The best of 2013; The Smut List:
This is a list of the erotic books I’ve read in the past year that have
stayed with me for one reason or another. I’ve decided to exclude re-reads; if
I didn’t Tiffany Reisz’s name would feature on this list at least six times. As
it is there are several authors – including Tiffany Reisz - who feature with
more than one title, one instance where I’ve grouped four books in a series
together and other authors whose one title mentioned really represents a longer
series of books.
Clicking on the titles will take you to my full reviews of these much
loved books.
A rather hard-core but
beautiful BDSM/Erotica love story, by an author whose books I’ll be actively
pursuing in 2014.
An erotic story about empowering women through sexual
awakening. An interesting and original concept and well written book.
A charming erotic love story by an author who is fast becoming one of my
favourites. How charming and original is the idea of mermaids in New York?
What can I say, I adore Tiffany Reisz. If there is such a thing as
“literary smut” this lady is the poster girl.
STORY OF O by PAULINE RÉAGE (5)
What can I say, the book that started the whole BDSM erotica thing back
in the 50’s. Exquisitely written and very shocking.
Wonderful novella about a married couple spicing up their love-life.
Wonderful, intriguing and potentially controversial erotic story about
the owner of a BDSM club and the two people he’s attracted to. This story of a
ménage is my favourite title in a wonderful series.
Tiffany Reisz’s third mention on this list. This, the concluding part to
the first Original Sinners quartet, more than lived up to expectations and
delivered all I had hoped for and then some. Probably the best book I read in
2013, hence the very elusive 6-grade.
TRUTH by SHERRI HAYES (4.5)
The
continuation of the wonderful story about Brianna a young girl trying to
overcome ten months as a slave to an abusive man and Stephan, the gentle
Dominant who will do anything to get her back to what she should be. Beautiful
writing and a gripping story. Can’t wait for the fourth and final book.
Charming novella about a geeky software designer who ends up in the ER
and meets a sexy nurse. Wonderful short romance featuring two male protagonists
I couldn’t help falling in love with.
Third and so far best title in a dystopian erotic series that I’ve loved
from the very first word in the very first book. Rather explicit, but also very
moving and well plotted.
CUT
& RUN SERIES by MADELEINE URBAN & ABIGAIL ROUX
I’m going to do myself a favour and mention the series rather than the
individual books.
I love these stories about two FBI agents who,
while reluctantly working together, discover a mutual attraction that only gets
stronger. I’m looking forward to catching up with this series in 2014. Last
year I read:
CUT & RUN (4.5) STICKS& STONES (5)
FISH& CHIPS (5+)
DIVIDE& CONQUER (5+)
In which the owner of the Bondage & Breakfast Inn gets his own
happily ever after. My favourite title in a series I love.
Erotic story about one woman’s affair. Certainly not to everybody’s
taste but very well written and a brilliant ending.
A very short prequel to the Desires Unlocked series written by Noelle
Harrison under a different name. While the story is definitely erotic her
literary qualities are undeniable.
This author has managed to turn into one of my
favourites over the course of less than one month. This is a well plotted
murder mystery as well as a sexy, BDSM based love story between two men. If you
tried to write a book containing all my current favourite genres, this is
exactly what you’d end up with. Combine that with an author who has a wonderful
way with beautiful words, and you’ve got one very happy reader
M/M romance in which two men have to overcome
secrets, insecurities and their working relationship in order to find
happiness. A very well written and captivating story by two authors I’ll be
investigating further in 2014.
The only book on this list that isn’t smut in
the strictest sense of the word. Also the only book that features on both my
‘general fiction’ and ‘smut’ list.
This is a very well told story dealing with
characters who are different from what most people would consider the norm -
bi-sexuality, cross-dressing-transgender - and all the issues they run into in
a world where the majority of people are still unwilling to accept anything
other than the ordinary. Both the story and the way in which it was written impressed
me immensely.
Sequel to Power Exchange (see above) and at
least as impressive.
The characters from the first book are still
trying to come to terms with the experiences in the first book when another
string of horrendous murders threatens to throw them back to square one. All
the aspects of this book work very well, both on their own and put together.
A.J. Rose’s writing impresses me and makes reading his books pure joy. The only
thing leaving me sad when I finished this book is that the ending is such that
it may well be the end of a much too short (for my liking) series of books.
