Series: Club Whisper #4
Author: Xenia Melzer
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Cover Artist: Aaron Anderson
Publication Date: June 25, 2019
Length: 200 pages
Reviewed by Sammy
Synopsis
Silver fox Curtis is everything baker Andrew could want in a sub, and their chemistry is off the charts. But as a wealthy and successful gallery owner, Curtis intimidates Andrew and challenges his dominant nature. Can Andrew get used to a sub with a much higher social status?
British noble Curtis Morris has all but given up on finding his perfect Dom when he walks into a bakery and meets Andrew Granger—smoldering hot, new to Miami, into the lifestyle, and with kinks that align perfectly with Curtis’s own.
Andrew grew up poor and doesn’t know if he can handle a sub with so much more money, even if he’s insanely attracted to Curtis. To make matters worse, Curtis’s preferred club, Whisper, is far beyond Andrew’s financial means. Still, Andrew doesn’t want to lose Curtis to his own hang-ups, not when Curtis is far from the elitist snob Andrew expected. But Andrew keeps messing up, and with Curtis’s rich ex visiting with the hopes of winning him back, he and Curtis will need all the help they can get to make their romance of opposites work out.
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Review
When Andrew, who was new in town, went looking for a club to
attend he ruled out Whispers which he felt catered to only the rich and
snobbish. So when a customer appeared in his bakery and Andrew got up the
courage to ask him out, he was surprised to find that the guy was not only
wealthy but a part of the Whispers scene—two automatic black marks—hence, the
date was a disaster. But Andrew couldn’t get Curtis out of his mind and set out
to woo him back. Now the two men must learn to put aside their prejudices and
see if they can make a relationship work.
I must in all honesty begin this review by saying that I
really love BDSM novels and have read more than my fair share so I was excited
to read the next installment in Xenia Melzers’ BDSM series. Having said that, I
can tell you that while this novel had some fine moments I felt that the
relationship between Andrew and Curtis lacked something. That indefinable spark
that occurs between couples who just seem perfect for each other never seemed
to happen. Instead I felt as though theirs was a partnership of compromises
with Andrew taking on the lion share of changing in order to live up to Curtis
and his bevy of rather snobbish friends—except for Collin.
Perhaps I feel this way because the author spent to much
time having Andrew focus on Curtis’ wealth and status and fretting over his own
lack of both. Or perhaps it was because while Andrew was all about adjusting
his thinking and his own ingrained prejudices about the wealthy, Curtis seemed
to do little more than complain to his friends who either offered to beat up
Andrew or suggested he be left in the dust and never interacted with again.
Whatever the cause, this novel felt incredibly lopsided to me—with very little
chemistry between Curtis and Andrew to enjoy and a lot of useless angst over
who had the upper hand in their dom/sub relationship due to the sub being
extraordinarily wealthy and nobility to boot.
I did appreciate how the author took the time with Andrew to
have him show obvious growth and a gradual shift in his thinking. His character
seemed to be the most interesting to me apart from Collin who I think was just
adorable. Some may have a bit of trouble with Collin’s stream of conscious
speaking style but I found it genuinely amusing and endearing. I felt the rest
of the group came off as rather catty and I didn’t think that was in keeping
with their established characters from previous novels but perhaps this was the
author’s way of showing solidarity amongst the subs.
A Dom and his
Gentleman, the fourth in the Club
Whisper series by Xenia Melzer, was a nice story with some real issues that
I felt should have been resolved before it came to press. I liked how the two
men approached their relationship with care and paid particular attention to
being on the same page when it came to consensual acts and how to play out
scenes together. But the lack of connection between the main characters and the
hovering presence of the side characters in Curtis’ life derailed the story for
me far too often.
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