Review: Oh please.....an adolescents x-rated fantasy
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 08 2, 2013
Ok, I knew by the title that this was just going to be a romance novel, probably not on the level of Jane Austen or someone of that nature, but what I got was more an erotic fantasy.  The characters are unrealistic, the whole concept unrealistic.  Really, this is more like a fantasy some teenage girls would make up.To start we have a blonde American woman who flies to an Arabian country because her "brother-in-law" a royal Muslim sheik has taken her son.  Ok, some of that could happen, Muslim men do take their children back to Iraq or wherever from the mothers.  Although, he is supposed to be the uncle not the father, still we'll give the author a break on this.  The Prince insists she marry him if she wants to see her son.  What follows is a girls fantasy of the romantic Arabian Sheik and his wealth.  Of course there's a palace and other luxurious homes, lots of servants, private jets and all the trappings of wealth.  Of course she has a beautiful room w/a closet already full of gorgeous clothes that just happen to fit her, of course he is charming, sexy, powerful & dominates her just enough, but also adores her and just to make it even better, everyone accepts her and loves her.  SCREECH...........We come to a screeching halt here.  How realistic is this?  She's an AMERICAN and all these Muslim royals accept her w/no qualms.  The husband just loves her so much, he wants everything for her, she can do whatever she wants, she can finish her law degree, and of course she does't have to work, just look pretty.  Even though they use the Koran, somehow this American woman is so special, the views of women by Muslim men is overlooked, she's his everything, she's his equal.So back to the Sheik, one other thing that put me off was his description.  Of course he was the usual tall, dark and handsome, powerful, sexy and masculine, but the description "his hair tale disappeared into the waistband of his shorts"....?  What?  EWWW.Ok, so you'd think if this was all it was, it would be just a fluffy Arabian fantasy, but then there's the sex.  Their whole relationship is sex with plenty of details.  At first, I just skimmed over it and went on w/the story.  But sex began to dominate the story. So between the total lack of realism & the graphic sex, it's just not worth reading. I couldn't even finish.While I'm on my soapbox, what is it with the over abundance of "erotic novels" now days.  Stupid stories, poor writing and graphic sex.  It's like a porno flick w/o the pictures.  Are women so stupid & have nothing better to do that they fill their minds w/this trash.  Aside from moral issues (which granted many people don't have), there's the lack of anything redeeming in these stories.  A total waste of time.I wonder how much hate mail I'll get for this.