Sweet Addiction

Let me say that I TOTALLY love Maya Banks. The 2nd book in this series, Sweet Perusion, seriously love me some Damon Roche, was the 1st Erotica book that I ever read. Loved it!! We met Cole in that book and I instantly wondering what made him tick.I loved this book, but I was surprised by the pairing of Lucas, Ren and Cole. In Sweet Tempation, we found that Micah had lived in one for a time before his partners were murdered, but I did not expect a menage from Cole. I thought he was too much like Damon; too possessive. But, as the story moved on I found that I like this one more and more. I loved Lucas and Ren and Connor matched him well. I thought is was a good fit for them all.I know that there are many who are upset at this book. This book is NOT, and I repeat, was NOT supposed to be the ending to the Sweet Series. That was Sweet Possession, Connor, and all the archs are tied up in the final chapter of that book. This book was an extra book that Maya did for her fans, and maybe that is why so many are upset. While Cole had connections to Damon and Micah, he did not to anyone else. So, that is why it is so hard connecting it to the rest of the Sweet Series. No Girls, not drunkeness, no other guys (Gray, Nathan, Pop, Connor, etc) so I am seeing why readers are disappointed. But do not be. This out of all of them is the one that could be read as stand alone, but the book is very hot, and yes, it does have some serious BDSM elements in it, which I expected.So, this will end now the offical "Sweet Series". Next will be a spin off series coming in April of 2014, I think that is when her site says it will, that will focus on Kane and his Security Team from Sweet Possession. So, it is possible that she will update us on what the old Sweet Gang is doing in those.Thank you, Maya, for this series. It got me hooked!! Good job and cannot wait for the new spin off series.

Admittedly I did not read the other books in this series. And I've read my fair share of D/s relationships. This is relatively well-written, although if you take the sex away from the relationship, I'm not sure what is going on between Cole and Rem. I just don't get it.So story: Cole and Ren were lovers ten years ago when she was 18. Then there's an accident during one of their sessions and Ren is injured and Cole's so rattled by it that he breaks up with her. Present day, Ren is the submissive to Lucas, who she clearly loves, wears his collar, and by her own admission, he knows her better than she knows herself and we get to read numerous instances of this. It's endearing, actually, if you're into the D/s kind of thing. He's seems like the perfect Dom. Anyway, Cole sees them dining at a restaurant and wants her back. He enters into an agreement with Lucas and Ren is to spend two weeks with Cole and then return to Lucas. And herein lies the issues with this. For two men who love her strength and confidence, they seem awfully quick to make a number of emotionally-charged decisions for her without her involvement.I hated the ending and frankly was disappointed at Lucas's behavior, but I am still Team Lucas all the way. I was actually hoping there would be some tragedy to make Cole disappear. I was not crazy about him at all in this book.And then there's the sex: public sex, sex with strangers, threesomes (MMF), foursomes (MMMF), sex on a boat, serious bondage, serious discipline (belts, paddles, etc). It's all hot if you're into that kind of thing. I was not a fan of any of the scenes involving Cole as he's not just dominant but crude and harsh. Not my thing.

Sweet Series ~ Read for the first time Early 2013 got them from the library. Bought the books December 2013 so I could re-read them. Yummy series with explicit sex scenes. I read books 1 to 6 quickly. Giving each book 5 stars.~~Bookshelves on my Goodreads: a-series, aa-erotica-5-10stars-amazing, author-maya-banks, authors-for-erotica, authors-for-romance, genre-action-packed-romance, genre-erotic-suspense, genre-erotica, genre-erotica-bdsm, genre-suspense, read, read-in-2013, sexual-mf, sexual-mfm-or-fmf-or-more, sexual-toys-or-objects, species-human~~Review:This series is excellent. All I gotta say is WOW!! Hot, steamy, very explicit sex scenes and a for sure recommended read!!Must read in order since all of the characters are in all of the books once they are brought into the storyline. There is a lot of new and old friendships, Hot Steamy sex. They all have good suspense, action, romance, BDSM, Spanking, bondage, multiple partners and more. . . keep you right at the edge of your seat and wanting more.This series is much better than "50 Shades of Grey". Since it has more with bondage, spanking, more characters. . yummy ~ would recommend and would read again.If you enjoy this series I would recommend reading "Wicked Play Series" by Lynda Aicher and "Masters of the Shadowlands" by Cherise Sinclair. Both are excellent BDSM series with a lot of hot steamy sex scenes and more. Need to read these series in order, the characters continue thru the books. . . . I will be re-reading both series in time since I have them on my kindle. :-)~~~

I have not reviewed a book in a long time but felt the need to on this one. First-it amazes me the amount of people that gave a low review because it was a sub/dom book or because of the sex scenes. All I have to say to those people is either you did not read the description or you did not look at the cover. Even the cover hints as to what the book is.Now the book. This is not my genre and I am not sure how I stumbled on this book but I am very glad I did. This book is a lot of things but if you read it with an open mind to me it was a beautiful love story. I loved the way all three characters were made to be main characters and no one was put to the side. There is a lot of sex scenes in this book but i realized in the middle that most of those scenes were there for a purpose not just put there to have a sex scene in the book. The only reason I did not give 5 stars was because I was able to predict the ending way too soon in the book but it does not take away fom the book. It wast a great book.

WARNING - SPOILERS.Maya Banks has written Cole's story for his fans. She has stated it is not book 5 in the sweet series, but then again she has still included sweet in the title. It is far from sweet! I'm no prude, but some of the sex scenes were pornographic. Even I was shocked.So Cole has featured in some of the other books and we didn't know much about him. Turns out when he was young, he fell for a girl called Ren. They both wish to experiment with bondage etc and Cole being the Master in the relationship. However, Cole got a bit carried away with a belt and hurt Ren...even leaving a scar. He couldn't bear the guilt he felt so he left her. It didn't ring true with what we know of Cole that he would give up the love of his life because he hurt her when they were learning what they liked. It seems Ren was not upset he had hurt her...she is more upset he left her.Fast forward 10 years and whilst Cole is out for dinner with Damien and Serena, he sees Ren. Unfortunately, she is with her new Master, Lucas.The book starts with Lucas' story. He reminds me a lot of Damien and I liked him. He takes care of Ren. The second part of the book is Cole. I didn't actually like Cole's story that much. I didn't like the sex scenes or what they got up to (M/F, M/M/M/F!). The final part of the book is Ren's story.Basically, Lucas knows that Ren was once in love with Cole and he knows Cole wants Ren, so he allows Cole to have her for two weeks (he doesn't tell Ren). He wants her back after two weeks. There is too much of Ren thinking and missing Lucas and even realising she is in love with him! But, she loves Cole as well. Cole loves Ren, Lucas loves Ren. It has a HEA, but not one that I was pleased with.I don't really understand why Maya Banks went with this storyline for Cole. I would have preferred him as a side character in the Sweet series than this story. There is more I could say but I have already given too many spoilers.

I have just finished reading this book for the 3rd time, and thoroughly enjoyed the story yet again. Of all the page porn I've read this is my favourite.Ren is a petite submissive of with some asian heritage, her master is Lucas and they have been together for a year in a very successful relationship. The only downside is that Lucas is known to be a short-term master and Ren adores his handling of her but accepts that it may not be long term.Cole is Ren's first real love and the person who she explored her sway toward D/s with, he made a mistake - during an intense scene involving a bullwhip he marked her badly and she needed stitches. Cole never forgave himself and withdrew from Ren physically and then eventually left her.Cole sees Ren with Lucas at his club and decides that he wants her back, for good and here lies the basis of the story - both dominant men want Ren for themselves but also love her enough to want her to be happy. Lucas gives Ren to Cole for two weeks to work their 'thing' out of their system and this allows Ren and Cole to re-ignite their love but also leads Ren to accept her love for Lucas. This is heartbreaking to read at times as you feel Ren's anguish and it is written very well.The sex scenes are extremely hot, some of the best i've read and these include menage/group scenes, bdsm, public scenes, anal and a very hot captain and steward!!!I will wait awhile but will definately be reading this yet again when the page porn well runs dry for a while!

Once again a supposed erotic novel that is often just plain nasty. Very mysogynistic, but supposedly the female wants all that. The usual tosh of rich people flaunting their wealth, just happening to be drop dead gorgeous, and other implausibilities. Do readers really get swallowed up by these fantasies (maybe they do judging by the 50 shades phenomenon). Poor people have sex too, are maybe even skilled at it, maybe even enjoy it, but don't get to swan off on private jets to private islands to sail round on private yachts with a crew of raving perverts. It would be nice if some of these types of stories could be set more in the real worls. Yes that is a place you can have fantasies about.

The third in the trilogy, deffinatley a story for a lady who can but cant make up her mind. If more people are more confident to read stories like these they would see how emotive the story line is.She got what she wanted and needed in the end. Engrosed start to finish.

Cole's story is sensitively told. The relationship which develops between Cole, Ren and Lucas is different. But it shows that addiction will triumph if love survives.