
Ellora's Cave Publishing - Ellora's Cave Publishing
Release date: 2004-09-30
Paperback
Author: Lora Leigh
Erotic Fiction, Fantasy, Fiction, Fiction - Adult, Erotica - General, Fiction / Erotica




I have no problems reading books about domination and ménage sex; in fact I've read hundreds of books with these themes. But Cade and his brothers take it a step too far. They basically tell these women you will be having sex with me and my two brothers as often as we like. And if you try to leave we'll just come after you. Because you belong to me. Oh, and my brothers as well. Doesn't matter whether the woman wants it or not.
Cade and his brothers have got some serious psychological issues. And they think that sharing their girlfriends between them makes them feel closer and therefore helps. Erm, guys, ever heard of COUNSELLING??! But no, let's not do that, let's just bully and ridicule our girlfriends into having sex with all of us instead. That way we get all the fun and they just have to put up with it. Because we're big, tough, domineering men and you WILL do what WE want.
In fact as the series progresses, the books say they are allowed to have sex with any of the women whenever they want to. Not just in a ménage setting. If Cade wants to have sex with Sam's girlfriend he can, if Sam wants to have sex with Brock's girlfriend, hey bro, go right ahead! And to make this easier on the men? The women aren't allowed to wear underwear. Ever. It's taken away from them. I mean, heavens above, if one of the guys gets an itch and Marly is available in the kitchen, we couldn't possibly expect him to have to deal with underwear! And even worse, when they first start having sex, each woman gets a brown paper bag on their bed. Inside is a sex toy and lubricant, along with a SCHEDULE of when to use it and for how long! This way the woman is ready to be taken anally whenever the men want. These women aren't women, they're objects to be used as and when required. The emotional involvement is incidental. The brothers are only going out with them because it solves the problem of finding a willing woman in town.
This book sickened me. It left me feeling dirty by association. I felt like I needed a hot shower afterwards, and not in a good way.
Also, can I just ask, why is every single woman in Lora Leigh's books completely spineless? It's like they're completely controlled by what's between their legs. It doesn't matter how badly the men treat them, one look and their minds have gone completely. They're all Too Stupid To Live.
If Lora Leigh thinks the treatment of the women in this book and the others in the series is acceptable then I think she also needs counselling. No woman deserves to be treated like an object, to be used when needed, dominated to the point, that, if she says no, she's not comfortable doing that, she's punished and ridiculed.
This story is just as steamy as many of Lora Leigh's other adventures. From start to finish, you entangled and snared into the world of the Men of August series. The characters are strong the story line is both suspenseful and anticipatory with twist and turns of the events in process.
This is the second story in the Men of August series. This is about Brock and Sarah. This one to me was a little bit more believable at how much Sarah wanted Brock, but not her brothers. In the end it was pretty much if you want me, you have to have my brothers to. I know being in a relationship is about give and take, but man that is a biggy. I did like this one the best out of all, Sarah seemed to have a little bit more of a back bone than the others. Yes it continues with creepy bad guys, and yes she gives in for her man to be with his brothers, but I think Ms. Leigh also shows a side to these ladies how they deep down want to experiment with their own sexuality and try this. Over all hot and sexy, and really that is why we buy an erotic book. Keep the fan on high!!!