Hot and complicated This story has great sex, great sexual play and a great plot too!! For the reviewer who called Something about Workmen dull, I think you are reading the wrong genre, because you clearly don't get it. Many of these "erotic" books are truly comical with no substance. Ms. Tyler understands that you have to care about the characters before you can get wet reading about their encounters. Keep it up Alison!!!
Who knew erotica could put you to sleep? I rarely put down a book unfinished, but I only got through a third of this one.
1. Pretty 20-year-olds are boring. There's a reason why the character Avalon (gossip columnist for the newspaper) stole every scene she was in; she was experienced enough to have some depth, which made the sex charge that much hotter.
2. While I don't demand too much of a plot from erotic novels, having some storyline makes me anticipate reading on, not just a disconnected series of sex scenes.
3. This one is purely personal: I live in LA. I love LA. This, Madam, is not LA -- it's the Los Angeles of cliche and clique. Yes, again, this is a fantasy, but if I'm constantly arguing with the book, I kind of lose track of who is doing what to whom with what in whose bed.Tyler delivers a very sexy LA story... I stopped reading Black Lace books for a while because the novels they've released lately aren't as good as their older ones. But I have wanted to give Alison Tyler a chance after reading the disappointing Something About Workmen. I have heard that she is a great erotica author and so I decided to give Sweet Thing a whirl. This novel is a vast improvement from Workmen and the best Black Lace book I've read in quite a while. Jessica Taylor is an LA girl looking for a successful career as a journalist. She loves sex, especially with James Dean look-alikes. But the man who holds the key to erotic heights is Dashiell Cooper, her new editor. A sexual chase game ensues in which Cooper does just about everything to obtain the wanton Jessica. There are various insatiable scenes throughout the novel.
Sweet Thing is one of the sexiest contemporary erotic novels out there. I loved the scenes between Jessica and Kelly (male) and the game-playing between her and Cooper. This novel will satisfy various sexual fantasies. I like the scene with the Popsicles. Very creative. I also like the contemporary feel of the novel. It's like an erotic chick-lit book. I couldn't put it down. I like the Black Lace print of this novel -- not the Cheek reprint with the chick-lit cover. Most readers won't know what they'll be getting themselves into with a cover like that, especially if they're expecting a cute romance novel. Are you in the bargain for a chic, sassy erotic novel? I recommend Sweet Thing most highly. I shall definitely give Alison Tyler's other books a whirl.
