incredibly annoying side characters, i.e. John's whole family. I will still read any kinky book Lyn Gala writes because I love her works, but this one was a miss for me unfortunately.
May 4, 2020
Story is 5 stars...
Ok. Look. I've read a few Lyn Gala books, but any recently or that I really remember. So when I picked up this one, I wasn't entirely sure of what to expect. The story is incredible. The characters are so real, they leap off the page. They are raw and gritty and have so many walls that the inevitable crumbling of them is captivating. The sex? Ohhh man. I was not expecting to love the pony scenes as much as I did. This is a book I will reread just for that.
HOWEVER. The editing. Dear Lord, the editing. Horrible. It wasn't so bad for the begining and much of the middle. A few typos or extra words. But the last few chapters? The name of Clive's play went from Unwelcome to Unfinished. John's boss's name went from Elena to Elaine once. Beverly's last name went from Michaud to called. All that combined with many other misplaced words caused a huge disruption in the flow of the story, and it was the ending! That's ridiculous. That is lazy writing, right there. A read through from the author would have fixed most of that, and even a new editor would have polished it up even further.
So yeah, the story was top-notch. The editing? Trash. 3 stars is what this book deserves, in my opinion.
Ok. Look. I've read a few Lyn Gala books, but any recently or that I really remember. So when I picked up this one, I wasn't entirely sure of what to expect. The story is incredible. The characters are so real, they leap off the page. They are raw and gritty and have so many walls that the inevitable crumbling of them is captivating. The sex? Ohhh man. I was not expecting to love the pony scenes as much as I did. This is a book I will reread just for that.
HOWEVER. The editing. Dear Lord, the editing. Horrible. It wasn't so bad for the begining and much of the middle. A few typos or extra words. But the last few chapters? The name of Clive's play went from Unwelcome to Unfinished. John's boss's name went from Elena to Elaine once. Beverly's last name went from Michaud to called. All that combined with many other misplaced words caused a huge disruption in the flow of the story, and it was the ending! That's ridiculous. That is lazy writing, right there. A read through from the author would have fixed most of that, and even a new editor would have polished it up even further.
So yeah, the story was top-notch. The editing? Trash. 3 stars is what this book deserves, in my opinion.
May 1, 2020
This book was certainly unexpected in all the best ways. It features two main characters who are older, which I appreciate: John is in his mid-forties and Clive is in his fifties. There was very little emotional angst and both men actually communicated well once the awkwardness edged off. The pony play scenes were educational and eye-opening! I've read Manties In A Twist by J.A. Rock which features pony play as a kink, but beyond leather bridles and pushcarts, I haven't the faintest clue of what was involved. Also, I was pleasantly surprised to see it was a full length novel--for some reason I thought it was a novella simply about pony play and when I realized it had 37 chapters AND an epilogue, I was a happy duckling. This meant there was plenty of time for character development and we get to see the relationship between John and Clive grow as the story progressed. The supporting cast was pretty great as well...I want to learn more about John's brothers, Noah, and Elena.
February 14, 2021
Lyn Gala has this amazing ability to create books that I'd start as guilty pleasure reading, hoping nobody got a good look at the cover on my e-reader to gushing about what I've just read, telling everyone in my vicinity about it who is willing to listen.
She has got wicked skills writing interesting, relatable, realistic and sometimes twisted personalities... in mundane as well as out there settings.
This book was hugely enjoyable and I'd recommend it, even for people like me, whose boat does not really get rocked by ponies. I still got my kicks out of her characterisation of wild and barely restrained power and the chemistry between the protagonists. I only wish it was longer or part of a series...
Go read this book... better yet... go find and read them all. It's what I'm going to do. 😊
She has got wicked skills writing interesting, relatable, realistic and sometimes twisted personalities... in mundane as well as out there settings.
This book was hugely enjoyable and I'd recommend it, even for people like me, whose boat does not really get rocked by ponies. I still got my kicks out of her characterisation of wild and barely restrained power and the chemistry between the protagonists. I only wish it was longer or part of a series...
Go read this book... better yet... go find and read them all. It's what I'm going to do. 😊
September 8, 2021
I sucked down this book. Some of the better pony play fetish that I have read and would have given this four stars if it weren’t for the piss poor job on editing. The typos is a couple places were so bad that it was like they didn’t even attempt to proof read which was so disappointing.
But I am going to try other books by this author because I did enjoy the blend of an actual story and the a good amount of sweet kink
But I am going to try other books by this author because I did enjoy the blend of an actual story and the a good amount of sweet kink
June 2, 2020
I love this author's books
They are kinky, fun, funny, and exciting to read with a HEA. This one is really unusual and well written. The dynamic between the two characters is interesting. I didn't find the angst over the top. The characters struggles felt realistic and well written. I loved it!
They are kinky, fun, funny, and exciting to read with a HEA. This one is really unusual and well written. The dynamic between the two characters is interesting. I didn't find the angst over the top. The characters struggles felt realistic and well written. I loved it!
January 5, 2022
Really enjoyed this one! It didn't go how I expected it to, and that only made it better! And the characters. They characters are so compelling and real. I fell in love with all of them.
(It seems to have vanished from Amazon at the moment, but I'm keeping my fingers crossed that it'll be back because I have friends I want to rec it to!)
(It seems to have vanished from Amazon at the moment, but I'm keeping my fingers crossed that it'll be back because I have friends I want to rec it to!)
May 30, 2020
Wonderful
A wonderful story of two kinky bastards learning to make it work. I’m not usually into pony play but this story made it enjoyable and sexy and I want more of this authors work.
A wonderful story of two kinky bastards learning to make it work. I’m not usually into pony play but this story made it enjoyable and sexy and I want more of this authors work.
January 14, 2021
A deep dive into the psyches of 2 mature, unhappy men who find each other and a bit of HEA as well. Don’t let the kink put you off unless you’re really averse, it’s not only just a part of the story it’s also woven in really well.
February 13, 2023
3.0
It's good, but the master is way too kind for my tastes. I need them meaner.
And there's too little actual penetrative sex for me, there is some, of course, but it's not the focus. And even when they finally do it, it's over very quickly.
But it's still good.
It's good, but the master is way too kind for my tastes. I need them meaner.
And there's too little actual penetrative sex for me, there is some, of course, but it's not the focus. And even when they finally do it, it's over very quickly.
But it's still good.
July 25, 2024
Loved loved loved it!!! I hope one day it will be published properly!!!
My only real complaints are that I had too read it on unedited on Patreon and I feel some content should have been cut (the whole Kevin plot point just bored me).
My only real complaints are that I had too read it on unedited on Patreon and I feel some content should have been cut (the whole Kevin plot point just bored me).
April 15, 2020
This book did not progress at all like I thought. It's very well done, though - particularly in character development.
January 26, 2021
Great work
December 23, 2021
Content warning: past child physical abuse, family member drug addiction
3.5 stars, rounded up. Pony play is not my kink, but I liked the characters in this one.
3.5 stars, rounded up. Pony play is not my kink, but I liked the characters in this one.
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