How to Train Your Dom in Five Easy Steps by Josephine Myles [Rant Review]

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How to Train Your Dom in Five Easy Steps

 

 

Plot:

Sometimes the little head really does know best.

 

Jeff White’s needs are simple. All he wants is a submissive to help him explore the dominant side that his ex-girlfriend couldn’t handle. Problem is, inexperience in both dating and domming has resulted in a string of rejections.

 

What he needs is an experienced sub willing to show him the ins and outs of controlling a scene. Unfortunately, the only one willing to take him on is male, and Jeff is straight. One hundred percent, never-gonna-happen straight.

 

Easygoing painslut Eddie Powell doesn’t care that Jeff is younger, working class, and shorter. Eddie likes a bit of rough, and Jeff fits the bill perfectly. The trick will be convincing him to follow Eddie’s five-step training programme—which would be easy if Eddie wasn’t starting to have feelings for the rough-around-the-edges landscaper.

 

Once Jeff lays his hands on Eddie, things definitely get out of hand. But it’ll take more than hot, sweaty, kinky sex to persuade him to come out of the closet—especially to himself.

 

Warning: Contains a happy sub, a confused Dom, a high ratio of sex to plot, misuse of root ginger, and a suitcase of kink. Written in Jo’s usual exceedingly “English” English.

 

Goodreads overall rating: 3.89 stars (If you ask me that's way too much)

 

My Goodreads angry review: "DNF. Straight into that shelf. Jeff is an asshole, misogynistic, judgmental creep who has NO business being in the BDSM community, specially as a Dom. The man has no idea what he’s doing, he is possessive to the point of “wtf” and just plain creepy.

 

“One had even done that before he got to the kinky bit of the conversation, saying he was a rude arsehole. All he’d done was tell her that the frilly dress she was wearing made her look like an old-fashioned doll, and that she’d be sexier in something sleek and tight. Honestly, women could be so bloody sensitive sometimes.”

 

"Why couldn't the women who were into BDSM look more normal?"

 

Really?? Really. Women could be so sensitive sometimes. You LITERALLY just insulted her, what the hell did you expected?? For her to praise your sorry simple ass? Ugh. Very few characters on a novel piss me off like this one. Honestly, get this away from me or I will write more."

My goodreads rating: 1 star because I can't give 0 stars and get me a case of amnesia.

 

Listen, I think my review on Goodreads tells you ALL you need to know about this book and it's main character. I feel like I said everything I needed to say there. I should have fucking known by that title I was going to hate this.

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I feel like I should point out that I don't even remember how the relationship between the main characters was. I was too busy hating Jeff (the "dom") to actually enjoy anything else BUT by the reviews I've seen, they have no chemistry whatsoever.