I understand that he’s Nora’s conscious and all, but all his scenes literally felt like babysitting a whiny child to me. Regardless, I’d pick Wes last, and looking through my friend’s reviews I am in the minority with that choice. Zach is also the most painful road out of the three for Nora, but who likes clean endings anyways? Maybe it’s the masochist in me, but I think that road would lead me more to Søren.

Alas, I can’t help it and my heart wants what it wants. I’m, personally, team Zach, AKA: the estranged married man, but he honestly seems like not the best choice from the ending of this book. I mean, it’s sort of a weird love triangle square between a priest, a married (estranged) man, and someone a decade younger than the protagonist who also happens to be a virgin.

I can see how the sex, not even including the BDSM aspects, would make someone not as open minded uncomfortable. This book really delves into the underground world that is BDSM and actually portrays it really well. This isn’t some FSOG wannabe, where the girl gets a spanking and the guy says some hurtful things to her. In my opinion, that is the best part of this book how wonderfully, and healthy, this book treats the BDSM lifestyle. And what antics are those, might you ask? Well, Nora is also a very well know dominatrix, who has quite an extensive background in BDSM. Nora has written a few other books that would be considered more on the smutty side, but now she wants to be published through a more legit publishing house, therefore, she has to work with an editor that won’t put up with her excuses or antics. This book is set in Manhattan, New York and follows an aspiring writer, Nora Sutherlin. This has been on my TBR for quite some time, but I finally decided it was time for me to read it after seeing Chelsea’s video, last week. Also, growing up in a very Catholic home, I think that also made me appreciate this book more than the average reader. Yet, I was more pleasantly surprised than I could have ever imagined. This book couldn’t be further from what I was expecting. This is a story of two people who leave each other against their will.

A romance novel is the story of two people falling in love against their will. “A love story is not the same as a romance novel.

The siren by tiffany reisz