REVIEWED BY CINDY
TITLE: King of Hell’s Kitchen
AUTHOR: A. J. Llewellyn & D. J. Manly
PUBLISHER: eXtasy Books
LENGTH: 117 Pages
RELEASE DATE: June 15, 2018
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Tarot cards and BSDM spells “Murder” in Hells’ Kitchen…
Throughout his career as a New York homicide detective, Nash McCleery has seen his share of curious killings, but the latest murders in Hell’s Kitchen come complete with both torture and tarot cards. His search for the murderer leads him to the upscale apartment of Casey Baddock, a professional Dom-for-hire. Nash soon realizes that the only way to catch the killer may be for him to play the role of a sub in a BSDM dungeon.
Casey Baddock is all about control, but McCleery is making him feel a little off-center. Can Casey help Nash find a murderer without surrendering his heart?
REVIEW:
So, I’ve never done this before. I’ve walked away from books and passed them on to other reviewers but I’ve never done a DNF review.
The premise of this book was intriguing and I love BDSM in all it’s forms so I was really looking forward to this book. It didn’t pan out for me from the start.
You start out with one of the MC’s at a murder scene and it’s supposed to be horrific, but I didn’t get any of that off Nash McCleery. His attitude came across as mild interest at best and the first couple of chapters just come off bland. There was nothing there to snag my interest. It got a little more interesting in the third chapter when we were getting Casey’s back story, but it was sort of like they just powered through it and again there was nothing about it that created any sympathy for Casey.
I would have powered through because I know that sometimes it takes me a bit to get into a book and then I end up loving it.
But the fourth chapter did me in. At least twice a character in the scene is referred to as someone else who isn’t apart of the scene at all and Casey keeps changing what he’s calling Nash McCleery in his head. One sentence its “Nash” the next it’s “McCleery” and its distracting as hell. It makes you feel like there’s three characters in that chapter.
From what I can tell, this book could have used some more editing and that part isn’t the author’s fault.
I have read both authors before and totally enjoyed their storytelling so I’m going to put this down to a personal preference on my part and I’m looking forward to seeing what else these two writers will come up with.
RATING: DNF
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