Captive Love

Rating:
Summary: Avoid this book!
Review: I didn't like this book. The story was unrealistic and featured women being kidnapped and sold as sex slaves. The lead female was also raped. I love erotica but forced sex (RAPE) is not a turn on to me. If rape, being sold into sexual slavery is a turn on, then this book is for you. I wouldn't even give this book one star ...

Rating:
Summary: Childlike language; adult topic
Review: I don't think the author meant me to laugh as much as I did while reading this book. The plot reads like a gothic bodice-ripper but written for people who like to read about women together. It's nowhere near the amount of character development as, say, Artemis Oakgrove manages. The author also wrote a guide that supplies "1,000 sassy synonyms" for "said" and employs all of them in this book -- reminding me very much of much of how writing in kids' books is over the top to keep their interest. But the subject is grown-up, featuring submissive/dominant relationships between women. The subject matter didn't bother me, but since the characters are so poorly developed, the dominant woman didn't seem, well, like a woman, but rather a woman dropped into a part written for a man. I felt like I had read this book before with the primary protagnist as a man. Therefore I hesitate to call this book "lesbian." It would need far more character development to convince me these women were into each other and not just power.

Rating:
Summary: interesting plot
Review: I felt as though this lesbian novel had a good plot with fascinating characters. It kept me wondering what was going to happen next. As a lesbian and avid reader, I thoroughly enjoyed it!