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Wicked Obsession
Eighteen-year-old Anne has always been jealous of her attractive and successful older sister, Haley, and she's grown used to feeling second best. But when a handsome young man rejects her advances and takes a shine to Haley instead, it is one humiliation too many. Seething with envy, Anne decides to take revenge the only way she knows how—by using her young body and sexual charms to destroy Haley's relationship. Before long, behaving wickedly becomes an obsession, and Anne relishes the rewards her promiscuous behavior brings her. Prepared to go to any extreme to trump her sister, Anne makes plans to seduce Haley's future husband on the night before the wedding.
266 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 8, 2009
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Ray Gordon
74 books30 followersRay Gordon is a popular erotic novelist of near legendary status, who has penned over forty novels for a variety of big publishing houses.
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March 20, 2022
A bit same, same and predictable but finished it in a couple of days . Fairly much as expected
September 1, 2012
Was the second book I'd read by this author, after reading "Dark Desires". (Which was a fantastic book by him, given.) What made me buy this one.
I started out saying to myself, "well this is pretty same-y" and the more you read the more unbearably boring it gets. Ray Gordon has that really bad habit of repeating himself over and over again with the same wording, phases and thoughts. Seriously, needs a new word for mused/reflected/pondered, because THAT gets annoying.
As a "porno-fest", its perfect if you're just looking for a read for the sake of sex and don't give much of a damn about the characters, etc 'cos the plots a little loose. Loads of sex, attractive characters and creative scenes. Church ones happen to be my favorite in this novel.
But, saying that, I have read it about twice/three-times now as it does work as a story somehow. I think it's because the characters are somewhat likeable, and the plot is more... slightly believable(?) for a Gordon novel. It annoys me how EVERY girl they encounter is a complete and utter slut and yes, I understand that it's porno and the desired effect is to be sexy and fantasy-like but I like to have a story in there somewhere. As loose as the story is, I think it's what kept me going to finally finish it.
Another thing, aside from the over used phases and words, after reading "Dark Desires", this one and then finally followed by "Road to Depravity", I was finding myself smacking my face off my desk over the seemingly constant plot-line of prostitutes and eventual whorehouses. It's a shame, because taking the storyline of this book compared to "Dark Desires", the idea of a more fantasy-based plot (I won't ruin it) shows that he has more potential to be creative, instead of the creative outlook of a brick by using the same plot-lines at the moment like he has in the books Ive read. ):
I would love to buy another book by him, but I think I'd cry if I had to read ANOTHER prostitute/whorehouse based story. D:
Overall, good w*nkbank book but samey to the others I've read and not as good a plot I felt to "Dark Desires", so its a 2 stars from me.
I started out saying to myself, "well this is pretty same-y" and the more you read the more unbearably boring it gets. Ray Gordon has that really bad habit of repeating himself over and over again with the same wording, phases and thoughts. Seriously, needs a new word for mused/reflected/pondered, because THAT gets annoying.
As a "porno-fest", its perfect if you're just looking for a read for the sake of sex and don't give much of a damn about the characters, etc 'cos the plots a little loose. Loads of sex, attractive characters and creative scenes. Church ones happen to be my favorite in this novel.
But, saying that, I have read it about twice/three-times now as it does work as a story somehow. I think it's because the characters are somewhat likeable, and the plot is more... slightly believable(?) for a Gordon novel. It annoys me how EVERY girl they encounter is a complete and utter slut and yes, I understand that it's porno and the desired effect is to be sexy and fantasy-like but I like to have a story in there somewhere. As loose as the story is, I think it's what kept me going to finally finish it.
Another thing, aside from the over used phases and words, after reading "Dark Desires", this one and then finally followed by "Road to Depravity", I was finding myself smacking my face off my desk over the seemingly constant plot-line of prostitutes and eventual whorehouses. It's a shame, because taking the storyline of this book compared to "Dark Desires", the idea of a more fantasy-based plot (I won't ruin it) shows that he has more potential to be creative, instead of the creative outlook of a brick by using the same plot-lines at the moment like he has in the books Ive read. ):
I would love to buy another book by him, but I think I'd cry if I had to read ANOTHER prostitute/whorehouse based story. D:
Overall, good w*nkbank book but samey to the others I've read and not as good a plot I felt to "Dark Desires", so its a 2 stars from me.
May 14, 2010
Yes the same words & phrase are repeated ad nauseum, but somehow it's not a bad read overall. It's a fastpaced story, with lots of action, albeit gratuitous, taking place. It's no surprise that the interminable coupling results in repetitious description. The writer apparently enjoys his craft, so to speak, and inundates the reader with needless phrasing that becomes quickly offputting. Enough with the 'tight knickers' 'gaping valleys' and 'purple plums' please! The problem is it's a third person narration, rather than a relatively more 'spare' & 'authentic' first person.
The story's saving grace is that Anne is constantly thinking & planning ahead, even as she's engaged in 'first-time' experiences; this keeps the action moving forward and creates a sense of continuity between the episodes. She fantasises: What if Hayley was planning to get married, Anne could then use the photos she's taken to ruin the relationship. Predictably enough in the next scene Anne discovers that there is a man waiting for Hayley to say yes.
The farcical 'comedy of errors' elements work well, without a too blatant exaggeration. Anne is forever having to revise her views and opinions; she can't keep up with what is the 'truth' as one layer of deceit and trickery is unveiled beneath another layer, and yet all the while each revelation has the ring of credibilty.
There's also a touch of ironic commentary: "They weren't common whores, they were high-class sluts." "It will all add up to my sister working as a prostitute. The trouble is, I'm the prostitute." -- Well, of course the reader is looking forward to both Anne and Hayley turning out complete sluts, that's the expectation. So hurry up, accept your fate Anne, and get on with the show!
Another self-referential moment is when Anne is 'shocked' to discover that Hayley is actually producing porn, which is 'worse' than the deceit and blackmail of the girls. Anne intends to put a stop to it. Well, what is the book in our hands, exactly, if not porn?
The story's saving grace is that Anne is constantly thinking & planning ahead, even as she's engaged in 'first-time' experiences; this keeps the action moving forward and creates a sense of continuity between the episodes. She fantasises: What if Hayley was planning to get married, Anne could then use the photos she's taken to ruin the relationship. Predictably enough in the next scene Anne discovers that there is a man waiting for Hayley to say yes.
The farcical 'comedy of errors' elements work well, without a too blatant exaggeration. Anne is forever having to revise her views and opinions; she can't keep up with what is the 'truth' as one layer of deceit and trickery is unveiled beneath another layer, and yet all the while each revelation has the ring of credibilty.
There's also a touch of ironic commentary: "They weren't common whores, they were high-class sluts." "It will all add up to my sister working as a prostitute. The trouble is, I'm the prostitute." -- Well, of course the reader is looking forward to both Anne and Hayley turning out complete sluts, that's the expectation. So hurry up, accept your fate Anne, and get on with the show!
Another self-referential moment is when Anne is 'shocked' to discover that Hayley is actually producing porn, which is 'worse' than the deceit and blackmail of the girls. Anne intends to put a stop to it. Well, what is the book in our hands, exactly, if not porn?
May 29, 2016
The village is full of teenage girl sluts and old pervert men. You can tell it's written by a bloke, the words that are used are just not what would appeal to a woman. And it's very repetitive. If he could just use another word instead of mused. He constantly uses the word mused throughout the book as well As many other words that are repeated constantly. I haven't counted the number of sexual encounters but there is more pages of that than not. More for the men I'm guessing.
January 26, 2010
Part of the erotica spiral. Ray Gordon has his own genre and certain phrases repeat ad nauseum (innumerable references to teen age this and thats, for starters...) and yet somehow despite a ridiculously thin plot, totally unconvincing characters etc, something works nonetheless. The outrageousness of this sibling rivalry is pretty pathetic, and yet the book lets itself be read.
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