So as my readers know, I am part of BlogHer. I am part of a compensated review program for the book "Diary of a Submissive" by Sophie Morgan.
Anyhow. I signed up for this book because I was intrigued by this genre of literature, with that rather popular "50 Shades of Grey" out there (which I have not read). I wanted to give this a try. As I said, I don't have experience with this style of writing, so a part of me feels I'm judging not necessarily this book but this genre in general, which might not be fair. It's as if I saw a rom-com and I'm judging not necessarily whether I liked the specific movie but if I like cheesy little love stories instead.
That being said - I am not sure this genre is, well, for me. However, for the reasons listed above, I'll try to be as fair as possible.
A brief synopsis: Sophie (the main character) is a well-adjusted, successful woman who had a pleasant childhood and is living a good life, however, she likes to be completely dominated in, ahem, the bedroom. She gets very graphic in her detail of what happens - during her escapes with various men over the years, she experiences being spanked, slapped, paddled, and tied up to the point of excruciating pain. She also finds herself in various situations where her hands are bound and drool is dripping down her face, or she's told, by the man she's involved with, to call him sir, to thank him for punishing her, etc. And she likes it. It turns her on.
Now, for me personally, although I understand 'to each her own', I cannot wrap my head around enjoying this. Sophie comments on how she feels she hates the man she's with (at one point in the book, she's involved with a f*** buddy, at another point, a man she's interested in a relationship with), however, after it's all over, she's enjoyed herself and is happy. For me personally, if the guy I'm, ahem, 'with', tells me to call him sir, I'd tell him to get out of my sight. Although I understand the point Sophie makes that she enjoys this and seeks this out - I wish she would have elaborated more on why, exactly, this turned her on and how she reconciles her personal relationship with these men afterward. Although it may be hard to articulate, this would have been what was most interesting to me (instead of hearing that she was lashed exactly 109 times).
Anyhow, I'd say overall, I didn't enjoy reading something so sexually explicit, however, as I stated above, it's probably not fair to hold this against the writer since I knew what I was getting into. I gave this genre a try with this book. I did think the writer had a generally pleasant writing style. It was easy to move quickly through the book; she held interest and was (ahem) very detailed in her descriptions. I'd be up for reading something else by this writer (in a different genre).
Anyhow. I signed up for this book because I was intrigued by this genre of literature, with that rather popular "50 Shades of Grey" out there (which I have not read). I wanted to give this a try. As I said, I don't have experience with this style of writing, so a part of me feels I'm judging not necessarily this book but this genre in general, which might not be fair. It's as if I saw a rom-com and I'm judging not necessarily whether I liked the specific movie but if I like cheesy little love stories instead.
That being said - I am not sure this genre is, well, for me. However, for the reasons listed above, I'll try to be as fair as possible.
A brief synopsis: Sophie (the main character) is a well-adjusted, successful woman who had a pleasant childhood and is living a good life, however, she likes to be completely dominated in, ahem, the bedroom. She gets very graphic in her detail of what happens - during her escapes with various men over the years, she experiences being spanked, slapped, paddled, and tied up to the point of excruciating pain. She also finds herself in various situations where her hands are bound and drool is dripping down her face, or she's told, by the man she's involved with, to call him sir, to thank him for punishing her, etc. And she likes it. It turns her on.
Now, for me personally, although I understand 'to each her own', I cannot wrap my head around enjoying this. Sophie comments on how she feels she hates the man she's with (at one point in the book, she's involved with a f*** buddy, at another point, a man she's interested in a relationship with), however, after it's all over, she's enjoyed herself and is happy. For me personally, if the guy I'm, ahem, 'with', tells me to call him sir, I'd tell him to get out of my sight. Although I understand the point Sophie makes that she enjoys this and seeks this out - I wish she would have elaborated more on why, exactly, this turned her on and how she reconciles her personal relationship with these men afterward. Although it may be hard to articulate, this would have been what was most interesting to me (instead of hearing that she was lashed exactly 109 times).
Anyhow, I'd say overall, I didn't enjoy reading something so sexually explicit, however, as I stated above, it's probably not fair to hold this against the writer since I knew what I was getting into. I gave this genre a try with this book. I did think the writer had a generally pleasant writing style. It was easy to move quickly through the book; she held interest and was (ahem) very detailed in her descriptions. I'd be up for reading something else by this writer (in a different genre).
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