I must be out of touch with Anne Rice's work, I thought she was a very innocent writer. After reading this, I have a whole new take on her. She doesn't mess around, she gets right to the good stuff. I ended up reading 5 chapters before accepting the fact that Anne Rice is an erotic writer.

This style to me (I could be wrong though), comes of as an old Renaissance feel. It is not written in all "modern" language, which I appreciate. However, it is not hard to read like Scarlet Letter or anything. It is brilliantly detailed and gut-wrenching. I had all my five senses engaged at all times. If you like erotic fiction, you are going to love this story. If you like BDSM, you'll really love this story (especially if you are into spanking).

The book is kind of flimsy in soft cover. I use my books pretty hard so I bought a digital copy so I could read it more discreetly. However, the soft cover book was not terrible. There was nothing all that special about it.

I like how this book kept me in suspense and it wasn't at all like I thought it would be.

My boyfriend really got a kick when he found out what I was reading. It inspired him to do a little BDSM play since I was so absorbed in the book and not paying attention to him.