Master of the Mountain

3.5 stars. I'm glad I read the reviews on this book AFTER I read it. First, I'm trying to catch up on all of Cherise Sinclair's books as I really enjoyed her Sons of the Survivalist series. Second, I can see where readers who involve themselves in the world of BDSM can find plenty of instances to argue whether or not Ms. Sinclair is adhering to the many rules and regulations that protect its members from irreversible harm, but really. This story isn't a manual of BDSM behavior, and I can hardly say that everyone commenting have been adhering to these rules relentlessly. (I mean, who even can say they follow the Ten Commandments to the letter, or even the pagan morality code of "Do no harm."?) This isn't the proper channel to address these concerns. This is just a book, folks. She's tried to insert a disclaimer at the.very beginning. That's one of the reasons why I would never write a BDSM story because I doubt my stories would want to adhere to the rules. That's usually what a writer does to inject excitement in a story. Now having said that, my comments will be regarding the story itself, not about BDSM. Having read the first four of her Masters of Shadowlands series (about a BDSM sex club), I am definitely seeing similarities in writing to the point that I have become quite bored with the sex scenes. I spent more time skimming through these parts just to get to the non-sexual segments where the story resumes. (I mean, it's like being one of Eva Gabor's sixth or seventh husband on. your wedding night. You know how to do it, but how do you make it interesting?) I'm already at that level. One wonders if some of the violations of the rules of BDSM may have been done to do just that (the wedding night homage, I mean). So I am rather hesitant to consider the next book because it's only 108+ pages and $2.99 and not on KU. Once I skip over all the sex scenes, what else will be left? Logan and Rebecca are sympathetic characters. In a large crowd, it seems I could recognize Logan far more quickly than I could Rebecca. My problem is that I now see a similarity between the majority of Sinclair's alpha males. (Master Z and Cullen in the Shadowlands series are the exceptions.) So are they ALL going to be like that? I would hope not, or it'll get even more boring sooner rather than later. Not worth the ticket price. I really felt the crisp cold environment of the lodge which was the primary location of the book. My problem is that though I could easily identify with the lodge itself, I couldn't "feel" its GPS location. Otherwise, I was quite impressed with most of her exposition. I found the POV to bounce around like a ping pong ball. There wasn't enough division between POVs, and I found myself mistaking one's POV with another and had to go back and double-check myself. Aggravating. That's one of the reasons for the 0.5 star given. I'm not positive if I want to read Book #2 yet. That's depend on the mood as well as my budget because the cost per page is rather high.

Definitely a re-read. I can’t get enough of Sinclair’s books. The love scenes deepen the relationship and the depths of character’s motivations, fears, hopes.....I’m looking forward to learning more about the secondary characters and seeing what trouble Thor gets into in future books

Great book. Enjoyed from beginning to end.

Steamy, sexy, romantic story with a lighthearted BDSM theme. Enjoyed & totally recommend it 👍😍👍

I read the book. Now it's under another title, same story and you want us to buy it again. $$$$