I feel kind of cheap giving this only three stars. It achieves what it sets out to do, and if this is what you're looking for I'm sure you'll enjoy it.

My problem is that dark books featuring scenes like this one are supposed to dial into the reader's fantasies, or at least that's my feeling. Knowing the whole thing is fake, which is the premise with this series, makes it too safe and robs the story of its steam.

If I want noncon/dubcon in my reading. I want it to be real, within the confines of the story of course. ( )