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Chargement... Stealing Serenitypar Tami Veldura
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Serenity, a photograph worth four million dollars, was sold at auction to an anonymous bidder, and stealing it will represent the largest payday Daniel will have ever had. To make that happen, he poses as a photography curator to attract the attention of Kearin, the auction house owner.Kearin takes Daniel under his wing to work in the non-profit branch of his business, but it's a cover for his desire to see Daniel naked, bound, and needy for the camera. Kearin has a client interested in a very specific portfolio--filling the request would put him at the top of his field.Daniel thinks he can use the modeling to get closer to Serenity. What he doesn't expect is to fall for Kearin's brand of intensity instead. So does he go for the photograph or Kearin's heart? He wouldn't call himself a master thief if he couldn't steal both. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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I think I’ll make this review into a Pro vs Con review since I have conflicting views about the book.
Pros :
1. I liked the way the author conveyed Daniel’s character. How his thoughts were sharp, precise and analytical. The sentences from Daniel’s pov were all that way, even when he started to fall under the spell of Kearin.
2. The book was a fast and somewhat easy read. I qualify the somewhat only because of the way that Daniel thought which made the writing harder, rather than flowing.
3. The editing was good. I don’t remember finding anything that bothered me enough to remember.
4. I liked how the author conveyed Daniel’s feelings as he was being bound by rope.
Cons :
1. As soon as I started to read this book and I saw the name ‘Kearin,’ it strongly reminded me of the name ‘Kenon’ from the book “Artist’s Touch,” by Kerry Adrienne. In Kenon’s case he ran an artist’s guild instead of a non-profit. But both dealt with art in some form with an obnoxious patron who threatens the second MC’s reputation and business. Both stories also contain a model who models in front of others and privately for the other MC.
2. We get a pretty good idea of Daniel’s personality, but really don’t know anything about Kearin except he’s a guy in control, he appears to be a Dom, a photographer and that he knows rope and bondage. We know facts but nothing about his personality. I didn’t like that.
3. Daniel’s a thief. It seems he goes around stealing objects of high value. The blurb says Daniel steals for the money, but that’s not emphasized in the story so I’m not sure if he does it for the challenge or for the money.
4. The photo ‘Serenity’ that Daniel is going to steal. We’re told over and over how obsessed Daniel is at finding it. All I can say is ‘so what?’ It never felt like a big part of the story. Why was it so important? Why was it so special other than it sold at auction for a high price? Tell me about its beauty. What specifically was it about that photo that made it outstanding and different from other photos?
5. The words, “The photo is everything” appears significant. I can’t figure out why, unless at the end
6. I really don’t get the big deal about Kearin’s non-profit. It seems that it’s supposed to do something about making the community better, but one project planted sunflowers next to a school and then took pictures. What was so special about that? Mostly the company seems to center around taking photographs. So what’s the real purpose of his company? It doesn’t really do anything although it’s presented to the readers that it does. This is one other part of the story where I’m unsatisfied with the incompleteness of info we are given about different aspects of the plot. Parts are shown and then ignored after we see them, never fully realized. It’s annoying.
7. Maybe someone else has figured this out? But why did Kearin, at the end make a call to find out if the money for the photo was ok?
8. Two last major things.
Stealing Serenity was a quick, but frustrating read for me. I don’t like stories that tell me a tidbit of something then gloss over it later because the author is focusing on what they really want to tell. It’s like the author had the idea about the characters first then added the parts around it, because the author needed something. It’s like the story was meant to be a book on BDSM, rope bondage submission, but the author didn’t want to present it as such so added other stuff to disguise the D/s.
I liked the style of writing and the precision of the writing for Daniel’s pov, but I found the incompleteness of the background information was like some hazy mist that never materialized a solid platform to stand on. I didn't like that there seems to be too many questions about holes that aren’t filled. Not enough info about characters especially Kearin, about the photo, about why the idea of stealing a photo is the plot when it really wasn’t so much about the photo at all. If there's only one plot hole open that I can't figure out, I can ask the author in those little sections GR now has up for reviewers to use. But when there are loads of holes that don't make sense and I'm left unfulfilled, (sheesh this sounds like bad sex), then I'm annoyed and frustrated. I want to give this 2.5 Stars, but up it to 3 Stars.