Review: Light erotica
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 01 12, 2012
Ivy is a nice woman who, in the past, has had her wild moments. Now settled into a more conservative life, she is dumped four weeks before her wedding by Travis, who finds her too Madonna-like and not enough spice in the bedroom.Angry and hurt, Ivy sets out to Save Her Sex Life, as she puts it, and discover the more adventurous side of intimacy.She enrolls on a sex-appeal study with mysterious assignments with a stranger (Kip).I would have dropped Travis the jerk like a hot potato and told him to find his nasty girl elsewhere and thanked God for saving me from the worst choice of my life. Instead, Ivy spends a lot of energy on the Madonna/Whore syndrome and over her angst with her sex life. The study project is unscientific, laughable and the college professor should be fired immediately for the looseness of his guidelines. Some parts of the plot were so unrealistic, it kept me from really enjoying the story. Fiction does not excuse all.But, as bad as the beginning and the overall plot are, the novel has its moments. Sexual hang-ups aside, Ivy is a nice character and Kip, the hero, although somewhat troubled, is strong and bright. Work-place situations are believable and the secondary characters (with the exception of the college professor) are well done. This  author really shows promise.Be aware that the novel is filled with sexual situations and could be categorized as light erotica.