TITLE:
YES, MASTER
AUTHOR:
SEAN MICHAEL
Pages:
80
Date:
29/03/2014
Grade:
4
Details:
Stories
Received from Torquere Press
Publishers
Through Love Romances and More
Own
/ Kindle
The
blurb:
“From
first timers to hard core lovers, this collection of five BDSM themed short
stories by Sean Michael has something for everyone who loves hot m/m action and
a great love story.
Stories
include: Playing for Keeps, The Twelve Kinks of Christmas, Payday, Following My
Heart and Finding Kasey.”
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My thoughts:
While I will write a proper review of this book
below, I’m hard pressed to improve on the official description of this book
which really does tell you all you need to know:
“From
first timers to hard core lovers, this collection of five BDSM themed short
stories by Sean Michael has something for everyone who loves hot m/m action and
a great love story.”
‘Yes, Master’ is a collection of five short
stories all of which deal with BDSM in some shape or form; from barely there
D/s (Finding
Kasey) to all out possession (Following My Heart) and everything
in between. We are treated to bratty, provocative subs (Playing for Keeps), a
dream come true for two men who have been friends for years (The
Twelve Kinks of Christmas) as well as a supernatural encounter between
a demon and the two men who struck a deal with him (Payday).
All five stories are hot, and very descriptive
when it comes to the sexual action between the men involved. Yet all five
stories at the same time ooze love, commitment as well as fun. I was squirming
while reading these stories, found myself smiling at the interactions between
the characters and got mildly emotional at the obvious love (either well
established, recently discovered just a possibility).
If I had to pick favourites between these five
stories my choice would be ‘The Twelve Kings of Christmas’ –
just for the idea behind the story and the sheer delight the characters
experience when they discover their mutual attraction - and ‘Following My Heart’ – for
the heady combination of fear and need. And if there was one story that
did less for me than the others it was ‘Payday’. Having said that, there was
so little to separate these stories when it came to the enjoyment they gave me
that I decided not to review and rate them individually – as I have been known
to do with collections like this – and instead treat the book as one whole.
I am kind of impressed with these stories. None of
them are very long yet all of them managed to give me a clear impression of the
characters as well as a good idea of the situation they find themselves in and
their feelings. While all of these stories focus on the sexual aspect of the
relationships between these men there is never any doubt that the story is
about more than just the physical attraction between them. What impressed me
most is the fact that while I would have loved to read more about most if not
all characters and relationships in this collection I didn’t feel that I had
missed out on anything when the story ended. These are self-contained stories
with a beginning, middle and end. At no point did I have the feeling that I was
missing information or that the story had been rushed. Since these are my pet
peeves when it comes to shorter fiction I was very pleasantly surprised.
I read one previous book by Sean Michael and wasn’t
as impressed with that book as I was with this collection. I’m so glad I didn’t
allow that earlier experience to put me off reading more by this author. I
would not have wanted to miss out on this book and look forward to reading more
by Sean Michael in the not too distant future.
