Showing posts with label Harry Potter. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Harry Potter. Show all posts

Sunday, December 19, 2021

A Threesome With the Wives: Readers Wives (The First Three)

 Oh, erotica, is there no subject you won't broach? Now even the sanctity of marriage is under attack by the first three books of the Readers [sic] Wives series, which has grown to be over 20 volumes! That's more than the erotic Harry Potter nonsense. (To be fair, however, that Harry Potter book was #61 of a series of unrelated themed erotica. Over 60 volumes of erotic Harry Potter? That's either a nightmare or your wildest fantasies depending on your age.) Now you may have heard of the boy wizard, but  have you ever heard of the Readers Wives series? No? Let me explain.



The books in this series are written by various authors (Heidi Flow, Candice Hocking, Mildred Bookings, and others) who may or may not be the same person. The writing style does not vary enough for me to be convinced these are separate people, but it does not matter. One writer writing under several different names is the norm in erotica and has been since . . . well, when people started writing erotica. The first three volumes each feature one longer story and then a few short ones dealing with (for the most part) wives. Wives who pose nude for other men. Wives blackmailed into have "relations" with multiple men at once. Wives trying to earn extra dough by doing both those things. There are lots of photos being taken and lots of well-lubricated feminine interiors throughout each book. And let's not leave out the husbands, who are getting penis extensions, or are aghast that they like what their wives are doing, or are utterly clueless as to what is going on for a bit. It is all in good, sticky fun, and because the British aren't too crass, these books come across as being a bit "higher class" than your normal erotica coming out of America or India. (I'm assuming the writers are British, as it definitely has enough terms to make me think so, but it does seem written for an American audience. After all, American husbands are well-known for wanting to see their wives with other men and women.)
You Know What I Mean

One unique story in the second volume, I believe (they all start to run together), features a female nudist in a wheelchair who hires a wife to clean her house naked. You can imagine what ensues. The story comes across as very natural (no pun intended) and actually very erotic. Other stories in the first three books do not share the same heightened originality, but have their moments of greatness, though if you are expecting more original stories or Harry Potter look elsewhere. There is a formula here, and the writers stick to it.

Will I continue on with the series? I downloaded a bunch of these when they were free, so I'll probably read those unless the series takes a nose-dive into Rod Polo-style erotica. Once they are read, however, I probably will not get any more. Not because I don't like them, but because I don't love them, and I have a lot of books to read before I die. I can also say that erotica about wives is not really my favorite subgenre, but if it is yours, you can do far worse than these. I think you would at least owe it to yourself to read the first two (despite the dopey looking cover of the first one with a model who looks like she had a bit role in an Adam Sandler goofy comedy). After that they all start to run together.


Wheelchair Loving!
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Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Harry Potter Boy Genius

The Harry Potter movie opens tomorrow, and I assume it will do well at the box office. In the world of books, the boy magician pulled off a remarkable feat: getting kids excited about reading. You can't dispute that regardless of what you think of the books. I haven't read them and have no desire to, but plenty of people did, including those who never read. That speaks volumes.

By all accounts, the books are "good." Not great, but "good." I could care less, however, because it got people lining up outside bookstores for each new volume. When's the last time you can remember that happening ... at a bookstore? Exactly. If "good" books get people this excited, imagine what would happen if they discovered "great" books.

I have heard some people blame the Harry Potter phenomenon on herd mentality. If these were movies instead of books, I would tend to agree. Books are an emotional investment, though. The herd doesn't have the patience to engage in that prolonged of a frenzy. I believe the people who stand in line, dress like the characters and can quote passages (and often do), are genuinely excited about the books. Since that's the case, I can't really poke fun at them, but can instead applaud them for being as open possible with their love of the written word. I thank you, and every person concerned with the future of books should thank you.

So, to all the Harry Potter fans: Thank you. Your love of this book restored some of my faith in humanity.

I'm still not reading them, though.