Review: Unique, Sexy, Funny
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 5, 2014
This review is coming from someone whose an avid romance reader (cue: Katie Macalister, Jeaniene Frost, Sandra Hill, etc).  I love a good romance, but apparently I really, really love erotic writings too.  I had read "Fifty Shades of Grey" and it didn't do it for me--I kept picturing myself smacking the heroine whenever the author made reference to her "biting" and/or "teasing her bottom lip."So, back to the vanilla world of heterosexual breathy love-making scenes I went UNTIL my best friend recommended Livia Ellis and her magically naughty world of "Memoirs of a Gigolo" to me.Mind = BLOWNI truly invested in each character--it wasn't just a book about sex.  In essence, it is about one man's musings about his life as a gigolo and his experiences in his new position.  He is our narrator (Oliver is his name) and he is intersting, hilarious, and definitely open to anything.  I thoroughly enjoyed his perspective and it had me laughing out loud at parts.  Beyond the humor, I found Oliver struggling to come to terms with who he is, continually searching for answers.  It makes him endearing, interesting, and believable.This wasn't just the guy/girl missionary love scenes I had been reading--in the series, you will find heterosexual and homosexual sex along with different fetishes thrown in there as we peruse Oliver's day to day activities as a gigolo.These books are completely different than what I am accustomed to reading, but they are truly a breath of fresh air.  I'm about to begin book 6 and I won't give anything away, but as Oliver's story progresses, we get to see more of his history and background--and it is utterly compelling.Do yourself a favor, buy these books when they are a dollar; they are worth a lot more.