Switching Seth by Jenna Byrnes

Switching Seth by Jenna Byrnes

My rating: 1 of 5 stars
From the publisher:

Book one in the Rose and Thorn Series

Seth and Michael, a practising BDSM couple, decide to shake things up by adding a woman to their gay relationship.

Seth Carter is the perfect submissive. He’ll do anything for his lover and Master, Michael. But Seth has a secret desire: he’d like to try being a Dom. Realising he’ll never dominate Michael, with his Master’s permission, he goes looking for a slave of his own.

Carla Nelson is new to Southern California and the BDSM club, the Rose & Thorn Society. She’s looking for a submissive, but falls deep in lust when she meets Seth. The words ‘gay and married’ resonate in her head, but she can’t fight the intense attraction. When he calls her with a proposal, she discovers she may not have to.

Seth wants to dominate Carla. With Michael training him, he promises they’ll fulfil her every desire. The allure of having two men at once – two Masters – is strong. The fact that one is the handsome Seth makes the offer irresistible. Carla agrees to accept Michael in the package deal, unaware of how he really feels about the arrangement.

Welcome to the Rose & Thorn Society, where the scent of submission is sweet.

Reader Advisory: This story contains sexual interaction between men, and ménage in a polyamorous relationship between two men and a woman.

Spoilers after the cut

What can I say about this book? I really didn’t care for the characters. Carla was annoying. She kept asking Seth if he really was gay even though he and Michael had been together for eight years. Supposedly, she was experience in the BDSM lifestyle, but she balked at the play party when she had to have known what would happen. Michael annoyed me when he moved another sub in so suddenly after Seth had left. Seth truly ticked me off. He knew he and Michael were in love, and yes he loved Carla too, but he left Michael for Carla’s bed at the first sign of trouble instead of talking or even fighting it out. I didn’t find the BDSM in this story all that interesting or exciting. Also, the resolution was too quick and too easy. From what the author gives us, I’d have to think it’s really a HFN, not a HEA.

BTW:  I just have to say that I don’t get icked out by rimming in erotica, but eating a grape presented in someone’s anus is just too gross for me to deal with!

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