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Summary: Hot with a Plot!
Review: I like a good, spicy romance, and a book by Alison Kent is about as good as it gets--while still having a plot. The Sweetest Taboo's bad boy hero is delicious, and the heroine's relationship with her friends is realistic and funny. This book is a fast-paced, fun fantasy that kept me reading late into the night. Enjoy!
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Summary: Stunningly Wonderful!
Review: I LOVED this book! Talk about hot! I was mad for Erin and Sebastian, and I thought the writing was superb. THE SWEETEST TABOO is everything I look for in a Blaze. In fact, it's everything I hope to find in a novel, but so rarely do. I can't wait to read the other books in this series, and I hope Ms. Kent writes more. I've already ordered as many books of hers that I can find. Wow!
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Summary: Stunningly Wonderful!
Review: I LOVED this book! Talk about hot! I was mad for Erin and Sebastian, and I thought the writing was superb. THE SWEETEST TABOO is everything I look for in a Blaze. In fact, it's everything I hope to find in a novel, but so rarely do. I can't wait to read the other books in this series, and I hope Ms. Kent writes more. I've already ordered as many books of hers that I can find. Wow!
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Summary: Talented Writer Who leaves You Wanting More
Review: I'll be perfectly frank with you. I'm by no means a fan of category romance, but I wanted to check out the new Blaze line, so I picked up a whole slew of them just to see what was coming out from this part of the vast Harlequin empire. Sweetest Taboo was the "only" one of these books that I managed to finish, and it still resides on my bookshelf today.Alison Kent knows how to write sizzling, crackling, wonderfully erotic scenes. I was, at first, shocked and then thoroughly intrigued by her willingness to push the boundaries. And I have to give her credit, she pulls it off with aplomb. She's able to pack her love scenes with raw emotion and a graphically explicit quality that only serves to increase the physical intimacy of these scenes, making them compelling rather than repulsive (as some of the more graphic literature I've read has been.) She's created a deliciously sensual hero in Sebastian, and contrary to another reviewer, I think she handled the tortured hero aspect of his character quite well. The weakest aspect of the book, however, is the heroine. I didn't dislike her, but the only time that I really liked her or even cared about her was when she was with Sebastian. As well, the plot (revolving around her dual goals to save her grandfather's bar from closing and to have a "no strings attached" affair with her sexy neighbor) was pretty thin. A bit too one note for my tastes. But honestly, I didn't even care because Sebastian was sooooo sexy and intriguing that he was worth every minute I spent reading the book. The secondary love story between Will and Cali is charming as well and their "best friends become lovers" story provides a wonderful contrast and balance to the hot and steamy love affair between Erin and Sebastian. If you want a taste of how good the Blaze line "could" be if only they found more talented writers like Alison Kent, then check out Sweetest Taboo.
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Summary: Hot! Hot! Hot!
Review: I've read a lot of romance novels but I think this one was the hottest! I enjoyed this book a great deal. I would have given it a 5 star rating if it weren't for a sentence structure problem that seemed to run all through the book. It was hard for me to follow at some points for that reason. I guess I know now why they made us diagram sentences in school it's too bad the author was absent that year.
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Summary: Marvelous blend of romance and erotica
Review: Inheriting her grandfather's bar gave Erin Thatcher endless hours of work but not satisfaction. Yet the bar is her legacy from the grandfather who gave up everything to care for her, and Erin intends it to succeed. Late hours and restlessness lead to imaginative interludes with the man in the apartment above hers. Elevator rides, chance encounters in the parking garage or mailroom make her long for more. Then Erin reads an article that motivates her to break all the rules and pursue her desire. She wants sex with a bad boy, a rake, a rapscallion with no guilt and no worries. Sebastian Gallo lives a very controlled life, allowing no one to come close emotionally. He buries his dark past and hidden pain in his fiction hero Ryder Falco, penning sinister, dark fiction, working out his angst by late night prowling and spending long hours in his opulently decadent shower. Sebastian's solitary existence is a design of his own making as opposed to the horrible years of his childhood. Long ago he vowed he would never look to someone else for security, substance or support. But then, he underestimated the needs of his heart. THE SWEETEST TABOO combines raw sexual energy with fierce emotional passion in a savvy blend of extremities certain to fulfill the most demanding lover of romance and erotica. Indeed, author Alison Kent has a gift for cutting to the very essence of modern woman's struggle to reconcile her needs and desires with the standards society sets. Sexual freedom does not give Erin the experience she imagines as she struggles to divorce extraordinary sex from its emotional ramifications. Sebastian likewise struggles with self-identity, rejecting his past by create a fictional character that bears the brunt of his dark side. Further, the pace of the novel maintains a gripping edge as both Erin and Sebastian struggle with their inner demons and deepest desires. A titillating read with gritty detail and fierce emotion, THE SWEETEST TABOO comes very highly recommended.
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Summary: WARNING: not a typical Blaze book
Review: This book has so many four-letter words and descriptions of self-loving, if you catch my drift, that it is not for people who are looking for the more brassy and sassy fun novel we have come to expect from Blaze. The hero and heroine never talk, and the other couple cali and her study buddy going at it like rabbits make this little more than a really badly written failed Black Lace erotic novel. It is just page after page of bodily fluids and they never even get to the bed. Trying to make Sebastian the tortured hero with depth is terrible, because the author just has him repeat what we already know. The start of the book is so slow with the two different male and female perspectives and long solo love fests, that it take pages before they ever even get to be in the same room with each other. Then when they do we get a description of... his BOOTS!! Yes, really. And his bathroom. But not him! And the whole premise of 'doing the guy' as if he has no feelings whatsoever is just crass. She might as well go to a toy shop if that's all she is looking for. Save your energy and money! Or buy a Black Lace novel by a really talented writer like Savannah Smythe or Emma holly if you want to see how erotica can actually be good writing too. Alison Kent should lay off the Anais Nin, and learn that good writing, like good lovingmaking, is all about style and rhythm.
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Summary: Erotic Romance At Its Best!!
Review: What a launch to the newest series from Blaze! Alison Kent writes incredible contemporary women. The dialogue is so authentic, the worries about careers and men so very real. And this story pushes the sexual envelope in the best ways. I don't think I've read anything this hot in months. I'll never look at a bottle of champagne the same way again. Sebastian is literally a hero to die for. Sexy and enigmatic and passionate beyond belief. This is what erotic romance should be!
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