The Dominant

The Submissive Trilogy, Book 2

By: Tara Sue Me

Narrated by: William Sharpe

Length: 12 hrs and 24 mins

Publisher's summary

Nathaniel West doesn’t lose control.

As the playboy CEO of West Industries, he governs the boardroom during the day; as a strict dominant with exacting rules, he commands the bedroom at night. He never takes on inexperienced submissives, but when Abigail King’s application comes across his desk, he breaks his own restrictions and decides to test her limits.

Abby’s combination of innocence and willingness is intoxicating, and Nathaniel is soon determined to collar her as his own. As long as she follows his orders and surrenders herself fully to him, no one will get hurt.

But when Nathaniel begins falling for Abby on a deeper level, he realizes that the trust must go both ways - and he has secrets which could bring the foundations of their entire relationship crashing down....

©2013 Tara Sue Me (P)2013 Penguin Audio

DON'T WASTE YOUR CREDIT!!

Was The Dominant worth the listening time?

Ok, the second book of this series is only a repeat of the first story told in the previous book of this trilogy, "The Submissive." The only difference being that it was told in Nathaniel's perspective rather than in Abigail's/Abbi's perspective. It's a good story, don't get me wrong...I guess I just went into this book expecting it to be a continuation of the first first book rather than almost 13hrs of repeat listening. Nothing new was gained from reading/listening to this book at all. In fact if I had to do it all over again, (which I do because Audible graciously gave me back my credit) I would skip this book in the trilogy altogether and wait patiently for Tara Sue Me to deliver a conclusion to this trilogy worthy of the beautiful story she started in "The Submissive."

Loved it!

I have read the paper back three times. I loved listening to the reader. As a sista the voice wasn't what I heard in my head but I enjoyed it.

HATE!!!! HATE!!!!! The monotone voice

Would you try another book from Tara Sue Me and/or William Sharpe?

HATE!!!! HATE!!!!! The monotone voice used for the narration. Perhaps I should have read the book like I did with the first one. The tone of the narration made an interesting story sound boring.

What was the most interesting aspect of this story? The least interesting?

HATE!!!! HATE!!!!! The monotone voice used for the narration. Perhaps I should have read the book like I did with the first one. The tone of the narration made an interesting story sound boring.

How could the performance have been better?

HATE!!!! HATE!!!!! The monotone voice used for the narration. Perhaps I should have read the book like I did with the first one. The tone of the narration made an interesting story sound boring.

A missed opportunity.

This is book 2 in THE SUBMISSIVE SERIES. It’s not a stand-alone. The story of THE SUBMISSIVE (book 1) is re-told from the Dominant’s point of view. There was potential for this novel to be delicious, but the opportunity was missed, in my opinion.

We find out a lot of romantic background things about The Dominant hero, Nathaniel in THE SUBMISSIVE. I felt there was so much potential for the story from his point of view to SHOW his inner struggles over his feelings for Abby right from the beginning, but the opportunity was by-passed. We are TOLD occasionally about his struggles but not the why. The writing was wooden and made the Dominant hero seem cold, hard and sometimes indecisive. And this representation of the hero was exacerbated by the narration of William Sharpe which I did not enjoy, sorry to say.

I don’t really seek out overly angsty stories, but there was potential for some to be inserted here so we could see how Nathaniel was torn by the information he held that he could not reveal to Abby. I could have loved and sympathised with him for having to struggle with his feelings, but it didn’t happen. and I’m left thinking I wish I had not bothered with this story. I can’t finish it. The original story, THE SUBMISSIVE is enough for now.

Disappointing

2 hours into this I realized I was listening to the same story as the submissive. I am not finding Nathaniel's POV to be that enlightening. I was tempted to skip the rest and go right to the third book but decided to stick with it in hopes it will be worth it.

same story as first, from his perspective

nothing new added here, just told from his point of view. a waste of $15

The submissive and dominant

The submissive and Dominant are one in the same I paid over $17 each and you have copied one book to the other very unfair 😁😁😡