BOOKS n COZY SPOTS BOOK REVIEWS – No Safeword: Matte-Happily Ever After by Candace Blevins
~ 5 Stars ~
Review of NO SAFEWORD: MATTE-HAPPILY EVER AFTER
Erotic Romance / Fighter Romance / BDSM / brief f/f
(Copy provided by Author for honest review)
Reviewed by Jaycee ~ for Books ‘N Cozy Spots Book Reviews, www.Talon-ps.com
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The honeymoon is over and it’s time for Sam and Ethan to start the rest of their lives together.
Fate has been kind to the couple so far, but can their luck hold out? Is their relationship strong enough to withstand the challenges ahead?
Fasten your seat belts and hang onto your hats for the final installment in the Matte series.
*Supernovel — 142,000 words*
Warning: Sadism involving real pain, f/f fisting, and the use of toys including canes, floggers, belts, tawses, wax, armbinders, plugs, unusual playroom furniture, and the new punishment warned of during The Honeymoon that gives Sam lots of incentive to submit exactly as Ethan expects.
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/no-safeword-candace-blevins/1120436112?ean=2940150404502
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I believe it is completely fair to say, in two spare words: IN. TENSE!
Okay, three words; add ‘epic’ to the mix because this is a long, full, deep, sometimes uncomfortable and always honest conclusion to this Act of Sam and Ethan’s life together.
I expected certain things to happen in this installment. I expected Sam’s court case to wrap up and I expected some, shall we say consequences, from the preamble of this particular arc. I did not expect what did happen, but it fit much better than my idea would have. Good planning, Ms. Blevins. I loved that there was no quick fix, and I really, really loved that medically speaking, the course and the lingo were pretty much spot-on. It rang true and it was skillfully woven with the everyday-life as well as the life-changes that were affecting both Sam and Ethan.
I expected they would pretty much pick up their normal lives upon return from that Honeymoon of Part III. I did not expect the life-changes that came Ethan’s way to involve Sam quite the way it did. And while I’m not generally a big fan of Fighter stories I quite enjoyed, if not he actual fight accounts, the training and strategizing that went into them, as well as the characters introduced because of this segue.
I expected the personal side of the relationship to continue to be explicit and intense. I did not expect my definition of intense to be so challenged. I have to admit to a real stretch in my personal comfort level at times, and yet this book is so skillfully and quite beautifully all about the relationship and what it means in its totality to these two loving, committed individuals. Life is happening around them at a frenetic pace and they deal with it in both recognizable ways, but also in ways that fulfill them as individuals and as a couple. Instead of their lifestyle being the elephant in the room, it truly becomes simply a part of their life and what they need to make it work for them.
Notwithstanding, I can also honestly say that I have encountered a couple of personal “Not-in-this-Lifetimes”, not to mention at least one “Not-ever-in-this-plane-of-existence”!
This book wraps up a foursome of Acts that represent the evolution of a couple, but it certainly also leaves the door open to them being prominent in the lives of more of their friends. I’m looking forward to what the next Safeword (Arabesque) means to Cassie.
I can’t recommend this series enough to open-minded readers as well as those readers looking for a great storyline that also challenges their knowledge and beliefs. Reading doesn’t get much better than this…
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NO SAFEWORD: MATTE-HAPPILY EVER AFTER also received the following ratings:
ROMANCE FACTOR ~ 5 Hearts ~
HEAT FACTOR ~ 10 Flames ~
STING FACTOR ~ 10 Paddles ~
10 peddles I mean seriously? A boat full of dragon rowers was the best I could come up for this one… whew… is it warm in here?
TWIST FACTOR ~ Angry Clients ~
~ World Champs ~
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