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The Insubordinate by Miranda Heart

By Jane • Oct 7th, 2006 • Category: D Reviews, Reviews • •

Dear Ms. Heart:

The Insubordinate I am probably the wrong person to review this book as I generally don’t like short stories unless your name is O. Henry and I am not a fan of erotica. I think this is an erotica novella and not a romance but I am getting more and more confused about the line between the erotica v. erotic romance genres. The entire book is comprised of one sex scene featuring Mike and Trisha Jones. They have been married for 8 years and their marriage is stagnant. Trisha is acting too submissive and Mike isn’t asserting himself like a proper Dom should. I kind of laugh at that sentence because it indicates I actually know how a proper Dom should act which I don’t. It’s simply my interpretation of your story. The story, all 7900 words of it, has no plot, other than the submissive apparently hasn’t been properly punished for the last six months by her master and thus acts out to gain his attention. I wasn’t engaged by either character or the story but I suppose if a reader is in the mood for a S&M sex scene, this would fit the bill. D.

Best regards,

Jane

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Jane is a long time romance reader whose passion is, you guessed it, reading. Jane also does not like to talk about herself in the third person, but apparently this is the way that this biography thing works (although in a true biography, someone else would be writing this blurb). Anyway, currently Jane loves urban fantasy authors Patricia Briggs and Ilona Andrews. She's really excited about this year's crop of historicals including Joanna Bourne's The Spymaster's Lady and Sherry Thomas' Private Arrangements and the upcoming Loretta Chase Her Scandalous Ways. She's looking for a good contemporary author. Email her with a recommendation!
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