Review: Awakening – Cassandra Carr

Vanessa Clark is doing a research paper for one of her last classes – Psychology of Sex – before receiving her Bachelors’ degree. Once she discovers the topic of BDSM, everything else pales in comparison. But where will she learn about it? The Internet has its limits, and Vanessa needs to talk to real-life practitioners of BDSM to really understand the lifestyle and write about it.

Will Astin, who serves as a dungeon master at a local BDSM club, doesn’t expect to find a gorgeous, irresistible young woman when he agrees to a meet and greet with a college student as a favor to the club’s owner. Even better, she’s interested in learning about BDSM for what he suspects are more than scholarly reasons, and Will decides he’s just the man to teach her about it, hopefully claiming her for his own.

Will and Vanessa begin a journey which teaches both of them there’s more to BDSM than meets the eye. In the process, they grow closer, but when Will’s job puts him in the line of fire – literally – their roles are reversed and Vanessa has to take charge. Can they handle the rapid shift in their burgeoning dynamic, or is their relationship doomed?

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Release Date: March 19th 2014
Publisher: C-Squared Publishing
Source: Provided by Author/Publisher via Manic Readers
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Reviewer’s Thoughts

Vanessa Clark is a student at the University of Buffalo working on her undergraduate degree in psychology. One of her elective classes is in the psychology of sex, and the professor assigns a paper. So Vanessa picks a topic, BDSM she knows nothing about and makes a point to understand it to the fullest. Vanessa also uses this assignment avenue for self-discovery.

Will Astin is a Dom and works as a dungeon master at the local BDSM club in Buffalo. He has a high stressful job as a FBI negotiator. He is a hot and sexy man who has everything but a sub in his life. When a college student comes in to learn about the lifestyle, Will is intrigued by her. He enjoys spending time with her but the age difference bothers him.

The chemistry between Will and Vanessa is blistering. The sex scenes were hot and spicy. Will and Vanessa had a connection that neither seemed to expect but I loved that they both embraced it. What I enjoyed is that both were willing to make changes to their lives to make a relationship work.

I found this story very well written. The main and secondary characters were interesting and engaging. I really loved how Vanessa and Will not just connected but were willing to make a relationship work. This story comes across as realistic. I hope we get to see more of Rod, Will’s friend in a future novel.