Life becomes hell when The Abbott gives Holly to the sadistic Bran, but she survives because there’s no other option.This story picks up on Holly’s part of the story in UNLEASHED. It’s recommended you read these two books together.
Holly’s training with Abbott and Spencer had been a miserable failure. Abbott had no choice but to hand her off to Bran, whose training methods were vastly different to say the least. After an assessment, Bran saw a spark of potential in Holly.and and she became everything she never thought she could be.
Candace Blevins’ unique mind has created an enthralling world of the supernatural. Her characters are vivid and varied as well as otherworldly. Holly’s journey is quite remarkable and was very enjoyable reading.
Author
patorendorff
3 years ago
We met Holly in Leashed where she never found her potential so Abbot gives her to Bran for the last 6 weeks of her contract. Bran can be a vicious taskmaster – after all it is a dark story – and so can her trainers but he can also be kind and gentle. He is the first to actually see who and what she can be – An Elegant Weapon – and because of that Holly chooses to stay with him when her 6 weeks ends and to make a new contract with him. And for his part Bran sees that she is honed to perfection.
Candace Blevins shows us the road that a drug addict can take, with the proper sexual incentives on one hand and some very imaginative punishments on the other, to find a place in the world she has created.
Author
katbanks
3 years ago
Two of the most compelling comments I can read about a book and an author’s work are the phrases, “I couldn’t put it down” and “I never wanted the story to end.” Both of these comments always refer to anything I have read by Candace Blevins, and An Elegant Weapon was definitely more of the same! Her writing is always clean and her characters are fully fleshed out and easily related with.
This book in the Dark Underbelly series is a darker, more intense side of her writing – compared to some of her other series. But it is just as addicting to the reader.
I had not read Unleashed (as suggested) but was able to follow the story line and “catch up” with who was who, easily. At first I wasn’t sure about what kind of situation Holly had ended up in, and was even shocked at some of the action taking place toward the beginning of the book …. but it all flowed together. After reading the other reviews, I feel like I may have seen Holly, Abbott & Bran thru “virgin glasses” in a way. No spoilers here – you have Really got to read this book if you love a smoldering, intense, BDSM (heavy on the SM) read, with twists & turns and surprising “feelings”. Not your usual romance – but a really close relationship emerges!
Author
gabriela
3 years ago
Sometimes you have to be cruel to be kind.
Holly was picked up, passed out in a park, by Abbott; taken into his house to detox and get healthy. But neither his, nor Spencers help is enough to get her ‘stuff’ in gear. When all their attempts fail, Abbott gives Holly to Bran.
Bran has a totally different ‘teaching style’. Where Abbott tries to teach his flock with a relatively soft touch, Bran believes in the discipline/reward approach. Everything has to be earned, from food to clothing, from blankets to bathroom privileges. And the discipline when Holly makes mistakes is swift and painful.
And the country bumpkin without the drive to change, takes to that method. She slowly turns into a sophisticated, lethal woman who gets the ultimate approval in the form of the ‘chance of a lifetime’.
This is Ms Blevins at her very best. Meteing out pain and pleasure in equal amounts with her knowledgable flair. And telling a seductive story that grips you from beginning to end.
Holly’s training with Abbott and Spencer had been a miserable failure. Abbott had no choice but to hand her off to Bran, whose training methods were vastly different to say the least. After an assessment, Bran saw a spark of potential in Holly.and and she became everything she never thought she could be.
Candace Blevins’ unique mind has created an enthralling world of the supernatural. Her characters are vivid and varied as well as otherworldly. Holly’s journey is quite remarkable and was very enjoyable reading.
We met Holly in Leashed where she never found her potential so Abbot gives her to Bran for the last 6 weeks of her contract. Bran can be a vicious taskmaster – after all it is a dark story – and so can her trainers but he can also be kind and gentle. He is the first to actually see who and what she can be – An Elegant Weapon – and because of that Holly chooses to stay with him when her 6 weeks ends and to make a new contract with him. And for his part Bran sees that she is honed to perfection.
Candace Blevins shows us the road that a drug addict can take, with the proper sexual incentives on one hand and some very imaginative punishments on the other, to find a place in the world she has created.
Two of the most compelling comments I can read about a book and an author’s work are the phrases, “I couldn’t put it down” and “I never wanted the story to end.” Both of these comments always refer to anything I have read by Candace Blevins, and An Elegant Weapon was definitely more of the same! Her writing is always clean and her characters are fully fleshed out and easily related with.
This book in the Dark Underbelly series is a darker, more intense side of her writing – compared to some of her other series. But it is just as addicting to the reader.
I had not read Unleashed (as suggested) but was able to follow the story line and “catch up” with who was who, easily. At first I wasn’t sure about what kind of situation Holly had ended up in, and was even shocked at some of the action taking place toward the beginning of the book …. but it all flowed together. After reading the other reviews, I feel like I may have seen Holly, Abbott & Bran thru “virgin glasses” in a way. No spoilers here – you have Really got to read this book if you love a smoldering, intense, BDSM (heavy on the SM) read, with twists & turns and surprising “feelings”. Not your usual romance – but a really close relationship emerges!
Sometimes you have to be cruel to be kind.
Holly was picked up, passed out in a park, by Abbott; taken into his house to detox and get healthy. But neither his, nor Spencers help is enough to get her ‘stuff’ in gear. When all their attempts fail, Abbott gives Holly to Bran.
Bran has a totally different ‘teaching style’. Where Abbott tries to teach his flock with a relatively soft touch, Bran believes in the discipline/reward approach. Everything has to be earned, from food to clothing, from blankets to bathroom privileges. And the discipline when Holly makes mistakes is swift and painful.
And the country bumpkin without the drive to change, takes to that method. She slowly turns into a sophisticated, lethal woman who gets the ultimate approval in the form of the ‘chance of a lifetime’.
This is Ms Blevins at her very best. Meteing out pain and pleasure in equal amounts with her knowledgable flair. And telling a seductive story that grips you from beginning to end.