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Sweet Thing: An Erotic Romance (Cheek)

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I stopped reading Black Lace books for a while because the novels they've released lately aren't as good as their older ones. But I have wanted to give Alison Tyler a chance after reading the disappointing Something About Workmen. I have heard that she is a great erotica author and so I decided to give Sweet Thing a whirl. This novel is a vast improvement from Workmen and the best Black Lace book I've read in quite a while. Jessica Taylor is an LA girl looking for a successful career as a journalist. She loves sex, especially with James Dean look-alikes. But the man who holds the key to erotic heights is Dashiell Cooper, her new editor. A sexual chase game ensues in which Cooper does just about everything to obtain the wanton Jessica. There are various insatiable scenes throughout the novel.

Sweet Thing is one of the sexiest contemporary erotic novels out there. I loved the scenes between Jessica and Kelly (male) and the game-playing between her and Cooper. This novel will satisfy various sexual fantasies. I like the scene with the Popsicles. Very creative. I also like the contemporary feel of the novel. It's like an erotic chick-lit book. I couldn't put it down. I like the Black Lace print of this novel -- not the Cheek reprint with the chick-lit cover. Most readers won't know what they'll be getting themselves into with a cover like that, especially if they're expecting a cute romance novel. Are you in the bargain for a chic, sassy erotic novel? I recommend Sweet Thing most highly. I shall definitely give Alison Tyler's other books a whirl.

Black Lace Books are by far my favorite of the erotic genre, and Alison Tyler is my favorite of the Black Lace authors. Her steamy books reside in the top drawer of my bedside table...unless they are in "use." This novel, about a young Los Angeles-based journalist, slides from one steamy scene to another. The main character, Jessica, pushes the limits. She explores erotic spanking, outdoor sex, and finds herself in a decadent threesome with a co-worker and male roommate. Other characters in the book are even more wild-- one male actor engages in a s/m relationship with an older, wiser woman who knows how to wield a belt. There is just something for any fetishist in this book...and you'll find yourself fantasizing about scenes long after you set it down. A must have!

...with a little something for everyone.
Set in the world of an L.A. weekly newspaper, this story features a young protagonist who is trying to find her way, both in the world of journalism, and in the world of romance. She thinks she knows what she wants, but the three different men in her life each have their own positive aspects, as does the femme fatale co-worker who seems destined to be her mentor. A seductive read about a charming naif. Not your average X-rated book at all.

The problem with this book was that the secondary female character of Avalon overshadowed the more demure and sweet younfg Jessica totally. The whole relationhip build up with Jessica and Dash never amounted to anything, and her relationship with the man of her dreams was also a final epilgoue in the last five pages of the book. Another female characcter in Sasha, and some stuff straight out oa Harelquin romance, made this book really tedious. I was looking for something a lot more intense. And I never did understand why Jessica gave her boyfriend the boot. she really was not interesting at all. For those who like spanking, great, otherwise, yawn.

This story has great sex, great sexual play and a great plot too!! For the reviewer who called Something about Workmen dull, I think you are reading the wrong genre, because you clearly don't get it. Many of these "erotic" books are truly comical with no substance. Ms. Tyler understands that you have to care about the characters before you can get wet reading about their encounters. Keep it up Alison!!!

I'm not one for reviews because I prefer to read than write... but this book compelled me to write a review. I should have paid more attention to the lack of product description. Yes there is a story excerpt, but that right there should have told me there really wasn't much to this book. For those of you curious: Jessica is a wannabe journalist. She starts out with guy (a), starts internship then becomes intrigued by another guy (b). Then at the Halloween party she meets yet another guy (c). During the book you learn that she gets even more experimental (not that she wasn't before) and inserts girl (d). In all this you have miscellaneous characters side plots with Jessica's roommate (we will call her f), the characters (a through d), and about four (no six) more characters. It's a complicated mess of a love triangle (or octagon- not sure how many sides we need here).

Now normally so much wouldn't bother me, if it was all told from the same perspective, but it was told from each individual characters perspective. It was an erotic novel yes, an erotic romance no. I will warn you a spoiler is coming. This novel read like bad porn on paper because of all the characters from all the various perspectives. It could have been cut in half without all that unnecessary crap cut in it. Just pass on this book.

Here would be that spoiler I mentioned: The thing that drove me nuts the most about this book is that the main character and her intended didn't even get together until the very end and there was only one `scene' involving them at all. If you even want to call it that.

...It is erotic with a lot of hot descriptive sex as all good erotica books are. But then the author tries to turn it into a love story... In LA in modern times, which this is, it is not unrealistic that anyone can have sex with just about anyone at any given time. Especially the lifestyle this group led.

With two years of writing in Paris under her belt, Jessica is a barely out of high school cub reporter working and sleeping her way up at an LA Weekly magazine. Her boyfriend Kelly is a bartender/actor waiting to be discovered for the perfect role. There's plenty of sex and little else in this story, and it was a real chore to get through. An immature heroine who is about as interesting as a CSPAN broadcast, it's really hard to care about her character, particularly when the alluring and cultured Avalon shares the page (among other things) with her.

While I love a spicy novel, this one was so redundant and boring that I found myself skipping the numerous sex scenes to get to the plot... and unfortunately, realized that there is no real plot. Sure wish I had read the reviews on this one before wasting money on it! Save your money and get a novel by Emma Holly instead.

I rarely put down a book unfinished, but I only got through a third of this one.

1. Pretty 20-year-olds are boring. There's a reason why the character Avalon (gossip columnist for the newspaper) stole every scene she was in; she was experienced enough to have some depth, which made the sex charge that much hotter.

2. While I don't demand too much of a plot from erotic novels, having some storyline makes me anticipate reading on, not just a disconnected series of sex scenes.

3. This one is purely personal: I live in LA. I love LA. This, Madam, is not LA -- it's the Los Angeles of cliche and clique. Yes, again, this is a fantasy, but if I'm constantly arguing with the book, I kind of lose track of who is doing what to whom with what in whose bed.