This is a really easy review for me to put into words. Lets start by saying I loved this book.
I was approached by Charlotte Hains to review her debut book, Introducing Charlotte. She reached out on twitter, and caught my attention by being polite and to the point. I took a look over on Amazon at the book, to see what I would be getting myself into. The title immediately intrigued me, and I jumped on this chance.
I received the book, and started to read it. Now this is where things get interesting. The first half of the book reads like a cross between a very British Sex and the City and Made in Chelsea. The style of the writing, the dialogue between the characters, how they develop, its all been put into words in a very surreal way, and greatly executed into a real page turner. It turns into a BDSM love story as the story progresses, but the themes are well represented, and are not "extreme". They fit very well, and make comfortable reading for all fans of this genre.
The author warned me that this "may not be erotic enough for your tastes". I raised a eyebrow at this when she said it, wondering what she meant. I still don’t know what she meant, as the sexiness and pure erotic energy oozes off the page when the story gets down to is essence,
around half way in.
Yes, this is not cover to cover literary porn. It takes a while for anything sexual to get moving. But the tension that is created raises things to boiling point. This is a story, for readers who like a bit more meat to their erotica. Even if you just read to get hot and horny, take a chance on this and take a afternoon or evening out to read it.
I assumed that is was semi autobiographical, and I asked Ms. Hains about this, and she says its not, instead she did a lot of research into the subject matter. As a autobiography, I would still praise how well written this is, and how good the story is. As it has been researched, and is a story told in quite a believable way, I must praise it even higher because the amount of work gone into this is evident.
To say that this book has had little exposure is a understatement, and a crying shame that this has not done better. Forget all the other cheaper books on amazon and other retailers, this is the real deal. It sets up for another book, and that’s where one the my little problems occurs.... I ran out of pages! I need more, and cannot wait for the next instalment to come around. (Ms. Hains, please don’t leave us on a cliff-hanger like in this again!)
Formatting is done well, and I cannot recall seeing even one spelling mistake. I read it in .epub format, on a android tablet using Moon+ reader.
Introducing Charlotte is a seventy thousand word book available in ebook format and paperback.
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