Transitive Verve

Disclaimers: while my blog post itself does not contain any graphic sexual content, this book series does. This is a review for a book series that is meant for mature audiences, and therefore is unsuitable for minors.  This review is for the second book in a series and contains spoilers for the first book as well. Thoughts at a glance: **** (I really liked it) When we left Sophie and Neil at the end of The Boss ( review here ), she had just found out she was pregnant, shortly after getting fired by her boss who is also her boyfriend and her Dom. Her future is uncertain, and so is their future together, especially as Neil reveals to her that he has cancer - or rather, he has been in remission for the past few years, but now he's hitting critical stages.

I feel like I should say: while my blog post itself does not contain any graphic sexual content, this book series does. This is a review for a book series that is for mature audiences, and therefore is likely unsuitable for minors. Thoughts at a glance: **** (I really liked it) What with the recent hubbub over the Fifty Shades of Grey  movie coming out last month, there were lots of people speaking out against the movie and the book, claiming that they glamorize abusive relationships and that they conflate abuse and BDSM. Note: I have never read any of the FSoG books, nor am I part of the BDSM community, so I cannot speak with any authority on either matter, but considering how many of the sources making these claims were writers, sites, and even personal friends whom I absolutely trust, I was willing to believe it. It was enough to completely destroy any interest I might have had in reading the book or seeing the movie (and trust me, I had very little interest to begin with)...