Finding Eden by Kele Moon
Series: Eden (#2)
Release Date: August 19, 2011
Publisher: Ellora’s Cave
Page Count: 131
Source: ebook provided by the publisher
Three lifelong friends find themselves tangled in a web of love, pain and dangerous secrets in this erotic Garden of Eden tale.Tall, dark and handsome Danny Carlow has always gotten whatever he wants except for the two he wants more than anything—his best friends, lovers Paul and Eve. Determined, he waits like a snake in the grass, poised for the right moment to offer them a temptation too delicious to resist.Artist Eve Everton makes the painful decision to leave her true love Paul for the siren call of New York City. Ten years later, with her life in shambles, she returns. When Paul’s waiting arms aren’t available, Eve falls for Danny’s charm and finds herself a willing accomplice in the dangerous games Danny plays.Former college football star Paul Mattling is now a successful attorney with a bright future ahead of him. But behind those brilliant blue eyes are secret desires for a taste of the forbidden. Will he play it safe or give in to Danny and Eve and bite the apple?
Reader Advisory: Not for the faint of heart, the pain in this story is vivid and real, the emotions even more so. Haunting and poignant, Finding Eden presents a darker side of BDSM. You might gasp. You might cry. You might find yourself reading it again and again.
Review: Warning… there may be spoilers ahead.
I almost really liked this book. I love M/M and BDSM. Usually when you put the two together I find the outcome is spectacular. I think the main reason I had such a problem with this book is it tried to market itself to me as a romance. I found no romance in the main character’s relationship with each other. They were best friends since childhood. OK, I could see that. Then one plays in dangerous BDSM circles and the friend pulls him out one night in confusion and tries to understand what is going on. That leads to sex. Painful sex. I was cringing sex, and I don’t normally do that unless dubious consent is going on. This goes on for two days. Big argument. The bottom goes back to playing dangerously. He gets really hurt and the top goes to get him. I would think from here that things would develop romantically for them. But instead all I saw was someone that needed therapy (badly) and the other refusing to acknowledge it. He continues to hurt the other person. I don’t care that the person is asking for it, I am drawing a line. This was not romance. This was not love. This was someone abusing someone else and them both getting off on it. This isn’t an issue. Sometimes I read those stories, though not often. But don’t try to tell me this was romance.
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