The reader understands that Adrian will let Dom out of an uncomfortable sex scene, but we never really see that tested on page. And while the secret didn’t blow up until later, Dom’s super angst about it started after date 2, and I felt bad for him between date 2 and the reveal because he felt he should’ve trusted a near stranger. The relationship should be solid in private, not still nascent, before dropping it into public chaos. Two dates is way too soon to initiate major public upheaval. They don’t leave as much leeway for basic facts about where you spend most of your down time. People outside the relationship expect and allow for sex secrets.
I get that probably someone who will tie you up & who you think will let you go on command seems like they could also be trusted with other truths but… Private sex and public dining are different levels of secrets. It was Dom’s equal desire to start fessing up after the second date while never wanting to reveal Domino to Adrian, and thus Dominic to the public, that drove Dom’s guilt. Adrian was actually pretty chill about it. Dom wasn’t ready to trust Adrian with his alter ego right away and that was smart. It’s a fairly low angst book since most of the pacing is from internal worries that are entirely understandable and mostly reasonable. Solid writing, solid characters, good friends who have each other’s backs. And while they had a hefty dose of insta-love driving their initial encounters, I think it played too much into the rush. The first half of Counterpoint was excellent.
Good series, a more private installment than the first.Īn enjoyable continuation of the series.
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