IBR - Message Received by D.K. Sutton

[Ashley, The Tipsy Challenger]

Members Starting the BR: MN Lisa & Kristen
Book: Message Received by D.K. Sutton


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[MN Lisa, Mistress of Mayhem with a Method]

I'm starting this today. :)

[Kirsten]

I’m going to knock out a long one that helps close out a Wheel bonus and then hit this one tomorrow.

[MN Lisa, Mistress of Mayhem with a Method]

I am so thrown by reading Talk To Me first. Sean is a supervisor in that one (if I remember correctly) and in this one he's brand new. It's just throwing me for a loop right now.

I just "cheated" and searched for Chase. they aren't mentioned until Page 311 and it states "dealing with Max and Chase last year", so maybe this goes for a long time?

[Kirsten]

That’s what I’m guessing, because of the length and the slow burn description.

ETA: I definitely would have cheated too, and now I don’t have too.

[MN Lisa, Mistress of Mayhem with a Method]

The other thing that confuses me is the series is named "Sloan Brothers", but there isn't a Sloan in this book. It's Pierce and Miller.

Also, it seems like Ben is a habitual rule breaker. Apparently dated a coworker once already....

[Kirsten]

Same! And it’s not the name of the company, either!

Points! At least 3 challenges!

[MN Lisa, Mistress of Mayhem with a Method]

OMG. I want to smack Joel. Got to see a little of what their relationship is like. Its very much me and Jeremy. He's very much go with the flow and I'm very much plan and agenda and ideas of what to do. We compromise a lot when we travel cause he would travel like Joel and I couldn't do that.

I see a friendship coming between Ben and Sean because of him so that's good.

[MN Lisa, Mistress of Mayhem with a Method]

Chapter 8. This tension between the two of them is getting ridiculous. I can see how Ben need someone to take care of him a little and Sean needs some stabilization. But the jealousy is getting to me a bit. You can be friendly with coworkers and still keep the boss/employee relationship intact.

[MN Lisa, Mistress of Mayhem with a Method]

The slightly Dom/Sub (at least so far) is not mentioned anywhere or tagged. I bit surprised when it came out and seems to be more than just a slight mention.

[Kirsten]

Okay--you have tempted me too much and I'm on chapter 3.

There are a lot of characters in this book.

[MN Lisa, Mistress of Mayhem with a Method]

Sorry??

Matthew, Roan, Joel, Brock, Angel along with Ben and Sean. Those seem to be the important ones.

So far I think this is better than the first one. Maybe due to the length, they didn't feel like they had to pack an entire relationship in so few pages?

[MN Lisa, Mistress of Mayhem with a Method]

Ok. I know who the mole is and Ben's breakdown almost made me cry.

I was surprised about the mole's partner, but I really think there are two players and one puppetmaster...I'm at 80%, so lets see if I'm right.

I also think Jaz might be part of something.....maybe an investigator of some sort???

[MN Lisa, Mistress of Mayhem with a Method]

OK. I was right about the mole, but not about the puppet master.

Mr Odell turned out to be an ok guy.

Oh. I also know who the next "Sloan" brother to get a book should be...but I don't think its gonna happen.

[MN Lisa, Mistress of Mayhem with a Method]

Ok. I found one more pairing.

[MN Lisa, Mistress of Mayhem with a Method]

MN Lisa wrote: "Ok. I found one more pairing."

I knew it.

Also my first pairing might be kinda right....

[MN Lisa, Mistress of Mayhem with a Method]

I'm done btw.

[Kirsten]

I’m nearly done (86%) and came to post some thoughts.

This is much better than the first—there’s lots more going on at work and in their personal lives, especially with Ben, Roan, and Matthew.

I like the workplace intrigue.

I think the light bdsm is kind of shoehorned in, but it’s not bad. I’m not really feeling the sexy stuff—it’s not bad or anything, but I wouldn’t call it super hot.

Also call TJ as the mole (though I wanted Joel gone).

I would read Matthew and Roan’s book.

Sean, Ben, Roan, Joel, and Brock are all the same name. I think that’s why it felt like a lot of characters at first.

[MN Lisa, Mistress of Mayhem with a Method]

There is a book 3 that I didn't know was there and it was the last pairing I thought it was.

Also, last chapter gives a hint at Roan's book, but I'm not sure its actually coming. It did say 2024, but we are almost done and I haven't seen it

[Kirsten]

Yeah… I’m glad it doesn’t have a cell phone, because I’m not a fan of son’s best friend romance.

All in all, this was a pretty solid book that I’m glad I read. Thanks, buddy!

[Kirsten]

Ooh, and I meant to say that the final BDSM sex scene was hot and worth the hinting!

[Ashley, The Tipsy Challenger]

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