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The Exchange

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Photographer Rachel and Parisian exotic dancer Rochelle live miles apart in London and Paris. Yet when they agree to swap apartments for six months, both find the excitement of discovering a new city full of surprises.
You’ve been seduced by ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ and Sylvia Day’s Crossfire series, now prepare to devour ‘The Exchange’.
Rachel is bored in London, whilst over in Paris exotic dancer Rochelle is also weary of her life and unfulfilling relationship with fashion model Konrad.
On arrival in Paris, Rachel visits Rochelle’s strip club and feels the lure of exhibitionism for the first time. Whilst also succumbing to more than a passing interest in Konrad.
Rochelle, meanwhile, falls in with a rich London crowd. For a while a string of random sexual adventures fills the void left by dancing. But enlightenment ultimately comes to Rochelle as she discovers that performing for an audience of one can be just as daring as dancing to a crowd.

194 pages, Kindle Edition

First published August 23, 2012

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Carrie Williams

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There is more than one Carrie William sin the Goodreads catalog. This entry is for Carrie ^ Williams, erotica writer.

Manchester-based writer Carrie Williams travels widely as a reviewer of hotels, restaurants and bars. She began writing for Black Lace's Wicked Words short story collections before progressing to novels.

She is the author of Chilli Heat, The Apprentice and The Blue Guide..

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April 19, 2013
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LO SCAMBIO
L’ idea di partenza è assolutamente intrigante: è la storia di due donne, molto belle e comunque (questo bisogna sottolinearlo) assai disinibite rispetto alla media, che si conoscono tramite Facebook e che accettano per sei mesi di scambiarsi non solo la casa, ma un po’ anche la vita.

Per un attimo temetti si sarebbe arrabbiata, ma poi mi prese sottobraccio. «Siamo proprio uguali, io e te» disse. «Siamo due stronze bugiarde e false.»

Le sorrisi, pensando che sarebbe stato bellissimo trovare finalmente un’anima affine alla mia.
In realtà Rachel e Rochelle sono anche due anime insoddisfatte e alla ricerca di qualcosa di non ben definibile e forse neppure nominabile, e cercheranno di trovarlo l’una nella città dell’altra, e (forse) anche l’una con l’ex dell’altra. Così, attraverso capitoletti alternati tra Londra e Parigi, si snoda una serie di quadretti di feste con ricchi annoiati o modelli fatti e ugualmente annoiati, senza risparmiarsi un’orgia mascherata in un castello che fa tanto “Eyes Wide Shut” (ricordate il film di Stanley Kubrick?). Ovviamente, siamo in un mondo utopistico, perché sembra che nessuno si preoccupi di preservativi, malattie varie e un minimo di prudenza verso il primo sconosciuto trovato al bar.

Lo stile è scorrevole, la trama è arricchita da citazioni di opere pittoriche e rimandi a scrittori e artisti. C’è persino una scrittrice di romanzi erotici che si aggira in incognito nei club parigini per trarne ispirazione (sarà un’allusione autobiografica? Boh.).
L’unico neo, secondo me, è il finale: dopo tanto scandalo, la scelta monogama e molto cuore-a-cuore suona forzata e un pochino deludente.
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December 26, 2013
Okay I was intrigued by the plot summary for this book and I was only a little disappointed by the content, let me explain why...

I thought the dual pov was annoying and I hated Rochelle's part in the story to the point where I didn't read her chapters at all after the first couple

I loved Rachel and Konrad but his 'being in love' with her after only being around her two or three times bothered me greatly... It wasn't insta-love but it was pretty damn close.

The whole orgies everywhere really bothered me too and I'm by no means a prude but it felt forced and I was bored

What I did like was Camille and Lisette and Kir... The rest I could have happily done without
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February 25, 2014
The idea was good but I found myself struggling to read this. I like that both the main characters ended up in relationships. Don't think i'd recommend it.
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