Review: A DIFFERENT AND REFRESHING CHANGE IN THE GENRE
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 31, 2013
Mira is looking for love, but she doesn't know it as that when we meet her at the beginning of Desire in Any Language, Ana Vitsky's new short. Mira is studying abroad to be a translator. She enlists the aid of a part-time tutor, and one day when she witnesses the tutor rap the hands of a misbehaving student, the butters fly in her belly. But this is not your typical tutor-student spanking story. There are no plaid uniforms or older, wiser mustachioed curmudgeons with leather patches on their coat sleeves. In fact, Desire in Any Language stands out in the Spanking Romance genre as being quite atypical. Vitsky has shown incredible courage in putting forth a story that is not about THAT. I'll get to her talent as a writer in a minute.Mira loves her tutor--so much so that when the woman gets married, Mira finds herself distraught. Again, she doesn't quite know why, because this is not about sex. It's about Agape love, something that is simply not seen in this genre. All Mira knows is that she craves what she thinks this kind of attention from her beloved tutor will bring her, and as she continues to fall further behind on her work, and screws up to the point where she doesn't earn her monthly scholarships, and risks possible expulsion, Mira and her tutor agree that some discipline is warranted. And it is given. The scenes are tame; almost fade to black. Again, Desire in Any Language is not about THAT. And it is incredibly refreshing.Aside from this wonderful and unique story that will have you falling in love with Mira and the rest of the supporting characters, Vitsky is a top-notch writer. Her prose are clear and extremely intelligent, and she is among the rare writers who respects her readers enough to not spell every little detail out, allowing the reader to paint their own unique and vivid picture of the location and the characters. We are not told where the story takes place (somewhere in Asia, based on some of the language and the characters on the cover of the book), nor do we know what Mira or the other characters look like. That is up to the dear reader to figure out. Again, incredibly refreshing.Ana's work stands above the rest in skill and intelligence, and I highly recommend this book, and the author.