I WILL NOT BE RATING THIS BOOK

Sorry to all the lovers of "Dirty", don't hate me or my review, these are just my thoughts after I finished the book...





You know that feeling when you see a good book, it's labeled "erotica", and most of your friends absolutely loved it, saying it's emotional and deep and all... I was very excited to read this one. I wanted some emotions with all the sex, that's the best erotica out there. Well. I can't really say this book made me feel a lot of emotions. At all. I d More...

Title: DIRTY
Author: Megan Hart
Review Rating: 4/5 Stars
Reviewed by: I ♥ Bookie Nookie

Review:

Wow! I was not prepared for DIRTY... It was heavy! I was expecting something "Dirty", but that's not all I got. I am always interested in the meaning behind the title of a book and I really look forward to that moment of clarity, because in a good book, there is always a definitive moment the reader can say: Ah-ha, this is where the title came from... There is, of course, a very good reason for the title, More...

4.5 stars. CONTAINS SPOILERS!

"All men have the stars, but they are not the same things for different people."
- by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, "The Little Prince" -



78...

What would you reply when the woman you're falling for is telling you that she's had sex with 78 men? Judge her?

The heroine, Elle Kavanagh, is a junior vice president of corporate accounting. She prefers having casual sex and one night stands. In fact, she doesn't do relationships and intimacy. It's been more than three years since More...

4.5 - 5 stars

Woah. I think I loved this book.

It was a completely unconventional erotic romance. Raw, but not gritty. Real, introspective, dark and sexy, painful and yet not in a rip-your-heart-out way, very erotic, heavy and just so “different” than anything else I’ve read so far.

It a very well written, character-driven book that touches on themes of guilt, self worth, trust, survival. And a sort of love.

I started this one because I wanted something ‘different’. Don’t get me wrong, I live for More...

"I want you to touch yourself." OMG!!! DAN, YOU ARE THE MAN!!!!

I decided to read this book because a friend recommended this to me.(thanks Mira!).
The writing was brilliant, the characters felt real, the sex scenes were HOT!! For those who are going to read this book, this is me at around 46%


The ending, I really love, it was realistic.

4 stars!!

This was a wonderful erotic novel... It has an amazing back story, with LOTS of character development.

This is a story about Elle. She is a twenty-something successful business woman with a hang-up about getting into serious relationships... she is terrified of them.

Til she meets Dan. He is patient with her, he entices her, he deals with her weird quirks, and oh yeah, they have really hot sex!

This book takes place over a somewhat lengthy period of time, I would say, probably 6 months to a year More...

I wasn't prepared for how emotionally deep this book was. Elle is a beautiful, very intelligent VP for an accounting firm. Elle knows she is beautiful so to offset unwanted advances from men, she dresses very conservatively. The mystery of her past relationships is revealed slowly as the story progresses. This story is told in first person from Elle's point of view and it needed to be because Elle has a lot of issues. She has erected a tough exterior shell to help protect her fragile interior. E More...

This review may contain spoilers

4.5 STARS


" He made it so easy for me to do what he wanted. I wanted that. I craved it. Having it made easy for me to not have to decide. I rewarded him with my acquiescence. He took away the responsibility, and I shivered with delicious, illicit joy. There is so much freedom in not having to choose."

This is my first Megan Hart book. It sure will not be the last. The beginning had me. I liked how the story line was going to go. Elle is a great character. She More...

Wow. Dirty is definitely not the normal erotic-romance, but a lot darker. It's a emotional story about Elle finding herself and getting her life back after everything she's been through; and she's been through a lot without any real support from many of those who matter. Numbers are what's helped her keeping her mind off things, and as she became older, she realized alcohol and sex did the same thing. One day though, she meets Dan and everything changes. Even though nothing happens between them, More...

This book started out to be the best book I have read in this genre. I haven't read that many erotic books (mostly historical romance, or paranormal romance), but it was by far the best in its class...until the end. I had the same feelings when I read the Outlander. Outlander was headed straight for my all time favorite's list - until the weird exorcism of Jaime's arsehole in the abbey close to the end of book. Why was that necessary? I was shaking my head and asking myself the same question her More...

I know that Hart's second book is titled Broken. To be honest, it would be an equally apropos title for this one as Elle, the protag, was just that- a broken woman.

Written in first person, Dirty follows a short section of Elle's life starting with an encounter with a man she met at an upscale chocolate store. She's instantly attracted to Dan and, though she's just met him, she agrees to go with him to a local bar.

Elle has no qualms about one night stands- she's had plenty. The sexual tension wit More...

(I love this cover)

This book was recommended to me by many and recently by my friend Francesca. I finally gave in after I heard the rec’ for the n’th times and because she said it is a sexy book. So, I went for it.

Fran is right; this book is super hot and sexy. However, as I am now realizing that most of these Erotica or BDSM books are not just about “hotness”. Okay, well, it IS. What I mean is, there is a hidden deep story behind every kinky page. I enjoyed Elle and Dan in their crazy adventur More...

Dirty was a book I've been wanting to read ever since I seen it featured in RT Magazine, it's just taken me a while to get around to it.

It took me a while to like the lead, Elle. At times she was frustating, and the girl definitely has issues. Elle has a bit of a dark past, which really explains why she acts the way she does. Dan on the other hand is at first mysterious, but he's just a really sweet guy and I liked him right away. I did think he was almost too perfect. Although the more I read t More...

4.5 stars

I'm not sure what I expected of this book, but this isn't it. Based on the blurb and the title, maybe I expected it to deal with promiscuity. It didn't, exactly. It dealt with the reason of Elle's actions and her inability to be in a relationship. Both of which were caused by a tragedy in her past...

Elle

What to say about Elle? The easiest way to describe her would be to say she is broken. She is scarred and she had been shattered and she is now holding the pieces together. clutching t More...

It's a relatively simple storyline. Quite common. Elle is a loner and feels socially awkward. She has her skeleton's hidden way at the back of her own personal closet. The she meets Dan. She doesn't want to want him, she doesn't want to like him, she doesn't want to get close or connected. But just because she doesn't want to doesn't mean it doesn't happen. Soon they embark on an affair and slowly she is forced to confront her past and try to embrace her future, even though it may destroy them b More...

Megan Hart's Spice novels always put me on an emotional rollercoaster. Yes there is some hot sex but the story is really about all the emotional baggage Elle has. There were times when I actually hurt for her. Dan was such a patient guy. He knew when to push and when to pull back.

Initial reaction: I read this all in the span of a day. I'm still trying to put together my thoughts and the rating's tentative, but it's very likely this is going to end up being 4.5 stars (provided that I think about how it ended and whether or not it dragging its feet a little in the end is enough to make me knock off a half star. That and giving some thought to whether or not I was bothered by the emotional turns in some of the conflicts. I need a night to sleep on it.)

I think one thing I'll More...

Dirty has been on my TBR list for a long time. A group buddy read caused me to move it up and finally read it. No one writes a broken character like Megan Hart! Thus, I have to be in a certain mood to read one of her novels. Not because I don't like Ms. Hart's writing...I LOVE her voice. But Ms. Hart's books are so emotional and a little too real in a way that sneaks up on you, grabs your heart and keeps you thinking about her characters long after you've closed the book.

Elle is the queen of br More...

I want...

To be dirty? To be heard? To forget? To forgive? Maybe, to be loved? There are so many emotions in this book that it will stay with you long after you read it. We all have secrets, but Elle has been keeping hers locked away for so long that she has trouble letting people get close to her. And you will NOT want to stop reading this book just to find out what that secret is!! I read one review say that Dan should get an award, and I couldn't agree more! I'm not sure if there is a man out More...

Accountant Elle prefers to engage in anonymous sex and one night stands. It's been over three years since she has slept with a man, and finds herself intrigued with lawyer Dan Stewart, whom she met at a candy store and thought would accompany her home, but merely received a chaste kiss. But when they meet again, she doesn't leave anything to chance. She gets more than he bargained for with Dan, as he agrees to her no dating policy (they have "appointments" instead) and claims that he won't get s More...

I usually avoid any book that might be about incest or child abuse. They turn my stomach. This one did not, probably because the topic was summarized or alluded to, not actually mentioned as a chapter in the narrative. I loved this book for a lot of reasons. The characters were incredible, and the plot moved along at a great pace. It covers a longer period of time, but it didn't seem like it. The transitions were flawless, the characters lovable and believable, and ultimately unforgettable.

5 stars. I purchased this book as an audiobook to pass the long hours on the road during a trip to Florida. I like a good romance book, and although I generally go for more paranormal fare I figured I would give it a try. The writing was witty, the romance fairly steamy and the characters were pretty interesting. About a third of the way through, it was clear that this was not going to be a standard romance. The characters were much more layered, developed, and the story turned sad and rather da More...

This novel seems to keep one word at the forefront of the reader's mind: realistic.

This story is not a conventional romance, but one that realistically portrays the psychological struggle one is subjected to when trying pick up the pieces to get on with life after your perception of it has been shattered by some form of trauma. It perfectly mirrors the toll it takes on one's ability to successfully form and nurture a relationship even ample years after said trauma's occurrence.
This novel has no More...

Again wow to a Megan Hart book. How does she always find a way to sneak behind my defenses with her books? A whole day I could do nothing else than read this book. It was just great. It has all a good book needs: something to laugh about, something to swoon about(yep a man *wink*) and things to cry about. Again a roller-coaster ride for me and I so want to review it but we will see how much time I can find after the exams. As I said so often: everyone should read one Megan Hart's books cuz I thi More...

Don't let the title fool you. This is not a book about sex, even though it plays a big part in how the story unravels. This is a story about self discovery, self worth, and forgiveness. The topics it touches on are horrendous and difficult to read. I was even driven to tears a few times.
You learn slowly why this woman disassociates herself with anything resembling feeling or emotional attachment. She's been wronged by so many men in her life. But you also want her to fight to keep the one guy th More...

Sweet Baby Jesus.
Christ Ms Hart can write. Her stories are just so damn dirty, and yet they make you come crawling back, begging for more.
She makes my heart hurt, my eyes water, and leaves me wanting for more (and not because the stories are too short).
I've been saving this book. I've read some of Ms. Hart's newer stuff, and she has switched up her writing style a bit. I knew this was probably going to be one of the last ones in my preferred style. So I wanted to wait, and save, and savour it.
An More...

Non sapendo che genere di libro mi avesse inviato la CE Harlequin Mondadori, sono rimasta sorpresa di aver tra le mani un libro di genere erotico. Lo ammetto, mi sono detta speriamo che sia un libro di contenuto e non solo scene di sesso a gogò. L'ho iniziato a leggere con molta curiosità e si è fatto sempre più interessante andando avanti.
Elle, contabile in un'azienda, incontra l'affascinante avvocato Dan in un negozio di dolci e scatta subito l'attrazione: ma lei non si vuole impegnare, si ac More...

Este segundo libro que leo de Megan Hart ratificó todas las sensaciones que me despertó "La amante imaginaria". Un estilo autoral muy definido que narra una historia profunda, sensible y conmovedora, acompañándola con escenas eróticas muy cuidadas y delicadas.
Independientemente de la historia, que es muy buena, recomiendo leer a esta autora, que transita escenarios de mucha emoción sin descuidar el erotismo ni el romance.
Si vas a leer esta novela, te recomiendo que LUEGO sigas con "La amante ima More...

I grabbed this from my kindle b/c I was stuck somewhere w/o a book while in between books & thought it would be a fun dirty read. Not so much. Lots of heavy themes, which might have worked had the characters been developed better. It tried to be an angsty mystery but was pretty clear from the outset what the MC's hidden secret was. Oh the moping! And pushing people away! Lots & lots of pushing people away and then turning around and having sex for no reason. Had the situation presented i More...