Review: Sex v Love?
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 11, 2013
This is very well written; Phoebe Alexander is an author with a strong style, and for someone who finds erotica or sexually explicit works a bit of a yawn, as I frequently do, this one held my interest, mostly.So there is a lot of sex, in fact the story is totally defined by sex. The main female character Sarah, and her friend Rachel are as liberal as it gets, sharing partners, sleeping with two partners and so it goes on, all of which is described fully and you may need a broad outlook for some of the scenes. The quantity of sex did have me slowly desensitizing towards the middle of the book and I actually started skimming these passages to get to the story.My main problem was with connecting to these women. Their sexual gratification seemed pivotal to the whole story. When Sarah falls foul of her own casual sleeping arrangements and falls in love, the story became a lot more interesting in that she almost turned into a clingy heroine needing her man and craving security- the same as any other love story. I had not one ounce of compassion for her!I almost felt smug, and then I got to wondering if this is what the author was trying to say? Without giving the ending away, (but sorry, well done James!) and the author does not bring all the characters to a full and happy conclusion, but I do think there is a message in there and where sex versus love, then love is far more powerful and desirable, but of course we know this, don't we?