A girl can dream, right?ĭon't mind me, though. This guy had me intrigued and I would so love to get his story. I decided to round my rating up to 3 stars, for one thing because of the ending and for another thing because of Leo. Even if it might have been for Gavin's own good, to show him what he is capable of, it didn't sit right with me. And I was like WTH? Didn't you already prove that often enough? On the other hand, Ben's behavior during one scene bordered on manipulation for me. Instead Gavin still had some doubts if he would be enough for Ben and thought he would have to prove himself to him. Here they somehow didn't get enough time to show it. What I also always loved was the dynamics in the relationship between Ben and Gavin. I only wish that would have happened sooner and I'm sure my rating would have been higher, then. The second half finally picked up and I thought 'NOW we are talking!', but instead of getting somewhere it only got drawn-out again, before the last 10% reminded me once more why I love this series. The first half almost bored me to death and I even considered a DNF - multiple times actually - but we are talking about Ben and Gavin here, for Christ's sake, so I just refused to give up on them.

Overall I might have enjoyed it more if there hadn't been too many unnecessary details. I didn't really buy to which extent Gavin would go as a former detective to circumvent the law and roping Ben into it and put him in danger didn't fit the impression I got from him so far. Where I loved the mystery part in all previous books which had me sometimes read through my fingers, here it fell somehow flat. I loved loved LOVED the first three books in this series, although they haven't been an easy read at times - or maybe because of that? - and for me as a non-fan of BDSM this is really saying something.

Honestly? I have no bloody clue what went wrong here.

Consent by A.J. Rose