Title: Break the Rules
Series: Rough Love 7 (can not be read as standalone!)
Pages: 282
Release date: 2019 October
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Rating: ★★★★★
Blurb:
Xander Romano strives for harmony in his life. He's a set of contradictions: cruel but kind, famous but private, loving but merciless. He lives on the knife edge, and that's how he likes it.
But he just asked his boyfriend for the one thing he swore he'd never want.
And now Xander's perfect balance is starting to sway...
Ben Ballard is coming into his own. His career is taking off, his talent is being recognized, and he's exploring a whole new power exchange with Xander. He followed the Big Bad Wolf right into the middle of the forest, and he did it willingly. But how much can Ben give to Xander before he starts to lose himself?
And how black can things get before Ben finds the light in Xander's darkness?
Break the Rules is the novel-length seventh part of the Rough Love series. Join Ben and Xander in their continuing odyssey of self-discovery, experimentation, and steamy fun as they work out the kinks together. Never fear: these two will get their HEA. It'll just take them some time to figure out what that happy ending looks like for them...
Rough Love can be rough. Please proceed with caution if you have any triggers.
My review:
This series and Xander is like air for me, I can't live without them.
After the happy and darker scenes earlier, this part was a bit painful to read - I mean I hate to see them in that kind of pain that aren't fun. Xander and Ben tried to find the perfect balance for their life together, while living their own life too. I loved how they did everything in their power to be together and doing those s/m stuffs they love.
My love for Xander is limitless - just like Ben's. Loved everything he did, and I just love how real everything is in this book. They did normal stuffs, had friends, worked on their jobs, and most importantly they loved. Loved each other so much, there aren't words for it. Their love making and especially the heavy and darker ones were everything.
But not everything is full of sunshine, and when Xander's fears became too much and he lose control, everything got sad.
This book is can be separated to 2 half - the first the happy one, the second the painful and sad one.
I love that the author did this, she totally could write about all the happy things and let them be happy and in love forever, but no, she did the best for chosing this tactic, because life isn't just sunshine - Xander and Ben had to find their way back to themself and to each other. It was painful, yeah, but it was a needed and good distance for both of them. And while I wanted them to be together and happy, and it hurt to read those parts, it was still good.
The 24/7 power exchange scenes were good and hot, and I really thought they were into it and stay in that life. Xander's total power was so hot to watch, and Ben's total submission was beautiful. They are so perfect together♥
And that scene where Xander begged Ben for forgivness and said he do everything and really everything - it was sad and beautiful at the same time. I couldn't even breath while reading, it was so exciting.
LOVE this series and Xander so much♥
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