Reviewed by Dan
TITLE: Learning From The Master
SERIES: Manse – Bound By Lies #0.5
AUTHOR: Lynn Kelling
PUBLISHER: ForbiddenFiction
LENGTH: 14,300 Words
BLURB:
Most things in life come easily to eighteen-year-old Jenner Parrish, who’s on track to inherit the family business, and is popular, well-liked and good looking. He has everything he could want, except when it comes to love, and sex. Closeted, lonely and desperate, he acquires an invitation to an event at a nearby private gay club, Manse. Feeling out of his element and for the first time quite shy, Jenner is unable to play the wallflower when he captures the attention of the suave, seductive owner of Manse, David Davenport. David is used to getting what he wants, and what he wants is gorgeous young Jenner, who begins to realize every fantasy and wild desire could be his for the taking, if only he dares to ask and obediently serve. (M/M/M)
REVIEW:
This book is billed as a prequel to the book Bound By Lies which was published in 2013. I’m guessing there was a demand for more back story on the MC, Jenner Parrish, since from reading the blurb of Bound By Lies it is apparent that Jenner is one of the MCs of that book as well.
As a standalone novella, this one didn’t really do it for me. The story and writing were OK, but the details were just vague, and that is being generous. Eighteen year old gay kid who at first sounded like he had no experience at all, sends in an application for an invite to a gay club called Manse, gets his invitation, goes, and suddenly is the chosen one of the billionaire owner of the club?
I didn’t get it. I didn’t get how Jenner progressed from a recent high school graduate to being trained to be a Dom by the Master. If you’ve read the other book, maybe it would make sense to you, but not if you haven’t. I wouldn’t recommend this book, unless you do need the backstory for the other book. If this were a longer book, with a LOT more details, it would be a much better read.
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