I received an early copy of this book from Netgalley in exchange for my honest review.

Good book but not an exact representation of the lifestyle. Overall a good story.

My rating scale:
5☆ - I loved this book and it brought out true emotion in me (laughter, anger, a good cry, etc)
4☆ - I loved this book.
3☆ - I liked this book.
2☆ - I didn't really care for this book.
1☆ - I did not like this book at all and probably did not finish it.

I was gifted this Audiobook ARC from either the publisher (Spectrum Audio) or author (Deanndra Hall) via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

I've been struggling to write this review... Should I or not? Do I give it 1 star or more? Do I review based on the story itself or the narration or both? How can I give an honest review without coming off mean? I'm very grateful for the opportunity to ARC audiobooks. I love books that push my boundaries and introduce me to new things. But this story clearly wasn't for me. I liked the main character, Trish. She is an older woman (almost 50) whose husband of 30 years has just left her, stating that she's boring and predictable. Trish goes on a journey to find herself and ventures out sexually. Kudos to her for that! It was her own 'eat, pray, love' and I admire that. The book was also very body positive and that was great! This world showed you that doms and subs do not always have perfect bodies but are still beautiful and should feel comfortable in their own skin. I did not like Clint. I think his backstory could have made him a better man, but it missed the mark for me. I love darker stories, but the BDSM side of this one was too much for me. This is a true BDSM story, with collaring and degradation, etc. I haven’t read something this far into this genre before. I completely understand that collaring, degradation, and other intense factors are part of that particular dom/sub world. The degradation is not seen as such; in this world it’s part of sexual play. I had a strong distaste for these parts and am having a hard time separating my personal feelings. I do not agree with degradation or humiliation, and I feel that some punishments went too far. For instance, one punishment that the sub received was an actual method of torture and even caused her to have a severe and dangerous reaction. I understand that BDSM involves torture and punishment play, but this was way too far. I feel this took it outside the lines of BDSM into abuse. Subs should be able to trust their doms, but Clint can't be trusted. He is very manipulative and abusive and seems to have no regard for Trish’s comfort levels or safety and well-being. Another part of my distaste for this book was the narrator. This was one of the worse narrations I have ever listened to. For me, the narration alone drops the rating significantly. Her voice was anything but sexy and made it difficult to listen to. She sounded more like a grandmother. Her flow and tone were not good at all. I've read good reviews on her but based on what I heard here I would never purchase a book she's narrated. I would recommend reading this book versus the audiobook. Unfortunately, I can only give this book 1 to 2 stars.
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I received a copy of this audiobook for the publisher/author to review.

Boring. Tiresome. Predictable. That's how Trish's husband of almost 30 years described her when he told her he was leaving. Trish sets out to drink her blues away when she literally stumbles onto a man who offers her the adventure of a lifetime. Trish has no idea what she's walking into when she visits Bliss, the local BDSM club, but under Dave's tutelage, she takes to the new lifestyle readily. And when she is paired for two weeks with Clint, the one Dom in the place who can't seems to stand her, sparks fly. He keeps her so confused that Trish isn't sure what is going on. She is falling for the handsome, tortured soul, and she's hoping he's falling for her. But when a simple mistake puts her in harm's way at his hands, Trish has to decide: Is it an adventure worth dying for? And when everything falls apart, can she manage to forgive him? More importantly, can he forgive himself and bury the ghosts that have been haunting him for too long?

I listened to the audiobook of this one. I will go ahead and say that I am not the biggest fan of the Narrator. With that said it really go one my nerves listening to this one as Anneliese Rennie does the man and the woman voices and when she was the man I swear I cringed. I just don't like that. Why not have a man by the man and woman do the woman parts. Now I will admit that some people can do both voices but I wasn't the biggest fan or her doing both voices. At times it was cringe worthy. But I refused to let that take away from the story that I was listening too. Because I loved it. A story of an older woman in a marriage that has lasted a long time is different to most books you read or listen too. I loved the story. I sucked me in and had me right there. That place where all readers love for a book to take them. Since I wasn't a fan of the narrator I would have loved reading this one so much more than listening to it. I am giving the story five stars because Deanndra Hall deserves it. It's an amazing story. The narrator....not so much.

Adventurous Me is a toxic entry into the BDSM world. From the characters to the plot, all of it seems half-baked. Our main heroine is akin to Bella from Twilight and the borderline harmful situations that she allows herself to be put in give a very negative view of this kink. For a book so full of sex, it is surprisingly dull and boring.

Thank you NetGalley for the Advanced Reader Copy in an audiobook format. This was a book will have you holding your breath while the main character pushes her comfort level. The only part I felt was odd was the male characters relationship.

This is my third novel by this author with a different story altogether. I have read my share of erotica, but only a few with this much BDSM in it. It’s definitely an eye-opener and far beyond my experience but to each his own.

Trish is one gutsy woman. Choosing the BDSM scene at 49 years old certainly is a big change and after all, what has she got to lose. Her ass of a husband just dumped her calling her boring and she quit her job. So the adventure begins. The hot and volatile Clint wanted Trish from the moment he saw her and with Dave’s sleight of hand, she was paired with Clint for two weeks. Two weeks as sub and dom. Two weeks of Clint’s unpredictable behavior. Two weeks of her losing her heart to a man who set her up for failure.

As audiobooks go, this was a pleasant change just to lie back and listen to a good book. Personally, I give the narrator, Anneliese Rennie, kudos for tackling such difficult subject matter. However, as narrators go, I felt her intonations and vocal changes for the characters to be lacking and sometimes hard to listen to.

This is a full-length erotic romance between an honorable woman and a broken man. There are many sexual triggers in this book and there were some things I even flinched at, but there is truly a love story in here as well. Sit back with a glass of wine, and be prepared for an over-the-top sensual ride filled with desire, conflict, and awakenings.

Thank you to Ms. Hall for giving me the opportunity to read this book with no expectation of a positive review.

If Trish was boring, tiresome, and or predictable, I could not find it. She did things for the first time with gusto and excitement. Trish finds herself in a funk filled haze of "AmI?" swirling in her head because of an ex that had no cue. While in this funk she meets Dave. Dave introduces her to a world that she could have only imagined. Her first night at Bliss opens her eyes to that something that was missing from her world.

Trish finds that her new found her has a bit of kinky side. She finds that she is freer than ever. She finds an attraction that would lead to her world being changed forever. She also learns she is stronger than her ex gave her credit for. This was most certainly an adult story. There were floggers, gags, benches, public sex, stranger sex, humiliation and more. Trish found her life at a point to decide should she or shouldn't she.

This was a complete first person narrative told from Trish's viewpoint. I loved that she found herself. I hated that she let her new found self almost be trampled out of existence. Anneliese Rennie brought Trish's new world into a clearer perspective. I found a few areas that felt like gaps existed. I found areas that just plain made me angry. I found that I had to finish it because I had to know more than just the ending.

This book was ok but not really by cup of tea. It was a good story but did not resonate with me personally and I did learn some new things I did not know about though. I am not interested to read more.

Trish is devastated when her husband of almost 30 years dumbs her for being boring. She meets a mysterious man in a bar and when he invites her to a different kind of club she agrees and that is when she starts to truly discover herself.
I know the description is a bit boring, but the book itself is great.
I really enjoyed this book. I love how Trish is introduced to the life of BDSM. It's so through compared to a lot of other BDSM books I've read. I also like that it's not just focused on a BDSM club but rather it focuses on the relationship between Trish and Clint. I always love reading about characters relationship development.
The one thing that wasn't really for me, was the fact that Trish is quite a bit of older than Clint and that for me is not pleasant. It doesn't make the worse or anything, I'm just young still and it's hard for me to put myself in her place on that aspect of the story.
The characters are great, although, I kind of wished that Trish would settle down with another character, but towards the end Clint changes for the better.
This is also a quick book to listen and I actually listened it in a day.
I didn't really enjoy the narrator. Her voice for some reason just isn't for me, but it got better toward the end as well.

All in all, a great book and a brilliant start of a series

Trish has spent the last three decades with her husband only for him to tell her that she dull, so she is determined that her future will be different. After a few drinks too many at a bar she meets Dave who introduces her to a BDSM club which is an eye-opening revelation. After a few experiences she agrees to spend two weeks with a Dom, but she wasn’t expecting to be matched up with one Dom who doesn’t want to be around her.

Clint is living with the demons of this past which still haunts him. When presented with the opportunity to tutor Trish in the intricacies of the lifestyle he agrees despite the fact that she inspires feelings in him that he didn’t think he would ever feel again. When their time together comes to an end will they be each other’s salvation or downfall?

I really liked how Trish was able to push her boundaries and find what makes her happy and while some of his treatment of Trish was questionable, he does redeem himself in the end. I listened to an audio copy of the book and I did enjoy the narration, but I would have preferred it with dual narration.

It was a good book, although I thought it was a bit stretched in some parts. Also, the storyline was not exactly new, but it was interesting for some parts.

Hot. Trish is coming out of a divorce. Her confidence knocked then she meets a stranger who offers to teach her to be more adventurous. Dave starts her training.
Then following an event at the club she is paired with Clint. She moves in for two weeks to be his sub. How will it go.?
Made for very enjoyable listening but I wasn’t a fan of the narrator.

Thank you NetGalley and Spectrum Audio for providing this audiobook in exchange for my honest review

Adventurous Me is the first book I have read by author Deanndra Hall.

This book was full of hot, hot, hot sex. I liked how the BDSM world was portrayed in this book. I did not like how Clint treated Trish at many points in this book. I don’t think it was acceptable; especially the final situation, which broke him and Trish apart.

The book overall was good but the chapters sometimes were hard to follow. The chapter would suddenly change to a different time or day and I had to take a second to figure out what was going on.

I would recommend this book to people who like to read about BDSM.

BDSM, Erotic
Simply, Trish is looking for an adventure and boy she finds it, in many ways.and many places.

Thank you NetGalley and Spectrum Audio for providing this audiobook in exchange for my honest review.

This audiobook was not for me. I really struggled to with the narration and I just couldn't get into the plot or dialogue. However I feel this may be a personal preference issue. I believe that fans of Fifty Shades, BDSM erotica would enjoy this book.

I almost turned this off in the first chapter because I thought that I was too young for the target demographic, but this book was SPICY. I recommend it for 50 Shades fans who might be tired of clunky, unrealistic dialogue and bad portrayals for the BDSM community.

Adventurous Me by Deandra Hall was a horrible example of Erotica. There was nothing erotic about it. A woman's husband drops her because she's boring, so she goes to a bar to drown her sorrows. She meets a guy and is suddenly perfectly fine in the world of BDSM? The characters were all unlikeable, the doms were idiots and the narrator sounded like an old woman who would never tolerate this kind of behavior. Her tone was very flat and she didn't sound like she was enjoying anything, even when she said she was. Sad that I wasted my time with this one.

Thanks to NetGalley for the audiofile in exchange for my honest review.

This is an Erotica/BDSM Romance, and this is the first book in the Me, You, and Us series. I listen to the audibook of this book, and I have to say I hated the narrator of this book. I did not read a lot of Erotica Romance, and I cannot spoke to the BDSM parts. Of course, there is a ton of sex in this book. I enjoyed the story, but their was parts that I did not like at all. I have to say the narrator really made me give this book only a 2 stars. I was kindly provided an e-audiobook of this book by the publisher (Spectrum Audio) or author (Deanndra Hall) via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review about how I feel about this book, and I want to send a big Thank you to them for that.

Steamy & hot! This was exactly the sexy type of romantic novel I needed after a dark serial killer book. I really enjoyed the graphic descriptions of the sex stuff.

Thank you NetGalley and Spectrum Audio for providing this audiobook in exchange for my honest review.

Adventurous Me by Deanndra Hall unfortunately did not work for me. The narrator didn’t feel right to me, which made it very difficult to stay in the story. To me, the MC came across as immature. Since she was supposed to be close to 30 I didn’t buy into some of her actions and the way she spoke.

As for the story overall, I guess some people enjoyed the erotica. Personally, it felt very forced and blunt. I wish it included more safety information, the basics of BDSM. There is no discussion about limits between a Dom or Master and his sub, in fact most of what happens to her she doesn’t even know what it is. Trish is obviously naive to the lifestyle, which makes it even more important for those basic conversations to take place. She doesn’t even know what a sub is and yet she is being put into situations without knowing what basic terms mean. How is that safe for anyone?

On top of this very basic problem that make me crazy. You have a terrible Dom who mistreats a new sub. This is such a bad situation, but one that happens IRL. The difference is I don’t have to read a book about those situations.

Clint, the Dom, is abusive and should NEVER be a dom. He constantly puts Trish in situations she shouldn’t be in and then punishes her for things that are not within her control. A sub shows up late, it get. A sub plays without permission, I get.

I would not recommend this story because it gives false information about dangerous situations that should be taken seriously and treated with the care they deserve.