Review: Erotica....
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 24, 2014
Thanks to netgalley for a free read in exchange for a review.This book made me completely lose my mind. I can't believe what I just read, and I'm not normally stumped. I read the synopsis but what's actually on the pages....I feel twisted. I went in thinking one thing and then had a complete one eighty by the end. The author takes everything you think you know and turns it to something else.As I started this read, it's starts out with Ein in school, and she has a relationship with a girl there. Not a tame one either. The sexual scenes from that made me reread the synopsis to make sure I had the right book. WTH. I should have known something was up when I had to Google what LGBT was. Not my normal read. So I was a bit lost. I really should do my homework and learn a bit more about what these books genre are. That's the thing about reading any kind of genre. I go by a synopsis of the book to see if I want to read it, or by a pretty cover. This book had me in turmoil though, I almost just gave up. About fifty percent in, I almost threw in the towel. I guess because I couldn't put a finger on the genre. This book was a lot of things, and many genres in one. Ein played a strong role model, who gave up pieces of herself for everyone around her. If she considered you family then she would do anything to keep you safe. There are a lot of difficult situations in the book, nonconsensual sex, m-f domination, slavery, group sex. World building was good and the ending was written well. I really want to give this book four stars for entertainment value but because I almost didn't finish, I gave it three and a half.