Review: Lily White writes another winner!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 14, 2014
4.5 stars!!Much like a game of chess and with characters that play a specific role, Target This is a compelling, complex, and extremely thought-provoking book. A little dark, somewhat of a mindf***, and 100% erotic.Those that have read a Lily White book before will know that this author has the ability to raise goosebumps and suck you in to her stories like a vortex. Compared to her other books, I’d say that Target This is far more erotic than dark, yet it is written with dark intentions. As for the plot I felt like I was navigating through a labyrinth while reading and there are a number of plot twists, even up to the very end of the story. The beginning of the book is a bit slow, but it’s completely necessary as it sets up the foundation for the events later in the book, plus I just viewed it as foreplay ;)Character descriptions:Normally I just do the main characters but because the secondary characters are just as important I’ve included them as well. I want to stress here that even though Lucas and Autumn are the MCs, they are not a couple.Autumn: a prim and proper spinster librarian who boxes up her emotions well. Her shy, innocent and nave perspective on sex and erotica catches Lucas’s attention and she pretty much undergoes a sexual awakening after she’s involved with him. To be honest, I loved her hardcore attitude in the beginning of the story and as I saw her defenses wear down later I got a bit disheartened. Then again, I’ve never been in her position before and Lucas is kinda hard to resist…Lucas: a famous but reclusive and eccentric erotica writer and someone Autumn hates immediately on sight. He targets her as his muse for his current book and as a series of unfortunate events happen that draws Autumn closer and closer to him, his actions constantly border between fiction and reality – I spent a lot of the book debating on whether I should hump his leg or hide in a corner…Sarah: Lucas’s beautiful assistant and a Domme. I seriously underestimated her role in this book.Adam/Detective Marx: a dark, broody, and pensive detective who steps in to address the multiple mystery cases that pertain to Autumn and Lucas. He unwittingly gets caught up in Master Lucas’s game.I think it’s important to know that when going into a Lily White book, you should be open-minded and abandon all happy thoughts and any hope that this will be a conventional romance story because more often than not, there is little to no romance and instead you get a very deep, serious, and somber book that will continue to push your boundaries and socio-conventional rules. But at the same time, all this combined makes for a really hot book so if you like something that’s not your standard erotica, try this out! Just maybe not in public ;)I beta read a super advanced ARC of this book.