Tobias doesn’t hate Phan, on the contrary, I have the feeling that he is still in love with him, but now, in book 2, Tobias realizes his future is with Noah. So allowing to Tobias to be so clearly in power is at the same time admitting that he trusts Tobias trusting to Noah doesn’t come easily, not only for his past experiences, but also since, as a cop, he has to be really careful.įor Tobias, committing so fully to Noah, is also a way of healing from his past again the previous partner, Phan, is part of the story, and his relationship with Tobias is still on, only moved to a friendship stage. If I remember well, Noah was “scarred” by a bad experience with his previous Dominant, bad not since he didn’t love the man (that is still his friend) but since he couldn’t completely trust him with his safety. True, I don’t like very much public sex scene, but the ones in Deviations: Domination are tempered by the fact that they are, in a way, a commitment: allowing Tobias to stake his claims on Noah in front of their friend is a way for Tobias to fully commit to Noah and for Noah to fully acknowledge his relationship with Tobias. ( )Īs many told me, the second books in the Deviations series tends to be a little more “public” than the previous one, but that is not necessarily a bad point.

This will certainly be on the re-read list. Their love for each other is yet on the side of new but seems to be boundless. Tobias and Noah are fast becoming one of my favorite romantic couples. This is the kind of book which makes most of those unexpected situations believable and realistic. If an author can cause a reader to believe in the characters and their reactions in a situation which is unfamiliar then the author has done a really good job. The authors depicted feelings and reactions which are very believable in a situation which most readers have never experienced, or wish to experience, yet are still curious. I was pleasantly surprised at how 'ordinarily and delightfully human' these two guys were portrayed to be. Dominants are not always strictly dominant and submissives are not always only submissive. Where the first book of the series was not focused so much on submission but more on two people meeting, getting to know each other and getting accustomed to one another's needs and expectations, This, the second book, dwells deeper on the nature of their relationship. I absolutely love these 2 main characters, Tobias, a veterinarian and Noah, a police officer. The book nor the series, nor the subject is for everybody.

Domination by Chris Owen