Thank you for the egalley to read and give an honest review.
Well this followed right in the steps of 50 shades. Not my gig, to be honest, but if done well I usually am happy to give then a read. Not so happy I tried this one.
So many things were wrong with it but mostly it was the unappealing heroine that did it in for me. Yes, I understand her sad past is supposed to help make us sympathetic but I just was not feeling it.
And for me, the pacing was off, the plot was flat, and mostly it just didn't pull me in as I would have liked.
And then a cliffhanger at the end, which doesn't even really make me want to continue with the series, despite it being there.
Overall, the book was very cliche for me and followed too closely to my above referenced book.
Just not for me.

I originally picked up The Silver Chain because it seems everybody had jumped on the FSoG train. I like to torture myself to see if anyone can come up with something different with the working formula of a young woman meets rich mysterious man, enters into a BDSM relationship, falls in love and lives HEA. Hmmm…

The story had potential, the problems for me laid mainly within the characters. I wasn’t a big fan of Serena. Don’t get me wrong, I do like how she was able to rise above the horrors of her life. I just never really warmed up to her. I also found Gustav a bit too hot/cold for my liking. Yeah okay fine he had a sucky marriage that has left him with emotional baggage. There were just some issues I had with the way he treated Serena because of his baggage. Why do all characters nowadays have to be broken? And please don’t get me started with the chain.

I do like a good BDSM love story, but when I find myself beginning to skim… Nope, this book didn’t work for me. I won’t be continuing on with the series. At least it had a nice cover.


Stars: 2
I received this book from Netgalley. I was not compensated for the book other than the entertainment it provided. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

The Silver chain by Primula Bond. A Crown of Wishes by Roshani Chokshi. I did not get a chance to read this before it was archived. So many books and not enough time!

<b>**DNF**</b>

I just couldn’t anymore at 64%, I gave it my best shot…

Has anyone ever read a book where there was just too much? Too much feeling, too many word descriptions, too much extra BS that has zero effect on the story except word count?

This is how I felt reading this book. Don’t get me wrong, I’m here for the words…but make them mean something. I don’t care what color the train is or how the heroine feels about EVERY. SINGLE. PIECE. OF. DIALOG. I just want to know what happens, give me the steam and spare me the “Shakespeare”.

Thank you to Netgalley for this title, but now I know why I waited so long to actually start reading it…

Reviewed years ago on Amazon and my website, and just forgot to upload it to netgalley! Trying to get everything up to date with older books.

This book did not work for me. It read like far too many erotica series that came out around the same time. There’s always a rich male willing to do something amazing and life changing for the heroine if she agrees to be his sex slave. Everything sort of fell flat for me and it was hard keeping interest in the story. I didn’t love the two MCs together and I really felt like the heroine was being used. And I mean really she was just being paid to have sex with him. Poor girl is clearly seeking love and affection and this way older man just was not it. I did not get romance vibes between them at least from his side of things. He was detached all while she was falling in love. It was kind of sad actually and with the cliffhanger I just wanted some happiness and to be done. Don’t think I’ll be reading on. Didn’t life the writing style and especially not the characters.

I've tried so many times to get into this book, but I just can't. I hate when that happens and it doesn't actually happen to me very often. I guess it's just not my cup of tea.

Very fifty shades-esque but with enthralling characters. Having read the 50 shades trilogy and with the Sylvia Day books on my TBR shelf, I went into this book with trepidation. There has been such an influx of (mostly mediocre) similar fiction over the past year and I hoped that this wasn't the same.


It was refreshing to see that the main female character wasn't as timid as other female characters in similar stories. Yes, she was a little reserved in places but jumping on a train, leaving her sleepy home town behind then being caught taking photos in a London park at night by a handsome stranger and back chatting him. Also, certain parts of her photography portfolio definitely show that she isn't a timid little mouse when it comes to sexuality and sensuality.

The sexual scenes were often a little cringey and the relationships between certain characters were odd to say the least. However, this was quite enjoyable and definitely worth being a quick beach read.

.5 bites
DNF @4%

Book source ~ NetGalley

The narrator, a woman of 20, dumps her boyfriend and leaves her small town for the big city of London. She wants to be a photographer and that’s not going to happen back in Hicksville with Billy Bob. Or whatever the equivalent is in Britain. Her thoughts ramble on in such a pretentious and annoying fashion that I had to give up or go insane. For a 20-yr-old she sure sounds like a 50-yr-old. In any case, I tried to continue but when I got to the part where she meets the creepy guy in a dark alley and her thoughts take 5 million years to describe how hot and interesting he is (but never once thinking he might be a rapist or serial killer or maybe she did and I missed it in her multi-page rambling drivel) and then she says his stubble is frustrated and his cheekbones are snow-piste. Wtf?! Now she’s the really creepy one. Seriously? I was out of there. Nope. Good-bye. I kill them both in my head. The end.

PS: There are probably people who eat this purple prose shit up. I am not one of them. As you can probably tell.

The cover caught my eye straight away as it is similar to Sylvia Day's books. It is the first book of a series of 3 and I had high hopes for it, the description sounds great, unfortunately as they say don't judge by it's cover in this case the cover was perhaps the best bit. The writing style and story just didn't capture me at all. It was so slow in pace I lost interest. Erotica I would have thought to be a hard topic to get right and I'm sad to say this book didn't get it right

Apologies for not sending feedback sooner. It was an oversight. I chose not to review this book on my blog. I just didn't care for it but did not want to publish a negative review.

This book was placed on my bookshelf for free, but unfortunately, I don't review this type of book on my blog. Thank you so much though.

This was something that did not work for me. The age thing was just too hard to deal with ... she is 20 and he is 40... and dom...

I unfortunately have had this book in my library to read for way too long. Once I had a slight lull between books, I decided now was the perfect time to start reading. I'm sad to say that I wish I had kept this one unread. I am not a fan of a submissive relationship and exactly what this story is. The fact that Serena, the main character, is only 20 and the man who dominates her is nearly 40 makes it even a little harder to swallow. As much as I attempted to give this story a chance, I just did not like it.

This story is not for me. No rating or review. Thank you for sending the book.

This book seemed very cluttered and slow paced. I picked it several times to try and finish it, but unfortunately it never really captured my interest

The was a DNF for me. I just could not get into the plot or characters. I loved the blurb and wanted to badly to like this but I just could not connect.

I never could get his to download on my phone so I did not get a chance to read it. I am sorry for the inconvenience.

What a great read, would happily recommend this book to friends.

I don't do this often...because I hate not finishing a book but I just can't bring myself to finish it. I tried and got about 30% through it. I just was not sucked in the way I hoped I would have been. :(