This one didn't really work for me, for a lot of the book Avery just annoyed me as I felt he was being incredibly self-centred and quite a lot of an arse.

The BDSM was fine, but the Sir/pet dynamic didn't work for me at all and for a lot of the time, when Colt referred to Avery as Sir in "third person past tense" it just made me cringe.

The last 20% made up for a lot of it though and I loved all the family stuff and Colt's reunion with his family back in Texas. Avery also got his head out of his backside and stopped being a jerk.

Not my cup of tea at all unfortunately. I didn't like the dynamic between the two characters at all and there was this huge power imbalance, in and out of the bedroom. I especially didn't like Avery's stance. It felt like it always had to go according to his terms, his rules, the way he thought things should be. He always held Colt at arms length and in the end I really didn't like him all that much.

The BDSM aspects of the book felt a little forced and dry and I can't say I'm a big fan of D/s dynamics bleeding into real life - especially since Avery never felt completely comfortable with it either.

All in all just not my kind of book

Roped In is the second installment in the Clean Slate Ranch series and I have to confess to not liking it as much as I liked Wild Trail, the previous book. The main reason for that is the BDSM theme. I'm just not into the whole Dom and Sub thing, or as it is here, the Sir and pet thing.

The other parts of the story I absolutely liked. How Colt had to deal with that big secret of him that's now out of the bag, and no, I'm not talking about him being gay. That we already knew. You know what secret I'm talking about, if you read book one. Which you absolutely don't need to have done, before reading Roped In, just saying. The whole dynamics between the different characters I also really liked.

This would have probably been a 4,5 star read, if not for the BDSM thing... which makes me sad, because I basically like everything A.M. Arthur writes.

If you like to read about BDSM and want to have a good angsty M/M read, this is probably a good book for you. Me not so much, but I'm definitely looking forward to Miles' and Reyes' story. These two appear broken and I'm really curious.

Rating: 3,5 stars

Poor Colt carrying that horrible secret for all those years and now we he has to not only try to mend his friendship with Mack but also work with his ex Avery. But Colt can't stay away from his "Sir" & Avery can't stay away from his "Pet". I loved that we got to see how they came together originally. We also get some back story on their families. I loved watching these two slowly work back towards each other. Even though they are afraid to open their hearts again to each other, they can't deny their feelings. I'm happy to see that Colt & Mack are working things out. I don't really believe Colt's father but maybe 16 or so years changes things. I can't wait for this to come out in audio. I also can't wait for the next book in the series.