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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Second in the series, still mixed feelings, April 19, 2009
I really wanted to like this more than three stars. I'm starting to like the characters, though John Fell can be a bit annoying with his constant feeling that he's being put upon to take responsibility he doesn't want. Since it's first person, it's even more of an issue when he gets a bit whiny. He's constantly keeping himself from doing things for no good reason then he's upset about it.
Again, no real romance here, but a much better idea of what D/s relationships are like. Some of the things the subs want still surprise me since I don't think they would be enjoyable, but I really enjoyed the look at the psychological aspects of the power relationship. Perhaps for me that is the best part of these books: taking a look at a world that is really unknown to me and trying to understand the people who live in it. That's what keeps me reading the series even though the same shortfalls as the first: no romance, not much sex, and feeling that I'm being spoon fed a bit of the story of these characters at a time when I really want a whole meal.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Exotic Pets (Lost and Found 2) by Syd McGinley, July 22, 2008
Lost and Found 2 has an happy underlining mood that makes it lighter than the first installment but also harder to digest if you are not into the D/s relationship.
Dr. Fell is become almost a guru among his Dom friends, and he is also a referring figure for all the submissives. For the fourth of July weeks, all the Doms and subs organize an outdoor activity outside John's cabin: there is entertainments and picnics, like those parties at school where proud fathers look how good are their "sons", but also commitment ceremonies which include branding and inking session.
It's also a way to see different Doms at "work" and how they are able to deal with their little brats. There are the old tested couple, like Mike and Chris, a ten years old relationship, or the new ones like Greg and Rory. There is the pet in training Charlie, alias "twink", and the sub in need to be rescued, Rinnie. And there is also the little but exotic hustler, Tommy, that, in the end, will be Dr. Fell next project... will he be also the new pet that Dr. Fell is searching?
As I said, there are some activities we witness reading this book that heavily test my beliefs on what is romance and what is a committed relationship; for me, who hardly consider romance a threesome, and only in certain condition, a relationship where one of the partners can be borrowed and shared like a common propriety is a very difficult one to accept. Truth be told, the borrowed partner is not against the idea, and sometime he seems also eager to be shared, but still... maybe this is a problem of mine, since this type of relationship implies a total surrender from one side and so also a total trust.
Then there is the emotional involvement of John; even if he worries for Tommy, I still don't feel him totally involved in this relationship: he has too much reasoning power, he analyzes things everytime and in every details... since he will not lose a bit of his self control, I don't think he will find another companion like Rob.
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