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Spare the Rod
- Heretic Doms Club, Book 3
- Narrated by: John Solo
- Length: 15 hrs and 3 mins
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Summary
Gray Andino is a Denver cop with a pain kink and a history of falling in love with the wrong people. He’s jealous of his friends’ newfound happiness, but with a brain that won’t shut up and a need to argue everything, finding his own soul mate seems impossible, so he settles for meaningless sex and doling out pain with willing subs.
Subs like Avery Barron.
When Avery asks to stay with Gray for a few weeks, Gray reluctantly agrees. Avery may be the perfect sub, but as an accidental roommate, he sucks. The younger child of rich, indulgent parents, Avery is an entitled slob with a disdain for rules, a lack of ambition, and an obsession with social media. Gray tolerates his presence, but when Avery breaks one of Gray’s ground rules, he punishes him and takes away his phone.
Deprived of his usual echo chamber, Avery feels lost until he discovers a local Tap House, a piano, and his buried love of music. The more Avery plays, the more the community around him blossoms. For the first time in his life, Avery has a purpose and goals for the future. But the thing he longs for most - Gray’s love and respect - may be forever out of reach.
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- T
- 22-04-20
I'm conflicted...
okay, so I loved the first two books of this series - they were both amazing. But I'd guess that if you timed all the sections throughout the book when characters talked about social media or politics, then it would be worth 3hrs of this book, minimum.
I understand it was to do with Avery's character development and I didn't mind it when it started but there was no need to go into so much detail for some parts about politics. I didn't like that some arguments were repeated by MULTIPLE characters, because that's not realistic at all.
At some points, the book felt more like an essay than a book and at others, I started to think the author was using this book to push her own beliefs on how the world should handle politics down our throats.
It got very annoying.
The only reason I stuck through to the end, is because I throughly enjoyed the relationship between Avery and Gray. I liked how they grew and I liked how they worked. Towards the end, I'm not sure how I felt about it - the book I think lost it's way a little.
But it was overall enjoyable... I guess.
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- Kay-Anne
- 11-03-20
Title misleading
Too preachy, most of the book is a rant against the perils of social media and politics. Unless you are interested in both you might find yourself skipping through.
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- Hemmel M.
- 27-03-20
A struggle to finish
I love series 1 and 2 and will definitely buy the next novel. But this was a struggle. The couple is not the center of the story. It is America's society, social media, and how to argue in an effective way. In short: it reads like non-fiction. And as a European, I am only marginally interested in America's shortcomings.
The narration was good, except the first chapter when he lets his voice tremble too often and so distracts from the scene.
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