This second installment of the series is part psychological drama, part erotica which primarily focuses on the complex mental and emotional life of our primary character, Bill, as he eroticizes his deepest fears and insecurities. Bill is a tormented,and perhaps masochistic, soul driven by his intense and obsessive arousal by his deepest fear. His torment leads him to push Terri into temptation. Will his tempting of Terri with an arrangement become a self-fulfilling prophecy of his deepest insecurities?...and hence a tragedy?
Terri's teasing of Bill and "pushing his buttons" is intensely erotic. In two books there is only one explicit scene where Bill, our first person narrator is actually observing, the remaining are relayed by Terri to Bill. Yet somehow it is more acutely arousing coming from Terri rather than Bill directly observing. Terri is sharp, coy, witty and teasingly dirty and this makes her very sexy! This is similar to Kenny Wright's Erin teasing Tom in his Training To Love It series or Dana's taunting thoughts to Dave as she looks into the camera in Kirsten McCurran's Hot Dates series. There is just something very hot about the explicit details and teasing being delivered this way. The dialogue in this story is also very well done..it feels real and is interesting to read.
Part of what makes Terri so sexy is that she really knows Bill's kink. She indicates she did "research." That makes it more interesting. There is a power dynamic going on. She straight up tells Bill she gets off on the effect that her actions have on him and she doesn't say it but is it also the power it gives her over him?....that she can "manipulate" him so easily? What are her true motivations? Is she manipulating Bill selfishly to indulge in her kink? Is she angry and resentful and "making him pay" exacting a sort of vengeance?..."Be careful what you wish for..." Or is she trying to understand him and appease him out of love? Or is she, in a different form of submission, just doing what she thinks Bill wants of her? Or some of all of it? Interesting....Terri makes Bill nuts and I think also makes the primarily male readership "nuts" as well.
Speaking of the male readership, there is another thing that is compelling about this story...the bad boy, dominant thing. There is a seemingly unending sea of alpha, dominant, bad boy, billionaire erotica for women. It is clearly "a thing" for female readers. The predominantly male readers of this book will probably identify with Bill (an average nice guy with a not-so-wild sexual past) as he tries to understand Terri's attraction to "baddies and daddies." The role-playing scene where Bill tries to act as one of Terri's rough lovers is one that many readers will likely relate to. That brings to mind another interesting thought...could Terri have set that scenario up intentionally knowing how that would affect Bill's psyche or is she genuine in her insistence that she doesn't need all that bad boy stuff?
No doubt about it this one is excellent and very titillating. The author did a great job continuing the story in this sequel. When I reviewed book one I noted that upon my first read there was something disturbing about this story that I couldn't put my finger on. I think it is Bill's inner turmoil and the initial impression of Terri's exploiting that....yet at the same time that aspect adds to the story's eroticism. The author didn't want this to be a "happy swinger" tale. This is not a happy-couple-having-fun story. It's darker, edgier and forces the reader to explore and experience the psychological uncertainty and motivations of the characters in a very erotic situation. Hence I dub this work Psycherotica...and five stars at that!
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