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December 05, 2008
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 | Make Her Dreams Come True by Joey W. Hill | Reviewed by Gillian Fitzgerald |  | Publisher: Ellora's Cave
http://www.ellorascave.com/
ISBN: 1892520567, 184360325X (Publisher)
Genre: Fiction
Subgenre: Erotica
Release date: Dec 2000
Format: CD-ROM, Ebook
Pages: 84
Price: $5.20 (publisher) | WARNING: THIS BOOK CONTAINS GRAPHIC SEX
Make Her Dreans Come True is a romance that includes games of domination/submission; so if that is not something you're comfortable with, you might want to skip this review, although the novella is tender, gentle, and deeply romantic. The Story of O this definitely is NOT.
Desolated by her divorce, poor Meg has fallen into a depression so severe that even a trip to the mall to buy a card is an overwhelming challenge. Wandering the mall in a daze, she stops to admire a wonderful dress in a boutique window, only to find herself swept into the store by a handsome and mysterious stranger (this should happen to all of us; Daniel is gorgeously sexy), who persuades her to try on the dress, and she finds herself agreeing. She even gives in to his requirement that she wear it without undies and that she not look at herself in the mirror while she slips into it. When she emerges from the dressing room, he takes out a choker of braided gold and silver and makes her an offer she can't refuse.
"The necklace says you're mine. Leave it on and obey me in all things until I free you tonight... No more questions, Meg. The only act of free will you have is the right to take off that necklace and reclaim your independence. In everything else, I'm your master. If you refuse, take off the necklace and walk away."
Meg may be suffering from depression, but she is sane enough to wonder if he's a serial killer--yet she's so close to the edge that she doesn't care. Death would be preferable to the wasteland her life has become. More important, Daniel touches something deep inside her. "He was man in the original sense...with a fierce certainty that could light a woman's soul, protect her, and give her the peace to find herself again." Meg longs for that protection and is willing to risk everything to find it. She dons the necklace and thus begins an odyssey into pleasure, self-discovery, and submission.
But the core of this book is trust. Under Daniel's gentle control, Meg learns to trust again and to believe in herself. Daniel forces her to see herself as he does, not as a broken, scarred creature, unlovable and undesirable, but as a strong and alluring woman who arouses fierce responses in him. Their need for each other is mutual and complementary.
There are a lot of books and films out there that play with the d/s theme. This novel is about two very real, imperfect people, with real problems and real emotions. These aren't cardboard cutouts but achingly authentic people. When was the last time an erotic novel brought you to the brink of tears? The writing is as lush and voluptuous as a pin-up of Marilyn Monroe, and as filled with insight into the human soul as anything written by Mary
Jo Putney or Kristin Hannah.
Oh, the sex...well, it's hard to find words for it. Steamy and intense are too mild. Volcanically hot? That just begins to convey my reaction to it. A substantial story, characters so real they breathe, wonderful writing, and
sex so exciting it could short out a Hitachi Magic Wand...what are you waiting for? Buy this already. | | |
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