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Title: Forbidden Pleasures
ISBN: 0451218507
Author:
Bertrice Small
Publicate Date: 2006-06-27
Publish: 2006-06-27
List Price: $14.00
Average Customer Rating: 2.5
Format: Paperback
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1: Great Modern Day Romance
Loved the book. It was Bertrice Small, just more modern. I love her historical romance and I love the Pleasure Series too.
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2: Not her fault
I was unable to get going with this book - maybe too much sex for me!!!!
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3: Stupid beyond reason
I've read some Small's historical romances, they always follow the same formula, so I've decided to give a try to some modern thing, but this was awful. Left me with a very bad taste in my mouth. As someone else said: there's not love in the sex scenes, this is no romance at all. And - don't be absurd - Emily is 30, popular American writer, not some primitive woman living in jungle - and she doesn't know she can get pregnant after first sex? Ridiculous. No thanks, I've had enough of Small.
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4: Gift for Mom
I bought about 9 various Beatrice Small books for my mom to read. She is an avid reader and fan of Beatrice's books. I can't speak about the book itself, but I am pleased with my ability to order all the books that she needed to complete out the series. She was elated to receiver her shipment of new books. No complaints!
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5: I did not enjoy this and wanted it to be over.
Following are some of the problems with the book.
(1) The writing style was almost like a log book or diary. She sleeps, wakes up, eats this, calls someone, discusses that, plans what and where she will eat dinner, etc. There is a lot of description as to what she is wearing, exactly what she is eating, what decorations are in the lobby at work, etc. I'm not sure, but maybe the story is lacking emotional descriptions. Somehow, it was tedious reading about these common, everyday activites. I was never emotionally drawn to anything about the book.
(2) The main conflict or concern in the story was Emily and Dev loving each other but afraid to tell each other. Too much time was spent in the heads of these two, wondering how the other felt. Conflict due to lack of communication is not a favorite of mine.
(3) Emily is writing a novel. She describes the plot to Dev. Then she acts much of it out using the interactive tv method called the Channel. I think some of it was repeated a third time as she was writing. This meant I had to read parts of the story at least twice, which was boring.
(4) There were many sex scenes, but something was missing about the way they were written. It might have been the writing style or lack of emotional draw, I'm not sure. I was like: they did this, they did that, they did this, then they went to sleep.
Sexual language: erotic. Number of sex scenes: 21. Setting: current day Egret Pointe, a small town not far from New York City. Copyright: 2006. Genre: erotic contemporary romance.
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