I never thought I’d ever read a novel about BDSM (Bondage-Discipline/Domination-Sadism/Submission-Masochism), but this book landed on my hands two weeks ago and once I started it I could not leave it halfway. Ok, let me explain how I ended up receiving this book. There was a literary award show going on in my city and the books that had won the year before were given to us. Rosa Peñasco’s ‘La sumisa insumisa’ won the award for best novel last year and therefore, they gave me the novel. I was curious to see how she had approached the subject, it’s not easy to write about erotism or BDSM.

At first, I must admit I felt offended as human being, but especially as a woman, about what I was reading. I could not believe my eyes when I read that some women actually find it exciting to be humilliated like that, not just verbally (calling them names that I’m not going to write here) but physically as well. But I continued on reading it and fell in love with the character. Yes, the novel talks about BDSM and at times I really felt like closing the book and giving up… but I never give up, do I? I liked the characters, because deep down low they were lonely people seeking for company, deep down low that asshole that called her names, loved her and while they were not having sex, he treated her like a real lady. I fell in love with her character because she stood her ground and when you least expected it she surrendered to him.

The descriptions, feeling, emotions are very well written and approached. It’s hard, really hard, to write about feelings and emotions (you tell me!) and Rosa Peñasco did a magnificent job here. I could almost feel the pain, the pleasure, the loneliness they felt.

Original story, good writing.

PS: I apologize for all the possible mistakes on my post, I wrote this very quickly and never read it twice.