OMG, omg, omg, where do I start? 5 stars just isn't enough !

I couldn't put this down. I had to keep reading, had to know what was going to happen next. How all these guys would work together. Would Dale be accepted?

This might be "online serial fiction" but the writing was brilliant. Maybe not completely perfect, but enough so to never make it an issue. Actually editing wise, there were about the same amount of issues you see in a professionally published book. The story telling, building of the characters, their interactions and the scenery it was set in is fantastic.

It's a slightly unusual story in that there aren't just 2 MC's. No there are 5 all up, with a few additional characters thrown in along the way. And it's all about Domestic Discipline, not BDSM in what has become the more standard definition. And there is absolutely no sex, not even fading to black or behind closed doors. Yet the relationship that these guys build between them is beautiful.

This is now so firmly ensconced on my favourites shelf, you'll need a crowbar to pry it off! ( )

Hard to define, but well worth the time. ( )

4.5 stars ( )

Loved it. Brilliant reading, great characters and wonderful world building. ( )

The actual story told in this book was a five-star read for me, but the writing style, extremely slow and detailed, made reading like hard work in some places. I never wanted to give up, however, as I got hooked during the first chapters. I loved this household, this polyamorous relationship of four (and in the end I believe the main character, Dale, had made the decision to join them, making it five)men. This is a book with what is called domestic discipline, not BDSM, and there is no sex written to the pages, though at some point you know it is happening (I was 100% sure in chapter 17, and in the last chapter, 19, the relationship is thoroughly explained to Dale, so the reader won't be left in the dark). I feel this book is like a very long introduction to what I hope will be interesting reading about a family of five men.

This is free online fiction, and there are four novels in the series. ( )