Romance and other things

So this ends up being a polyarmorous relationship as should be clear from the blurb, but bears repeating - Anna and Pia were lovers first, then Anna acquires Sebastian, at first because she wants freedom for herself and Pia, then she falls in love with him for real and then Sebastian's former lover Farleigh joins them at the mix.

It is a lovely, feel good book. Foursome is a bit out of my comfort zone, but I certainly glad I read this one. A lot of the book is devoted to developing D/S relationship between them (two people are dominants, two submissive) and I thought the sex was scorching hot and there was lots, lots LOTS of it - felt that way anyway. Funnily, I was the least satisfied with m/m side of the relationship - Farleigh and Sebastian felt more like an afterthought than the fully integrated part of their lives. But romance wise I am primarily a m/m reader, so it is hard to please me. Anna and Pia were hot, scorching hot, Anna and Sebastian were just amazing, Sebastian's submission especially - lovely.

Three of them and four of them together, again were okay. I thought it went way too fast all of them being comfortable with each other, but again I was not bothered too much.

There is some flogging in the book, but I did not feel that overall BDSM elements were hardcore. I mean, obviously D/S play was the most important, but the elements were they used toys, tools, I did not think that was hardcore.

The settings are not detailed at all, I was going back and forth trying to decide whether the characters' mentality was a touch too modern, but am still hesitant to say it one way or another.