My husband and I are both voracious readers. He wonders, I know, at my appetite for erotic romance.
So I want to give my husband an erotic e-book to read.
I told him this, and here is what he said. My stuff in this "interview" is in brackets, i.e. [stuff]:
"I've had sex. I've had good sex, I've had weird sex, I've had bad sex, I've had "up in a tree" sex. I'm more interested in plot and characters. When I hit sex scenes in books, I skip 'em.
"If the build-up is right [I was explaining the touch on the back of a hand on page 7, the stroke to a cheek on page 24, etc., building up to wild sex on page 50], then yeah, I'll read it, and I'll like it. But it really needs to be part of the plot, or at least building the character."
[(That's almost verbatim, by the way - great having an articulate husband. lol)]
"I like historical novels, but I've never read any erotic historical novels, so I'm not sure what to say. What would you call 'Aztec'? [I answered that that was definitely an historical novel. It was detailed, which he likes.]
"What was the question again?"
[LOL]
[Lots of conversation here that I can't relate.]
[What about fantasy? You hate fantasy, right?"]
"Not entirely 'Not'. Like Gainan. I LOVE his stuff. That's fantasy. But if you give me a country with a name like Q@)#(*$$ then no, I don't have that in me.
"Science fiction is great, though, depending on the plot.
"And humor. Humor is an important part of a lot of books that I read. It's like...I will read a sex scene, if it's funny. And face it, sex is funny - loud, gross, weird. [I hate 'Funny Sex' but that's just me." ]
[So you want a funny erotica book?]
"Not necessarily. You're the one asking the questions.
"I like an intelligent book, like Angela's Ashes. You hate first person. [I don't hate first person, I hate present tense.] Oh, yeah. Well, I don't mind that, as long as the story is good."
I read the whole Southern Vampire/Sookie Stackhouse series last week, and John is on it now. He admitted that he has read through the first three books and liked them, but as he put it: "OK, so she had sex with a vampire, and it was the best sex that ever was, but she was a virgin...what the hell does she know?"
Still, I guess that makes Vampire/Shapeshifter plots not off-limits, providing they are strong on plot, because he enjoyed the stories when all was said and done. I'm trying to think of what else I know he liked. He liked Janet Evanovich, and the "By the Numbers" series that she's done, and I've sucked him into some suspense series (Hiram somebody as a character? I forget what the name was.)
Anyway, looking for some books that have hot sex, where the sex is important to the plot, where the sex builds up (and isn't just one person jumping onto another, out of the blue) so that I can buy an erotica book that my husband will read, so that he knows what the hell I'm talking about.
Any suggestions?
J.
So I want to give my husband an erotic e-book to read.
I told him this, and here is what he said. My stuff in this "interview" is in brackets, i.e. [stuff]:
"I've had sex. I've had good sex, I've had weird sex, I've had bad sex, I've had "up in a tree" sex. I'm more interested in plot and characters. When I hit sex scenes in books, I skip 'em.
"If the build-up is right [I was explaining the touch on the back of a hand on page 7, the stroke to a cheek on page 24, etc., building up to wild sex on page 50], then yeah, I'll read it, and I'll like it. But it really needs to be part of the plot, or at least building the character."
[(That's almost verbatim, by the way - great having an articulate husband. lol)]
"I like historical novels, but I've never read any erotic historical novels, so I'm not sure what to say. What would you call 'Aztec'? [I answered that that was definitely an historical novel. It was detailed, which he likes.]
"What was the question again?"
[LOL]
[Lots of conversation here that I can't relate.]
[What about fantasy? You hate fantasy, right?"]
"Not entirely 'Not'. Like Gainan. I LOVE his stuff. That's fantasy. But if you give me a country with a name like Q@)#(*$$ then no, I don't have that in me.
"Science fiction is great, though, depending on the plot.
"And humor. Humor is an important part of a lot of books that I read. It's like...I will read a sex scene, if it's funny. And face it, sex is funny - loud, gross, weird. [I hate 'Funny Sex' but that's just me." ]
[So you want a funny erotica book?]
"Not necessarily. You're the one asking the questions.
"I like an intelligent book, like Angela's Ashes. You hate first person. [I don't hate first person, I hate present tense.] Oh, yeah. Well, I don't mind that, as long as the story is good."
I read the whole Southern Vampire/Sookie Stackhouse series last week, and John is on it now. He admitted that he has read through the first three books and liked them, but as he put it: "OK, so she had sex with a vampire, and it was the best sex that ever was, but she was a virgin...what the hell does she know?"
Still, I guess that makes Vampire/Shapeshifter plots not off-limits, providing they are strong on plot, because he enjoyed the stories when all was said and done. I'm trying to think of what else I know he liked. He liked Janet Evanovich, and the "By the Numbers" series that she's done, and I've sucked him into some suspense series (Hiram somebody as a character? I forget what the name was.)
Anyway, looking for some books that have hot sex, where the sex is important to the plot, where the sex builds up (and isn't just one person jumping onto another, out of the blue) so that I can buy an erotica book that my husband will read, so that he knows what the hell I'm talking about.
Any suggestions?
J.
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