Reviewed by Cindy
TITLE: The Executive Lounge 
AUTHOR: Angela Benedetti
PUBLISHER: Rocky Ridge Books
LENGTH: 198 Pages
RELEASE DATE: November 15, 2019
BLURB:
Rob Arvazian just graduated with an engineering Bachelor’s and an MBA, and landed a dream job as the personal assistant to a hot Silicon Valley CEO. Emphasis on hot — personally, as well as in the business world. The tiny financial aid clerk in Rob’s brain is telling him to just do his job and start paying down his loans, but other parts of his body are wishing the gaze Nick Castle turned on him was more dominant and less businesslike.
Getting involved with your boss is stupid, Rob knows that. But he’s only had casual play partners before — never someone who was his. And it feels like Nick could fit perfectly into that part of Rob’s life.
Is it worth taking a chance and hanging his whole life on one strong, sexy man?
This is a heavily plotty BDSM romance, about 60,000 words long.
REVIEW:
So, I’m not sure I’ve ever done a DNF review before, but I feel quite strongly that I need to explain why I’m doing it.
The story wasn’t bad. I had a little trouble getting into it, but I love BDSM stories so it got my attention eventually. The characters are interesting and the premise was pretty good.
However I have a major issue with this book. After the third time Rob put himself down with a “like a girl” reference, I had to stop reading because I was so mad. At one point Rob thinks to himself that if he voiced his desire to spend more time with his Dom/boss “because I’d probably grow tits or something.” Like only women get emotional in a relationship.
One reference I could have handled but after the third one all I could think was “why doesn’t this author like herself?” Being a woman is not some horrible thing, and I find it unacceptable that being “like a girl” is being used as an insult in this book. It does nothing but uphold a stupid stereotype and it completely turned me off this book.
In my mind, if those of us most in need of support don’t support each other, then what chance does any of us have? Don’t women and gay men have enough to deal with without us taking pot shots at each other?
RATING: DNF
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