Exit to Eden

This is an excellent book. I have read it many times over the years.

This was a fairly eye-opening one for me. I tore through it and wanted more. (I'm getting more, in fact, as I've just downloaded the Beauty trilogy for my next read.) My primary complaint was that I wanted more of The Club. More scenarios. Just a few more moments. From a love story angle, I can see why this didn't happen. But from a purely selfish, give-me-what-I-want angle, it was nagging me through the later part of the novel. Anne Rice's writing is perfect for this genre. I've tried to dabble in erotica before, and the way things hit the page is the ONLY thing that kept me from loving it in the immersive sort of way I feel it's meant to be loved. This book had VERY few of those yanked-out-of-scene-ice-shower moments. Bizarrely enough, the few that did happen were completely separate from the erotic moments. I couldn't always get into the meta-ish "feelings" discussions about the lifestyle (even though they interest me outside of the story). But maybe that's a testament to the rest of the book. I wanted the hot, feeling-the-feelings moments -- not the introspection about what the feelings meant. What a switch from my usual reader mentality. Anyway, I would recommend this book highly. I'm sure I'm one of a thousand who came at it after reading the 50 Shades novels. Before this, I assumed I would just never find a book that could put what I wanted so badly to find in a novel into words that wouldn't make me say "Nooo, please don't call it a [enter horrible euphemism]."…

Just a lovely story, Although I must confess I don't like it as much as I did when I first read it. But I give it five stars because I loved it that much the first time. Some pretty light erotica for Ms. Rice, considering her adventures in The Beauty series. Just do yourself a favor: Do NOT get the abridged audio version. It's completely gutted and the choices of voice actors are a bit misguided at best. It's a great read if you are in the mood for a saucy, but pretty sweet love story with some kink thrown in for good measure. Not one of her best but still a fun read.