Review: something special in the world of erotica
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 24, 2013
"Safe With Me" is long, heavy and emotionally wrenching. Ms. Richmond has created a level of character development and emotional depth that is sorely lacking in this genre. Tyler sucked me in and pulled me along for the ride. Watching him grow and come to understand himself better throughout the novel was very engrossing. Susie was a very very frustrating heroine. I really wanted to reach into my Kindle and slap her around, but what would the story be if she were a stable, rational character. At times I even wished Tyler would walk away from her for good because of the heartbreak she caused him time and again, but the HEA in the end was satisfying.Ms. Richmond did a great job of setting the scenes and I was able to envision every locale the story was set in. The sex scenes were hot and Tyler and Susie had great chemistry. I loved that Susie did not have a perfect figure and was sometimes described by secondary characters as being a little overweight. Throughout the novel she even gained weight in response to stressful life circumstances. Usually in these stories the heroine with the perfect figure stops eating when she is stressed and becomes even skinnier. This further bolstered the sense of realism in this series. Ms. Richmond is a talented writer and I look forward to more from her.