This volume doesn't cover as much about safety, because honestly by now you should have the jist of it. It does go over some (such as the two finger rule, communicating, watching circulation, etc.). The book has a section called Clever Tricks.
Really, it doesn't need anything more. Before it goes into clever tricks it does spend a good chunk of pages covering more functional and decorative knots. Almost twice the length of the first volume it covers more overall, but it doesn't repeat anything it showed you in the first book. There are some variants that will seem familiar and another nice touch this book has is giving you some ideas with what do to with your partner once you have them tied up. (The punny games are just adorable), because let's admit it - even the best imaginations in the world could use a nudge from time to time.
It's also got one of the most beautiful rope gloves I think I've ever seen anywhere, and while the knot the glove utilizes isn't easy to do, a little practice goes a long way. Between volumes one and two you can easily cover your partner in an entire rope outfit! (Give me a minute please...)
There's a maximum exposure section, two sections for intermediate and then advanced harnesses, etc. Simply Elegant is probably the best way to describe the book itself. The knots are beautiful, and at the same time they're not over-bearing on the framework that they give you. It's a nice balance, and is set up in such a way that you get to spend as much time enjoying the process of tying up as you do getting to enjoy said person after they are tied up.
A good thing to remember if you're the one getting tied up, is the importance of communication. Everyone makes mistakes, and just because you were tied up a similar way before doesn't mean you need to tough out any discomfort the second (third, fourth, fifth, etc.) go round. There's variables in ropes and knots just like anything else, and trying to keep quiet just to stay tied up longer is a bigger risk to yourself, and will probably make the person who tied you up feel like crap for hurting you.
I know personally I'm going to have to keep myself in check, I Looo<3ve the feel of rope on my skin, and I can see slipping into subspace because of it. I'm sure on the one hand this is fantastic, but on the other hand it's going to inhibit my ability to communicate properly, or even completely feel what's going on with my own body. TKBs actually warns against it in the book ^^;
All in all I can't say anything negative about these books. They're imaginative, concise, easy to read and easy to follow instructions. For beginners and pros there's something in here that anyone could build on, of that much I'm sure!
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