Review: Mediocre
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 05 31, 2011
I thought the blatant homophobia in the book was a little off-putting and unnecessary. At one point in the novel, Olivia asks Avery (her husband) when he developed a liking for men. Avery almost flies off the handle in his haste to assure her that he would never be gay/like men/etc. I got news for you, pal: you're naked in a room with another guy, looking at his body, and getting off on him plowing your wife. I realize the constraints of the time period are such most straight men never even considered such a thing, but these men are libertines and presumably have seen a lot. I felt like his reaction was a little overboard, and it was an unnecessary discussion besides. The men could have pleasured Olivia AND not touched/kissed one another without derailing the storyline with it.