Begging for It (An Asking for It Novel)

This series was quite a unique read and it was one of the reasons I was drawn from book one. I liked the whole forbidden concept, which was put together in a more reality based version. There probably are people in similar situations out there and I liked getting a glimpse of the issues they probably tackle. It wasn’t glamorised, it really touched real life and that really did make me enjoy reading this story.Our hero interest, Jonah, will always be one of my number ones. He’s a professor (I don’t even know what of properly but he studies volcanoes and earth quakes etc) and has probably the most boring profession ever but gosh is he still attractive. He’s the kind of character readers can easily love and swoon over. You know intense while remaining as one of the good guys. Of course I loved him from the beginning and loved getting reacquainted with him again.The heroine initially came out as strong willed and she really stood out from other book heroines. Like it’s a rarity to witness women who aren’t caught up in childish man drama. I loved seeing that in Vivienne. She was still a smart young woman in this one but I feel she became too wrapped up in the ‘man’ part. I liked reading about her progession of her darkest desires and how she dealt with those because they are bound to cause her problems but thankfully she has Jonah as a partner to overcome those.There’s a lot of issues surrounding her said dark fantasies. Especially when both parties have them. Could they get carried away and could it get dangerous for them? Of course there’s all these questions forming in the readers mind. I for one was scared for them like the way everything was happening I kept looking out for something to blow over for them. A very interesting concept.However, certain things in this story I felt wasn’t exactly the best. How the first book deviated from any of the normal couple drama and stood out because of it, this book I feel was more in tune with other romance novels. Vivienne also seemed a little different from book one. Like she didn’t seem her careless self but she seemed more revolved around Jonah which was a turn from the independent woman we witnessed.Regardless this proved to be enjoyable for me if not the best. The writing also helped. I definitely look forward to reading more works from this author.

I enjoyed this book, it was a good follow up to the first book. Very difficult issues, sensitively handled. It would have been 5 stars except for me, and I appreciate this is a totally personal thing, the use of the 'C' word just made me cringe every time I read it. I know it wasn't used in a derisory way but it just ruined the feeling for me. Nonetheless, a really good story, well told.

Hot but a good story to it also

I loved Asking for It so I was really excited to read more of Vivienne and Jonah's story in Begging for It. I had such high hopes for them and I wanted to see them working through their issues both individually and as a couple. I wasn't expecting either of them to give up their kink, there's absolutely nothing wrong with two consenting adults enjoying whatever fantasy turns them on as long as nobody is getting hurt by it, but I did find it concerning that Vivienne couldn't enjoy sex in any other way. She has some deep rooted issues that she obviously needs to deal with for her own sake as well as for Jonah's.I had such high hopes for this story that I can't help but come away feeling a little disappointed. Vivienne has no intention of changing, she doesn't want help and no matter how much she complains about hating herself for her desires she makes no effort to do anything about it. She's been in therapy for years and hasn't made even the tiniest bit of progress so either she's wasting her money on the world's most incompetent therapist or, much more likely in my opinion, she is pretending to pay attention and then blindly ignoring every piece of advice she's ever been given. It became so incredibly frustrating to see Jonah practically begging her to help him. He is desperate to change and working hard at dealing with his issues but whenever he asks her to bend even a little bit she gets resentful and starts acting like a child. She complains that Jonah won't give her what she needs but she never thinks about what Jonah needs. He doesn't want to give up their games altogether and he's not asking her to either but he doesn't want that to be all their relationship is about and she won't even try any other way.Throw in the suspense of a serial rapist (and of course Jonah is the main suspect of the police investigation!) and the way Vivienne was acting made me dislike her even more. I didn't like her attitude and I found this book very frustrating to read. It felt like 90% of the story was Vivienne acting like a brat and then finally in the last 10% they had one couples session with the therapist and Vivienne was magically cured. The complete turn around she makes happens far too quickly to be believable and it all left me rolling my eyes. If I'm honest I can't for the life of me figure out why Jonah stuck it out for so long and I no longer care about them as a couple. This was such a disappointing sequel and it's made worse because I had such high expectations going in.