Review: Five romantic, exotic, and erotic stars!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 9, 2014
Every now then a book comes along that I just know will stay with me long after I finish it.  Missionary Position, the first book I’ve read by author Daisy Prescott, is that kind of book.Forty-something academic, Selah Elmore, is traveling to Ghana for a six-month sabbatical.  While on a short stopover in Amsterdam, Selah – and not purely by chance – meets the handsome, smart and witty Dutch version of Adonis, thirty-something Gerhard.  Despite their obvious age difference, the chemistry is immediate, and the two end up spending the balance of Selah’s time in Amsterdam together.  However, for the first time in Selah experience, when it comes time for her to leave, she finds herself wrestling with her personal decision to just keep things physical.  Although she knows that traditional love isn’t (and has never been) in the cards for her, she’s completely and utterly overwhelmed by the feelings that have been awakened in her.  When Selah arrives in West Africa and meets the handsome, enchanting Kai, she begins to let herself wonder whether there is more to life and love for her than what she has ever allowed herself believe.Selah was a character I related to.  I loved that she is a mature woman who understands herself in all of her many facets – sexually, intellectually, and academically.  She’s witty, and a little catty too, but Selah also has a deep, compassionate side as well, and I felt as though she challenged me in that way to think about myself and life on deeper levels.  I loved, also that Gerhard, and Kai, continually challenged Selah to think about herself in other ways.  Missionary Position is a coming-of-age book.  It’s not young adult, or new adult; it’s adult adult.  It’s a book about growth, about self-discovery, and about having the courage to find out who you are, even if you already thought you had all the answers.There’s a category on my Goodreads shelf I call “smart books.”  They are the books I read and re-read.  Books that have not only brought me enjoyment while reading, but that have also challenged me to want to know more, understand more, or learn more about a topic or an issue, or even about myself.  Eat, Pray, Love is on that shelf.  The Gabriel trilogy too.  Missionary Position now has pride of place there as well.Here’s my advice:  pour yourself a glass of wine, take your e-reader, and find a comfortable place to settle in.  Let Missionary Position transport you to the romantic city of Amsterdam; let it lead you on a discovery of the exotic world of West Africa; and let it challenge you to look at life and love in a completely new and different way.