As I started out this review, I started to laugh.
This novella threw me off so much, I thought I wouldn’t be able to rate it fairly or review it. As you can tell it took me some time. Then I stopped to think. I really hated the Lisa as a female lead. Then I stopped and thought again.
Did I really hate her?
Hate is a pretty strong word, and I reserve that for really cruel and just one dimensional characters in books. Lisa was anything but one dimensional. Was this porn? God, yes it was. However, Gia managed to write this character, Lisa, and you got so immersed in her head, you didn’t know what to think. You just knew that this chick at once had her priorities straight, but was so jaded. Then I had to grab hold of the fact, this is erotica, smut, porn, naughtiness. I got back into the story once again. I feel back into the brain of Lisa. It wasn’t just dirty. It was clever; in a scary, horny, laugh out loud kind of way. Lisa disturbed me, I really didn’t like her. I had a certain level of respect for her.
Does it seem like I am rambling?
Because I so totally am!
The woman confused me. And that my friends, makes me believe that Gia Blue is one of the most amazing writers I have read. It surpassed the smut level, the porn level even, and made me mentally and emotionally connect with a character. Lisa forced me into her brain with the subtly of a sledge hammer. I can tell that some people gave this book a low rating because of that character. I almost did. Then I had to reconsider.
Was the writing good?
Check
Was the story more than porn?
Check
Did I really feel the characters?
Check
By god the woman has turned porn into a well written work of smut. I loved it, I hated it, I wanted to thwap Lisa on her backside them chain her to spanking bench and force her into hours of orgasm denial till she wised up! And I am a submissive, but hot damn I wanted to knock some sense into that girl! I wanted to scream at her, laugh with her, and then have her teach me some tricks. She really didn’t do any more than just ask for sex and get it. It was the way she got the sex, how she got the sex, and how much she got, once she got it. Technically, her you know what shouldn’t have been tight with the amount of tail she was getting—but—this was erotica and fantasy. Let the girl have it!
This is for sure a recommended read. And before you judge it, remember, if a book is having that strong of an effect on you, and if you really feel that powerful about a female lead, something good must be happening.