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IN
THE FLESH
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An ENE Review of the novel
In The Flesh by Emma Holly
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| Reviewed by: Volponia
Foxglove |
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| See, here's the thing. When you're reviewing something
like Emma Holly's "In
the Flesh," (Black Lace, 2000) you can't say "This is
a good book" or "This isn't a good book." You've got to specify
what the book is supposed to do. |
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| Example: If "Making Potholders from Sanitary Napkins"
taught you how to ski downhill, it would not be fulfilling its promises.
"In
the Flesh" has no pretensions to being "Pride and
Prejudice." The cover makes it clear that this is an erotic novel.
Thus, while "In
the Flesh" will never be on my list of compelling literature,
I can easily see Gentle Reader masturbating to it quite happily. |
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| In this volume, Ms. Holly writes like a cross between Mary
Higgins Clark and Judith Kranz; that is, there's a dash of mystery, a lot
of drama, quite a bit of juicy sex and well done scenery (interior and exterior),
plus pretty clothes and mouth-watering descriptions of bodies. |
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| The sex is pretty hot yet good-natured; the author shows
no interest in the truly perverse, in the form of direct violence, incest,
rape or bestiality. Near the end, there is one m/m scene; otherwise, it's
strictly boy-meets-girl-meets-boy. There's some kink content, though that
shouldn't bother a Black Lace fan. |
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| The plot, while utterly preposterous, is entertaining,
and Ms. Holly takes a stab at character development. That's hardly surprising.
After all, if you are writing a book of 273 pages, and perhaps half are
to be devoted to descriptions of sex, how much can one demand in the way
of plot refinements and nuances of character? |
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| Ms. Holly provides her readers with vividly painted characters, interesting
settings, conflict aplenty, a glimpse into the lives of the rich and infamous,
and -- oh yes -- lots of hot, wet, varied sex. |
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| Really, what more could you ask for? |
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| Review of In The Flesh for ENE's Home Page ©
July 2000 Volponia Foxglove. All Rights
Reserved. Printed with permission of the author. Do not reproduce or distribute
without the expressed written consent of the author. |
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IN
THE FLESH by Emma Holly
is available for purchase through Amazon.Com.
Exotic dancer Chloe Dubois is
better at being bad than anyone David Imakita knows. To keep her,
this Japanese American CEO will risk everything: his career, his
friends, even his integrity. And what of Chloe? Will this unrepentant
temptress trade her wild ways for a future with a man who loves
her? Or will the secrets of her past rise up to destroy them both?
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| BIOGRAPHY - Volponia
Foxglove, once an itinerant Sunday School superintendent for the
First Church of the Gooey Death and Discount House of Worship, changed
careers some three years ago. Having recognized that the unexamined
life is not worth living, she examined hers and found it wanting.
So she turned her back on a life of Good Works and applied herself
diligently to her first love: smut. She has earned at least $37 so
far via web publication of her work, and sees a bright future ahead
-- or maybe that's just the medication kicking in. |
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