Book three in the Collars & Cuffs Series was a little hard to define for me. I think I enjoyed the first two books more, but it wasn't so much that I *didn't* enjoy this one, as there were some issues. 
 First of all, I liked both Scott and Ben in their own separate ways. Scott was coming from a very sheltered existence, and he was not only young but inexperienced, and due to the extreme isolation, he seemed to have come from, was even more inexperienced than the average person of his age. Ben, was older but was struggling with his own personal issues. 
 There were multiple times in this book when I felt like Ben though older was not ready for a sub of his own. He was not long ago being trained himself, and to be fair the main reason he wasn't still being trained was because of the situation with Peter. I felt like he couldn't really see to the needs to a submissive properly when he could only see about what was right or important for himself. 
 Scott had the excuse of not only being younger but being completely naive to the BDSM world, so he really was going into this kind of lifestyle without any prior understanding. 
 The way Ben first was so stubborn about the money was mildly frustrating though I can kind of understand how that might hurt the pride a little if you were talking about a situation with your own submissive and needing help to take care of them. However, at that point, that wasn't the situation at all, so he shouldn't have felt so prideful about it. 
 Then the way that Scott's father was so easily able to manipulate Ben? Really? After everything, he's probably heard about Scott's parents? And you're sending your submissive back into an environment where you know he's not going to get the care he needs, and he's probably going to be miserable. 
 At this point, I almost wanted the elusive Damian to step in (you know, if he didn't have his hands full with that poor sucker, Jeff) just because clearly Ben needs a spine to call his own. 
 But, Ben does grown a spine and shows up and all is well in the end, so... 
 Overall, I didn't love this book, but I didn't hate it either. I liked Scott's enjoyment with the city and all of the new lovely things he'd found. I liked how he learned to love tea (as an American who is a vegetarian and who hates coffee and loves tea, was tickled by this characterization). I liked his friendship with Alex and Peter, and the easy acceptance of Leo and Thomas. And Ben, when he wasn't being an idiot, was solid as well. I just felt he needed to do a little more growing.