This is the second novel of the Administration Series, sequel to Mind Fuck, in which we were first introduced to Toreth and Warrick. The first part of the book is similar to the format of Mind Fuck: there's a mystery and Toreth is attempting to solve it without getting himself into too much trouble. Once again, well written. I didn't expect, when I picked up these books, to get sucked into that aspect of the story. Following this "novella" as it is properly described are a series of stories which deal entirely with the developing relationship between Toreth and Warrick. I'm uncertain how I feel about this section of the book. The relationship continues to be very hot, yes, but you spend about 100 pp. reading about sex and control and intimacy, etc, etc, which can get to be too much when you read it all in one sitting -- basically, too much sex (I can't believe I just said that) and not enough plot outside the sex. In Mind Fuck, at least the sexual aspect was nicely balanced by the mystery. Here, the relationship is completely isolated and has to captivate the reader's attention without the assistance of the other plot. It's almost as if Manna Francis ripped out all the original sex scenes that were written into the main plot of Quid Pro Quo (probably bc they wouldn't have worked well with the "other" plot) and then jumbled them together at the end of the novel bc the reader needs to see this development in the relationship before the next novel in the series. ( )

The link to my review.