Review: Completely Fascinating and Gorgeous
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 13, 2014
Curio is only the second of Cara McKenna's works I've read, but I will still say she is my favorite erotic romance author. Having read the utterly gorgeous and brilliant Unbound, I felt safe that I would continue to enjoy her other books. I was right. McKenna has a style that is subdued yet emotionally and physically charged. Her characters have depth and she explores them fully; Caroly and Didier were alive and conflicted and complicated and utterly endearing. The erotic moments between the two were deliciously hot, but also felt real. I love that McKenna's brand of erotic romance is just enough fantasy to take me away, but real enough that I feel a connection.I personally love stories with male prostitutes or gigolos. I don't know why, it just is what it is. But McKenna takes the story of a beautiful yet vulnerable man who also uses his body to earn money and give a woman what she needs. What is so thoughtful about Didier is that he knows the way to the center of a woman and her physical pleasure, is through her mind. Curio is not a scandalous and shocking story of male prostitution and a thirty-year old virgin. It is a fulfilling story of fears and hesitations and learning to overcome them, to be brave. But as it turns out, Caroly's presence is as life altering to Didier as his is to her.This series is fascinating and I cannot wait to experience more of Curio.Favorite Quotes:He kissed me, soft to start. It told my pulse to slow, my breaths to deepen, my mind to quiet, he reduced us to two mouths, two bodies in this tiny corner of Paris. He fit us together like gears in a pocket watch and shut its shell, hearts ticking in time, safe in the dark.I stroked his arms, sinking back into the mood of this moment. "How does it feel for you? How do I feel?"A grin--shy, if I wasn't mistaken. Cute. "You feel wonderful. Warm... Your body feels hesitant," he added, "just like your heart."