Review: My favourite genre
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 11 5, 2013
It is well known within my book buddy circle that my favourite genre of reading is teacher/pupil relationships. I have read them all, some good some not so. Well this one is good, wickedly good and takes that relationship to a very different level.Do you remember being 19? I do - it was a time of freedom. rebellion, drinking, partying and doing whatever took my fancy. When I was told "don't" I did. I just couldn't resist the challenge.Beth's attitude to life is similar - she loves her freedom, she party's hard, smoking, drinking and living her teenage life to the fullest. Self discipline does not exist in her life. Her priorities were:1. Don't get thrown out of university;2. Don't get thrown out of accommodation;3. Don't get taken to court by the bank;4. Party, drink and freedom;4. Opera practiceHer first year is almost derailed due to her intense crush on Professor Sinclair . She and the other students view is that he is a God who can't be known. His voice alone does naughty things to her and her imagination runs wild thinking about all the bad things she would like Professor Sinclair do to her. So much so her concentration goes and her coursework suffers.During his lecture on the Cultural Legacy of the French Revolution she is too busy doodling "Sinclair is the Sex" on her notebook and as far as Beth is concerned he could be delivering his stylish verbiage and polished aphorisms in fluent Klingon for all the notice she takes during his lecture.Beth is on Sinclair's radar and makes an error of judgement and hands in her doodling notes instead of her essay. Professor Sinclair has an interesting antidote for Beth`s juvenile actions - corporal punishment delivered in a very different way. Sinclair is an "unapologetic sadist" who loves to inflict fear and pain. He is arrogant and egotistical, an alpha male and is not a man Beth can negotiate with.Under Sinclair's tutelage her priorities soon become:1. Do want Sinclair says;2. Do what Sinclair says;3. Do what Sinclair says and4. Opera practice.Lecture Notes is very erotic and kinky and once the action between Sinclair and Beth begins it doesn't finish until the very last page. Beth's journey is painful at times due to her habitual disobedience and her immaturity but Sinclair has a very effective way of dealing with this.Justine Elyot's writing is evocative, refreshing and unique and if you like BDSM erotic romance, fun and laughter then I am sure you will love this - the Demon Headmaster had nothing on Eliot Sinclair.