Zane Menzy

Art from the chaos of life

An opus. This was the perfect culmination of this coming of age/growing up trilogy. Overall there was less sexual tension than the first two books. However, it was still a novel worthy of oven mitts. Reading ‘Submissive Secrets’ was like watching the landscape as the eye of a hurricane passes over. As the wind and the rain taper off, everything shifts and settles. So much to take in.

Sometimes even the wreckage of a storm can be beautiful. This book was brilliant, beautiful and hot enough to ignite freshly found driftwood.

Definite book hangover material.… (mais)

How the fuck do I rate this book??? O.O

Please read the blurb carefully, and if you're still inclined to read this book, then read the sample, and if you still want to go with it, then kudos to you! And I guess to me too, cuz I managed to finish it. That's the good news. The bad news is, I didn't really like it.

I didn't like the story, and I didn't like the characters, which is fine, cuz the author warned us, that this isn't a fluffy and sweet story with equally fluffy and sweet characters. My fault for not listening.

The MC, Levi Candy is a rich, spoiled, ungrateful and disrespectful little brat, which you'll immediately find out, if you read the sample, and don't even expect him to change. He's an asshole. Come to think of it, that is actually how I imagine a 20-year old rich kid in real life. He was only missing a fire-red Porsche from under his ass.

But I liked that the characters were very strong in their opinion, and I liked the dialogues too.
There were some characters however, who's appearance didn't really add to the story, they didn't have a purpose. I wonder if they show up in the second book, and Levi somehow deceives them too.

The weird thing about this book is, that it has dark themes, but the writing style makes the mood/the atmosphere of the story lighter. And also, with each chapter the direction of the story changed, it was unpredictable, which I liked.

To sum it up, I'm clearly not the target audience for this book, and that is exactly why I don't want to rate it. And I probably won't read Book 2. Sorry!

Do I recommend it? I guess if you like to read about very, very, very flawed and unlikable characters and their fucked-up mind and less than acceptable behavior, then yeah, go for it.

Triggers: Humiliation, dom-sub play, blackmail, rape (sort of). But also, Levi is not a good person in general; not a good friend; he tries to use everyone and everything to his own advantage, so very selfish.… (mais)