Book One Reviewed by Tidal
TITLE: Pure
SERIES: Pure #1
AUTHOR: Victoria Sue
PUBLISHER: Dark Hollows Press LLC
LENGTH: 124 pages
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Callum hasn’t time to take on a new sub for training. He has his BDSM club, Pure, to remodel and open on Friday. He certainly doesn’t have the time to train Lee in all the nuances of submission, even if Lee seems to be a natural.
But someone else wants him. Another Master who has no limits and doesn’t believe in safe words.
If Callum doesn’t wake up and accept the gift of Lee’s submission, someone else will take it – forcefully.
REVIEW:
Callum has a great new club just about to open called “Pure”. Not just a club but a BDSM club. Before he can even get his club open, he has a situation to deal with. Lee, a submissive new to the scene, practically falls into his lap. It seems that the poor twink boy has bitten off a bit more than he could chew.
Lee has been abused and used badly; Callum made a difficult call and decides to take him home just for the night to make sure he was going to be ok. Callum practically has to carry the young man up to his apartment. He lets him rest and gives him something to eat. Lee is very appreciative but doesn’t want to take advantage of Callum’s generosity.
Callum takes the young man in and he puts him to work and gives him the opportunity to pull his weight and make his way. Callum employs Lee’s talents in redecorating the club, and lets him stay with him until he gets on his feet. He was definitely attracted to Lee and does not take advantage of his innocence.
Lee is twenty-one and thrown out of his abusive home. With just a few possessions he stays in a shelter, he wanted to check out the club and hoped he would find someone. What makes it nice is that he was not looking for someone to leech from, he is genuinely naive and wants to learn how to be a sub and be properly trained.
Callum is outraged that Lee has been treated so horribly in his first BDSM experience. He did not want to see him abused or be taken advantage of. He lets him stay with him without expectation, at first. Against his better judgment, he makes a contract to exchange training services for Lee’s professional decorating services and other necessary jobs to get the club opened and running smoothly.
Lee is an innocent guy and he has his pride and wants to make his way, Callum respects that in his character and helps him develop that as well as his confidence. There are good guys and bad guys. I like the drama and suspense. In the process, Lee also learns the value of discipline, trust, and mutual respect.
I like the characters in this story a lot. I have not read many BDSM books, but anyone who reads this book will get a clearer picture of what that Dom/Sub life is supposed to look like at its best. The book was not what I expected. The storytelling and the characters really seemed to get around some of the pre-conceived mistaken ideas about the BDSM community. I liked the pace of the story, it was never boring or seemed to drag.
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Book Two Reviewed by Kimberley
TITLE: Pure Indulgence 
SERIES: Pure #2
AUTHOR: Victoria Sue
PUBLISHER: Dark Hollows Press, LLC
LENGTH: 124 pages
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Joe, an ex-detective and a popular Dom, wasn’t gay. Not one little bit. He told himself that all the time he fought the inexplicable attraction he had for the gorgeous young submissive, Adam. Yet when he learns a psychopath responsible for two murders has set his sights on Adam, and Adam disappears, it suddenly seemed far more important to tell him something else.
Joe realizes Adam has become more important to him than his next breath, but if he can’t track down the psycho that was torturing and murdering submissives, Joe won’t ever be able to tell Adam anything else again, it will be far too late.
REVIEW:
This is the continuation of Pure and gives us Joe and Adam’s story. This is a pretty good follow up to the first book. A book with a GFY storyline and twinks are two of my least favorite things but I decided to give it a shot after reading the blurb. I must say that this book was a pleasant surprise. There was a smooth progression from one book to the next and after reading the first story, I was really interested in Joe’s character but figured he wouldn’t get one because he was straight. The storyline was pretty good, the characters were well written and the dialogue was quite nice with a few glitches. There were a few British-isms that made its way into the story and slight editing errors but I actually like the British-isms so I didn’t mind the British grammar at all. There were very few editing errors so it didn’t distract or detract from my overall enjoyment of the book. I really liked the book and the characters but I kept thinking that Callum really needed to tighten up the security and screening process of the club. There were too many shenanigans going on that constantly put the club’s submissives in harm’s way. I also really liked how the author mixed it up by having a mixture of straight and gay, male and female Dommes/Doms and submissive members of the club. I am interested in reading about what happens with Damon’s character. I honestly didn’t think I would become as interested in the characters as I did. I liked them and would really like to see more of them.
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