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The Submissive

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The Submissive

By: Tara Sue Me
Narrated by: Sasha Pick
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For fans of E. L. James and Sylvia Day. Before there was the fan fiction that became Fifty Shades of Grey, there was The Submissive, Tara Sue Me's seductive and scandalous series that has enthralled millions and inspired a genre...

Abby King has a secret fantasy. New York knows Nathaniel West as the brilliant and handsome CEO of West Industries, but Abby knows he's more: a sexy and skilled dominant that is looking for a new submissive. Yearning to experience a world of pleasure beyond her simple life as a librarian, Abby offers herself to Nathaniel, to fulfill her most hidden desires. After only one weekend with the Master, Abby knows she needs more, and fully submits to Nathaniel's terms. But despite the pleasure he takes in Abby's willing spirit, the Nathaniel hidden behind the rules remains cold and distant. As Abby falls deeper into his tantalizing world of power and passion, she fears that Nathaniel's heart may be beyond her reach - and that her own might be beyond saving...

Before there was the fan fiction that became Fifty Shades of Grey, there was The Submissive... Indulge in the series that started it all: The Submissive, The Dominant, The Training, The Chalet and The Enticement.

©2012 Tara Sue Me (P)2013 Headline Digital
Contemporary Contemporary Romance Romance Fiction

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great for someone who has a wonderful imagation..... A* BOOK. for the imagation...
fantastic read....

great mind blowing stuff......

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Well read and very well told. Thank you for a well written and well read book.

Excellent

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If you could sum up The Submissive in three words, what would they be?

sexy,hot,domineering

Who was your favorite character and why?

Nathaniel West

What didn’t you like about Sasha Pick’s performance?

she has the most annoying voice & absolutely no feeling or emotion

Did you have an emotional reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

no can't say it did

Any additional comments?

shame the book is good but the narrator is awful

"Awful narrator"

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I love this story and have read all the books by this author.

the narrator ruins it as you can hear every swallow and her noisy mouth rasping away.

absolutely unlistenable

love the story

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What disappointed you about The Submissive?

I hated the BDSM in the book. The woman was supposed to have not managed to have sex for three years because she had never managed to find someone to dominate her. Then when she does she spends half the book talking to him with no respect, topping him from the bottom, forcing a full switch on him in once scene and finally going weeks in a vanilla relationship where she is still the one being physically and verbally the more dominate in the sex scenes. She is the worst sub ever, and he is the worse dominate ever.

For me the author showed a complete lack of understanding of the lifestyle and at the end of the book the writer seems to be implying that love only works outside of a D/S relationship and so the two parts of the relationship need to be separate things. And this could not be further from the truth. You can indeed have this in 24/7 D/S relationships.

This whole book read like a woman's fantasy of changing a man, but just ended up with me seeing two characters that I didn't believe in at all. If someone has tried vanilla relationships and they have always failed, why would they suddenly try and change the one they have craved for one they already know doesn't work? Stupid.

What could Tara Sue Me have done to make this a more enjoyable book for you?

Narrator was okay I guess, though I got bored hearing her pronounce dom as dome (as in dome light).

You didn’t love this book--but did it have any redeeming qualities?

Not really. There was no major plot. The utter cliché of normal girl meets rich guy and falls in love with lots of sex mixed in. It's more shallow than a puddle.

Pretty dreadful.

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