Customer Reviews

100 Percent Erotica

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4 star:		(1)
3 star:		(4)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(2)

 

 

An incredible book and very aptly titled, in my opinion, the way the love making is described in such intimate and erotic detail is truly amazing, its almost as if you are watching from two feet away. I can honestly say that I've read nothing quite like this before. It's so natural and believable and the characters are ordinary people of different ages, shapes and personalities, people you meet at work or in the street and I think that is what makes it so erotic. The stories themselves as well as being extremely erotic are very believable, a few similarities in places maybe, but I always say that a good song is always worth listening to again and again. There is just enough storyline that builds up to the climax (pardon the pun) to make you feel part of the story. All the characters are sexual artists and a lot of them are incredibly well endowed, they really take you through a masterpiece of erotic pleasure. O.K. The writing style is not in the category of great literature, but then if I wanted literary or grammatical excellence I'd be reading Bernard Shaw, Shakespeare or Percival. And anyway I've always found that red blooded men are turned on by the use of bad grammar when things are getting steamy. There is even the odd spelling mistake, but hey, so what. So unless you are a memeber of an anonymous underworld of spelling and grammar fetishists, (my word what kinky stories they must have to tell) the book is fine. I look forward to reading more by this lady in the future.

This is in my opinion without doubt the most sexually charged book I have ever read. Red hot short stories that don't waste time with a lot of trivia, there is of course a little bit of scene setting, there has to be, but it is not plodding and you won't be looking at your watch thinking when is it going to get going. In fact the settings are real life, situations and places we all recognise (well, some of them are a bit surreal, but we've been there in our dreams), and then we get right down to the business. Also I think its unusual for a book of short stories of this kind to be written by one person, usually several writers contribute, so there is inevitably a little déjà vu to be felt. However that is a minor criticism, I didn't expect great literature, I expected great sex, and that is what I got. I'd love to be a fly on Ms. Van Aartman's bedroom ceiling, she has a fantastic imagination and if her sex life is only half as good as her book, it's a wonder she has the energy left to write.

Her style of writing puts over the characters and situations as very believable, even though the physical attributes of some of them are bordering on the superhuman. Again, that isn't a major criticism, because lets face it we all really yearn for the XXXXL occasionally. Although highly erotic, it is tasteful and warm; there is no nasty sordidness in the stories and it gives me the feeling that I could be living these situations. The atmosphere of the book has a sort of quaint English feel about it as well, which is in part indicated by some of the spelling and grammar. That gives me a particular tingling glow as I was very much in love with someone from over there and this book always makes me think of that brief but enchanting affair.

As for comments I've read about the book being `boring and repetitious' well I have to say, if anyone has a sexual imagination greater than this, don't waste your time criticising, put pen to paper and start writing. If you can improve on this, and write a hotter book than this, there will be a queue six wide and as long as the Great Wall of China waiting to buy it, with me at the front.

This is a collection of short erotic fantasies, most of them are 4 to 6 pages long. They are all told in the first person with about three quarters of them told from the female perspective. The sex described is all vanilla, by which I mean there is no S&M, no humilation, no fetishes, no rape. There is one where the man is tied up. Most of the stories are about heterosexual couples. There is one lesbian fantasy. There are about five stories about multiple partners. However, don't think that vanilla means boring. Absolutely not.

One story is about a man who is visited by female aliens from a planet where the males have all died. They've come to mate with an Earth man, and they've brought a drug that turns him into a sex god. Another good one is about the CEO and the cleaning lady.

A number of the stories feature women who are over forty. Also there are a few about older women, younger men. Apparently the author is British, so she uses British English. Americans won't have trouble with that, but it does mean uncircumcised men are described, which may be a plus or minus depending on your taste.

I am definitely hoping this author will write another book very soon.

The story situations are varied and some of the writing is very humorous, but the author got hung up on the same descriptions. "He entered my tunnel of love," "I could feel his manhood," "He shot his love juice." I found myself sometimes wondering if I hadn't lost my place in the book and was reading the same story twice. Once the setting was described, the rest, including the wording, was pretty predictable. There wasn't a lot of build up, only setting and screwing. The stories went right from, "I was working late and so was Bill" to "he took off my blouse and I grabbed his shaft." Boring and repetitous! It should really only have 1 star and that is being generous!!

A wonderful collection of very erotic stories, an absolute pleasure. Believable situations about ordinary people of all ages and shapes enjoying their sexual freedom to the full. It certainly inspires the imagination and has certainly given me some good ideas (my husband thinks I've been taken over by alien forces). He has read the story about the lucky man who has been visited by lust hungry female aliens and imagines I'm one of them. There are a number of stories that concern the more mature lover, and I think those are my personal favorites, but all of them are good and there is even a hint of humor in there. If erotic short stories are your thing also have a look at Best Women's Erotica 2008

Grammatically, this is one of the worst books I have read. Suzie needs to hire an editor! Something as simple as "taught breasts" could have been prevented with the help of an additional pair of eyes. The stories are mediocre and the grammar is making it hard to continue reading.

This has got to be the hottest book of erotica I have ever read. Many of the others seem cool and restrained by comparison, but this delivers red hot passion and goes all the way. The characters come over as warm and real, even if some of them are exceptionally well endowed (well we all dream don't we), they could be you or me or the ordinary couple next door, and I think that is what gives this book its appeal.

All the stories are obviously written by one person, rather than different writers as in most anthologies and occasionally you do get a feeling of being there before. But that doesnt detract from the book because the stories are red hot, and come on guys you don't look at the wallpaper when you are lighting the fire, do you. This book definately raises the passion within and I can highly recommend it.

Nice short stories before going to bed. Also gives some romantic ideas to try with your own love life. This book will help give new spice to your bedroom dreams.

This book was short but sweet. Would prefer longer story lines but at least most were erotic.

Frankly, I couldn't get past the horrendous writing to see through to the story. I can't believe I paid money for this book.