Resistance

2020 Reread: This book has still stuck with me all these years later, and I enjoyed it just as much this time around as the first. I have a thing for seriously flawed characters with fucked up relationships.

UPDATE: As much as I find myself thinking back to this story, I realize it made more of an impact on me than I originally thought, so I'm upping my rating from 4 stars to 5.

Original Review:
I really like how very flawed the characters are in this book. Bran is stubborn and prideful to a fault, and jumps into a situation without fully understanding what the hell he has actually agreed to. It's Jonathan's responsibility as the experienced Dom to take control and help Bran understand and accept the role of a sub, but he fucks it up completely. This utter failure on Jonathan's part is evident every time the story switches to Bran's point of view. It was incredibly entertaining to read Bran's inner dialogue of snark against Jonathan, and so refreshing to finally see a sub with spirit and attitude, rather than one who is infantilized and clueless about normal behavioral cues like so many others I've read. I look forward to finding out from the next book whether Bran and Jonathan can make this relationship work and still allow Bran to retain his strong and witty personality.