Naughty Side Review: Bonds of Need by Lynda Aicher

This is a Naughty Side Review meant for those over 18.


March 4th 2013, Carina Press             
E-book
Recieved from Netgalley
Second in Wicked Play series
Adult Erotic Fiction

When Kendra Morgan attends a party at an exclusive sex club, she's not driven by mere curiosity. Hoping to prove she's put the past behind her, Kendra must instead face up to needs she's denied for too long. Despite her lingering fears, she can't resist the temptation to play…

Deklan Winters has had his eye on his attractive neighbor for months, but only senses Kendra is no stranger to the BDSM scene when she walks into his club. And he can tell that's not her only secret. What surprises him is his own overwhelming desire to give her what she craves—and to show her a side to the Dom/sub relationship she's never known.

With Deklan's guidance, Kendra begins to accept her forbidden needs and to recognize the fine line between pleasure and pain. But when her former Master returns to reclaim her, it will take all her courage—and all of Deklan's love—to defy her past.

For more tales from The Den check out Bonds of Trust.

Cover Review:

The font desperately needs changed, but otherwise all right. I like that the descriptions of the characters match up.

Opinion:

This book had me crying within the first few pages. I feel completely in love with Kendra and although his name drove me insane I can't resist Delkan. He was just the healing touch Kendra needed!

I wasn't sure if this was going to be as horrible a representation of BDSM as Shades of Grey as I haven't read much of this type of work in the past, but I was immediately surprised by the depth of emotions illustrated in this book. It's presented from a place of experience about what the lifestyle is about and portrayed it accurately.

Kendra is completely damaged by her past with an abusive man who used the title "Master" in order to get away with his abusive insecure ways. Delkan has a "savior" complex and wants to save everyone he cares about, but understands and supports Kendra by allowing her space to overcome her own internal obstacles. Their love is strong and builds from a place of trust and understanding.

The scenes are realistic, poignant, and sexy.

I full out loved this book and will be keeping Lynda on my Must Read list!

Rating:
5/5

Rie (@missiontoread)

Wife, technophile, bibliophile, and student who obsesses over the latest gadget and political drama. I read compulsively. It's an addiction really.

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 Activity:

Write a letter to your favorite character. Rant, rave or gush…just pretend like they are real and you just want to let them know a “few things”. – Activity courtesy of author, Kelly Walker

Answer:

Kendra (Bonds of Need),

I'm so happy for you. I'm glad you could find a guy you could trust and overcome your feelings of shame. But...

Sweetie, your parents were completely there for you. There was no reason you had to be so ashamed that you stayed in an abusive relationship.

Abuse is not consenual. I get that a ton of inexperienced people get into positions where abuse can be called by something that it's not, but you simply need to remember one thing and you shouldn't ever find yourself back in that position.

Consent is what divides good healthy relationships, from abusive ones. If you don't consent to something and that isn't taken into account it's abuse, it's rape, and you aren't the one that should be ashamed. The abuser is the one that should be ashamed.

Hugs,

Rie

Rie (@missiontoread)

I'm a wife, student, and a dog-lover who reads when I should be folding laundry (bane of my existance), I write (rarely as academic papers consume my life), and love getting wrapped up in fiction.

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Why I Read Romance...

I read Romance, because love is the most powerful emotion that a human can experience. When I immerse myself in a love story I drift away into one of the most beautiful life changing experiences.

The drama that revolves around any huge life changing events is entertaining, but it's more than that. Love is the most sought after resource in this life and yet too often people are afraid of being vulnerable enough to experience it to it's depth

The romances that I most enjoy reading are not grand heartbreaking romance, but love that is slow and grows as two people partner together to fight the obstacles in their path.

Me and the Hubs

Insta-love that is so prevalent in YA is not the love that often lasts against the obstacles of real life. Love isn't only about those first moments, it's also about those times in life when it's stable almost to the point of boredom. Psychologists call it the attachment phase and quite honestly I'd much rather read about that phase of love than any other.

It may be simply that it's the stage I'm in or it could be that I've outgrown the lustful drama of my younger years, but attachment love with external drama is the type of romance I most enjoy.

Bones and Cat of Jeaniene Frost's Night Huntress series have entered into this phase of love in the later books and it's such a refreshing change.

What is your favorite type of love to read about? Why do you read romance? Any other books that have attachment phase love?








Rie (@missiontoread)

I'm a wife, student, and a dog-lover who reads when I should be folding laundry (bane of my existance), I write (rarely as academic papers consume my life), and love getting wrapped up in fiction.

Read More