To Tame A Countess Reviewed

a review of To Tame A Countess by Mistik

Adult Historical Erotic Romance

To Tame a Countess is a Domestic Discipline Historical featuring a feminist of the old submissive and a playboy who is determined to discipline her into a proper, English lady. Josephine’s parents left England when she was a small child, chose not to teach her the English ways, so when they passed away and she returned to her native country, she was in a cultural shock. Unfortunately, the society is less than tolerant of eccentricity and wilderness in a woman, so Josephine tries very hard to fit in and find happiness in her, at the beginning, less than fortunate marital arrangement. She tries very hard to be a proper English wife to please her demanding husband.

Warren does the only thing he knows how to do well: beat the mischief out of his wife. While it sounds cruel and abusive, ok maybe sometime it comes across as abusive, Josephine is a bit of a pain slut and a kinkster, so not all punishments feel real. Josephine, much to Warren’s delight, discovers she is enjoys the kinky bedroom scenery. There is a scene or two where I felt the dark of the DD with Warren pushing to hard and Josephine not understanding it’s wrong of him to demand such things through such methods. DD is not therapy, nor does it cure personality traits and it certainly does not erase years of parental neglect and upbringing. However, Warren is convinced his methods are going to work…eventually.

I want to add, I feel the proprieties of the society are to be respected. I feel Josephine should have tried harder but I also understand she is her own person with rights to refuse doing that which makes her uncomfortable.

Needless to say there is a underlying tone of “wrong doing” here by Warren and a healthy mindfuck as I read how Josephine just can not do anything right but enjoys the punishments. Annabel Joseph often crosses the lines between abuse and discipline, wrights the wrongs and redeems the male heroes. It is the dark of her Power Exchange dynamic which makes me yearn for more of her books.

I love Joseph’s books for the edge she brings to the power dynamic because in real life, at least for me, there is always something edgy when one takes and other gives for the one who gives may have silent reservations but does it anyway since that is how it works for them. The edge, the imbalanced perfection and the inequality IMO is the fuel that feeds the dynamic and I love reading about it. I recommend this book to all Historical DD lovers!

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Historical DD lovers must-read!