{"id":265,"date":"2012-06-08T05:53:22","date_gmt":"2012-06-08T13:53:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.romanticgeekgirl.com\/dani\/?p=265"},"modified":"2012-06-08T12:08:06","modified_gmt":"2012-06-08T20:08:06","slug":"book-review-generous-fire-by-olivia-waite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.romanticgeekgirl.com\/dani\/?p=265","title":{"rendered":"Book Review – Generous Fire by Olivia Waite"},"content":{"rendered":"

Just a heads-up, the book being reviewed is an erotic romance.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>This is a very naughty, very short story\u00a0that plays on a real-life fact – that to cure *female hysteria*, doctors in the late 1800’s created what is now known as the vibrator.<\/p>\n

The hero and heroine are a Headmaster and schoolmarm respectively, and they use this new invention purely for scientific study. Well, except that once it starts being used, scientific study goes out the window.<\/p>\n

The book opens with a homage<\/em> to Charles Dickens that made me sit up and go, “Cool!” The\u00a0writing style channels the spirit of Jane Austen – if she wrote a lot spicier,\u00a0that is.<\/p>\n

It was\u00a0charming, it was sex-ay… and it was way too short. The story\u00a0is billed as a romance, but\u00a0with the very short length it was impossible to give any depth to the characters, let alone believe in these characters falling in love. While I enjoyed what was there, the lack in this area made it impossible to give it a higher grade.<\/p>\n

Bottom Line – Clever writing with a wink and a nod to Dicken’s A Christmas Carol<\/strong> elevate this naughty Victorian short story. However, it’s too short, reading like the final chapters of this couple’s courtship than a complete story of its own. Because of this, it’s impossible to get fully invested into the story.<\/p>\n

My final rating? B+<\/p>\n

You can find Olivia Waite at her Website<\/a>, on Twitter<\/a>, or on Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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