Review: arousing
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 02 23, 2014
Emily’s sexual fantasies become reality when she involves herself with Jake, a professor.  They are both PhDs, but she allows him to teach her the role of a submissive while he plays the dominant.  The reader is quickly taken into the story and served a huge helping of kinky sex in all its detail.  Will their relationship devolve into sadomasochism, or will it cross the border from lust into love?The novel is generally well-written and successful in its erotic tension.  However errors do exist, and I marvel that Emily can see her own face in its various shades of red or see the anger or twinkle in her eyes without looking at her reflection.  Twitching lips can stand a lot of repetition, but as we pass the middle of the story, their frequency of use becomes a shout.Submission-dominance walks a fine line that can tip into sadomasochism.  I am haunted by stories of abused women who have no say over how they live their lives and maybe even die.  These scenarios are too common in a world where most cuss words demean the feminine.  Despite my dislike for the genre, its redeeming features are the quality of the writing and the basic decency of the characters.  I regret having to read about something best conducted in private.