Marly's Choice by Lora Leigh Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Marly's Choice
Book Review: What?
Summary: 1 Stars
Sarah's Seduction (Men of August, Book 2)
Ok, I love Lora Leigh's books but I just finished reading this one and I have to say...What? The story is about an abused girl brought to live with three abused brothers. Let me see...They are her addoptive uncles, everyone has been sexually abused and now they all want to be a family and have sex together. I fliped back several times to see if I missed something since you never really know how everyone is related or how they were abused or why they are together. I'm sorry to say I would skip this one.
Book Review: Wonderful
Summary: 5 Stars
This book was wonderful. Lora Leigh makes you feel a part of the characters (or at least you want to be the main female character). You get a feel for why Cade, Sam and Brock are connected to each other and how they want Marly to be a part of that. I could read this book over and over.Book Review: an erotic choice
Summary: 5 Stars
Torn between honor and pride, Cade August has been holding Marly at bay for years. He helped bringing her up since she was 12, and he feels wrong for his feeling for her. Marly on the other hand has been in love with him for years. And she wants him to see that she's finally grown up. Cade has a hidden past, one of torture and depravity, a painful secret that he shares with his brothers, and he is sure that it, along with his intimate practices, will scare and drive Marly away. Unbeknown to him, Marly is not only aware of his sexual practices; she's also been preparing her self for them.
Marly's Choice was an intense read. Lora Leigh has once again blended a great suspenseful story with a highly erotica romantic one. This is a great beginning to a wonderful series, and I highly recommend it to lovers of erotic stories.
Book Review: did I read the same book as the other reviewers?
Summary: 3 Stars
This is one of those (relatively rare) cases where I feel like I read a totally different book than the one described in all the reviews. I expected to find the sex scorching hot (almost all the reviews agreed on this point), but I was worried that I'd be turned off or offended by the hero's misogyny (reviewers seem pretty split on this count).
Well...first of all, I did not find the sex scorching hot. I thought the writing in MARLY'S CHOICE was awful. Atrocious. I couldn't enjoy the sex scenes because I was so distracted by how clunky and REPETITIVE everything was. To be a little more precise, the scenes aren't particularly descriptive -- they don't give a ton of detail about Tab A or Slot B. Instead, we get these internal monologues that don't change much from scene to scene...something about them reminded me of a chant or a litany.
Second of all...I'm not sure how any kind of conflict developed about Cade's treatment of Marly. From the beginning, we know that Cade really, sincerely loves Marly. It's never a question. There's a creepy factor because he has been like a brother (and almost a father) to her, and the tenor of their relationship doesn't change once sex has been added to the mix. Cade does treat Marly like a child - but then, Marly acts like a child so I could never blame him for this. In any case, he appreciates her as a person and he's emotionally engaged in their relationship.
As for Marly...she's done her research. She hunted down some of Cade's former lovers to find out what sort of things he likes sexually, and boy, did she get an earful. She knows exactly what she is signing up for when she seduces Cade. For example: she independently went out and bought a butt plug that she wears nearly full time because she heard that Cade is into anal sex.
So then, when Cade does "overpower" her or...I don't know, I have a hard time calling it dominating or forcing or whatever, his big bad horrible sexual behavior is that he gives her too many orgasms. I am not kidding! That's Marly's big "challenge" - she has to get used to having so very many, unbelievably powerful orgasms without begging Cade to stop. This is not what I would call an example of disturbing, disrespectful, objectifying behavior. They have multiple conversations that could be reduced to, "That sex was much too pleasurable, you're a monster!" I couldn't take this seriously, let alone get offended.
I was expecting something dark, with a hero who takes the idea of "alpha" too far, and a relationship where Marly occasionally feels real fear or has to fight for status in the relationship. I didn't get ANY of those things. Clearly other readers felt differently, so your mileage may vary.
Book Review: extremely disturbing
Summary: 1 Stars
Like only a couple of other reviewers, I found this book to go beyond the alpha male/submissive female role. In my opinion, the men bordered on bullying, abusive behaviors. Why would any man force the woman he loved to engage in sex with his brothers? Especially to "prove" that he loved those brothers? I simply do not understand that plot/conflict since I am not the dark of a person. While I have read several of Ms. Leigh's other books, and have enjoyed several, this series left me feeling...less than happy and thankful that I am not that dysfunctional nor spinless.