Review: Not great
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 12 15, 2012
This book was sent to me from the publisher for an honest review.Imagine a story about a wealthy, powerful, sexy 30-ish man and an innocent, stunning virgin exposed to the world of BDSM. Sound familiar??? It should. The Librarian is a blatant 50 Shades knock off, as many books are trying to be these days. I have no real problem with that, actually. If the chemistry was good and the sex was scorching I would let lack of origionality slide. However, this book seriously lacks in these departments.The premise of the book is a new librarian (Regina) in New York starts a job and falls for one of the librarian's main benefactors (Sebastian). He is hot, mysterious, and controlling, and soon she realizes what type of relationship he is after. The kinky kind...My main issue is that the plot is seriously weak. I felt no chemistry between the main characters. Where did the love come from? Their relationship came off as stilted and strange for the entire book. The sex scenes weren't even sexy to me. They felt rushed and poorly written. She goes from virgin to butt plug in a flash and without much fuss. It rang really false. Also, Regina kept referring to her booty as her "anus" when describing kinky play, which is completely clinical and a total mood-killer. I kept comparing the book to 50 Shades and found it came up short to 50 Shades in every regard. And I'm not a 50 Shades fangirl by any stretch.I didn't like most of the book but I finished it and i didn't want to chuck it out so I bumped up my rating to 2 stars. However, there are many books that handle this subject with much more finess and sex appeal.