Review: A Fabulous Read!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 09 30, 2012
I have decided to give this book five stars because I thought the author did a wonderful job at dealing with what most would consider a "taboo" subject. The heroine in this book is a transexual female who was born a male and went through his teenage years yearning to be a woman. Let me rephrase that; inside he was a woman and the lonliness that he felt with what he yearned to be was most of the time unbearable. Eventually he did get a "sex change" and finally was able to be the true gender that he felt he was. So, he went from being Gerry to Gina, and became a female in every sense of the word. The story takes place at Gina's 15 year reunion, and of course Gina is so nervous to be among these people who not only did she had a bad history with; but were probably there to gawk at the "change" in Gina. There is one girl, who was the bane of Gina's existance through high school, shows up to go right up to Gina and start asking all these questions about her life. Gina, feeling out of place and inadequate as it is, lies and states that she does indeed have a fiance.. Enter the God of sexual desire; Himeros. He saves the day and takes over the conversation and lets Gina's nemesis know that, yes, Gina does have a fiance and that is me! Gina is stunned, but willing to go along with Himeros in order to put this woman into her place.The sparks fly between the God and Gina and they eventually end up going to his hotel room. There they begin to get to know each other and feed into there desires. The passion that these two share is explosive; however, they also share a sense of extreme lonliness which makes these two somewhat of kindred spirits.This story was one that I wasn't sure if I would be uncomfortable reading. Well, I can honestly say that I was enthralled right from the start and it didn't stop until I was finished. The sex was phenominal, but that wasn't the only thing about this book that was so great. It was intriguing to get some insight into what a person might go through being a woman inside of a man's body. At one point Himeros reminds Gina that she has had "the whole human experience contained inside of her". That just totally summed it up for me, along with being "two spirits" inside. Gina had two experiences in life, one of knowing what it was like to physically be a man and one as a woman.The author explained so well what a person might go through in having the feelings inside of being a female and yet living on the outside as a male. I couldn't imagine the frustration in that. Also how it must be an extremely lonely place to be as I am sure there are not a lot of people out there that have these feelings. That in itself must make a person feel so alone.I love books that stop and make me think and obviously this one did that. Bravo to Jennifer Lynne for dealing with such a touchy subject in such a wonderful way. I highly recommend this book to anyone who likes erotica and who likes stories that will make them stop and think about the world and the people in it.This book was given to me by the author in exchange for an honest review.