Customer Reviews

Virtual Reality

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but this is not her best book. I liked it, but wasn't passionate about it. It was something about the hero being so bruised in his former relationship and lacking affection/warmth in this one. He was dominant sexually but not open emotionally and so while he felt like a real person - I think there are probably a lot of male doms out there like him - I didn't warm to him. I guess part of you always wants to fall in love with the hero. I didn't here, so it's only 3 stars, but Joey Hill is an excellent writer and her misses are better than many people's hits.

Joey Hill has an incredible gift for telling the heartwrenching story of dmaged souls who find redemption through their love. For Mark and Nicole this means making an unrestricted commitment to each other., Nicole finds this much easier, although she is the shy partner in the relationship. Mark has lost his ability to trust. At all. To read how Nicole convinces himself of what they can have together, how he tests her, pushes her, until he realizes what a gift she is to him, is a wonderful journey. As with the Ice Queen/Mirror of My Soul combination, I dare the reader to finish this story with dry eyes. Do not miss this novel. It's a Must Buy.

I love this author, and have resolved to read everything that she has written. This story, like all of her others, involves a BDSM lifestyle, but like all her stories, it is the characters and their problems that are at the root of the story.

In this story, a troubled engineer and a shy, missish- woman, both overcome their inhibitions to find happiness as a couple. They meet online. The engineer is a sexual dominant but also someone with a troubled past, a past that doesn't allow him to trust very well. The 'shy kitten', the woman that he meets online is someone who he helps, at first, gain confidence in herself as a woman. He makes her change her hair, and wear more feminine clothes, all things that make her feel more confident and aware of hereself as a woman. She finally gathers the courage to seek him out and confront him in person. She takes the risk to explore what it takes to make their relationship real.

Like others of this author's works, this is a very moving story about two troubled people who help each other find fulfillment. I"m not sure why I ddin't give it 5 stars. Probably because I wasn't compelled to read it over again just after putting it down, as I have been with some of her other books. IT is very well done, though

I was blown away. I was looking for a diversion and found much more than just a titillating read (although I was rewarded with those delightful moments as well). The easier thrills of D/s can be found in many stories, but I was soon rewarded with the impression that the author of this tastefully portrayed tale was trying to share something deeper about the lifestyle... For one - a reverence for the sensual which in itself breaks the mental boundaries of sensuality, the likes of which can be carried through to any sexual lifestyle - hint hint. (I can only pray for a partner with such a vivid appreciation as Mark!!) Oh yes, the erotic *is* all around us, for those who allow their awareness of it to rise to the surface. For another - D/s does not have to mean degradation as so many who are not a part of it assume. It can be an astonishingly respectful, nurturing exchange, where both partners take risks and exchange their, albeit different, vulnerabilities. And lastly, the lavishly descriptive, sumptuously laid out words became a feast for my senses. I savored each morsel. I thank the author for a story that will remain among my most treasured.

Joey Hill is a brilliant, inspiring writer who spends her time in the BDSM realm, and makes for a wonderful introduction to the philosophy and aesthetic of that realm...even if she's a bit intense for the beginner.

What's clear from reading this story (and an number of her other stories) is there is a bloke in particular she has a fixation with...a bloke it would be interesting to meet in real life. A bloke one gets a glimpse of a particular manifestation of in this work. He's reflected in other of her works but the manifestations are slightly different and no less enjoyable.

I have yet to read a story of hers in which the leading man and leading lady are not in some way broken, and this story is no exception. Our leading man has been royally screwed over by his ex-wife (and so-called friends) and has retreated to dealing with the opposite sex in the virtual crucible of Internet chatrooms. The leading lady is rediscovering herself after the death of her husband and has decided to grab the brass ring in her pursuit of the leading man.

I didn't fall in love with the leading man, as he lacked the intensity of personality which appeals to me, but I couldn't help but cheer Nicole on as she took a brazing torch to his icy exterior and managed to free her prize.

Money well spent. Wasn't disappointed at all.

This is only the second Joey W. Hill novel that I have read and I was not disappointed. After Natural Law, I went looking for more Hill books. I was a little skeptical about Virtual Reality but when I started reading, I had to read cover to cover! Hill knows how to capture the inner struggles of men. Hey, I like a big, tough man as much as the next girl; but Hill portrays the way a woman touches a man emotionally, under all of his usual strength and suggested passiveness, past the "I just wanna have sex" attitude, and straight to their need to connect beyond sex. So far, the two books I have read by Joey W. Hill have given me goosebumps and I on my way to get another one now!

Finished this book over two long nights. Hill is a wonderful writer, quite literate and profoundly wise about the human heart. Both characters become real and thoroughly three dimentional in all the deep and complex emotions they must experience to find each other for each other. Thank you J. Hill.

(Most of my books are purchased from Amazon as is this one.)