Pup

Amazing beginning to the series. A well done story line with characters that are deep and layered. The author has an incredible understanding of ADHD. I liked that Tackett saw beyond Micah's lack of control. While at times it frustrated him, it also amazed and intrigued him. He quickly realized that Micha is highly intelligent even while his thinking is scattered. Once he committed he gave everything of himself to Micah. Micha's determination is admirable. He admits to himself his shortcomings and yet it doesn't deter him. I loved that he understands that Tackett desires to be needed while he needs to be wanted.
Adult read

Micah “Pup” Slayde knows he wants Tackett Austin the moment he lays eyes on him in the Guards of Folsom.
Micah finally gets what he desires ... Time alone with Tackett and time to change , trust and truly submit to another man. The man he desires.
Tackett has always been alone, never a full time sub.
The learning and teaching exchange is something they both needed.

Overall
An enjoyable, if not surprisingly mellow, novel that taps more into the psychological than the sensual.
Review
I went into this novel with fairly high expectations, I think, and the novel didn't exactly disappoint, but it wasn't what I'd been expecting either. The story is very mellow and the conflict happens in small waves rather than a rising action—climax—falling action style. In some ways this works for the books, because it shows Micah's small improvements over time in a realistic way. It also lets the characters come together (specifically the Dom) and create an emotional bond.
However, it also meant that when I hit the epilogue, I was surprised. I was at the end? Because nothing had really happened yet. Because all the actions are small waves, there was no big wave to ride out the end of the story on. Again, this isn't necessarily bad, but it does interrupt the reader's expected story flow and make the ending seem sudden.
Something that could work against this story for some readers is that the main plot takes place over two weeks. It works for the purposes of the story and it works for the characters, but some people may cry \"instalove\" although I don't think it applies. We don't see every day of those two weeks (and I feel that we could have seen more), but the days we see are the ones pertinent to the story and development.
One nice thing about this story was that while it had a sexual focus, it wasn't so heavily ladened with sex scenes that I grew bored with them. Because the focus was more on submission than sexual satisfaction, it lent itself to satisfying the needs of the story and relationship without sex happening on screen every four paragraphs. Many BDSM novels fall into the trap of BDSM = SEX, and while this is often true, this story explored other elements of it as well.
This is not a book to pick up if you want some sexy BDSM time. However, it definitely has its own strengths ands presents some interesting characters and differently presents some elements of BDSM. While I would have liked to have seen more of the training played out to experience what the characters were going through, we see enough to get a feel for the relationship.

This was a really well written and thoroughly enjoyable journey into the lives of Micah and Tackett.
Micah is so easily likable, a young man searching for something/someone to ground him. \"Having people around me keeps me from going, 'Oh look, sparkly' and walking into traffic.\" and he finds that grounding in Tackett.
Tackett, who is a lot older, has not had a permanent relationship and isn't sure he is looking for one but Micah's persistence leads to him taking a chance - a 2 week trial that leads to more.
Micah's feelings for Tackett are obvious. \"Tackett was everything he could ever ask for or want. He desired to be a better man when he was with him. there was comfort and peace in love, and Tackett owned his mind, body, heart, and very soul, and he was ready to prove to the man they were worth keeping.\" and it was nice to see him get his wish to belong to Tackett. However, it was more special to see Tackett find what was missing from his life, ending his loneliness.

Not bad, just mediocre for me. The books I love the most are set up right from the beginning in a way that the story has purpose, a problem to be resolved or goal to be reached etc. Of course, in Pup, there are the questions of whether Micah's scattered brain would find some peace with Tackett and whether they would enter into a long term contract together, and the book does have a proper ending. It was just structured in a way that didn't really make me get invested in their story; it read more like a porny progress report. The characters were quite sympathetic – I especially liked Micah – and the writing style entertaining enough though, so I kept reading till the end. The story would've had potential for more, so the way it was told in such a straightforward, rather boring way made it all fall a bit flat.