Thorsday Night

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Summary: Thorsday Night
Review: I won't go into the plot since others have done so but I really liked this book. The sex is great. The only problem I had with it, as in other books, is that I cannot believe any woman likes being beaten. That pain would turn anyone on is beyond me. But since I have read so much about the canings and beatings I believe it does happen. I also liked the fact she was having sex with three men at once instead of being afraid to be herself. After reading the Story of O, which disgusted me because of her submission, I found this refreshing.

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Summary: A MUST READ!
Review: This is the first novel I've read from Maria Isabel Pita, and it's definitely a cut above most Erotic stories. Newcomer Maria has written a truly stunning first novel, and I look forward to seeing more books from her in the future.

Carmen Palasios lives in modern day Miami, and one day while going our to eat dinner she is almost raped and then saved by William Reed, an off duty police officer. She is attracted to him, but doesn't bed him after her rescue. Then the discovery of a Viking grave where a woman was sacrificed has a strange effect on her.

She then begins to date a government official Jay Westgate, who introduces her to the world of kinky sex, which she becomes attracted to. After having sex with her married boss Mike Peterson, she bounces from one man to another - playing them off against one another. Finally, her demons are exorcised in a combination orgy and D/s session. If you can accept the supernatural as a plot device, then this story works - else it doesn't. I liked this novel and was engrossed throughout. I look forward to seeing more from this author in the future. A must read!

Sf Master Review Written February 17, 2002

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Summary: What a Disaster!
Review: This is the sort of book that gives pornography a bad name.

The main problem is that while Ms. Pita can write steamy sex scenes, she's pretty much at a loss when it comes to the normal tools of the writer's trade -- things like motivation, continuity, believability, etc. Forget about character development; Ms. Pita can't even maintain a consistent vision of any of her characters for more than a chapter or two. Our heroine, Carmen, in the space of a few pages, transitions from a well-educated, well-behaved Cuban-American girl to a sex-drenched slut who is balling no fewer than 3 men. Her boss in even less space is transformed from a "normal" businessman into a semisadistic sex-maniac.

And we haven't even mentioned the fact that Carmen becomes convinced that she is the reincarnation of a 16th-century slave girl, who was raped, strangled and then entombed with her Viking lord (it's well-known that the Vikings like to winter in South Florida) and that her 3 men will recapitulate that event with her as the guest of honor.

I've read many a bad book in my life, but this is pretty much world class dreck.