paperback
Obtained
via: publisher
ISBN:
978-0-06-227011-5
Erotic
Fiction
Karen Moline
has penned a dark and very disturbing tale of loneliness, desire, self hatred
and desperation from the point of view of a superstar’s best friend and
confidant. LUNCH is not a steamy erotic
tale ala Fifty Shades of Gray. It is,
however, well written with a psychological roller coaster ending that leaves
readers both sad and pleased at the same time.
Late to a
lunch date at a trendy London restaurant, renowned artist Olivia Morgan meets
the acquaintance of superstar Nick Muncie and his bodyguard M. When she shows no interest in him, Nick, who
is used to his fame and his sexual charisma always getting him what he wants,
is all the more entranced. With M’s
help, Nick commissions a portrait from Olivia and sets the stage to seduce
her. While Olivia thinks herself
impervious to Nick’s charm, she is strangely drawn to him while he sits over
several weeks for the portrait. Soon she
finds herself having lunchtime trysts that turn into a destructive cycle of
overwhelming sex and submission.
Karen Moline’s
LUNCH is truly a sad and disturbing story.
It is a uniquely well written tale told through the eyes of a third
party, one who watches the entire story secretly taping the entire affair as it
unfolds for the benefit of a superstar not used to hearing the word no.
It is sadly
difficult to believe readers will become invested in any of the characters and
perhaps that is why this story fails to receive a higher rating. Nick and even M to some extent were both
deeply emotionally scarred growing up and that carried into their adult lives
sexually. Neither character ever really
knew love and didn’t know what to do with it when they saw it. Olivia fell into Nick’s seductive games and
then couldn’t find a way out.
Ultimately, it was M who had to rescue her. The erotica was dark and lacked the emotional
aspects most erotic novels show today.
And though the ending wrapped up this tragic story nicely, it did
nothing to leave readers feeling anything but sad.
Reviewed by
T. Barringer
"This is an objective review and not an endorsement of this
book."
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