The Loving Dominant, by John and Libby Warren.

The Loving Dominant, at Amazon.com

Please note: I have not written a book review in several years, and I did not read this book intending to review it.

So, I just finished reading The Loving Dominant, and have gained quite a bit of knowledge from it. Mostly, though, it taught me how little I actually knew about the scene.

The book is written from the standpoint of a Male-dom/fem-sub couple, which is, for me, perfect, as that is my orientation. However, throughout the book, the authors look at the scene as it applies to Fem-dom/male-sub dynamics, but I cannot recall a single mention of gay or lesbian dynamics. I could be wrong – it’s ten minutes to 5 in the morning as I am writing this, and my mind is not operating at 100% right now.

The authors cover quite a bit of territory in this book, making it a sort of BDSM 101 textbook, with chapters on deciding that one is kinky, explanations for kinkiness through the years, finding other people with whom to be kinky, negotiating, scenes, toys, etc. I am quite amazed at the amount of material that the authors were able to cram into such a small book.

I would highly recommend this book to any dominant new to the scene, or interested about the scene. In fact, I would recommend it to a dominant who has been involved in the scene for a while.

As for me, I’m quite eager to try out several of the techniques described in the book, especially a couple of the mindfucks…

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