Reviewed by Kimberley
TITLE: Stix
SERIES: Master’s Boys #5
AUTHOR: Patricia Logan
PUBLISHER: Westburg Publishing
LENGTH: 171 pages
RELEASE DATE: July 13, 2013
BLURB:
Stix is a young man who’s just trying to make his way. Nearly five years ago he’d lost his first job when he was caught in the barn with the farmer’s son. He counted himself fortunate to have found work at the Lazy E Dude Ranch and Winery in rural Westburg, Texas. What’s more, Stix has always known he was different. Horses and leather are all he’s ever known and loved but he craves something more.
When opportunity comes knocking in the form of a dominant male, he is instantly attracted and can’t fathom why, though one night, when he catches the man involved in a scene he’d only fantasized about, he knows this is what he’s longed for all along. Finally faced with the truth about himself, all he can do is hope to find this type of love with a Dom of his own.
REVIEW:
So, in book five, we have a young man named Stix who works on a ranch in Westburg, Texas. Zach and Cassidy have gone there to visit friends and to open an IRL version of DOMZ.com. There are characters in this novella that are obviously from other books. I have no idea which other books they’re from. So needless to say that I was somewhat lost in this one.
So while there, they meet a young ranch hand that works for one of the ranch owners. This story was like the others in that it told the story of the other characters in the book but told very little of the main character’s story so I couldn’t tell you much about him other than the fact that he was a young ranch hand who was connected to Trick. You get an inkling that he may be interested in the BDSM lifestyle but that’s only when he observes one of Zach and Cass’s many sexual escapades.
Speaking of which, there are many sexy times for Zach and Cass and although normally I wouldn’t mind, it takes a lot of focus off of the story’s main character.
So of course, he goes to back to California with Zach and Cass to DOMZ in the hopes that he would find a Dom of his own and live happily ever after. He’s matched with a Dom who he had chemistry with and was really into only to find out that the Dom didn’t want to be tied down…okay, bad choice of words. The Dom wasn’t into monogamy. So Stix realizes he’s wasted his time and decides to go back home. And…that’s it. No, that’s really it.
This story wasn’t really about Stix as it featured everyone more than it did him. He was thrown together with a Dom who just wasn’t interested in more than a few sexual encounters. And like the others, it ended abruptly.
This story felt completely thrown together. I had no clue who the other characters were. It was like walking into the middle of a conversation with strangers and be expected to follow the thread of it. If you are like me, who only started reading the Master’s Boy’s series, you would have no idea who these other characters are nor which books they’re in.
I was lost in the sauce on this one. There were too many characters from other books thrown in with little to no attention focused on the MC. The blurb actually offers more information on Stix than the actual novella does. This author has some really good characters that with more story development, could be great characters. The problem with this series is that the storylines does not focus enough attention on the MCs. That combined with the abrupt endings makes the stories appear rushed and unfinished. The author had the right recipe, just not enough ingredients to complete the dish.
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