Kandice’s review of Beware the NeckRomancer (Imperfect Shifters Book 1) > Likes and Comments
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The comments at 10% :"The things I craved were unconventional. I needed submission, desperation, and a specific kind of irrevocable consent. In short, I needed a slave bound to me in despicable ways."
I stopped reading and searched for consent to see if this was just an internal thought or if it materializes. At 23% they're negotiating, he says he demands control and submission.
Of course consent is great. But the fact that they're negotiating this kind of submission and safe words is a line for me and I can't keep reading.
I 100% understand and it's your complete right to DNF. I thank you for leaving a DNF and a reason rather than a poor rating. I won't press you to continue reading, I merely wanted to explain that it doesn't go into anything dark.
I negotiate safe words in a lot of my books. With instant-love or mated by circumstance situations, a safe word is a reassurance that nothing will cross lines between two people who don't know their preferences yet. In that same 'control and submission' part, he's talking about the psychological implications of his needs and why he has them. It's a mateship between a lawyer demon and a mage who makes deals with gods. They're forging a contract and agreement between one another as two exaggeratedly Type-A people. They're sitting over soup discussing their preferences. The language is meant to be jarring, precise and unromantic to the point of mechanical. If I failed to portray that in my writing, I will bear this in mind for the future when I write out 'the talk' between two too-new mates.
And if I haven't said so before, thank you for reading and taking the time to speak up. I learn from notes like this quite often.
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The comments at 10% :"The things I craved were unconventional. I needed submission, desperation, and a specific kind of irrevocable consent. In short, I needed a slave bound to me in despicable ways."I stopped reading and searched for consent to see if this was just an internal thought or if it materializes. At 23% they're negotiating, he says he demands control and submission.
Of course consent is great. But the fact that they're negotiating this kind of submission and safe words is a line for me and I can't keep reading.
I 100% understand and it's your complete right to DNF. I thank you for leaving a DNF and a reason rather than a poor rating. I won't press you to continue reading, I merely wanted to explain that it doesn't go into anything dark.I negotiate safe words in a lot of my books. With instant-love or mated by circumstance situations, a safe word is a reassurance that nothing will cross lines between two people who don't know their preferences yet. In that same 'control and submission' part, he's talking about the psychological implications of his needs and why he has them. It's a mateship between a lawyer demon and a mage who makes deals with gods. They're forging a contract and agreement between one another as two exaggeratedly Type-A people. They're sitting over soup discussing their preferences. The language is meant to be jarring, precise and unromantic to the point of mechanical. If I failed to portray that in my writing, I will bear this in mind for the future when I write out 'the talk' between two too-new mates.
And if I haven't said so before, thank you for reading and taking the time to speak up. I learn from notes like this quite often.
***spoiler***
He's emotionally vulnerable and desperately wants someone that can't leave him due to his appearance. Consent is very firmly outlined. Their eventual bond satisfies his need for that level of security.