Review: Harding Creates Breathtaking Images of Arousal, Using Words as a Palette!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 21, 2014
A Taste of Erotica is a must-read in a genre where there are a lot of “wanna-be” authors and much mediocrity, but few who are as skilled as A.M. Harding. As an author who needed to learn the skill of writing erotica for my first novel, I can attest to how difficult it is to pull it off successfully.The danger in trying to write erotica is this: If you’re not an expert in teasing, arousing, and maintaining that arousal in your readers, the material can become stale very quickly. In the field of psychology, we call this phenomenon desensitization. In other words, the arousal can lose it’s effect and wear off quickly if readers are exposed to too much arousing stimuli.So what does A.M. Harding do successfully, where other authors of erotica have failed? Harding is an expert at teasing the reader with words, using those words as a palette like an artist cleverly uses different shades of paint to change the mood. In the seven short stories in A Taste of Erotica, the author gives us seven short bursts of carefully crafted scenes that flirt with our senses and arouse our libido. Then, just when we’re wanting more, the scene ends as quickly as it started. Each scene is fresh and different, and the images Harding paints with words are as enticing and evocative as the visual images in classic erotic movie scenes, such as Lawrence Kasdan’s 1981 classic, Body Heat.While the erotica genre may not be for everybody, if you’re going to wade into the genre for a sample, A.M. Harding’s A Taste of Erotica is the place to start. Unfortunately for other erotica authors, you may find yourself being disappointed in any other erotica books you read after reading this little A. H. Harding gem.