For Her Pleasure by Maya Banks Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of For Her Pleasure
Book Review: A Really Great Book
Summary: 5 Stars
Great story, great strong alpha males, great sex. What more could a woman want? Its one of those rare books that grip you from begining to end, it really pulls you into the story and you become emotionally involved. Thank you Maya, its another winner. I loved it. There is some great reading about at the moment, check out 100 Percent Erotica and Wild, Wicked, & Wanton (Berkley Heat) Both great reads.Book Review: A quick read erotic fiction
Summary: 3 Stars
Maya Banks writes erotic fiction and does an okay job of it. I was a bit surprised to find this book in my state library system, especially as it is classified under "group sex" (weirdly there are three such titles in the group sex classification. I'm all for a diverse library, but this surprises me).
This book is divided into two unequal parts. Most of the book focuses on Kit, Ryder and Mac. They all grew up together in the same small town in Texas and years later they become involved in a threesome love affair which is strictly male on female action. The storyline takes some windy pathways around Kit's rape, the complications of loving two men and in the second part, the three of them are involved with an undercover Texas Ranger and his fake stripper girlfriend Mia. Kat is a whiny character and I didn't warm to her at all. Mac was basically all tough, but soft when it came to Kit and pretty much obsessed by her to the point of BORING. Ryder, the Texas Ranger Jack, and Mia are the characters who are developed the best.
Ultimately, the sex scenes were hot (although if Kit had been tied up, beaten and raped, I doubt her favourite fantasy six months after the fact would be to be tied up), the storyline was so-so and the ending utterly predictable. But, if you read erotic fiction for the storyline, that's pretty much the same as reading Playboy for the articles.
Book Review: Definately a Pleasure
Summary: 5 Stars
At first I didn't realized that there were 3 stories. The book started out with "What she wants" with Kit in the middle of two awesome guys, Ryder and Mac. I fell in love with Ryder right away because I love those carefree dominate male alpha type of guys. Guys who don't wear his emotions on his sleeves. Those guys who you trust to stand behind you and hold you tight through rough times but yet doesn't overcrowd you. I adore Ryder way more then Mac. Mac would be the type of guy who would suffocate me with his over emotional feelings. When "What She Wants" ended, I was mad, disappointed, sad. I didn't really want to continue but I was already in the zone of reading. Thank goodness I read! "What She Needs" was such an emotional roller coaster for me. I "awwed" and I smiled, then I cried. I understand Kit so much better in this one then in "What she Wants". "What she Needs" was definately the right ending. Ryder is the type of hero I want to keep reading about.
Mia appeared in "What She Needs" as a friend of Ryder. I adored her right away and knew she was a vulnerable girl. I can't say I adore her own story "What she Craves" all that much. It's a good story tho.
All in all, the girls were sweet, the men were hot (even Mac and Jack), and the scenes were even hotter! "What she Needs" is the only reason why this book recieved a 5 stars from me. Without it, I would give it a 3.
Book Review: Fatal flaw. Scared woman likes bondage after being raped.
Summary: 3 Stars
First I want to say that I do think Maya Banks is a great writer of sexually romantic scenes. But in this book, specifically the first part where Kit has two lovers and she discovers she likes bondage sex with them, it has a fatal flaw for me. It just might be only me, but I didn't buy the fact that she liked bondage after going through such a horrific rape, and still scared to death because the rapist is unknown and still out there. I just don't buy it. Also why would the two guys who love her and want to care for her put her though bondage knowing what she went through? That is why I rated it a three. That said I do like her writing style and the way she blended three stories into one book. I personally think Maya doesn't need to put bondage in her stories, and she can write some great sexual tension and tricks without it. If you're into a little bondage, I suggest Maya Banks "Sweet Surrender", where the story of a woman exploring bondage is a little more believable. If you're not into submission and bondage, don't read either of them.Book Review: For Her Pleasure
Summary: 5 Stars
What She Wants:
Kit Townsend, Travis `Mac' McKenzie, and Ryder Sinclair have been friends since childhood. What started out as friendship within the triad has turned into more, at least for Ryder and Mac. Kit wants to commit herself to a relationship with the only men she trusts, but is frightened by the intensity of the feelings they arouse in her. When she is once again the victim of a vicious, unknown attacker, Kit has no choice but to allow Ryder and Mac into her private life and into her heart. With these two men beside her during the day and loving her at night, safety and pleasure are hers for the taking.
What She Needs:
Mac and Kit have formed a solid relationship with each other and look forward to the times Ryder is with them solidifying the love they have for each other. Kit, however, is anxious and finds herself reluctant to commit wholeheartedly to Mac. It seems that not only does she want to spend the rest of her life with Mac, she wants to do it with Ryder as the third player in this game of love. Will Mac be able to accept Kit's need to have Ryder as a part of her life? Kit hopes so because she is unable to let Ryder go.
What She Craves:
Two long years ago, Mia Nichols gave herself fully to the only man she has ever loved; Jack Kincaid. Giving him the gift of her body completely, Mia had visions of forever only to find out two days later that the man she thought she knew, the man that had been her protector and savior since she was sixteen years old, left her without a word or thought. When he walks back into the hell that her life has become, Mia wants no part of him. Jack decides then and there that while he might not be the best man for Mia, he will be the last man for her and goes about proving just that fact to Mia.
Break out the fans because this anthology, For Her Pleasure, is hot enough to make even the coolest reader sweat! I don't think I have yet recovered. Maya Banks has woven three interlocking tales into one blazing anthology that I was unable to stop reading, not to mention stop thinking about. What starts out as friendship between these players, becomes so much more in each enticingly beautiful tale. In "What She Wants", Mac and Ryder quickly won my heart with their unconditional love for Kit and I anxiously awaited Kit's decision. Knowing with a heavy heart that I would have been unable to choose between the two men, I applauded her choice and her guts in making the decision she did. Jack Kincaid, on the other hand, was a bit tougher for me to love. His treatment of Mia at her most vulnerable was very heart wrenching to read but alas, I can admit to understanding his reasons. His making up to Mia for hurting her actually made me squirm he was so relentless in his seduction. In fact, visions of naughty Texas rangers fill my head and that is all right with me.
For Her Pleasure is the ultimate in pleasurable reading. Enticing, enchanting, and sinfully sensual, I couldn't have asked for a better anthology. All three stories captivated my attention and made me yearn for more. I am pleased as a punch to watch Maya Banks continue to evolve as a writer and I can't help but read everything she releases. I am officially a fan-girl of this talented writer and can't help but highly recommend For Her Pleasure when it is released in September.
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