Shawna Kenney

This is a first for me, erotica with a literary theme. All the short stories in Book Lovers pay homage in one way or another to the written word.

As with most short story collections, I enjoyed some more than others. Some of the shorts here were a miss for me and I wound up skimming them over. Overall however, I found this to be a nice set of steamy and creative stories.

As you read you don't know what is up next. Some of the stories are LGBT in theme, which I had no idea would be included until I got to them. Some of the stories are just about yearning, nothing even really happens.

There are nods at Austen, even a bondage type story with Poe's The Pit and the Pendulum as a theme. There is romance in the library, sexy scenes with the pages of books scattered about and stories revolving around literary characters and authors.

If you enjoy erotic fiction with a bookish twist, look no further.
"In truth, however, she was already in the throes of full-blown bibliomania, surreptitiously gathering tomes in quantities that should have hinted at her declining state."
-Book Lovers: Stories Edited by Shawna Kenney

disclaimer:
This review is my honest opinion. I did not receive any type of compensation for reading and reviewing this book. While I receive free books from publishers and authors, such as this one, I am under no obligation to write a positive review. I received my free copy of Book Lovers via NetGalley.… (meer)

What a great book! I had to kept reminding myself that it's a true story... some parts made me tingle so much I couldn't believe it was real!
Sexy, hot, naughty, informative, funny.... And so much more. Definitely not the porn-disguised-as-something-legit that I thought it would be (based on some online descriptions), the author spends time on all aspects of her life; Childhood, teen years, how she grew up and the first jobs she got, scrapping through school while waitressing... her Dominatrix gig was only a part of this awesome book.
I know many doms, lifestyle and pro, and even so this book took me to places I haven't been before, "behind the scenes" as it were, to learn about all the different kinds of people that seek out Pro Doms. Some of the client stories were funny, some sad, and some sexy and hot as hell.… (meer)

I'm surprised at just how much I enjoyed Shawna Kenney's I Was a Teenage Dominatrix: A Memoir. Keeney is an immensely talented writer who weaves an extremely compelling and engaging tale that is focused and pitch perfectly paced. Using a combination of vivid language and well rounded characters Kenney writing is immerse, it's easy to get swept away with the universe she creates.

There are so many traps and pitfalls with a book that deals with a sexual topic and Kenney is adept at navigating the story and the characters into a very real but not overly heady space. Everything in the book feels very real and not contrived, a level of honesty which serves the book extremely well. If you're even remotely curious about this book or the topic, I highly recommend picking I Was a Teenage Dominatrix: A Memoir up, it delivers and is well worth you time.… (meer)