One Real Thing

**Re-read/listen 11/15/21-11/15/21*[a:Max Tatch 6638277 Max Tatch https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png]I've been in something of a romance slump lately so I decided to go to one of my tried & true pick-me ups. It'd be disingenuous of me to say that this is only my second go around with this book. Reader, it is not. I love this book, I'm not too sure as to why, and that makes me love it more. Surely one of the reasons is [a:Max Tatch 6638277 Max Tatch https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png]'s pitch perfect narration. Sublime. It fits the characters like a handmade glove. The rest is that the story squares with how I feel an actual D/s relationship could develop and work. Everything between Nick & Holly flows organically from who they are to what they need without a textbook of rules, should & shouldn't, outfits, poses etc. All the things that, while enjoying BDSM centered stories, make me always keep them a bit removed, in the realm of fiction