Review: I never really had a taste for your big burly Brazilian type, but thanks to you, Ms Mayberry, I might just have one now.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 10, 2014
I never really had a taste for your big burly Brazilian type, but thanks to you, Ms Mayberry, I might just have one now.Not often do we see the lack of la petite mort addressed in romanceland. In Satisfaction, our heroine Maggie just can't get there - not even under her own steam. I love that Sarah Mayberry has done what she's done here - shifted things around and exploring things that don't often get much pagetime.I loved that there was no rushing straight into that whole "I must give you orgasms right now - the fate of the earth depends on it" frame of mind. I'm not going to give too much away about the destination, however the journey Maggie undertakes at the hands of Rafel is spectacular.Once again, I have to say how much I love the characters I get to read in Sarah Mayberry's stories. Maggie and Rafel in Satisfaction are right up there for me - they are real, smart, coherent people that you can imagine existing outside the pages of a book.I love that Maggie isn't made out to be some sheltered virgin who only needs the right man to come along and press the magic button. The right man certainly helps with the button-pushing, but it is about her and what is stopping her from letting go. Rafel is, of course, a tall, dark and rich example of Captain Sexypants - however he's not exactly perfect and doesn't profess to be.Satisfaction is quite a bit spicier than some of Sarah Mayberry's other work - and she does the spicy very well indeed. Even though the heat in this is off-the-chart, it isn't just sexy for sexy's sake. The dialogue and chemistry between Maggie and Rafel was fantastic, and helped ramp up the temperature.If this is a direction that the author plans to take more often, I for one cannot wait for more!My rating: 4.5 out of 5Note: I was provided with an ARC of this book by the author, Sarah Mayberry, in exchange for an honest review.