Say goodbye to your comfort zone..

It seems that 2013 was a big year for Taboo reads. Am I right? After Fifty, it's like a part of our brains that was all quiet and happy sat there patiently was activated and BOOM! Show me where those naughty books are!

It was crazy as shit, that's for sure. I love some erotica, who doesn't? But what I adore are those books that come out, somewhat unexpected, and they are truly amazing. Those books that push us, take us way the fuck out of our comfort zones and encourage us to delve deeper into the dark side. Hehe. Awesome. 

The books below are a little here and there. I mean, there is no set theme, apart from they took me out of my comfort zone. Like, really out of it. They were read at completely different times, it wasn't a one after the other sorta thing. I read these when I needed something new, fresh even. I needed to shake things up a little, and these worked! And because of that, I think they will always be pretty much my best "comfort zone tester"books. Understand? Sort of? That's okay, I confuse myself most of the time. Just nod your head and pretend, I'm cool with that hehe.




Finding Home - Lauren Baker, Bonnie Dee.

Lauren wants to develop her career in journalism. What better way to do it that do an expose on what it's like to live on the streets...when you're a kid?
When she meets Mouth, she declares him the perfect candidate. What she didn't expect, was to fall for the guy. After she bloody and beaten, she invites him into her home...and eventually her bed. The problems? There is a six year age gap..and he's only seventeen. Furthermore, he's a prostitute and she soon begins to feel as though she is taking advantage of him.
It's definitely an emotional read. Not cry-sniffle-oh-god-no sorta read, but it definitely effected me. Being the first book I had ever read that exposed me to a male prostitute, as well as the young age thing, I was not sure how to feel at first. Yeah, it is a serious as hell subject matter. There is no mistaking that, at all, but it's powerful in the sense that we get to see a man, and he is a man regardless of his age (read it and you will get it) mature and find peace within himself and the world around him.


Easy by Tammara Webber

I can't quite remember how I came across this book. I know I read it a while ago, and re-read it quite recently to refresh my memory so I could write a review. It's not as intense as some books, but it does focus on a subject that many authors seems to..well..walk on egg shells around. It's written about plenty, sure, but never like this. BRILLIANT BOOK! Had to get that in there. Okay! Jacqueline is alone. She broke up with her boyfriend, suddenly gets snubbed buy her ex friends, and is failing classes. She shouldn't be at the state University. She should be studying music like she wanted. Instead she followed her now ex boyfriend. Leaving a party alone one night, she is assaulted by one of her ex's frat brothers, and now she just wants to forget it ever happened. Problem? Lucas, the sex god who saved her, thinks otherwise, and her new friends think he is the perfect guy for a rebound. When the attacker turns stalker, Jacqueline has to prepare herself. Either let him win or fight back. Lucas has her back, but he is keeping secrets of his own.
One big fat emotional rollercoaster is what this book is! Too many feelings..though this is not a bad thing! It was crazy. I read it in one sitting. That's how much I enjoyed it.

Sempre by J.M. Darhower

Haven and Carmine are polar opposites, that is, their upbringings counldn't possibly be any more different. Born and raised a slave, Haven only knows one thing. How to obey, and remain obedient even when it does no good against brutal abuse. Carmine, born into a wealthy mafia family, has never had to answer for anything he has done. He lives the privileged life. Both seventeen, a mix of events end in them meeting, and living together. Although on the surface both seem to be opposites, soon they both learn that they have more in common that anyone originally thought.
I cried. Not gonna lie, I cried like a baby. I hurt, I laughed, I cried, I hurt some more then finally, finally I reached the ending and smiled. True story right there folks. For once, I needed to get to the end so I could finish it, process it, and recover. Why do I put myself through this again? Cause' it's totally fuckin' worth it in the end.


Comfort Food by Kitty Thomas

I have no idea how to feel about this book. I enjoyed reading it, weirdly (you'll see why soon), but after I felt..weird. Like, should I really enjoy reading this sort of stuff? Then I thought..well, they were both happy in the end, so it's not so bad. I'm on the fence right now. Still. Months later, and I'm still a mess over it. Gah!
Emily is now a slave. Having been taken captive, she is cut off from the one thing she craves most. Human contact. Her captor refuses to speak to her, yet she cannot fathom how a man so beautiful can be a monster. Her world is turned upside down when pleasure and pain become confused, when chicken soup becomes punishment and whips give her pleasure. Make no mistake, this story is not for the faint hearted! It is not a book about consensual BDSM, We are given the opportunity to delve deeper into the human mind here, seeing what master and slave are in this gritty, heartbreaking story.


Tears of Tess by Pepper Winters


Simple amazing.  I was a wreck reading this. I didn't know what to think. I was constantly guessing the ending. I needed to know Q was a good guy. And if he wasn't? I needed to know Tess made it through, that she survived. That she found peace and went on with her life. Tess is taken captive, sold, and sent to live with her new Master. Unlike the other girls who she spent the first part of her journey with, she was not broken. She refused to give in, to stop fighting. I admired her strength. I have never, not once, wanted something so strongly for a character. She is thrown into a whole new world, and gains a new outlook on life in the process. The one person who was supposed to be a monster, turns into her savior.