This was just ok. Sort of sexy, most definitely kinky. Artwork was nice, but the plot, meh. I guess I am just not into father-daughter-bff love triangThis was just ok. Sort of sexy, most definitely kinky. Artwork was nice, but the plot, meh. I guess I am just not into father-daughter-bff love triangles or something....more
A tantalizing erotic fairy tale follow on to In Praise of the Stepmother, The Notebooks of Don Rigoberto is part inverted Lolita, part Sade, part EyesA tantalizing erotic fairy tale follow on to In Praise of the Stepmother, The Notebooks of Don Rigoberto is part inverted Lolita, part Sade, part Eyes Wide Shut but with a plethora of beautiful analogies to literature and art. All the detail and imagery of Egon Schiele (my favorite Austrian Expressionist artist) was wonderful as well as all the biographical details. The scandalous love triangle of Fonchito, Lucretia and Rigoberto is less pronounced than in the previous book, but this one was better written and more complex in structure. It is certainly his best erotic novel and a truly interesting read.
I hesitate between 3 and 4 stars here. As always, the writing is fantastic. There are also five chapters which give dialog to paintings by Jordaens, BI hesitate between 3 and 4 stars here. As always, the writing is fantastic. There are also five chapters which give dialog to paintings by Jordaens, Boucher, Francis Bacon, Szyslo, and Fra Angelico which are gorgeous. But the premise of incest initiated by the kid is, well, disturbing. That being said, there is also 3 pages on Don Rogoberto taking a shit which is insane as well. Not my favorite MVL, but a short and interesting read.
Ok, confession: this was my first smut read. Suggested by a GR friend, I was particularly curious because SO many GR folks are into smut and MM and I Ok, confession: this was my first smut read. Suggested by a GR friend, I was particularly curious because SO many GR folks are into smut and MM and I was told that this one was better written than 50 Shades of I-Can't-Write-for-Shit so I gave it a shot.
Emma's sister Amanda sleeps with Colin, Emma's boyfriend. Big deal. Emma is a caretaker and taking care of Cristina when she accidentally witnesses a hardcore bdsm scene with a mystery man and a certain Astrid. I didn't really go for that bit too much, a bit too violent. Anyway, turns out the mystery man is Vanni, a rich playboy into racing cars and the rest of the steamy sex is between him and Emma. It goes from loving sex to light sm with some other alternatives. It remains consensual and does not go over the violence line (in my mind anyway) that Vanni had crossed with Astrid.
The story itself happens in Chicago and Nice/Monaco - each of them have some family tragedies in their past and their initial agreement of an eight week affair blossoms into something else.
The writing is ok - there is intrigue and dialogs are realistic. I noticed that it seems to be taboo to talk about arousal when reviewing smut. That seems a bit contradictory to me with respect to the genre. I will say that maybe 40-50% of the scenes were arousing (and perhaps could enhance one's imagination) but I guess it just isn't my genre. But then, and female readers correct me if I am wrong, but I think this erotica is aimed at a female audience more than male ones.
Now, I have been told that there are weirder variations on smut including aliens and shape-shifters. Should I explore any deeper, I would probably go in that direction out of curiosity....more
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