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Better than Fifty Shades February
Feb. 7th, 2015 10:26 amLet's be totally honest about Hard Reboot. A lot of the kink isn't consensual. It's the kind of book kinky people read, not the kind that accurately depicts BDSM. And this is stated right up front. (Given that it's cyberpunk and a lot of the equipment doesn't exist, there's that to consider too)
Caitlin is kidnapped, brainwashed and turned into a sex slave. Her mental and physical responses are rewired. Her husband spends the whole book working to get her back to herself, without the people who pretty much own them finding out.
Zara underwent similar brainwashing, with the implication that hers was even more awful because her owner didn't know what he was doing and was learning the techniques. She has fought her own way back to some sort of normal, after a decade, but the wrong tone, a stern command, and she's on her knees right beside Caitlin.
David is submissive, but he too is subject to forms of mind control. Turns out this is done through a chip in his brain and spine and is for everyone's safety.
Still a better love story than 50 Shades. Many of the characters act out of power and covetousness. But some of them act out of love.
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One of my favorite bits, and not work safe:
Caitlin jacked out, unmounted a portable drive from her base tower and then purged her entire hard drive. Naked as usual in the apartment, maintaining at least the appearance she was still a slave, for the benefit of the hidden LedaCorp cameras in the ceiling, she stretched and shook out her hair. Sean came closer and saw she wasn’t sweating from this run. He snapped his fingers and she went to her knees.
“Report.”
( Read more... )
Caitlin is kidnapped, brainwashed and turned into a sex slave. Her mental and physical responses are rewired. Her husband spends the whole book working to get her back to herself, without the people who pretty much own them finding out.
Zara underwent similar brainwashing, with the implication that hers was even more awful because her owner didn't know what he was doing and was learning the techniques. She has fought her own way back to some sort of normal, after a decade, but the wrong tone, a stern command, and she's on her knees right beside Caitlin.
David is submissive, but he too is subject to forms of mind control. Turns out this is done through a chip in his brain and spine and is for everyone's safety.
Still a better love story than 50 Shades. Many of the characters act out of power and covetousness. But some of them act out of love.
Buy Link
One of my favorite bits, and not work safe:
Caitlin jacked out, unmounted a portable drive from her base tower and then purged her entire hard drive. Naked as usual in the apartment, maintaining at least the appearance she was still a slave, for the benefit of the hidden LedaCorp cameras in the ceiling, she stretched and shook out her hair. Sean came closer and saw she wasn’t sweating from this run. He snapped his fingers and she went to her knees.
“Report.”
( Read more... )
