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From Goodreads: “The virtual world has always been a safe, comfortable place for tech consultant Marcus Holly. He favors working behind the scenes, joining the ranks of Noble House as the kinky club expands to offer a fully immersive VR experience. Then he meets the club’s resident Dom, Enver Furst, and all his carefully contained desires spin out of control.
Bondage-happy Enver relies too heavily on tactile stimulation to buy into Marcus’s VR playground. But when Marcus needs a skilled test subject to beta with, he only has eyes for Enver. The results are immediate and addictive: Enver’s never experienced anything this raw and powerful. He’s just unsure if it’s the tech he can’t resist—or the man.
Comfort zone deliciously shattered, Marcus’s sessions with Enver soon transcend even their wildest fantasies. But someone from Marcus’s past is watching, and his dangerous obsession will force Marcus and Enver to either fight for the reality they’ve created together…or see it shattered beyond recognition.”
In the Rough is the third book is a series of books that can all be read as standalones. The other books Get Off Easy and Switch It Up, which I also read, in my opinion, were better books then Enver and Marcus’ installment (I gave both the other books 4/5 stars).
I shouldn’t have to warn people, but I will. This book is very, very adult. Nowhere near YA. This a full on Adult erotica novel; A genre that I am dipping my toes into every once in a while from my usual home of NA romance.
- Characters: The story is told in dual point of view, from the perspectives of Enver and Marcus. From the beginning, I connected less with these characters than I had in the previous books. Granted the other books had female leads, who are always easier for me to connect with. I did not find Marcus very special at all. Enver had some interesting parts to his character (I do not want to tell you what exactly, cause spoilers).
- Writing: This writing was pretty standard for the type of book that it was. I had one bigger complaint, that I would actually lose track of what was going on in romantic scenes. It is as if the author never thought about how certain things led to other things. They felt disjointed, to put it in fewer words.
- World/Setting: The setting of this series is very interesting. The concept of the club sold the series to me. I felt as if the club took a backseat to the virtual reality setting in this installment. Which is a choice I understand, but the club was such an intriguing setting I would have appreciated more scenes set there.
- Pacing: This book clocks in at under 400 pages. I read it (and the other books in the series) quite quickly. Paced similar to the standard model of NA pacing. There’s nothing wrong with that, you can just use that to determine the plot really easily.
- Romance (Yay or Nay?): The romance was not great, but not horrible. I have read way better M/M in the NA genre. I did get more into the relationship as the book progressed, but I was not as hooked as in the previous stories.
I know I sound very critical of this book, but I recommend the other books if you are considering getting into the genre, want to read more of the genre, or if you are interested in reading about menage or polyamory as the other books discuss these topics.
So my rating clocks in at…
Thank you again to the publisher and Netgalley for providing the eARC and thank you for reading my review and supporting my blog!
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