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A review by busdjur
With My Body by Nikki Gemmell
3.0
In some aspects I hate myself for enjoying this story. It is beautiful, recognisable, enchanting and full of nice descriptions of love and sex. At the same time it is kind of creepy...
A grown woman looks back on her life, sad over what her life became and remembering old times; when she was younger and was exploring her sexuality. Some of it bad and some of it good.
It is a beautiful story and I like the words flowing over the pages. I like the "you"-form which makes it even more recognisable. And it contains several insights that many women come to first in our adult lifes. I wish I had known several of them at a younger age than I did. And yeah - it is erotic and make my fantasy spinn which is kind of why I read this kind of books.
The creepy part is the ephebophilia I feel hidden in it´s pages. She is described as a school-girl which I know is a sexual fantasy for many so I can see why it is used in an erotic book. No age is ever mentioned so potentially she could be 18 years old and the story taking place the last summer before university studies and adulthood...but her behaviour is more like that of a 14-15 year old girl... and that makes my stomach turn...
A grown woman looks back on her life, sad over what her life became and remembering old times; when she was younger and was exploring her sexuality. Some of it bad and some of it good.
It is a beautiful story and I like the words flowing over the pages. I like the "you"-form which makes it even more recognisable. And it contains several insights that many women come to first in our adult lifes. I wish I had known several of them at a younger age than I did. And yeah - it is erotic and make my fantasy spinn which is kind of why I read this kind of books.
The creepy part is the ephebophilia I feel hidden in it´s pages. She is described as a school-girl which I know is a sexual fantasy for many so I can see why it is used in an erotic book. No age is ever mentioned so potentially she could be 18 years old and the story taking place the last summer before university studies and adulthood...but her behaviour is more like that of a 14-15 year old girl... and that makes my stomach turn...