2008-01-21 Last installment for Tobias and Noah - Surprising

The last installment of this excellent series based around Tobias and Noah and their relationship both as a couple and as D/S and it is as absorbing and well written as ever.

After an impatient wait I was more than surprised with events and to be honest, a little disappointed in some ways. Phan isn't my overall favourite character and I felt he intruded on what has been built up over the course of three books between Noah and Tobias. The writers went some way to convincing me though and by the end and I actually enjoyed it - even though it wasn't quite where I'd imagined the book going.

I did end up liking Phan after finding him irritating in book one and him slowly growing on me - his bouncy fizzy personality is hard to dislike. Though the manner of his inclusion wasn't something I was overjoyed to read, and came as a frown of surprise, it was made to work and as such, I enjoyed it more than I expected to. It almost seemd though, that the writers wanted to cure Phan's problems as early on as they could and shoehorn him in with our leads to get on with the hot threeways which was a shame but understandable I guess.

The sex scenes are plentiful and sizzling and the writing is bang on target with the characters well fleshed out, as ever. I can't agree with a fellow reviewer who found Tobias's penchant for switching, off putting - personally I loved it. A strong toppy charcter suddenly submitting or switching, for me, was a delicious and satisfying bonus. It was handled in a way that didn't jar with their natural roles and personalities which is a credit to the writing.

I was disappointed by elements of the book and overjoyed by others: I disliked what happened with Noah's job, I felt it was a big part of his identity and gave him a strength and a strong sense of individuality. The changes at the club and Tobias's new position are great, however and I loved so much seeing a chink more through Bradford's armour.

Personally, forget the Phan spin off and give me more Bradford and Nikki. I would love to delve deeper into Bradford's story after seeing a little more of him and his humour here. His and Tobias's toppy teasing of one another is fun and very sexually charged. As for the rest of the club, it is certainly a melting pot of ancillary charcters begging for expansion - newcomer Tom piqued my interest especially.

Overall, solid writing, highly charged and erotic sex and role play scenes and wonderful characters with a depth not often seen in this type of erotica. If you are interested then start with book one - Submission and enjoy the development of this sexy relationship. For regular readers, this hopefully will provide you with a spicy conculsion.