Customer Reviews:
 S/M gem with characters and plot! June 27, 2000
7 out of 9 found this review helpful
It's clear that the author cared about this book.Given it's subject matter, you can hardly expect it to be politically correct, but it works within its context. There are issues of whether everything that happens is consensual, but the heroine is always given the option of walking away. It seems to me that she gives a sort of "meta-consent". Far from making her pathetic, you come to care for her character, and there is a far better plot than is common with this genre. Having read this, I bought two further books by Sarah Fisher - The Contract, and Dr Caswell's Student. Neither live up to the promise of Captivation; the writing was terrible, and I didn't manage to get further than a few pages into either.
 Hot piece - and sincere, too. July 17, 1999
14 out of 14 found this review helpful
Alexandra Sanderson, a (neccessarily) beautiful painter, travels to a Greek island to create a mural. On her very first day, her employer introduces her to his tastes in dominance and submission. "Captivation" is refreshingly sincere. There is not much of an introduction before "the action" begins. Moreover, the book does not pretend to be anything but a fantasy. The book pushes all the right buttons in telling the story of Alex's increasing sexual surrender to her employer. The writing is not particularily ingenious but definitely above par and far better than that of some of those writers trying too hard to write erotic "literature". The process of Alex's coming to terms with her slave mentality and the sensual dominance and submission scenes are absolutely delicious to read. As long as you remember its a fantasy, of course. Unfortunately, there is a fifty-fifty mix of the aforementioned scenes and encounters between Alex and her Master's driver, which are of a definitely non-consensual nature. Considering the intensity of those encounters, it is sometimes hard to image why the girl does not just leave - and I have quite an imagination. Fortunately, the book keeps the reader enthralled enough in its fantasy world not to notice this absense of consistency.
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