A superb exploration of D/s drivers. Saskia Vogel is in fine form with Permission. Well worth the read!

This was a lush, mesmerizing read. Very unique, it held my attention and made me want to know what was on. I would recommend this book to anyone that enjoys erotic stories.

Saskia Vogel's Permission is an interesting debut about grief and BDSM. Not two topics you'd expect to find side by side in a novel, but it (mostly) works.

Echo, an actor without much work, returns to her hometown of LA after her father disappears in a freak accident. She stays with her mum, with whom she has a fractious relationship, and works as a model for life drawing classes. It is while she is back home that she meets a young woman who has just moved in down the street. This woman is Orly, a dominatrix, who works from home. Echo spends more and more time with Orly, getting embroiled in her life and that of her roommate, Piggy.

Permission is mostly a character study, and it is this aspect where the novel succeeds. I would have liked to learn a little more about Orly's backstory, but her relationship with Echo was beautifully written. I did feel that the story lost its way a bit towards the end which is why I knocked off half a star from my rating.

Rich, honest and interesting, this book surprised me. The threads of Echo's life weave seamlessly with the emotional lust vs love storyline, focusing on a less physical side of the BDSM/kink community. Wonderfully written and a highly enjoyable "snapshot" of life style novel.

Very well written, interesting, and highly engaging. I was intrigued by the summary and felt like the story was enlightening and hard to put down.

Thanks to netgallery for the copy of the bookin exchange of honest review.
An erotic novel, with romance and thrill. Given good plot for characters.

Permission by author Saskia Vogel is a deep fiction. Full of character and plot! Great book!
Thank you Netgalley and the publisher for an arc copy of Permission in exchange for an honest review.

An insightful, erotic novella that held my attention with its beautiful prose. I've never read anything like it, and fell it love with the main character Echo. It's a haunting book, one I couldn't put down.