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The Dark Garden
by Eden Bradley (Goodreads Author)
by Eden Bradley (Goodreads Author)
I did not care for the plot of psychological wounds causing the heroine to go back and forth denying her feelings and the truth.
REVIEWER’S OPINION:
For those interested, there are a lot of sex scenes and a lot of bondage S&M. Rowan was hurt by former boyfriend Danny and has never gotten over it. She wants Christian but keeps stopping herself and running away from him and her own desires. There’s a mystery about what Danny did to her, but the author never explains it which frustrated me as a reader. Finally somehow Rowan gets over her fears and returns to Christian.
STORY BRIEF:
Rowan goes to a private club once a week where dominants meet with submissives and play - usually with sex afterwards. The doms are sadists and enjoy seeing pain in others. The subs go into “subspace” a meditative state where they can endure pain and turn it into endorphins. They get a glazed look in their eyes when there. The doms goal is to get the subs into subspace. The doms want to see welts and other signs of pains on the body. Rowan was hurt by Danny 5 yrs earlier. She was a sub to him. Since then she has been a dom at the club but never felt fulfilled. Christian recently moved to town, and they are immediately attracted to each other. He talks her into a 30 day trial. He says either she will find she is truly a sub, or she will be a better dom afterwards. She agrees because she is so drawn to him. When he is with her the first time, he is gentle, but she cries and leaves for emotional reasons. Later he causes a lot of pain which she likes. He uses a vampire glove which I hadn’t heard of. This is a leather glove with sharp metal points sticking out all over the palm and inside of the finders. When Christian places the glove on Rowan’s rear, it feels like a hundred tiny teeth are scratching her skin.
DATA:
Story length: 293 pages. Swearing language: moderate. Sexual language: strong. Number of sex scenes: 18, many pages long. Setting: current day Los Angeles, CA. Copyright: 2007. Genre: erotic contemporary romance with S&M.
OTHER BOOKS:
For a list of my reviews of other Eden Bradley books, see my 4.5 star review of “Forbidden Fruit” posted 10/31/08.
REVIEWER’S OPINION:
For those interested, there are a lot of sex scenes and a lot of bondage S&M. Rowan was hurt by former boyfriend Danny and has never gotten over it. She wants Christian but keeps stopping herself and running away from him and her own desires. There’s a mystery about what Danny did to her, but the author never explains it which frustrated me as a reader. Finally somehow Rowan gets over her fears and returns to Christian.
STORY BRIEF:
Rowan goes to a private club once a week where dominants meet with submissives and play - usually with sex afterwards. The doms are sadists and enjoy seeing pain in others. The subs go into “subspace” a meditative state where they can endure pain and turn it into endorphins. They get a glazed look in their eyes when there. The doms goal is to get the subs into subspace. The doms want to see welts and other signs of pains on the body. Rowan was hurt by Danny 5 yrs earlier. She was a sub to him. Since then she has been a dom at the club but never felt fulfilled. Christian recently moved to town, and they are immediately attracted to each other. He talks her into a 30 day trial. He says either she will find she is truly a sub, or she will be a better dom afterwards. She agrees because she is so drawn to him. When he is with her the first time, he is gentle, but she cries and leaves for emotional reasons. Later he causes a lot of pain which she likes. He uses a vampire glove which I hadn’t heard of. This is a leather glove with sharp metal points sticking out all over the palm and inside of the finders. When Christian places the glove on Rowan’s rear, it feels like a hundred tiny teeth are scratching her skin.
DATA:
Story length: 293 pages. Swearing language: moderate. Sexual language: strong. Number of sex scenes: 18, many pages long. Setting: current day Los Angeles, CA. Copyright: 2007. Genre: erotic contemporary romance with S&M.
OTHER BOOKS:
For a list of my reviews of other Eden Bradley books, see my 4.5 star review of “Forbidden Fruit” posted 10/31/08.
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