TITLE: THE FETISH BOX; What Escapes
AUTHOR: NICOLE CAMDEN
Pages: 75
Date: 05/03/2013
Grade: 3.5
Details: no. 2 The Fetish Box
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Warning: This is the
second part in a serialised novel that will be published in three instalments.
These stories should be read in order since they won’t make sense otherwise.
When the first instalment of The Fetish Box, Open All Night, ended we
left Mary just after she’d been told by John to take all her clothes off. What
follows is a sensual introduction into the world of intimacy and sexual
vulnerability; a journey which scares Mary a bit but excites her far more and
leaves her with deep feelings for John.
Mary isn’t allowed a lot of time to reflect on her
night of passion though. She and John are woken up by a phone call informing
them that Mary’s shop has been trashed leaving Max and Kaylee injured and on
their way to hospital. Mary’s seemingly idyllic introduction to her new life is
well and truly over, especially once she discovers that this is not the only
threat her shop is facing. And when danger finds Mary again, but this time
closer to home, she finds herself running to safety.
But even in the midst of violence and threats Mary
can’t deny her sexual curiosity. And while she feels a connection with John,
she can’t help being curious about the beautiful Max.
In my review of “Open All Night” I reflected on the
fact that it was not a complete book; the story ended abruptly in the middle of
a story-line. The fact that this instalment starts with Chapter Nine (and
finishes at the end of Chapter Sixteen) confirms the fact that here we’re
dealing with a novel being released in instalments. And I’m not quite sure how
I feel about that. I’m quite aware of the fact that Nicole Camden is not alone
in presenting her work like this and that this way of publishing is nothing
new. After all Charles Dickens’ books were routinely published in instalments,
to name one very famous example. On the other hand, I personally don’t much
like it. When I start a story I want to be able to finish it. I don’t like
having difficulties remembering who exactly all the characters in the book are
or what exactly has been happening earlier on. So there is a big part of me
that wants to say that this is enough for me and that I won’t continue reading
this story.
But… I do enjoy this story. It seems a bit farfetched
at times, especially when it comes to Mary’s sudden and rather drastic
conversion from virgin in to sex-vixen, but I do like other parts of it a lot.
The interaction between the characters is fun, the writing is smooth and the
sex is hot. The attack on the shop adds an exciting edge to this story and
ensures that it is about more than just sex. And all of that is good and all of
that makes me curious about what is going to happen next.
So, where does that leave me? If there were still an
undetermined amount of instalments to come I would stop reading this story
right now. But since it seems that there is only one more instalment to come I
am tempted to just read it in order to find out what happens next. After all,
I’ve come this far and have mostly enjoyed myself so it would be a shame not to
finish the story. I’ve learned a valuable lesson though; in the future I will
be making very sure that the books I order are actually the complete work. I have
no problems with proper trilogies but have to draw the line at receiving a
story in this chopped up way.
I also feel that I’m probably not doing this story
justice with my ratings; I’m fairly sure that the rating would be higher if it
was based on the whole book rather than a just a few chapters. I guess the jury
is still out as far as The Fetish Box is concerned.
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