What do You think about Strange Attractions (2005)?
La narración de la autora me gusta, pero la traducción mal hecha en la versión que tengo me hizo quedarme un poco fría.La historia de Charity es bastante interesante, desde un puesto poco deseado de trabajo a una situación de ménage con experimentos incluídos, aunque después esta situación se vuelva bastante real. Y los especimenes masculinos que acompañan no pierdan la oportunidad de hacer a Charity feliz. Eric es un amor, demasiado romántico y a la vez indeciso para su propio bien, y B.G. con su deseo de conseguir lo mejor para los demás dejándose de lado resulta tierno a la vez que triste. Por suerte, todos saben al final como llegar al corazón del otro. Recomendable
—Ale Rivero
As part of our RA work at the library, we are reading through different genres. December's genre? Erotic fiction. I struggled to find something that was ridiculous (Storm Watch) or pseudo-intellectual bs (Sexual Life of Catherine M). Many web resources mentioned Emma Holly as an author that is a good writer and measures high on the spicy factor. The plot of Strange Attractions was a little kooky and involved a brilliant and hot physics genius, his best friend/lover/employee and Charity. They end up playing some sort of sexual game in the genius' mansion when they aren't being distracted with ghosts, string theory and electromagnetic theory (or something). The storyline is a little over done, but the characterization is well done and the writing style was pretty good. The sex scenes are very graphic, but all done happily consensual and romantic feelings are also explored. I would recommend this to anyone wanting a romance and not afraid of the sizzling sex.
—Sarah
"From one of the best writers of erotic fiction around comes the hot novel of a young woman's sensual education at the hands of a reclusive professor who's adept at erotic mind games."Mildly entertaining. My first foray into oficially labelled erotic fiction -- not taking into consideration the books my parents hid from me in the second row on our bookshelf, when I was a teenager. All things considered I might have enjoyed Fanny Hill, Henry Miller or Charles Bukowski more. My interest started fading about halfway through. Don't get me wrong, the erotic bits were erotic enough. But it got a bit repetitive and I was sorely lacking an engaging storyline. The surprising bits about quantum mechanis were the most interesting parts of the book. So, yeah, ok. Might pick up another one at some point. But I am in no rush.
—Cathy (cathepsut)
