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Book Review of Throwback

Throwback
Throwback
Author: Annie Windsor
Book Type: Paperback
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Helpful Score: 2


I'm willing to accept some pretty outlandish things in a work of fiction, as long as it's somewhat grounded in reality. Castle out in the middle of the deep south? Okay. Sure. Fully kitted out dungeon for some heavy sexual play? A little more outlandish, but if you've got the money to build a castle, I guess I can believe it.
A son who gives up being a Wall Street power broker to go and travel with a bunch of Mideveal re-creationists, who also are all heavily into S&m?

Then, throw in the fact that in all of this dominant and submissive culture, there isn't one female dominant. Not one. That does not ring true to me. Sure, it's a fantasy, but my inner femmi-nazi starts rearing her ugly head and screaming about females not always being submissive, and it goes downhill from there.

This book ended up getting thrown against the wall in disgust.

I was hoping for a nicely smutty story with a full figured heroine. Sadly, I didn't get what I wanted.