Review: Erotica in a Great Story
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 22, 2013
I don't normally read erotica. I want to be honest. Erotica titillates. I'm too busy during the day to have to take a break to....never mind. When the opportunity to read Morgan's Diary presented, I read it knowing my dear husband of forty-five-almost years was nearby, just in case.Well, I was hooked right off the bat. There's a lot here. For openers, the setting was appealing to me because I grew up in a home that revolved around the funeral business. It was how my father supported our family, the current news from the cemetery often dinner table conversation. No matter how aboveboard things are, there was always a little intrigue under the surface; a family member borrowed the bulldozer used to dig graves one night and had a joy ride through the grounds. Another time, a loved one spent the night lying over a grave, crying. So the offerings from the graveyard vacillated between the outlandish to the heartbreaking. I grew up during Vietnam War time and I still remember the few military funerals, which my father facilitated, and they were devastating to watch. Or the time a local policeman was murdered in the line of duty and hundreds of police cars lined the street around the cemetery. Sorry for the detour down memory lane. I digress.Also, now this is just my perspective. There's something about the scenes between Jason and Morgan that remind me of Wuthering Heights. Something about the tone of the dialogue. And I found that very appealing. Even though their relationship quickly de-escalates into depravity, there's that superficial respect Jason has for her when he's clothed. Well done, Lori Meckley.The author manages to write sex scenes that aren't all cliché. I really appreciated her use of proper word usage, not cluttering the action with a lot of slang and street language. I'm no expert on this genre, but I think it succeeded in fulfilling several goals; it caught my interest, I wanted to keep reading, and I was looking for my husband when I was finished.