Pony

This one started off kinda shaky for me. I found Max to be overbearing and a bit creepy, but he grew on me and I ended up enjoying how much he loved and cherished Aiden. I adored Aiden and watching him and Max explore their mutual kinks was hot as hell! Their relationship was insta-lovey but I bought it because of the passion these two expressed and had for each other.

There was glaring annoyance that had me dropping a star.

(spoiler removed)

If you like your BDSM with passion and emotion, this is the book for you. It had a few flaws, but if you can get over them, I can recommended Pony.

Grant Maxwell ... Sexy Dom , PHD and much more. Max finds twenty-six-year-old hottie Aiden James.
Aiden and Max discover they have something more than mutual attraction in common. A shared kink , a shared desire and a rare opportunity to explore and teach each other how to become one.
Max also feels things that have never understood and Aiden also struggles with knowing if he will still be him.
The dynamic between Max and Aiden is extraordinary and really fun to read.
Another great installment of this series.

I have absolutely no idea how to adequately express my overwhelming love for the 'Guards of Folsom' series and my undying gratitude to Jo, the author. I love everything about these books from the men, to the club, to the lifestyle and their love stories. They make me laugh and they make me cry. 'Pony' is the third book in the series and I'm so glad Jo wrote it because I was really having a tough time waiting for Max's story. So, thank you to the author, for listening to my subconscious and, probably, sub-vocal yearnings.
\"I'm an attractive, confident man.
I'm intelligent, educated.
I have a PhD in psychology with a thriving private practice.
I'm a goddamn Dom, for fuck's sake.\"
Before I even met Aiden I loved the fact that he could totally and completely discombobulate my Max. Max is a Dom down to his very toes, so when he finds himself flustered at asking Aiden out, well let's just say I fell harder for Max at that moment. Max is beyond thrilled when Aiden shows an interest in learning about BDSM and what a D/s relationship is like. Aiden is curious as some of it he finds highly arousing and to put it mildly, Aiden's reaction to Max is unlike anything he's ever experienced before. Aiden is a farm boy from Indiana and he's only been in the city for a few months, but he's not naive, at least he knows what he wants, and he's willing to work hard to get it.
\"He'd do anything to hear the approval in Max's voice. Aiden didn't even try to find the meaning behind it, he simply let it happen, and it felt like the most natural thing in the world to give Max control over his mind and body for just a few words of praise.\"
It was a fascinating experience walking in Aiden's shoes in his introduction to the lifestyle. I felt the author did a marvelous job with introducing everything from toys, to limits, to what are Doms and subs, and to Aiden's exploration of his new fantasies and kinks with Max. Max was so very patient in introducing Aiden to his limits, whether they were pain or pleasure, and being allowed to watch Aiden finally fly was beyond amazing. I, literally, felt as if I was right there with them. Of course, all the pleasure and fantasies couldn't consume their entire lives and real life had to intrude leaving Aiden with some serious choices to make.
\"Needed some time to think and figure out what the hell was going on with him and Max and why he was so easily falling under the spell of the alluring Dom. Why he was allowing himself to give up his identity and friends and give everything to someone he really hadn't known all that long? If it kept going the way it was, Aiden James would no longer exist and in his place would only be Max's sub. More frightening was the idea it was exactly what he wanted.\"
I was captivated by this third installment in the series and am now lusting after more. It was extremely easy to fall in love with Aiden. He was, at turns, shy and sweet and then mischievous and daring. It was my pleasure to watch him discover who he was and what he wanted from his life. I already loved Max but it was exciting to see a more \"behind the scene\" look at the psychologist and Dom. It was fun to see Max get a little rattled at dealing with both a D/s relationship and a romantic one. The fact that Aiden is Lorcan's brother and I had gotten a glimpse of him in the 'Whispering Pines Ranch' series just made me feel like I was coming home when I read this book. Well, that, and seeing Tackett, Micah, Bobby, Rig, and Mason, too. Thank you, again, to the incredible author, Jo Peterson, for giving voices to my guys and another beautiful love story for me to enjoy.
NOTE: This book was provided by Dreamspinner Press for the purpose of a review on Rainbow Book Reviews.