Robert Hellenga (1941–2020)

The characters weren't drawn too bad and the Italian settings were nice. Thankfully, the erotic stuff wasn't overdone too much. It was just kind of weird reading a male penned novel in the first person with a female heroine that is specifically about an erotic work of fiction. Probably more of a 2.5--it wasn't bad reading, just not very groundbreaking or mind-blowing. But you might wanna skip the cunnilingus stuff. Fortunately it's uh...brief. I wonder if he has a female friend, wife, SO, or whatever , to help with his nuances? Or maybe even someone that ghost writes?… (more)

The characters weren't drawn too bad and the Italian settings were nice. Thankfully, the erotic stuff wasn't overdone too much. It was just kind of weird reading a male penned novel in the first person with a female heroine that is specifically about an erotic work of fiction. Probably more of a 2.5--it wasn't bad reading, just not very groundbreaking or mind-blowing. But you might wanna skip the cunnilingus stuff. Fortunately it's uh...brief. I wonder if he has a female friend, wife, SO, or whatever , to help with his nuances? Or maybe even someone that ghost writes?… (more)

My rating would have been a 3.5 if I could fine tune it -- that is, I still haven't decided if I will keep it or put it in the giveaway pile. I enjoyed reading it although there were some details that went on and on and needlessly detracted from the story. One such was Margot bidding on her own property at an auction. I do believe that in exclusive Sotheby auctions an unknown person must register and demonstrate their capability to pay before being allowed to bid. But such things aside, I thought it was a good story well told.… (more)