Kink Me Honey

by Martin Millar

Kink Me The earnest, erotic, dominant, submissive, cheerful, depressed, humorous and occasionally clumsy endeavours of Ark, Gina, Mig, Mistress Tardy, Glam Tilly and an assortment of masters, mistresses, doms, subs and slaves, in the world of kink centred around Sex Orbit, London's most prominent fetish organisation.

223 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2016

About the author

Martin Millar is a critically acclaimed Scottish writer from Glasgow, now resident in London. He also writes the Thraxas series of fantasy novels under the pseudonym Martin Scott.

The novels he writes as Martin Millar dwell on urban decay and British sub-cultures, and the impact this has on a range of characters, both realistic and supernatural. There are elements of magical realism, and the feeling that the boundary between real life and the supernatural is not very thick. Most of them are set in Brixton, Millar's one-time place of residence. Many are at least semi-autobiographical, and Love and Peace with Melody Paradise and Suzy, Led Zeppelin and Me both feature Millar himself as a character.

As Martin Scott his Thraxas novels are a fusion of traditional high fantasy and pulp noir thrillers.

In 2000, he won the World Fantasy Award for best novel for Thraxas.

Reviews

[ambyr · Rating 3 out of 5]

Meandering slice-of-life look at the BDSM world that never really goes anywhere but nevertheless manages to fill me with warm, fuzzy nostalgia for a pre-COVID era.

[Jack Bates · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love Martin Millar. I have never understood why he's not hugely famous. His writing is great, and his characters are always interesting. He writes in a very straightforward way and there's a kind of pleasing innocence to it that I really like. Loads of his characters are like people I might know and I've always really liked that about his work, too. He's the only writer I've ever written a fan letter to, and he wrote back. :)

This probably isn't a book that will result in fame and wealth however and I guess it's not surprising he's published it himself, the content is not exactly vanilla. I'm not saying anything in this is autobiographical but I know that as well as comics and computer games he has an interest in some of the other stuff featured.

One of the things I like about his books is the way he conjures a social group, a subculture or bunch of friends/not-quite friends/enemies. It doesn't matter whether people know each other through music or where they live or a fetish club, all the same accidents and jealousies and infighting occurs, and the slightly hapless protagonists, in this case Ark, are always endearing.

PS Amusingly my in-laws bought this for me for my birthday, I assume they didn't have a clue what it was about. Or maybe they did, who knows. :D

[Yrik Valentonis · Rating 5 out of 5]

Before I realized it, I had read fifty pages – I already laughed out loud several times, felt nostalgic for old friends, and knew who I should gift copies of this book to. Even for people who aren’t in “the Scene,” Kink Me Honey will remind them of any social group who share an interest and how their lives tangle and intertwine together.

Martin handles the intermingling of social media and active plot, deftly creating a narrative structure which captures the non-linear and highly distractible current world. The plot builds slowly and steadily. There is a quest, nay an obsession to be obtained. Rivals compete for popularity and status. And there is a mystery or two lurking in the shadows. This is an enjoyable book that I gladly recommend.

[Audie · Rating 3 out of 5]

I’m generally a fan of Martin Millar, and this book was technically well written. It was entertaining, but it’s more of a “day in the life” than an actual plot. It drops you into a world of fetishists and a business looking to fill a position that includes modding their forums, and it leaves you with the position being filled and kind of an eh feeling.

I was entertained but it isn’t my favorite book of his.

[Ry Herman · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was something of a plotless meander, but I appreciated an approach to the BDSM and fetish scene that treated it with gentle humor. It was amusing enough, and since I think that was the point, it achieved its goals.

[Scott Springer · Rating 5 out of 5]

I really enjoyed it. Definitely high up on my "best of Martin Millar" list. Probably just slightly behind LONELY WEREWOLF GIRL and SUZY, LED ZEPPELIN, & ME.