Review: Unexpected!
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 01 21, 2013
From the title I knew that this book would be teeming with hard hitting sex scenes and provocative literature. I will admit it delivered in this regard but where was the story? I expected more out of this one. It was just a memoir of sorts of a young woman named Sydney who quits her job as a bank teller because of the lucrative opportunity being a phone sex operator provided. It tells mainly of her deriving pleasure out of using her vocal asset to her advantage. It wasn't really a story which made the book a little conceited for me. Reading this book was like sitting back and watching a woman pleasure herself.Here is why this book didn't cut it for me. In Pretty Woman I fell in love with Vivian because she was just a girl down on her luck trying to earn enough money to get out of her rut. What is Sydney's background? She seems to have a good life but then she goes into a line of work that is sort of 'frowned' upon. I'll admit Sandra makes the life out to be quite intriguing but I didn't like the underlying message in this book. Whether it was intentional or unintentional she glamorizes a somewhat distasteful industry and its not one of her best telling in that regard. I don't want to sound as though I some sort of righteous indignation because its erotica we are talking about here and it is some what of a guilty pleasure but I just found the story lacking depth.I wouldn't really call it a story but a series of sexual accounts.Ignoring all that I have said so far, if you are looking for a book that will get you fired up and keep that flame burning bright from beginning to end then this is the book for you. From the way Sandra portrays Sydney you can only imagine what the topic of most conversations near the water cooler in the office were. Sydney must have proven quite the distraction in the office. The story is somewhat impersonal and kind of like having a one night stand. Its all about lust, feeding off insecurities and lacks passion for me. Sydney is overly confident and I wanted a bit of drama to shake things up a bit.She was a player and when women are painted in this light its not exactly uplifting. It's always admirable for a woman to do something that fulfills her but for me I would have preferred something a little more positive.