Reviews

A Good Student by Elliot Mabeuse

suzysuzy34's review

5.0

First book I could really get into in a while. I'm a bit cautious now if I pick up a BDSM book, as I feel they all get a bit repetitive, especially the sex scenes, then they just bore me. Not so with this one, Student/Teacher + BDSM.

This book took passion, desire and threw in BDSM too. the story was told through Connor, helping Emma come to terms with her sexuality. Loved it.

emma_srak's review

3.0

I'm giving this book a 3.5, I thought it was good and raunchy but man could Conner talk. Blah, blah, blah, blah... was all I read/heard for like 100 pages. Once he realised he "loved" her that was all he talked about. And Emma, she was annoying at times. Why did she have such a hard time coming to terms with her sex life? She sure was acting it out, it almost seemed like it was part of a game to me. Maybe she was more in control then she lead on. IDK.
Also, why take her to a museum to show her about the meaning of this "love" they have for eachother when he could have taken her to a BDSM club to show her the lifestyle. I just didn't get it.

sowaneed's review

5.0

All I have to say is... FUCK YEAH!!!

I guess all the girls want to read the romantic version of what seems to be happening in a relationship but I'm so happy to finally have read a book that gets really raw from a guy's perspective... I mean not everytime that you meet someone that you might be attracted to you think "Yeah I want to marry her for her beautiful soul" ... Fuck that! Or better yet fuck her! Love it! If the author reads this! All I have to say is bang me!:D

jlpxoxo's review

2.0

what the hell did i just read?

manautoua's review

4.0

By far the best in the genre! The passion imminates from Mabeuse's writing style. There aren't many well-written stories in erotica. This is is by far at the top of the list. So happy I stumbled across his writing.

vailynst's review

3.0

Connor and Emma began their relationship as a teacher and student. Light interactions lead to lingering conversations that lead to a declaration of a public secret: Connor is a writer & poet. His main topic is sex and he specializes in BDSM. They're drawn to each other, taking elicit chances & sharing the rush of frenetic sex. Emma willfully fights their burgeoning attraction, and Connor pushes her beyond her boundaries to make her face her true desires. He revels in her fierce submission to his demands and she finds acceptance in the very thing she's tried to write off as wrong.

Spoiler

There are several scenarios and thoughts that are written in a rich and stark voice. It's nice to read an erotic story from a purely masculine viewpoint. Awkward story voice changes in the first half of the book, a few repetitious sex scenes that drains the tension Mabeuse builds, and bits of superfluous descriptions were distracting. I liked the idea of the lesson Connor throws Emma into at the museum but the philosophical thread felt forced into the story. The story about Hermes and how he wanted Emma to surrender herself to him as though he was Hermes was a great concept in itself.

That's it. Mabeuse has a explicitly sensual story voice that can totally immerse the reader into his story but it seems like he added extra details to make the work more brilliant when it's already great. Instead of making it shine brighter, that bit of extra dulls the brilliance that's already there.