Author: ⟫ Patricia Logan
Blurb: ⟫ DOMZ.com is an online BDSM sex club where members pay good money to owner Zachary Teak for the privilege of being humiliated by his Doms. They can tune in online to watch from the privacy of their own homes or make an appointment with one or more of his in-house Doms for a scene to be broadcast via live-streaming. Lately though, things seem to be changing at DOMZ.com as it is rapidly becoming a refuge for throw away boys. Whether Zack realizes that his Doms have become more than mentors and the young subs every gay man’s fantasy, no one really knows but business is booming and DOMZ.com is hotter and sexier than it’s ever been.
Review: ⟫ I found the first book to be shallow, unimaginative and by the time I reached the second story, offensive.
I'm not even sure what I was expecting. I managed to finish one story and thought it was more than a little shallow. The world building was minimal (there was more information in the blurb than in the story), and the bad guy in the first story was a caricature and that’s trying to be nice. The relationship between Wade and Phoenix was superficial and slightly unbelievable - Phoenix picks Wade up from a street corner, installs him in an apartment, feeds him and buys him new clothes - all within the first few chapters. And Wade was in love and ready to do anything and everything that Phoenix wanted. A little too much like Stockholm Syndrome for me.
After that, it just got even more unbelievable - why did Phoenix think that Wade would enjoy being a Cam Boy? And the BDSM? I know there's often more than a little suspension of disbelief when reading this type of thing, but this was almost too much for me. I finished the first book which seemed to be a HEA and moved on to the next.
And this was where I decided the book was a DNF for me. The dialect/slang the author chose to use didn't work for me in the slightest, and yes I was a little offended. I assume it was meant to be authentic for the area, but instead the whole thing felt stereotypical and old-fashioned, from the way they spoke to their attitudes. Perhaps that changed further on in the story but I couldn’t bring myself to read more. I think if I’m going to read any more of the author’s works, I will stick to their Prosper Wood series. 1/5 from me.
