ARC Review - Claimed by Stacey Kennedy

Claimed by Stacey Kennedy

Genre - m/f erotica BDSM

My rating = A sinful four stars!

The Blurb

Presley Flynn is ripe to experience her secret fantasies . . . and Dmitri Pratt wants nothing more than to fulfill them. Once inside the elite Club Sin in Las Vegas, Presley is nervous but excited—and determined to surrender to her every desire. Dmitri is her Master, and his touch is like fire. With each careful, calculated caress, he unleashes her wildest inhibitions, giving her unimagined pleasure.

Presley is different than the other submissives Dmitri has mastered. The BDSM lifestyle is new to her, and so are the games they play at Club Sin. From the start, Presley stirs emotions in him far beyond the raw purity between a dom and the perfect sub. For the ecstasy they share goes beyond the dungeon igniting a passion that claims the very depths of the heart.

Authors note: “Thank you for visiting Club Sin, an erotic fiction series. The books are not intended to be an actual portrayal of the BDSM lifestyle; nor are they meant to be a real representation of a BDSM club. The rules of Club Sin, and the kink used by Club Sin Masters, are created by the author’s imagination for the series. Welcome to the elite BDSM dungeon, Club Sin.”

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My Review

*ARC provided by Loveswept (Random House Publishing Group) via NetGalley in exchange for my honest review

I liked everything about this book – the cover, the character names, the plotline and the light BDSM scenes. I was pleasantly surprised and entertained with this read having not read this author before, and shall look forward to reading the rest of the series.

Presley Flynn has recently finished her eight year relationship with her boyfriend, who she had moved to Las Vegas with, after she found out the scumbag had been cheating on her. Luckily she had made a new friend in Cora who had taken Presley under her wing. She notices the books that Presley is reading are all about BDSM and as this is the scene Cora is into being a sub, she tells Presley and offers to get her a meeting with the Club owner and Master, Dmitri.

Master Dmitri (rawr for the name alone!) is entranced by the little sub, who is as nervous as a kitten and not knowing what she is letting herself in for. He therefore agrees to take her under his ownership and teach her all she needs. This is unknown for him to take on a novice but he feels a pull he cannot explain. His fellow masters are shocked at this but still find the time to rib him relentlessly for it. This is what I liked about this book in that there was banter between the masters and it wasn't all portrayed as dark and brooding. They were your everyday guys in professions such as the police and law who also just happened to have a particular kink they expressed in their own club – Club Sin. 

Presley was a little shy and hesitant but she was no shrinking violet and wanted to learn all she could from Dmitri. I liked how he pushed her to be open with her inner feelings and not be oppressed and feel she had to always be the nice girl and please everyone all of the time, even if it was not what she really wanted to do. This was not what a sub should be. 

This was a light and fun read of BDSM which is why I liked it. Sometimes the dark and oppressive reads are a little hard going at times so this was a refreshing change.

The characters of Presley and Dmitri were a well-balanced pairing and I liked the relationship development even though neither of them were looking at this as a relationship. The secondary characters were also well portrayed, especially the masters (playing pool!) and Cora, she was a minx!

It was a fast paced easy read for me and the flow just kept it moving along nicely for a summer’s day read. So if you want to ease yourself into BDSM books then this is a definitely a good one to start with before you move onto the hard stuff.

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