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I’m going to be nothing but honest in this review and start by saying THANK YOU to this author for holding nothing back.

I was raised in a conservative baptist home and found myself with thoughts that didn’t align with them, but closer to… the witnesses. What I did not experience myself, my ex did.

This is a TRIGGER WARNING for those who may have recently left. These pages hold nothing back, and are visceral. The first few pages left me out of breath and crying on the floor… multiple times. I totally called my therapist with the “I’m not alone” moments. The living in paradise while surviving hell. The thankless self sacrifice.

The deep rooted dominance i learned to stifle for good behavior… when I was meant to be an erotic beast that makes people feel things.

This book is seriously like my life from the past two years and I believe affirmed everything I had previously feared.

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I’ve always been interested in the fringey bdsm lifestyle and this story illustrates it perfectly. The author offers such an honest portrayal of what it’s all about which just feels so refreshing in this day and age when there is a tendency in fashion and media to bastardize kink. The characters are fully realized, grounded and hilarious. Stella is super relatable considering the insane trajectory of her journey. And Marlene is the classic narcissist/cult leader. The parallels in Stella coming from a cult and then immediately being attracted to Marlene is so real and human. Their dynamic really made me step back and look at the power dynamics in my every day life. I feel like this is one of those books that educates as it entertains. I felt a sense of empowerment after reading that I rarely get from fiction. I recommend this to anyone who is interested in real life dynamics of bdsm or to any of my girl friends looking for femme empowerment.

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“Domme and Dommer” was such a fun ride!! I highly recommend it to anyone who wants a peek into the life of a pro-domme. I’m always on the look-out for steamy gay books, and this is a rare one which brings together queerness, BDSM, and dominance. I was instantly hooked. It’s inspiring to witness Stella’s journey going from repressed wife to liberated domme, and follow along as she explores her interest in women, defies her religious patriarchal upbringing, and learns to trust her gut when it comes to relationships. It wrestles with some substantial themes while still making me laugh out loud along the way.

Would love to read a Part 2!