A Stroke of Midnight
by Laurell K Hamilton
chick lit, fantasy, porn
copyright 2005
read in March 2015
rated 6/10: read to pass the time
As far as I can tell, this book is chick lit. Do women really want to be violently dominated by as many men (or faeries) as possible ? Shades of unseelie grey... I'm a man and I certainly enjoyed the porn !
On the other hand... I am not at all interested in meeting a real woman who is so drippily submissive. Even beyond the sex, the heroine tends to shrink from threats into the strong arms of her nearest lover. What a drip !
But I still enjoy the book.
I can enjoy the book. Get turned on by the sex. Still have no interest in being involved in a real life version of the various orgies.
It's a book... It's not reality. It's fiction.
Oh... besides the sex...
There's a lot of talk. And very little action. Even in the sex scenes -- there's a lot of talk. Here, hold this, while we discuss the political situation in Faerie...
Most of the action -- other than the sex -- is the sudden discovery of long lost magical powers... Hmmm... Actually, most of the powers are discovered during sex.
Ah, it's dirty, it's sweet, it's violent and it's fun. A fun way to pass a few enjoyable hours. It's a book to be read. Not to be deeply analysed.
"I want the satisfaction of achievement without the effort of actually achieving" per Ginger Meggs
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