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Sensuality: Caramel Flava II (Eroticnoir.com Anthology)

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Zane is back to her magic in another volume of scorching hot erotica! There is so much crap out there now, that it's nice to have a quality anthology of 100% pure sex and eroticism. My favorites:

`The Sweetest Revenge'
`Alibi'
`Leap of Faith'
`The Rain'
`Peaches n' Cream'
`The Salsa Connection'
`Tomorrows Saints'
`South South Bronx' (my favorite)
`Are You Available'
`Borderline'
`An Even Swap Ain't No Swindle'

What makes an erotic anthology work for me is that the stories are a little "impossible", yet still believable. Zane knows how to pick the perfect authors and they, in turn, know how to write the perfect stories.

This is by far my favorite Zane anthologies. It offers an iside look at Raw sex among Latin men and women at its best.
The stories are bold, often raw and well told.

My favorite story is "Therapy".

Here is a story that allows the reader to an inside look at a PH.D who has her world slowly and precisely taken apart by one of her patients. His weekly sessions with her as he talks about an elusive woman he'd like to seduce causes her to squirm in her seat as well as her mind. Making her wonder, Could the women be her?.

Not wanting to breach the doctor/patient relationship, he dissolves their medical association in order to have HER begin HIS seduction of her.
He knows that sometimes leaving a woman alone, will often drive her into the arms of the man she says she doesn't want. It's hot, it's sexy and full questions, of What am I trying to hide.

I bought this book because I read the first Caramel Flava. I liked the other one better. for some reason I just could not get into these stories, like the ones in the first book. I still enjoy reading Zanes novels though.

Although book 1 was better, this book had me on the edge of my seat wondering what's going to happen next and still does b/c most of the stories don't completely finish, they "leave you hanging" and I wanted to know what occurs after but its okk it was worth buying & reading :]

The stories from the first one were more appealing than the ones in this book. The first one was well picked. The stories in between were just unforgettable, boring, kinda predictable, mediocre, and less developed ( See The Ache, Alibi, Leap of Faith, Picture Perfect, and Sayulita Siesta). The stories got more interesting towards the end..especially with the last one "An Even Swap Ain't No Swindle". It was funny that a husband suggested that he and his wife swap partners just so he could have a quickie with that latina chick...only for the swinging thing to end up with complete epic failure! I love it how the wife won and now he's starting to feel guilty about losing the "love of his life". Was it really worth all that??? The wife soon realizes that she loved Michael more...guess Taye and Alicia weren't meant to be. Some some stories were different from the first book. It dealt little racism and had characters using condoms. Some stories were contradicting to what the author says. Zane says that the stories are all erotica, not porn but "South South Bronx" and "Are You Available" clearly say something else. Out of the 18 stories, I found these more enjoyable:

"Therapy"
"The Sweetest Revenge"
"Butterfly"
"The Rain"
"Papi's Baby Girl"
"Peaches n Cream"
"The Salsa Connection"
"The Birthday Present"
"Tomorrow's Saints"
"An Even Swap Ain't No Swindle"

SENSUALITY: Caramel Flava II is a collection of sizzling stories featuring Latin and African-American characters. The anthology runs the gamut of married lovers, long distance relationships, chance encounters and spouses looking for more excitement. My favorites in the collection are "The Sweetest Revenge" by Kimberly D. King, which details a woman's act of vengeance against a former friend and old lover after they betray her trust. "Picture Perfect" by Yvonne Melchoir chronicles a young woman who just ended a relationship and is not secure sexually. She poses for provocative photos to boast her self-esteem and the very sexy photographer shows her how sensual she really is. I also enjoyed Zane's contribution, "An Even Swap Ain't No Swindle" where a man's desire for his friend's girlfriend prompts him to suggest they swap partners. The results are surprising.

Edited by Zane, known for her erotic anthologies, the eighteen stories in SENSUALITY: Caramel Flava II is sure to contain something for everyone. I liked how she included both male and female authors so you get a taste of erotic writing from both perspectives. Although most stories turned up the heat, there was quite a few that were pretty tame especially for the erotica genre. There were others that I wondered what warranted them being included. Overall, for an enticing and titillating read, I would recommend it.

Reviewed by Paula Henderson
of The RAWSISTAZ(tm) Reviewers

This book does not disappoint. I loved the stories and the details really got me worked up.