Eroticist, environmentalist, and pastry enthusiast Giselle Renarde is a proud Canadian, supporter of the arts, and activist for women’s and LGBT rights. For Giselle, a perfect day involves watching a snowstorm rage outside with a cup of tea in one hand and a chocolate truffle in the other. Ms Renarde lives across from a park with two bilingual cats who sleep on her head.
The best way to keep up with Giselle's career in erotic fiction, as well as her desirous commentary and hyper-analysis of every facet of social existence, is to visit her Donuts and Desires blog at http://donutsdesires.blogspot.com.
This book can't decide if it wants to be an erotic MMF genre romance; or a literary novel about a woman coming to terms with her career choices, her husband's bisexuality, and her obsession with learning the identity of the man with whom they first had a threesome. As can be expected, it does neither very well.
I can see why the overall rating on this hasn't been great. I wasn't fond of the main characters. I felt like they had some real issues in their marriage. I can't believe they made bringing in a third work because they were a bit dysfunctional.
I wasn't a huge fan of the author narrating either.
Once every while I give (sub)genre's I've previously disliked another chance. This was one, and it wasn't a good one.
What irked me most was that the woman is said to be smart, but I see nothing of that. Instead she came across ass a pouty 16 year old. The language used would also fit better if she was a 16 young adult.
I skimmed through most of the latter part to see if it got better. No such luck, it got worse.
I started this book with promise. The premise and the beginning had me feeling confident I would like it. For most of it I did. But, without spoilers, I really didn't like the ending. More than dislike, I felt that the ending didn't deliver on the premise of the story. When does the desire to live out a fantasy turn to obsession and should those around you suffer for it? If it wasn't for the fact that it I found the book to be well written and an original concept, it would have been a 2 star.
Not the usual kind of story I normally read but it was actually pretty good, will I read more with guy on guy even with the wife present probably not....just not my preference