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The Lady's Tutor
Married young to a man hand-picked by her father, Elizabeth Petre is an ideal Victorian lady. She has borne two sons and endured sixteen years of selfless duty in a passionless marriage. Craving a man's loving touch yet loyal to her wedding vows, Elizabeth is determined to seduce her coldly indifferent husband. She knows of only one man who can teach her the erotic secrets of love.
The bastard son of an English countess and an Arab sheik, Ramiel Devington was reared to embrace both Western culture and Eastern pleasure. Scorned by society and challenged by prim Elizabeth's request, he undertakes her instruction in the art of sensual delight. But when the lessons become a temptation neither can resist, Elizabeth is forced to choose between obligation and a bold, forbidden passion.
The bastard son of an English countess and an Arab sheik, Ramiel Devington was reared to embrace both Western culture and Eastern pleasure. Scorned by society and challenged by prim Elizabeth's request, he undertakes her instruction in the art of sensual delight. But when the lessons become a temptation neither can resist, Elizabeth is forced to choose between obligation and a bold, forbidden passion.
384 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1999
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Robin Schone
48 books492 followersUSA Today and Amazon Bestselling Author Robin Schone writes British Victorian novels about love, the legal & social penalties of Women’s sexuality and the occasional dinosaur. She is translated in 15 languages. The Lady's Tutor is a Cosmopolitan "Must Read" erotic novel. RUSQ (Reference and User Services of the American Library Association) chose Scandalous Lovers to “represent the wide range of historical fiction in romance.” Claims RUSQ: "Robin Schone writes sensual, explicit stories...about characters who are frequently older and less beautiful than most romance protagonists. Her history is impeccable; the storytelling is straightforward but emotionally driven."
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February 12, 2019
What. Was. That.
Oh god, please stop saying 'vulva'.
Oh god, please stop saying 'vulva'.
April 20, 2008
This story was excellent! It starts so slowly, just barely giving you enough so that you hold your breath in hope that something will happen between Saphyre and Elizabeth making you turn those pages well past a “reasonable” reading hour.
Everything takes place around the lessons in seduction that delectable Lord Saphyre gives the morally upright Elizabeth but not once in the whole first half of the story does he lay a finger on her. The tutoring is conducted like teacher and pupil and the textbook that they use is "The Perfumed Garden of the Sheik Nefzaoui"--the Arab Kama Sutra basically. There is mystery and secrets right up to the end and some secrets will do more than surprise. There is nothing that is tawdry or even ick worthy in the whole story.
When something finally does happen between the teacher and pupil, well turn up the air conditioner because it's a slow, slow, sloooowwwwww burn ;-)
The love story just makes you sigh OMG about a million times and the sex, well if it could, it would burn a hole right through the pages. What makes the story unique is that the sex was part of the love story and not just sex for the sake of sex like you can often find in erotic romance.
So finally, some erotic fiction that has an incredible story to boot—a very nice surprise.
Everything takes place around the lessons in seduction that delectable Lord Saphyre gives the morally upright Elizabeth but not once in the whole first half of the story does he lay a finger on her. The tutoring is conducted like teacher and pupil and the textbook that they use is "The Perfumed Garden of the Sheik Nefzaoui"--the Arab Kama Sutra basically. There is mystery and secrets right up to the end and some secrets will do more than surprise. There is nothing that is tawdry or even ick worthy in the whole story.
When something finally does happen between the teacher and pupil, well turn up the air conditioner because it's a slow, slow, sloooowwwwww burn ;-)
The love story just makes you sigh OMG about a million times and the sex, well if it could, it would burn a hole right through the pages. What makes the story unique is that the sex was part of the love story and not just sex for the sake of sex like you can often find in erotic romance.
So finally, some erotic fiction that has an incredible story to boot—a very nice surprise.
March 18, 2018
Tenía el libro anotado en GR para leer desde hace siglos y gracias al #retointimo por fin he podido hacerle un hueco. Todo lo que leía sobre el libro por las redes era muy buenos comentarios y no se han equivocado. No sé como he esperado tanto para leerlo. Como he disfrutado de este libro, me ha encantado todo tanto lo bueno como lo malo. Eso si, aún hay partes de este libro que estoy asimilando, por que me ha dejado con las patas colgando. Cuando vas avanzando y atando cabos te vas enganchando más y más...
Una delicia de lectura
Una delicia de lectura
June 10, 2013
3 to 3 1/ 2 stars
The Lady's Tutor is a well written, thought-provoking, sensual, and well researched book; however, I had a difficult time staying focused and interested in the plot. For some reason, it just didn't capture my attention the way The Lover or Gabriel's Woman did. That said, the sexual tension throughout this story was superbly done. I enjoyed this book but perhaps was not in the mood for its heaviness. I may revisit it again when I'm in a more receptive mood.
The Lady's Tutor is a well written, thought-provoking, sensual, and well researched book; however, I had a difficult time staying focused and interested in the plot. For some reason, it just didn't capture my attention the way The Lover or Gabriel's Woman did. That said, the sexual tension throughout this story was superbly done. I enjoyed this book but perhaps was not in the mood for its heaviness. I may revisit it again when I'm in a more receptive mood.
June 8, 2020
5 Estrellas. ¡Qué ganas tenía de este libro! y ¡Qué poco me ha decepcionado! Mis expectativas eran altas, por todo lo bien que había oído hablar de él, y tenía miedo de que no me gustara, pero no, ha estado muy a la altura. Sin duda uno de los mejores libros que he leído este año.
Este no es el primer libro que leo de Robin Schone, hace unos años leí "El Amante" y "La mujer de Gabriel", así que más o menos conocía su estilo. Si algo me llamaba la atención es que sus descripciones no eran nada vulgares, y sus escenas sexuales estaban llenas de sensualidad. Ésa ha sido la máxima en éste libro.
"El Tutor" es una novela romántica, pero erótica, muy subidita de tono, porque sí, las novelas de Robin Schone son romance histórico erótico, pero un erotismo que no tiene nada que ver con la vulgaridad y chabacanería que se encuentran actualmente en el panorama editorial. Las novelas de esta señora son de calidad.
Esta novela nos traslada al Londres victoriano, con unos protagonistas fuera de lo común. Elizabeth Petre es una dama respetable de la alta sociedad, su padre es el Primer Ministro, y su marido es el ministro de Economía y Hacienda. Lleva 16 años casada y tiene dos hijos preciosos en Eton, pero algo está vacío en la vida de Elizabeth, desde que nació, sus padres la prepararon para ser la esposa perfecta para un futuro Primer Ministro, pero Elizabeth se siente sola y abandonada en su matrimonio; la sospecha de que su esposo tiene una amante, carcome a Elizabeth, y desea que Edward acuda de nuevo a su lecho.
Ramiel Devington es el hijo bastardo de una noble británica y un jeque árabe. Su madre fue secuestrada en el Mediterráneo cuando era joven y acabó en el harén del jeque, fue una de las favoritas, hasta que decidió volver a Inglaterra y llevarse a su hijo consigo. En Inglaterra todos saben quién es Ramiel, es el Jeque Bastardo, un hombre oscuro y peligroso y el amante perfecto que todo lo sabe por haberse criado en un harén.
Elizabeth sabe de Ramiel, y también sabe que es la única persona que discretamente puede instruirla y hacerla deseable para su esposo. Así es como nace un acuerdo entre ellos, en que habrá breves reuniones por la mañana, donde Ramiel enseñará a Elizabeth todo lo que debería saber para seducir a su marido.
Pero no todo será así de fácil como puede parecer, hay más en el pasado del marido de Elizabeth de lo que ella desearía, y en seguida el libro se convierte en una trama de engaños y mentiras que pondrán en peligro la vida de Elizabeth.
No nos engaña tampoco con que sea un libro erótico, si de algo tenía miedo al leer este libro, es que las lecciones fueran prácticas y sus personajes se tiraran todo el día encamados, como en otros libros eróticos, pero aquí no ha sido así. El libro exuda sensualidad y erotismo en todas sus páginas sí, pero el argumento es mucho más que eso, tiene trama, y si bien el sexo es importante, lo es más la vida de sus personajes y lo que ocurre. Lo que no me gusta de las novelas eróticas es que se tiren todo el libro dale que te pego, cayendo en la cansinería y vulgaridad. Por suerte no ha sido el caso de "El Tutor". Éste libro nos trae una historia muy complicada porque Elizabeth es una mujer casada y además respetable y de cierta notoriedad ¿Cómo puede haber romance? Pues aunque cueste creerlo, lo hay, y lo he disfrutado mucho.
Por tanto mis expectativas se han visto satisfechas, y puedo decir que es uno, si no el que más, libro histórico erótico que me ha gustado. Muy, muy recomendable.
Este no es el primer libro que leo de Robin Schone, hace unos años leí "El Amante" y "La mujer de Gabriel", así que más o menos conocía su estilo. Si algo me llamaba la atención es que sus descripciones no eran nada vulgares, y sus escenas sexuales estaban llenas de sensualidad. Ésa ha sido la máxima en éste libro.
"El Tutor" es una novela romántica, pero erótica, muy subidita de tono, porque sí, las novelas de Robin Schone son romance histórico erótico, pero un erotismo que no tiene nada que ver con la vulgaridad y chabacanería que se encuentran actualmente en el panorama editorial. Las novelas de esta señora son de calidad.
Esta novela nos traslada al Londres victoriano, con unos protagonistas fuera de lo común. Elizabeth Petre es una dama respetable de la alta sociedad, su padre es el Primer Ministro, y su marido es el ministro de Economía y Hacienda. Lleva 16 años casada y tiene dos hijos preciosos en Eton, pero algo está vacío en la vida de Elizabeth, desde que nació, sus padres la prepararon para ser la esposa perfecta para un futuro Primer Ministro, pero Elizabeth se siente sola y abandonada en su matrimonio; la sospecha de que su esposo tiene una amante, carcome a Elizabeth, y desea que Edward acuda de nuevo a su lecho.
Ramiel Devington es el hijo bastardo de una noble británica y un jeque árabe. Su madre fue secuestrada en el Mediterráneo cuando era joven y acabó en el harén del jeque, fue una de las favoritas, hasta que decidió volver a Inglaterra y llevarse a su hijo consigo. En Inglaterra todos saben quién es Ramiel, es el Jeque Bastardo, un hombre oscuro y peligroso y el amante perfecto que todo lo sabe por haberse criado en un harén.
Elizabeth sabe de Ramiel, y también sabe que es la única persona que discretamente puede instruirla y hacerla deseable para su esposo. Así es como nace un acuerdo entre ellos, en que habrá breves reuniones por la mañana, donde Ramiel enseñará a Elizabeth todo lo que debería saber para seducir a su marido.
Pero no todo será así de fácil como puede parecer, hay más en el pasado del marido de Elizabeth de lo que ella desearía, y en seguida el libro se convierte en una trama de engaños y mentiras que pondrán en peligro la vida de Elizabeth.
No nos engaña tampoco con que sea un libro erótico, si de algo tenía miedo al leer este libro, es que las lecciones fueran prácticas y sus personajes se tiraran todo el día encamados, como en otros libros eróticos, pero aquí no ha sido así. El libro exuda sensualidad y erotismo en todas sus páginas sí, pero el argumento es mucho más que eso, tiene trama, y si bien el sexo es importante, lo es más la vida de sus personajes y lo que ocurre. Lo que no me gusta de las novelas eróticas es que se tiren todo el libro dale que te pego, cayendo en la cansinería y vulgaridad. Por suerte no ha sido el caso de "El Tutor". Éste libro nos trae una historia muy complicada porque Elizabeth es una mujer casada y además respetable y de cierta notoriedad ¿Cómo puede haber romance? Pues aunque cueste creerlo, lo hay, y lo he disfrutado mucho.
Por tanto mis expectativas se han visto satisfechas, y puedo decir que es uno, si no el que más, libro histórico erótico que me ha gustado. Muy, muy recomendable.
January 29, 2018
3° del Reto íntimo 2018
Hacía mucho tiempo que no devoraba un libro con esta intensidad (apartando mi trilogía favorita porque eso ya no tiene remedio😂)
Me ha encantado, es imposible no caer rendida a Ramiel, yo lo estuve desde el minuto uno. No me explico como no supe de este libro antes, por favor!!! 🔥😍
Gracias a Paty Marín y a su reto íntimo que me ha dado la oportunidad de conocerlo.
Hacía mucho tiempo que no devoraba un libro con esta intensidad (apartando mi trilogía favorita porque eso ya no tiene remedio😂)
Me ha encantado, es imposible no caer rendida a Ramiel, yo lo estuve desde el minuto uno. No me explico como no supe de este libro antes, por favor!!! 🔥😍
Gracias a Paty Marín y a su reto íntimo que me ha dado la oportunidad de conocerlo.
March 21, 2021
Difícil, arriesgada y tal vez poco creíble la decisión que toma nuestra protagonista para intentar salvar su matrimonio y ya se sabe, el que juega con fuego puede "quemarse", pero de alguna forma hay que empezar y darle forma a la historia ;-).
Hacía mucho tiempo que no leía una novela erótica y en esta -que me habían recomendado hace mucho tiempo, pero si no es por una lectura conjunta aún estaría perdida por mi "trastero" - me he encontrado una novela bien redactada, con algo más consistente que una escena de sexo detrás de otra. He visto una parte considerable de crítica/denuncia a la situación de algunas mujeres, la educación sexual, el matrimonio, la doble moral, las apariencias, los internados, ciertos abusos ...
Me ha gustado más una primera parte cargada de tensión sexual, los "preliminares", donde va presentando a los protagonistas y ante alguna situación que se plantea, me he reído bastante. Dos posiciones enfrentadas: hombre/mujer, inocencia/experiencia, dos culturas totalmente distintas. La segunda parte o desenlace de esta relación no deja de ser algo más o menos esperado, pero me ha gustado que el "ñiki-ñiki" solo fuese una parte del libro -ya ni me acuerdo de esas escenas- y que en esta segunda parte tuviese un mayor peso la intriga en la resolución de esas pistas que va dejando -y/o vas intuyendo- en la relación del marido, el club de "poetas menores", los "secretos de familia" y algún que otro "accidente". Aún así, nos encontramos con algunos tópicos, como la pericia, tamaño y aguante de nuestro apuesto y rico protagonista, jeje.
En su conjunto he disfrutado con la lectura, por ello:
Valoración: 7,75/10
Lectura: marzo 2021
Hacía mucho tiempo que no leía una novela erótica y en esta -que me habían recomendado hace mucho tiempo, pero si no es por una lectura conjunta aún estaría perdida por mi "trastero" - me he encontrado una novela bien redactada, con algo más consistente que una escena de sexo detrás de otra. He visto una parte considerable de crítica/denuncia a la situación de algunas mujeres, la educación sexual, el matrimonio, la doble moral, las apariencias, los internados, ciertos abusos ...
Me ha gustado más una primera parte cargada de tensión sexual, los "preliminares", donde va presentando a los protagonistas y ante alguna situación que se plantea, me he reído bastante. Dos posiciones enfrentadas: hombre/mujer, inocencia/experiencia, dos culturas totalmente distintas. La segunda parte o desenlace de esta relación no deja de ser algo más o menos esperado, pero me ha gustado que el "ñiki-ñiki" solo fuese una parte del libro -ya ni me acuerdo de esas escenas- y que en esta segunda parte tuviese un mayor peso la intriga en la resolución de esas pistas que va dejando -y/o vas intuyendo- en la relación del marido, el club de "poetas menores", los "secretos de familia" y algún que otro "accidente". Aún así, nos encontramos con algunos tópicos, como la pericia, tamaño y aguante de nuestro apuesto y rico protagonista, jeje.
En su conjunto he disfrutado con la lectura, por ello:
Valoración: 7,75/10
Lectura: marzo 2021
May 22, 2020
Esta es una de esas novelas que recomiendan en casi todas las listas de los mejores libros de romántica y es una de las que ya tenía en mi reto.
"El tutor" se encuentra dentro del género de romántica histórica aunque también la catalogan como novela erótica. Sin duda lo que destaca es que está escrita de una manera magistral por su autora, eso se nota y se disfruta.
¿De qué trata la historia? Se ambienta en el año 1886. Elizabeth Petre es una mujer casada con dos hijos pero con un marido poco afectuoso. Ella quiere reavivar la relación, complacerlo en la cama, despertar su pasión porque siente que es por su culpa el que él se muestre frío y distante. Su solución es acudir a Ramiel Devington, lord Saphyre, un canalla medio inglés medio árabe que podría tener la solución a su problema, el único capaz de instruirla en el arte de la seducción.
En la primera parte de la novela tenemos los encuentros entre Ramiel y Elizabeth, conversaciones explícitas en las que no existe ninguna cortapisa en el momento de instruir a la dama en las artes del placer sensual. Su tutor la inicia en el arte utilizando el famoso libro de "El jardín perfumado" de Al - Nafzawi. Desde el primer momento se siente la tensión sexual entre los protagonistas, esos momentos íntimos están narrados...
...continúa en: https://oceanodelibros.blogspot.com/2...
"El tutor" se encuentra dentro del género de romántica histórica aunque también la catalogan como novela erótica. Sin duda lo que destaca es que está escrita de una manera magistral por su autora, eso se nota y se disfruta.
¿De qué trata la historia? Se ambienta en el año 1886. Elizabeth Petre es una mujer casada con dos hijos pero con un marido poco afectuoso. Ella quiere reavivar la relación, complacerlo en la cama, despertar su pasión porque siente que es por su culpa el que él se muestre frío y distante. Su solución es acudir a Ramiel Devington, lord Saphyre, un canalla medio inglés medio árabe que podría tener la solución a su problema, el único capaz de instruirla en el arte de la seducción.
En la primera parte de la novela tenemos los encuentros entre Ramiel y Elizabeth, conversaciones explícitas en las que no existe ninguna cortapisa en el momento de instruir a la dama en las artes del placer sensual. Su tutor la inicia en el arte utilizando el famoso libro de "El jardín perfumado" de Al - Nafzawi. Desde el primer momento se siente la tensión sexual entre los protagonistas, esos momentos íntimos están narrados...
...continúa en: https://oceanodelibros.blogspot.com/2...
May 31, 2016
Maravillosa novela, no sé qué he hecho yo tanto tiempo sin leerla!!
A veces te encuentras con una novela que no se parece al resto, que es única y especial y te llega especialmente dentro y eso ha sido El tutor para mí.
Está llena de erotismo y de perraquismo y de calores por todos los lados pero con una historia muy dura y, a la vez, muy bonita de fondo. Y escrita de un modo sencillamente sublime, es una pasada lo bien que escribe esta mujer.
Me faltan poner gifs de llamas y de perros arrastrando el culo por el suelo pero para eso ya está Cassie con su magnífica reseña en el blog. Yo sólo os digo que si queréis leer una novela muy erótica, cargada de tensión sexual y espléndidamente bien de desarrollada y concluída, por favor, leed este libro. Uno de mis favoritos desde ya.
(Y sí, tiene defectillos y a veces cojea pero todo lo demás es tan bueno que lo compensa con creces)
A veces te encuentras con una novela que no se parece al resto, que es única y especial y te llega especialmente dentro y eso ha sido El tutor para mí.
Está llena de erotismo y de perraquismo y de calores por todos los lados pero con una historia muy dura y, a la vez, muy bonita de fondo. Y escrita de un modo sencillamente sublime, es una pasada lo bien que escribe esta mujer.
Me faltan poner gifs de llamas y de perros arrastrando el culo por el suelo pero para eso ya está Cassie con su magnífica reseña en el blog. Yo sólo os digo que si queréis leer una novela muy erótica, cargada de tensión sexual y espléndidamente bien de desarrollada y concluída, por favor, leed este libro. Uno de mis favoritos desde ya.
(Y sí, tiene defectillos y a veces cojea pero todo lo demás es tan bueno que lo compensa con creces)
June 23, 2016
Muy buen libro, muy bien escrito. Enganche máximo hasta altas horas de la noche. Lenguaje directo, mordaz, atrevido. Muchas, muchas cosas que me han sorprendido {he tenido que googlear...}
¿Por qué no una mejor puntuación?
No he logrado empatizar como me gustaría con los protagonistas. Me hubiese gustado que me "tocaran" más el corazoncito. Sobre todo él.
Ya podéis leer la reseña: http://unablogueraeventual.com/el-tut...
¿Por qué no una mejor puntuación?
No he logrado empatizar como me gustaría con los protagonistas. Me hubiese gustado que me "tocaran" más el corazoncito. Sobre todo él.
Ya podéis leer la reseña: http://unablogueraeventual.com/el-tut...
December 24, 2022
Re-read audio style
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫
🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️
🎧🎧🎧🎧
I can probably count on two hands, the number of times I’ve read this. It’s one of my favorite historical romances, I always found its premise to be original and captivating.
Although good grief, I either never realized or I forgot how cruel Elizabeth is to Ramiel. She’s incredibly gullible, for some harebrained reason believing her family who’s done nothing but lie to her. Idk how many times I wanted to knock some sense into her.
Not nearly as many times as I wanted to beat her family with a steel baseball bat. Schone is a master at writing villains you just love to hate, my god are these people deluded and evil of the worst kind. My only complaint is where’s the revenge?!
But Ramiel, the main reason to read this is that man. My god he’s delightful in every way. The son of a sheik and an Englishwoman, grown up in both Arabia and England. His low key demeanor, his effortless charm and the patience of a goddam saint. Oh and he’s also deliciously dominating when the need calls for it. The perfect man, ladies and gentlemen!
The audio is narrated by Lulu Russell and I enjoyed her cadence and tone, very pleasant on the ear. Plus she was excellent with the array of characters and their different English accents from the highest upper crust to lowest cockney.
Original review
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
I appreciate that Schone writes about older couples and second chances. What makes this different is that both Elizabeth and Ramiel were never really given first chances.
There’s just something so sexy about that student/teacher vibe. Most definitely when the subject matter is sex and The Lady’s Tutor doesn’t disappoint.
And while this book had so many beautiful moments it had just as many horribly ugly ones. Elizabeth is so sweet and naive, it’s a wonder she not only survived her parents but her husband.
The most beautiful part was Elizabeth gaining her confidence under the tutelage of Ramiel. And then when they came together that made it all perfect. While they didn’t destroy the ugly, at least they saved themselves and everyone that they loved.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫
🌶️🌶️🌶️🌶️
🎧🎧🎧🎧
I can probably count on two hands, the number of times I’ve read this. It’s one of my favorite historical romances, I always found its premise to be original and captivating.
Although good grief, I either never realized or I forgot how cruel Elizabeth is to Ramiel. She’s incredibly gullible, for some harebrained reason believing her family who’s done nothing but lie to her. Idk how many times I wanted to knock some sense into her.
Not nearly as many times as I wanted to beat her family with a steel baseball bat. Schone is a master at writing villains you just love to hate, my god are these people deluded and evil of the worst kind. My only complaint is where’s the revenge?!
But Ramiel, the main reason to read this is that man. My god he’s delightful in every way. The son of a sheik and an Englishwoman, grown up in both Arabia and England. His low key demeanor, his effortless charm and the patience of a goddam saint. Oh and he’s also deliciously dominating when the need calls for it. The perfect man, ladies and gentlemen!
The audio is narrated by Lulu Russell and I enjoyed her cadence and tone, very pleasant on the ear. Plus she was excellent with the array of characters and their different English accents from the highest upper crust to lowest cockney.
Original review
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
I appreciate that Schone writes about older couples and second chances. What makes this different is that both Elizabeth and Ramiel were never really given first chances.
There’s just something so sexy about that student/teacher vibe. Most definitely when the subject matter is sex and The Lady’s Tutor doesn’t disappoint.
And while this book had so many beautiful moments it had just as many horribly ugly ones. Elizabeth is so sweet and naive, it’s a wonder she not only survived her parents but her husband.
The most beautiful part was Elizabeth gaining her confidence under the tutelage of Ramiel. And then when they came together that made it all perfect. While they didn’t destroy the ugly, at least they saved themselves and everyone that they loved.
January 20, 2019
Maravillosa, sensual, erótica, narrativamente enriquecedora, diferente, original, romántica, a veces realista, a veces total ficción... una novela para RELEER más de una vez
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May 19, 2019
I read this book a looooong time ago, in the time before GRs when I was still in the halcyon days of my earliest romance reading. Since then I’ve thought of it often and have long meant to reread and review it. Suffice to say, it’s - er - ropier and weirder than I remember. Usually if I’ve read a book more than once that might indicate that I would recommend that book but here I don’t think can here.
Let’s start with the good stuff - the reason this book stuck with me, the reason I’ve thought of it in the time since I first read it: the heroine, Elizabeth. She’s just the kind of competent, austere, uptight heroine I like. The earlier parts of this book, in which she takes herself off to a notorious somewhat outcast rake in order to get lessons on how to please a man in order to lure her husband back to her bed are really great. Her shame in her actions, mingled with her desire for the sheikh and her desperate need for some form of sexual satisfaction for herself are palpable.
There’s also some pretty nice writing on display: “The heavy morning air pressed around the sour-smelling hack as if it were a living entity, heart beating in time to Elizabeth’s heart, breathing when she breathed.” (Loc 241)
The scene when she finally goes to her husband, naked, in the middle of the night and attempts to seduce him is a genuinely heartbreaking piece of writing. It’s awful, but in a fantastic way. As is the chapter following it, as she adjusts to a world in which she’s never going to be able to seduce him, regardless of how hard she tries and that she’s stuck in her life. It also builds to a decent conflict because Elizabeth, perhaps unsurprisingly when faced with the complete and utter rejection of her husband, believes she cannot possibly be desirable to the hero.
The Bastard Sheikh, our hero, is a bit nothingy compared to Elizabeth. Most problematic for a romance novel, aside from attraction, there was never a good rationale for why he came to love her - lust, yes - love no.
Still, if that was the sum total of this book, i could round this review out there and give this 3.5 stars rounded up and move on. Alas, that’s not the sum total of this book.
Instead, it goes a smidge - um - crazy?
The sex is pretty insane:
- The language is both purple and unintentionally hilarious. The entrance to the heroine’s vagina is described as a ‘portal’ at one point, like it’s the fucking Stargate or something. The hero’s penis is a “log ramming into her” which is just such a weird image.
- We have a lot of cervix bumping, more precisely, ”he delicately prodded the hard dimple of her cervix”. This is a sentence I literally wish I could unread, instead, I am inflicting it on anyone who reads this review. I mean, cervix bumping aside THE WORD ‘PROD’ HAS NO PLACE IN A SEX SCENE.
- There’s a whole bit about a section in the womb that has to be opened up by Elizabeth positioning herself in a certain way in order to accommodate the Hero’s penis. It’s described by the hero as a ”special pocket” so I imagine it’s like the zipped section on a suitcase which expands its size. Oh, and for you cervix fans, it’s behind the cervix. Oh, oh, and when you finally access it, it’s accompanied by ”an internal popping sensation.”. Look, I’m no sex expert but I was baffled by this whole concept, please enlighten me if you are using your hidden sex pocket on the regular.
So, yeh. Sex: mental. And it’s the dominant feature of the second half of this book.
The plot also goes batshit. We have murder attempts! Poisonings! (With substances that also cause excessive arousal!) Child abuse! Deranged parents! A thing with a Eunuch that I can’t quite explain!
The first half of the book has such a quiet little plot but it just turns full acid trip. And then it’s all wrapped up in the neatest of neat bows. I think I have whiplash from the experience. It wasn’t boring I suppose, I’ll give it that.
In short: Unless you like a hearty dose of The Cray with your romance, maybe don’t bother with this one.
Let’s start with the good stuff - the reason this book stuck with me, the reason I’ve thought of it in the time since I first read it: the heroine, Elizabeth. She’s just the kind of competent, austere, uptight heroine I like. The earlier parts of this book, in which she takes herself off to a notorious somewhat outcast rake in order to get lessons on how to please a man in order to lure her husband back to her bed are really great. Her shame in her actions, mingled with her desire for the sheikh and her desperate need for some form of sexual satisfaction for herself are palpable.
There’s also some pretty nice writing on display: “The heavy morning air pressed around the sour-smelling hack as if it were a living entity, heart beating in time to Elizabeth’s heart, breathing when she breathed.” (Loc 241)
The scene when she finally goes to her husband, naked, in the middle of the night and attempts to seduce him is a genuinely heartbreaking piece of writing. It’s awful, but in a fantastic way. As is the chapter following it, as she adjusts to a world in which she’s never going to be able to seduce him, regardless of how hard she tries and that she’s stuck in her life. It also builds to a decent conflict because Elizabeth, perhaps unsurprisingly when faced with the complete and utter rejection of her husband, believes she cannot possibly be desirable to the hero.
The Bastard Sheikh, our hero, is a bit nothingy compared to Elizabeth. Most problematic for a romance novel, aside from attraction, there was never a good rationale for why he came to love her - lust, yes - love no.
Still, if that was the sum total of this book, i could round this review out there and give this 3.5 stars rounded up and move on. Alas, that’s not the sum total of this book.
Instead, it goes a smidge - um - crazy?
The sex is pretty insane:
- The language is both purple and unintentionally hilarious. The entrance to the heroine’s vagina is described as a ‘portal’ at one point, like it’s the fucking Stargate or something. The hero’s penis is a “log ramming into her” which is just such a weird image.
- We have a lot of cervix bumping, more precisely, ”he delicately prodded the hard dimple of her cervix”. This is a sentence I literally wish I could unread, instead, I am inflicting it on anyone who reads this review. I mean, cervix bumping aside THE WORD ‘PROD’ HAS NO PLACE IN A SEX SCENE.
- There’s a whole bit about a section in the womb that has to be opened up by Elizabeth positioning herself in a certain way in order to accommodate the Hero’s penis. It’s described by the hero as a ”special pocket” so I imagine it’s like the zipped section on a suitcase which expands its size. Oh, and for you cervix fans, it’s behind the cervix. Oh, oh, and when you finally access it, it’s accompanied by ”an internal popping sensation.”. Look, I’m no sex expert but I was baffled by this whole concept, please enlighten me if you are using your hidden sex pocket on the regular.
So, yeh. Sex: mental. And it’s the dominant feature of the second half of this book.
The plot also goes batshit. We have murder attempts! Poisonings! (With substances that also cause excessive arousal!) Child abuse! Deranged parents! A thing with a Eunuch that I can’t quite explain!
The first half of the book has such a quiet little plot but it just turns full acid trip. And then it’s all wrapped up in the neatest of neat bows. I think I have whiplash from the experience. It wasn’t boring I suppose, I’ll give it that.
In short: Unless you like a hearty dose of The Cray with your romance, maybe don’t bother with this one.
August 4, 2017
La historia transcurre en Londres de 1886 y trata la historia de Elizabeth, dama de sociedad casada con el candidato a primer ministro, Edward, quien tiene una amante. Motivo por el cual se dirige a Ramiel con el fin de recibir lecciones de como seducir a un hombre. En vista de que su matrimonio va en fracaso y quiere recuperar a su marido.
Después de una partida inicial de la historia que databa de una lectura muy interesante. En El tutor somos introducidos y guiados a través de una narración exquisitamente detallada. Más allá del propósito central de la historia: las lecciones de sexo, dadas por Ramiel y guiadas a través de la lectura del libro El jardín perfumado. Con una ambientación digna de la época; en cuanto a paisaje, vestimenta. Asimismo, de unos personajes muy bien creados y complejos, con su parte fundamental en la historia. Además de su parte justa de escenas “explicitas”, sexys, eróticas, bien descritas sin caer en lo vulgar ni burdo. El misterio y secretos necesarios que me mantuvieron curiosa por saber que pasaría. Estar al corriente del pasado de su protagonista principal y el por qué fue exiliado de arabia, no siendo sino en sus últimos capítulos develado, cosa que le toma puntos, porque si bien, a mí me mantuvo allí; queriendo saber que sucedería.
La evolución de la historia me gusto, de la relación de los protagonistas. A pesar de que transcurrió en… ¿Qué? Dos semanas. Eran esas clases en primeras horas de la semana, todos los compromisos de Elizabeth como esposa digna de un político. Hacían parecer que transcurría más del tiempo debido. No dejando de lado el detrás de esa fachada por matrimonio, el motivo que llevo a esta mujer a recurrir a otro hombre para seducir a SU marido. Como dicho matrimonio de más de quince años con dos hijos adolescentes, Richard y Phillip, no es más solo un beso el día de decir: Si, acepto. Y dos embarazos concertados para ganas votantes. Y luego el gran secreto de todos al final… secreto que es novedad, si comparándolo con otras novelas. Jamás había leído algo así posible, en la literatura. Ojo. Dando a entender el hecho de que la escritora se ha planteado la historia y si nos ha dado la bomba. No por menos, con un final digno.
No tenía pensado una reseña larga. Diría que la hice por Beatriz. Pero si quieren una historia entretenida, sensual y con momentos hilarantes (porque si, existen). Esta es una. Si no encuentras que leer, te la recomiendo.
Y el motivo por el que le bajé una estrella es que, porque si bien Ramiel Davington es mitad Árabe e Inglés, pero a partir de los 12 años estuvo en Arabia a quien su padre no le dejo tocar una mujer hasta saberlas complacer. Viene Elizabeth a preguntarle si ha hecho TODAS esas cosas. Obvio, a los trece le fue regalado un Harén. Y lo otro: el hecho de que Elizabeth me recordaba constantemente lo que le decía Ramiel. Constantemente. Cosa que quizás no tomaran ustedes en consideración o cualquiera que lo haya leído. Pero… es que yo soy más de estados de ánimo.
Después de una partida inicial de la historia que databa de una lectura muy interesante. En El tutor somos introducidos y guiados a través de una narración exquisitamente detallada. Más allá del propósito central de la historia: las lecciones de sexo, dadas por Ramiel y guiadas a través de la lectura del libro El jardín perfumado. Con una ambientación digna de la época; en cuanto a paisaje, vestimenta. Asimismo, de unos personajes muy bien creados y complejos, con su parte fundamental en la historia. Además de su parte justa de escenas “explicitas”, sexys, eróticas, bien descritas sin caer en lo vulgar ni burdo. El misterio y secretos necesarios que me mantuvieron curiosa por saber que pasaría. Estar al corriente del pasado de su protagonista principal y el por qué fue exiliado de arabia, no siendo sino en sus últimos capítulos develado, cosa que le toma puntos, porque si bien, a mí me mantuvo allí; queriendo saber que sucedería.
La evolución de la historia me gusto, de la relación de los protagonistas. A pesar de que transcurrió en… ¿Qué? Dos semanas. Eran esas clases en primeras horas de la semana, todos los compromisos de Elizabeth como esposa digna de un político. Hacían parecer que transcurría más del tiempo debido. No dejando de lado el detrás de esa fachada por matrimonio, el motivo que llevo a esta mujer a recurrir a otro hombre para seducir a SU marido. Como dicho matrimonio de más de quince años con dos hijos adolescentes, Richard y Phillip, no es más solo un beso el día de decir: Si, acepto. Y dos embarazos concertados para ganas votantes. Y luego el gran secreto de todos al final… secreto que es novedad, si comparándolo con otras novelas. Jamás había leído algo así posible, en la literatura. Ojo. Dando a entender el hecho de que la escritora se ha planteado la historia y si nos ha dado la bomba. No por menos, con un final digno.
No tenía pensado una reseña larga. Diría que la hice por Beatriz. Pero si quieren una historia entretenida, sensual y con momentos hilarantes (porque si, existen). Esta es una. Si no encuentras que leer, te la recomiendo.
Y el motivo por el que le bajé una estrella es que, porque si bien Ramiel Davington es mitad Árabe e Inglés, pero a partir de los 12 años estuvo en Arabia a quien su padre no le dejo tocar una mujer hasta saberlas complacer. Viene Elizabeth a preguntarle si ha hecho TODAS esas cosas. Obvio, a los trece le fue regalado un Harén. Y lo otro: el hecho de que Elizabeth me recordaba constantemente lo que le decía Ramiel. Constantemente. Cosa que quizás no tomaran ustedes en consideración o cualquiera que lo haya leído. Pero… es que yo soy más de estados de ánimo.
March 20, 2018
Segunda lectura de "El tutor", en esta ocasión para el #RetoÍntimo, ese reto de lectura que tenemos en Cuentos íntimos para 2018.
Novela de alto contenido erótico, maravillosamente sensual, escandalosa y tórrida. Me ha gustado tanto como la primera vez, he disfrutado de su erotismo y, como la primera vez, he sufrido con el dolor de los personajes. Es una historia triste, pero también exótica y combina todos los elementos del escenario para crear ambientes y atraparnos en el calor sensual de las descripciones y las palabras. Me atrapa en cada capítulo, en cada lección, y cada diálogo. No sé que más decir, me ha gustado tanto que solo puedo recomendarla para que descubráis por vosotros mismos esta joya :)
Novela de alto contenido erótico, maravillosamente sensual, escandalosa y tórrida. Me ha gustado tanto como la primera vez, he disfrutado de su erotismo y, como la primera vez, he sufrido con el dolor de los personajes. Es una historia triste, pero también exótica y combina todos los elementos del escenario para crear ambientes y atraparnos en el calor sensual de las descripciones y las palabras. Me atrapa en cada capítulo, en cada lección, y cada diálogo. No sé que más decir, me ha gustado tanto que solo puedo recomendarla para que descubráis por vosotros mismos esta joya :)
March 29, 2016
I've lowered the star rating from a three to a one since I originally read it. The author uses the ~evil gays~ trope, making all the bad people being men who rape/sexually assault other men and even boys. (I'd tried to be fair when rating and reviewing it originally because I'd enjoyed other parts of it, but eff this BS.)
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Previous review: Mar 16/15
Infidelity is pretty much the kill-switch for me in romance novels...unless, of course, there are special or extenuating circumstances or the author can really, really, really convince me that the cheater has earned their forgiveness. In this case, I was just like...go ahead girl. Oh...your husband has a mistress/lover and is cheating on you? You do you, girl...you do you. Cheat on his ass!
You've got my blessing.
The novel had an interesting premise and I was looking forward to seeing how it would play out but I found there was just related to sex (even though nothing intimate occurs between them until ). I know that sounds ridiculous considering the premise but...I dunno...I just didn't expect it all to be so technical--especially in the scenes in which they are intimate. It also annoyed me how much they talked during those more intimate scenes. Other than that, I expected the subplots to be interesting, and it didn't fail me there, but it turned to be way darker than I expected. There were some things that were obvious ()...but I really can't say that, at any point, I thought there would be the .
I liked both Ramiel Devington, Lord Safyre (I really loved that name and spelling), and Elizabeth Petre. My first thought of Ramiel was that he's got a huge chip on his shoulder. However, as I read, I understood him better. Other than that, right from the beginning, Ramiel is insanely provocative and alluring...and I never thought he stopped being so. In addition to, though, he has a great depth of character. I liked Elizabeth because you see her going from this prim and proper wife to this sexually open woman. She stops being afraid of asking embarrassing questions and doesn't hesitate to voice what she's curious about. Sure, this awakening was partially promoted and catalyzed by Ramiel goading her into it and forcing a truthfulness clause into their lessons/meetings...but I still enjoyed watching her grow in confidence and self-worth. There are times in which I thought she might cede to pressure () and she went ahead and surprised me by all but flipping them off.
I also it was obvious from the beginning that Edward had been avoiding her bed because . I even sympathized with his cause because, yes, it can't be easy having to live a lie. But...oh man... I wanted her to get back in the hack and start sleeping with Ramiel right then and there. Hell, call him on over and fuck him next door! Ugh, her husband was a right bastard and I'm disappointed . They all deserved to.
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Previous review: Mar 16/15
Infidelity is pretty much the kill-switch for me in romance novels...unless, of course, there are special or extenuating circumstances or the author can really, really, really convince me that the cheater has earned their forgiveness. In this case, I was just like...go ahead girl. Oh...your husband has a mistress/lover and is cheating on you? You do you, girl...you do you. Cheat on his ass!
You've got my blessing.
The novel had an interesting premise and I was looking forward to seeing how it would play out but I found there was just related to sex (even though nothing intimate occurs between them until ). I know that sounds ridiculous considering the premise but...I dunno...I just didn't expect it all to be so technical--especially in the scenes in which they are intimate. It also annoyed me how much they talked during those more intimate scenes. Other than that, I expected the subplots to be interesting, and it didn't fail me there, but it turned to be way darker than I expected. There were some things that were obvious ()...but I really can't say that, at any point, I thought there would be the .
I liked both Ramiel Devington, Lord Safyre (I really loved that name and spelling), and Elizabeth Petre. My first thought of Ramiel was that he's got a huge chip on his shoulder. However, as I read, I understood him better. Other than that, right from the beginning, Ramiel is insanely provocative and alluring...and I never thought he stopped being so. In addition to, though, he has a great depth of character. I liked Elizabeth because you see her going from this prim and proper wife to this sexually open woman. She stops being afraid of asking embarrassing questions and doesn't hesitate to voice what she's curious about. Sure, this awakening was partially promoted and catalyzed by Ramiel goading her into it and forcing a truthfulness clause into their lessons/meetings...but I still enjoyed watching her grow in confidence and self-worth. There are times in which I thought she might cede to pressure () and she went ahead and surprised me by all but flipping them off.
I also it was obvious from the beginning that Edward had been avoiding her bed because . I even sympathized with his cause because, yes, it can't be easy having to live a lie. But...oh man... I wanted her to get back in the hack and start sleeping with Ramiel right then and there. Hell, call him on over and fuck him next door! Ugh, her husband was a right bastard and I'm disappointed . They all deserved to.
February 3, 2020
Me reading The Lady’s Tutor:
I was recommended Robin Schone for her style of darker historical romances and uh, yeah, it gets dark. I was pleasantly surprised that Schone went there and we got to go there with her. There were hints of something beneath the surface, and I had guessed one of the secrets but I didn’t actually believe it would happen. Oh but it did. The Lady’s Tutor reminded me of Mary Jo Putney’s Dearly Beloved because I was simply freaking out for the last 100 hundred pages or so, which is, personally, a very desirable state to be in when reading romances.
The Lady’s Tutor is a slow burn. Elizabeth is the wife to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and her husband is being groomed to be the future Prime Minister, who coincidentally is Elizabeth’s dad. Suspecting her husband of having an affair, Elizabeth decides to save her marriage by learning about seduction from Ramiel, one of London’s best lovers, so that her husband no longer has any need of a mistress. Ramiel, half Arabic and half English, is a bastard born of an abducted English countess and a Sheikh. He has been banished from Arabia for reasons we are not told until the cliffhanger and is currently residing in England where he is a black sheep popular amongst wives and widows.
The interesting part is that there is no actual seduction. I, for some reason, thought these lessons would include physical demonstrations, perhaps a practicum, but no, apparently I have a depraved imagination because the lady’s tutor is a tutor in the literal sense. I agree with other reviewers that this part wasn't as engaging as it could be because the lessons consist of Elizabeth and Ramiel going over a sex manual, and their conversations simply aren't that stimulating.
I didn’t find The Lady’s Tutor steamy but the story remained fascinating, because of the story’s mysterious atmosphere that kept me engrossed in finding out where we were going.
If I have one pet peeve, it is the trope of disinterested husbands who check out on paper to be I actually really loved Schone’s OTP plot and wouldn’t change a thing because My Lady’s Tutor is the first romance that I’ve read that had this particular reveal at the end, but I do wonder
A notable highlight is that Elizabeth is in her early thirties. I assume Ramiel is the same age since nothing was commented about his age, or at least that I remember. It is very nice to have heroines who aren't 16, 18 or 21. Ditto for heroes who are 25 but act like they are 40. I'm not even old but even I side-roll heroines and heroes who simply do not speak or act like they are in their twenties AKA the Dawson's Creek effect where the teenagers sound like adults.
Overall, this was a gooder and I plan to check out more by Schone.
I was recommended Robin Schone for her style of darker historical romances and uh, yeah, it gets dark. I was pleasantly surprised that Schone went there and we got to go there with her. There were hints of something beneath the surface, and I had guessed one of the secrets but I didn’t actually believe it would happen. Oh but it did. The Lady’s Tutor reminded me of Mary Jo Putney’s Dearly Beloved because I was simply freaking out for the last 100 hundred pages or so, which is, personally, a very desirable state to be in when reading romances.
The Lady’s Tutor is a slow burn. Elizabeth is the wife to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and her husband is being groomed to be the future Prime Minister, who coincidentally is Elizabeth’s dad. Suspecting her husband of having an affair, Elizabeth decides to save her marriage by learning about seduction from Ramiel, one of London’s best lovers, so that her husband no longer has any need of a mistress. Ramiel, half Arabic and half English, is a bastard born of an abducted English countess and a Sheikh. He has been banished from Arabia for reasons we are not told until the cliffhanger and is currently residing in England where he is a black sheep popular amongst wives and widows.
The interesting part is that there is no actual seduction. I, for some reason, thought these lessons would include physical demonstrations, perhaps a practicum, but no, apparently I have a depraved imagination because the lady’s tutor is a tutor in the literal sense. I agree with other reviewers that this part wasn't as engaging as it could be because the lessons consist of Elizabeth and Ramiel going over a sex manual, and their conversations simply aren't that stimulating.
I didn’t find The Lady’s Tutor steamy but the story remained fascinating, because of the story’s mysterious atmosphere that kept me engrossed in finding out where we were going.
If I have one pet peeve, it is the trope of disinterested husbands who check out on paper to be I actually really loved Schone’s OTP plot and wouldn’t change a thing because My Lady’s Tutor is the first romance that I’ve read that had this particular reveal at the end, but I do wonder
A notable highlight is that Elizabeth is in her early thirties. I assume Ramiel is the same age since nothing was commented about his age, or at least that I remember. It is very nice to have heroines who aren't 16, 18 or 21. Ditto for heroes who are 25 but act like they are 40. I'm not even old but even I side-roll heroines and heroes who simply do not speak or act like they are in their twenties AKA the Dawson's Creek effect where the teenagers sound like adults.
Overall, this was a gooder and I plan to check out more by Schone.
November 13, 2015
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December 2, 2020
Leído en un Club de Lectura en 2012:
La protagonista femenina está fabricada para que empaticen con ella no todas las mujeres, sino las casadas con hijos (ya sabemos a qué público preferente va dirigida la novela). Tenemos a una mujer victoriana de treinta y tantos casi-virgen (para entender este palabro, leed la novela), con dos hijos, un tipo no perfecto y con una marido que, por razones de la trama, no la hace todo el caso que se merece. Este es el personaje más desarrollado, el resto –jeque incluido- están creados con menos detalle.
Y el título de la novela nos da ya idea de qué le va a enseñar el jeque a dicha dama victoriana.
Para mi gusto, personal y subjetivo 100%, la novela está muy focalizada en el espectro de la población que espera sea su objetivo. Aparte de la trama se centra mucho en los sentimientos de la protagonista, le da muchas vueltas a lo que hace y dice y piensa y espera y la preocupa y ... en esto es en lo creo que puede separar más esta novela a un público femenino de masculino. NORMALMENTE el público varón suele ser más dado a dar tantas vueltas a los sentimientos. Lo pongo en mayúsculas no por gritar, sino para resaltar que es una generalización que tiene el escaso valor que suelen tener. Es solo mi opinión.
Calefacción : Hoooooos .... tia ¡, vaya con las descripciones .... Cuando leemos visualizamos lo que leemos, ¿no?. Pues he de decir que lo que se visualiza al leer hace que la mayoría del porno que haya podido ver se quede en algo casi “estandar”. Ya sabemos que la imaginación supera a la vista, por lo que tomaros la frase anterior como una posible exageración, pero quien consiga leer ciertos fragmentos sin “animarse” al menos un poco, está muert@ de cintura hacia abajo.
Por cierto, que antes de escribir esto he buscado en la RAE la diferencia entre pornográfico y erótico ... y según la RAE es algo subjetivo, por lo que Dios me libre de definir con uno u otro adjetivo esos extensos párrafos del libro. Que las/los lectoras/lectores decidan.
La protagonista femenina está fabricada para que empaticen con ella no todas las mujeres, sino las casadas con hijos (ya sabemos a qué público preferente va dirigida la novela). Tenemos a una mujer victoriana de treinta y tantos casi-virgen (para entender este palabro, leed la novela), con dos hijos, un tipo no perfecto y con una marido que, por razones de la trama, no la hace todo el caso que se merece. Este es el personaje más desarrollado, el resto –jeque incluido- están creados con menos detalle.
Y el título de la novela nos da ya idea de qué le va a enseñar el jeque a dicha dama victoriana.
Para mi gusto, personal y subjetivo 100%, la novela está muy focalizada en el espectro de la población que espera sea su objetivo. Aparte de la trama se centra mucho en los sentimientos de la protagonista, le da muchas vueltas a lo que hace y dice y piensa y espera y la preocupa y ... en esto es en lo creo que puede separar más esta novela a un público femenino de masculino. NORMALMENTE el público varón suele ser más dado a dar tantas vueltas a los sentimientos. Lo pongo en mayúsculas no por gritar, sino para resaltar que es una generalización que tiene el escaso valor que suelen tener. Es solo mi opinión.
Calefacción : Hoooooos .... tia ¡, vaya con las descripciones .... Cuando leemos visualizamos lo que leemos, ¿no?. Pues he de decir que lo que se visualiza al leer hace que la mayoría del porno que haya podido ver se quede en algo casi “estandar”. Ya sabemos que la imaginación supera a la vista, por lo que tomaros la frase anterior como una posible exageración, pero quien consiga leer ciertos fragmentos sin “animarse” al menos un poco, está muert@ de cintura hacia abajo.
Por cierto, que antes de escribir esto he buscado en la RAE la diferencia entre pornográfico y erótico ... y según la RAE es algo subjetivo, por lo que Dios me libre de definir con uno u otro adjetivo esos extensos párrafos del libro. Que las/los lectoras/lectores decidan.
July 20, 2009
Oh I'm trying deperately to put the words together for a review of how this book made me feel, for something so luscious and evocative I really do need to do it justice, but really don't think I can. I'm late coming to this book and reviewers before me have given details of the plot etc, so I'm not going to repeat what has already been said. What I will say tho' is this book had a profound affect on me..slightly shifted my way of thinking if you like.
This book was perfect for me erotic and sensuous, full of luscious writting a very sensual sexual book. there was nothing that I didn't like/enjoy/felt deeply about on some level...I'd read some of Sir Richard Burtons "The Perfumed Garden" a few years ago and the way Robin Schone has woven her story around various parts of the book shows wonderful insight.......I love the way Rameil(exotic, mysterious and oh so very lonely with a sad secret burried in his past but always at the forefront of his mind) is portrayed. And Elizabeth (despite having borne two children,virginal, innocent and also so very lonely) written as she was, is perfect for the pairing which arises from a unique arrangement, requested by Elizabeth (in a desperate attempt to save her marriage) and undertaken by Rameil(out of curiosity perhapes)which takes place over a few days.
There are parts that make you weep,they are important to the story and Rameils quiet understanding and seemingly non judgmental attitude (despite the fact that you know the way these passages are written that he seeths at Elizabeths treatment) are what put him,for me,above a character who would have been more vocal, his silence is deeply moving and erotic in its own way. Rameil never ever belittles Elizabeth or her innocence either, which is also deeply moving as she asks alot of questions:). He is a true gentleman who deserves alot more in his life than what has been offered to him.
Elizabeth is an innocent victim, trying her best to re-establish something that was sadly never established in the first place, she has unknowingly been betrayed by everyone who should love her, mislead by evil, nefarious,lies to cover a vile truth.
There are light hearted parts to the book and Lady Devington (Rameils mother) is a wonderful woman whose own story and way of life is interesting and adds so much to the story.
The plot of the story,for me, was full of Victorian intrigue and wouldn't have been out of place 100yrs ago as a novel sold in weekly magazine form from street vendors. I feel it was unique enough for the story to reach it's happy conclusion withou being forced or manipulated.
Rameil and Eliazbeths story is breath takingly beautiful, sensuous and erotic (never crude or cringeworthy) and will be burnt into my mind for a long time.....
This book was perfect for me erotic and sensuous, full of luscious writting a very sensual sexual book. there was nothing that I didn't like/enjoy/felt deeply about on some level...I'd read some of Sir Richard Burtons "The Perfumed Garden" a few years ago and the way Robin Schone has woven her story around various parts of the book shows wonderful insight.......I love the way Rameil(exotic, mysterious and oh so very lonely with a sad secret burried in his past but always at the forefront of his mind) is portrayed. And Elizabeth (despite having borne two children,virginal, innocent and also so very lonely) written as she was, is perfect for the pairing which arises from a unique arrangement, requested by Elizabeth (in a desperate attempt to save her marriage) and undertaken by Rameil(out of curiosity perhapes)which takes place over a few days.
There are parts that make you weep,they are important to the story and Rameils quiet understanding and seemingly non judgmental attitude (despite the fact that you know the way these passages are written that he seeths at Elizabeths treatment) are what put him,for me,above a character who would have been more vocal, his silence is deeply moving and erotic in its own way. Rameil never ever belittles Elizabeth or her innocence either, which is also deeply moving as she asks alot of questions:). He is a true gentleman who deserves alot more in his life than what has been offered to him.
Elizabeth is an innocent victim, trying her best to re-establish something that was sadly never established in the first place, she has unknowingly been betrayed by everyone who should love her, mislead by evil, nefarious,lies to cover a vile truth.
There are light hearted parts to the book and Lady Devington (Rameils mother) is a wonderful woman whose own story and way of life is interesting and adds so much to the story.
The plot of the story,for me, was full of Victorian intrigue and wouldn't have been out of place 100yrs ago as a novel sold in weekly magazine form from street vendors. I feel it was unique enough for the story to reach it's happy conclusion withou being forced or manipulated.
Rameil and Eliazbeths story is breath takingly beautiful, sensuous and erotic (never crude or cringeworthy) and will be burnt into my mind for a long time.....
March 16, 2021
Racista, homófobo y aburrido.
Abandonado.
Abandonado.
December 14, 2024
3.5 estrellas
Ha sido una lectura que me tenía enganchada, pero la parte final me ha dejado un poco fría. Todo el tema de la amante del marido me ha dejado alucinada porque no me lo esperaba para nada.
Ha sido una lectura que me tenía enganchada, pero la parte final me ha dejado un poco fría. Todo el tema de la amante del marido me ha dejado alucinada porque no me lo esperaba para nada.
February 27, 2022
I discovered Robin Schone by reading some well written reviews almost by accident and was intrigued. Erotica is not a genre that has ever interested me, but having started this novel I became fascinated. This is not a smutty, kinky, shallow tale, but rather a deeply dark, sensual love story with some very serious 'goings on' - this tale is not for the faint hearted.
Elizabeth Petre is a wife and mother, her husband an influential high ranking and ambitious politician. Dutiful and supportive of her husband and his aspirations, she is nevertheless dissatisfied with her loveless, passionless marriage. Living in Victorian England with its double standards, narrow minded attitudes and lack of women's rights, she has little hope of improving her lot in life and then through the ton's grapevine she hears rumours that her husband has taken a mistress; Elizabeth is desperate to seduce him back to her bed in any way she can.
Lord Ramiel Safyre is the base born son of an Arab Sheikh and an English Countess. Renowned for his bedroom talents but scorned and slighted for his race and bastardy, Ramiel is a lonely man, longing for someone to accept and want him for himself rather than his sexual prowess. Elizabeth approaches Ramiel and surprises him by asking him to tutor her in the ways of pleasing her husband in bed. This is a novelty to Ramiel, who had never encountered a woman who is unselfishly anxious to pleasure a man, privately he wonders what it would be like to be wanted by a woman in such a way.
Ramiel agrees to Elizabeth's request and the tutoring begins using an erotic manual written hundreds of years previously and known as The Perfumed Garden of the Sheikh Nefzaoui Elizabeth has specified that she will not be unfaithful to her husband so the tutoring is done by words alone. How this is achieved is sensually erotic, sexy and utterly captivating. This is where I thought I would feel uncomfortable, I did not, Ms. Schone manages this erotic dialogue to expertly grow the relationship between the unbelievably naive Elizabeth and the sensual but deeply honourable Ramiel. The air is sizzling and it is not long before attraction begins to grow between them.
There is no physical interaction between these two compelling characters until well into the second half of the book. In the meantime there is a darkly dangerous background story emerging, in which Elizabeth's very life is endangered. There is a shocking culmination, which I did not see coming and which some readers may be repulsed by, I was not. I feel it thoroughly describes the dark days of the Victorian era, with its ridiculously draped table legs but conversely, hypocritical darkly sexual predilections of some members of society.
I was slightly uncomfortable with the very graphic almost clinical descriptions of the actual sexual acts; however, I accept that this is unreasonable on my part given that the book is an erotic historical romance. I loved how the author shows, very plausibly, the slow unraveling of Elizabeth's low self esteem and how she learns to become comfortable in her own skin. This achieved by her acceptance of her body as it is - warts and all - with the delicious Ramiel teaching her how to feel like a sexy, desirable woman at last.
My only real gripe with the writing is the use of American words used incorrectly in an historical Victorian England setting. It is a great pity that Ms.Schone did not employ an English editor/beta reader to correct this otherwise very well written novel. Gotten, Fall, block, sidewalk, but worst of all 'fanny', which of course describes a different part of a woman's anatomy in England! I was fascinated by this unusual and earthy story and it is a pity I had to be picky. Nevertheless, 4.5* for a sensual, darkly compelling tale. Downgraded only because of the overuse of Americanisms which unfortunately occasionally took me out of an otherwise enthralling story.
Elizabeth Petre is a wife and mother, her husband an influential high ranking and ambitious politician. Dutiful and supportive of her husband and his aspirations, she is nevertheless dissatisfied with her loveless, passionless marriage. Living in Victorian England with its double standards, narrow minded attitudes and lack of women's rights, she has little hope of improving her lot in life and then through the ton's grapevine she hears rumours that her husband has taken a mistress; Elizabeth is desperate to seduce him back to her bed in any way she can.
Lord Ramiel Safyre is the base born son of an Arab Sheikh and an English Countess. Renowned for his bedroom talents but scorned and slighted for his race and bastardy, Ramiel is a lonely man, longing for someone to accept and want him for himself rather than his sexual prowess. Elizabeth approaches Ramiel and surprises him by asking him to tutor her in the ways of pleasing her husband in bed. This is a novelty to Ramiel, who had never encountered a woman who is unselfishly anxious to pleasure a man, privately he wonders what it would be like to be wanted by a woman in such a way.
Ramiel agrees to Elizabeth's request and the tutoring begins using an erotic manual written hundreds of years previously and known as The Perfumed Garden of the Sheikh Nefzaoui Elizabeth has specified that she will not be unfaithful to her husband so the tutoring is done by words alone. How this is achieved is sensually erotic, sexy and utterly captivating. This is where I thought I would feel uncomfortable, I did not, Ms. Schone manages this erotic dialogue to expertly grow the relationship between the unbelievably naive Elizabeth and the sensual but deeply honourable Ramiel. The air is sizzling and it is not long before attraction begins to grow between them.
There is no physical interaction between these two compelling characters until well into the second half of the book. In the meantime there is a darkly dangerous background story emerging, in which Elizabeth's very life is endangered. There is a shocking culmination, which I did not see coming and which some readers may be repulsed by, I was not. I feel it thoroughly describes the dark days of the Victorian era, with its ridiculously draped table legs but conversely, hypocritical darkly sexual predilections of some members of society.
I was slightly uncomfortable with the very graphic almost clinical descriptions of the actual sexual acts; however, I accept that this is unreasonable on my part given that the book is an erotic historical romance. I loved how the author shows, very plausibly, the slow unraveling of Elizabeth's low self esteem and how she learns to become comfortable in her own skin. This achieved by her acceptance of her body as it is - warts and all - with the delicious Ramiel teaching her how to feel like a sexy, desirable woman at last.
My only real gripe with the writing is the use of American words used incorrectly in an historical Victorian England setting. It is a great pity that Ms.Schone did not employ an English editor/beta reader to correct this otherwise very well written novel. Gotten, Fall, block, sidewalk, but worst of all 'fanny', which of course describes a different part of a woman's anatomy in England! I was fascinated by this unusual and earthy story and it is a pity I had to be picky. Nevertheless, 4.5* for a sensual, darkly compelling tale. Downgraded only because of the overuse of Americanisms which unfortunately occasionally took me out of an otherwise enthralling story.
November 18, 2010
The Lady's Tutor reminded me a little bit of Passion by Lisa Valdez, in in so far as it was able to effectively combine graphic and at times wordy erotic scenes with very satisfying romance, set in an historical era. If you didn't like Passion, then odds are you may not like this one, either.
The premise sounded interesting and unusual - a Victorian lady, trapped in a passionless marriage but unwilling to betray her wedding vows, seeks assistance from the Bastard Sheik to teach her how to pleasure a man in order that she may please and keep her husband. But this synopsis did not give any indication of the far more complex and confronting storyline that was to follow.
The initial clinical study of sex, taught with the aid of a genuine 400 year-old Arabic treatise on erotic love (The Perfumed Garden of Cheikh Nefzaoui: A Manual of Arabian Erotology (Signet Classics) is surprisingly erotic when conducted with the promise of no physical contact. This, of course, leads to some sizzling sexual tension which finally explodes about two-thirds of the way in.
For readers who are concerned about a married heroine, fear not. By the time Elizabeth and Ramiel's relationship involves any physical contact, you will be pushing her into his arms. Elizabeth's husband is an evil, evil, man and Elizabeth and Ramiel are such a sympathetic characters that you will welcome the pleasure they find together.
There are some uncomfortable and confronting topics that you would not expect to find in an erotic romance, but to say any more would be to spoil the tragic and compelling mystery that unfolds skilfully in the author's hands.
The only copy I could find of this book was a large print edition, which I found to be very distracting and uncomfortable to read. It says a lot for this story that not only was I able to keep reading, but I became so involved that it could have been written in 72 point Jokerman font and I still would have kept turning those pages.
The premise sounded interesting and unusual - a Victorian lady, trapped in a passionless marriage but unwilling to betray her wedding vows, seeks assistance from the Bastard Sheik to teach her how to pleasure a man in order that she may please and keep her husband. But this synopsis did not give any indication of the far more complex and confronting storyline that was to follow.
The initial clinical study of sex, taught with the aid of a genuine 400 year-old Arabic treatise on erotic love (The Perfumed Garden of Cheikh Nefzaoui: A Manual of Arabian Erotology (Signet Classics) is surprisingly erotic when conducted with the promise of no physical contact. This, of course, leads to some sizzling sexual tension which finally explodes about two-thirds of the way in.
For readers who are concerned about a married heroine, fear not. By the time Elizabeth and Ramiel's relationship involves any physical contact, you will be pushing her into his arms. Elizabeth's husband is an evil, evil, man and Elizabeth and Ramiel are such a sympathetic characters that you will welcome the pleasure they find together.
There are some uncomfortable and confronting topics that you would not expect to find in an erotic romance, but to say any more would be to spoil the tragic and compelling mystery that unfolds skilfully in the author's hands.
The only copy I could find of this book was a large print edition, which I found to be very distracting and uncomfortable to read. It says a lot for this story that not only was I able to keep reading, but I became so involved that it could have been written in 72 point Jokerman font and I still would have kept turning those pages.
September 20, 2018
This was kind of a different romance. For one thing, the heroine was a married mother of two, and the love interest wasn't her husband. For another, it was steeped in certain aspects of Arabic culture that aren't usually in the genre at all, let alone so interwoven in the story.
At first, despite the overwhelmingly sexual nature of the plot, the story was pretty clinical. Elizabeth analyzes everything and takes notes on the things Ramiel teaches her, all the while trying to maintain a scholarly distance and not give in to her overwhelming curiosity. I liked the way her personal life was set up, basically giving her no choice but to be tempted by him.
However, when the sex finally rolled around, I was so put off. The clinical teaching didn't stop, and I'm really not into one character giving another instruction during sex. Also, the way the sex was described and some of the positions used made me physically uncomfortable. Ouch, and ew. I just didn't like some of the word choices, and I REALLY didn't like when they began talking about hypothetical lactation in a sexy way. I lost interest in all the sex scenes after the first one.
That said, while I saw part of the twist from a mile off, the book still managed to throw me a couple of curve balls. However, as mentioned in one review, the book uses the "evil gay" trope, so readers should take that into consideration.
2.5 stars.
At first, despite the overwhelmingly sexual nature of the plot, the story was pretty clinical. Elizabeth analyzes everything and takes notes on the things Ramiel teaches her, all the while trying to maintain a scholarly distance and not give in to her overwhelming curiosity. I liked the way her personal life was set up, basically giving her no choice but to be tempted by him.
However, when the sex finally rolled around, I was so put off. The clinical teaching didn't stop, and I'm really not into one character giving another instruction during sex. Also, the way the sex was described and some of the positions used made me physically uncomfortable. Ouch, and ew. I just didn't like some of the word choices, and I REALLY didn't like when they began talking about hypothetical lactation in a sexy way. I lost interest in all the sex scenes after the first one.
That said, while I saw part of the twist from a mile off, the book still managed to throw me a couple of curve balls. However, as mentioned in one review, the book uses the "evil gay" trope, so readers should take that into consideration.
2.5 stars.
December 10, 2011
Ramiel the "Bastard Sheikh" sure knows how his way around a lady's body and bed. He was gorgeous attentive and "swoony" too. I found Elizabeth endearing with her sexual innocence. But what a life she had to endure with a "bastard" Edward for a husband. What kind of husband, tells his wife that he finds her repulsive while she tries to seduce him? That to me, was just cruel.
All in all it was a good read and I enjoyed it.
All in all it was a good read and I enjoyed it.
February 7, 2017
El primer libro que leí de esta autora , no había leído nada de este género de lectura y me gustó mucho... he seguido leyendo los demás libros... aunque mi preferido es la mujer de Gabriel.
September 27, 2016
Definitivamente este libro me hizo redefinir el término de novela erótica, climas detallados y narrados de manera sensual, con mucha tensión sexual, desborda erotismo usando solo palabras, sin tocarse ni un pelo los protagonistas hasta más de la mitad de la historia, sin duda es el sexo y erotismo el protagonista principal, aunque me gustó sentí mientras leía un ambiente opresivo, y no fue una sensación agradable. El conflicto fue para mí muy muy muy predecible, lo intuí desde el inicio, sin embargo eso no impidió que me impactará igual, porque dejenme decirles, es una de las cosas más depravadas y desagradables que he leído, y pensar que cosas así realmente sucedían, iuuuu la revelación fue wacala. Sin duda un libro deliciosamente escrito, con descripciones que despiertan el erotismo del lector, el romace escasea para mi gusto, me faltó un poquito mas de corazón.
July 21, 2016
El libro me ha encantado, toda la trama que hay detrás de la pareja principal te mantiene enganchada, por lo que no es sólo un libro de erótica. La tensión que hay entre ellos se puede palpar hasta en el aire de tu propia habitación, ¡vaya momentos!
Lo que quizás no me ha gustado tanto ha sido lo empalagoso que me resultaban ya los encuentros finales entre ellos. Demasiado para mi gusto. Por lo demás, es un libro perfecto.
Lo que quizás no me ha gustado tanto ha sido lo empalagoso que me resultaban ya los encuentros finales entre ellos. Demasiado para mi gusto. Por lo demás, es un libro perfecto.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
May 13, 2022
Se publicó en 1999 y diría que forma parte del canon de romántica por un erotismo infrecuente en la época. Elizabeth Peter quiere aprender a seducir a su esposo, y se busca un tutor para las cosas de la carne, Ramiel Devington. El plan de estudios consiste en leer un clásico de literatura erótica y luego comentarlo. Él no puede tocarla. En su momento, esta historia se me quedó grabada por lo diferente del planteamiento y su mucha sensualidad. Es erótica a la manera de entonces, que andaban todo el rato hablando de sexo, pero no porque haya sexo explícito sobre la página, ya que de eso, poco, y bien entrada la segunda parte del partido. No es como las de ahora, que se espera una escena subida de tono en cada capítulo, con sexo vaginal, anal y bucal, tríos, mucha parafernalia sadomaso… En aquella época era otra cosa, más básica, pero también más sutil.
Crítica más extensa, en mi blog, donde la comenté con motivo del su 20.º aniversario.
Crítica más extensa, en mi blog, donde la comenté con motivo del su 20.º aniversario.
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