Title: This is Knot DomCon - Book Two
Author: B.J. Frazier
Publication Date: January 30, 2024
Genres: Erotica
Protagonist Gender: Various
A quick recap for those who missed my review of This is Knot DomCon - Book One. This series is like the definitive comic book crossover/team-up of the erotica genre, with B.J. Frazier bringing in characters from A Domme for Christmas, the Eli series, Perchance to Dream, The Service Sub, Mistress Managed, and others, to explore DomCon (a very real BDSM/femdom convention) through a fictionalized story. You don't need to be a fan to enjoy this, but regular readers will enjoy seeing what their favorite characters are up to.
While the first book was mostly an introduction, giving the characters a reason to attend and introducing them to one another, This is Knot DomCon - Book Two takes us deeper into the relationships, the kinks, the fantasies, and (oh, yes) the drama. I'll circle back around to the drama, but first I want to just touch on some of the things you'll get to experience vicariously through the story.
The story does a fabulous job of exploring the differences between a sensual FLR (female-led relationship) and a strict power-exchange, and even juxtaposes them within a play event so that the characters can learn alongside the reader. Characters get to talk about their interests and feelings, and get to ask questions that would normally be glossed over or taken for granted in a standard erotic scene. We also get to attend some seminars with the characters, including one where Clem (the Eli series) demonstrates the importance of consent and trust, rules and protocol, with some wonderful examples of respecting but pushing boundaries (and how they differ from limits).
There is also a very hot, very smart scene in the second half of the book where a learning domme is led through a scene as a submissive so that she can better understand her submissive's needs and how to attend to them. The whole scene is intense, with the nervous domme falling into subspace before a crowd, but what really felt most powerful to me was the way she came to appreciate that her boundaries are not the same as her submissive's, and how what's too much for her isn't enough for her submissive. It's about getting out of your own headspace and into your submissive's.
Also, I must point out that if you're still on the curious side of the BDSM fence, there are plenty of anxious, nervous, uncomfortable newbies in the story who are learning and exploring, just like you.
Finally, to circle back to the drama I mentioned above, there's baggage characters bring to the convention that has deeper, darker consequences for some more than others. We saw a panicked glimpse of that at the end of the first book, but we get a heartbreaking confrontation with it here, not to mention a jaw-dropping moment later on. There's an insidious plot developing behind the scenes, and you know the best is yet to come.
Rating: ♀ ♀ ♀ ♀ ♀
My sincere thanks to the author for sending me an ARC in exchange for an honest review.
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