You don't believe me? After you read this poem, you'll never doubt me again ;o)
Dirty
A poem by Blaire Leon
If sex is dirty, why would I do it with someone I love?
If sex is dirty, then didn’t we all come from the dirt?
What if I like the dirt?
What if I want to get dirty?
What if I want to roll in the mud until I’m so f*cking filthy that I’ll never be clean again?
So, what do you think? Would you like to get dirty on this book? Thought so :o)
When twenty-five-year-old graduate assistant
Caiden Brenner asked Blaire Leon how old she was, she said she was a senior. He
chose to believe she meant in college. They connect over Lord
Byron’s Don Juan and, as their conversations become
increasingly thicker with sexual innuendo, Caiden finds himself obsessing over
a totally off-limits undergrad who’s bold, beautiful, brilliant, and one of the
most passionate poets he’s ever met.
But it turns out Blaire hasn't been totally
honest. She's the seventeen-year-old valedictorian of her high school class,
taking courses at Sierra State while awaiting her acceptance to Stanford.
Will Caiden get too deeply into Blaire to back
away before he finds out the truth? Or will their connection be enough to
seduce him into risking his entire future on Jail Bait?
My opinion of Getting Dirty
What a
taunting overture to this naughty, sexy and brilliantly thought-out story. Actually, the whole novel is a big slab of slam poetry.
Blaire and
Caiden meet over Byron's Don Juan and have a very insightful and insinuating
conversation around this theme. A scintillating tension sparks between them
that challenges all kinds of rules. I really relished how subtly sexy they
behaved towards each other behind the subject of Don Juan's sexual conflict.
Although I must confess I wasn't expecting a parallelism between both stories.
Apparently,
Byron portrayed the literary Casanova as a victim of women's tempting assets,
which is exactly what seems to happen to Caiden. The poor guy valiantly tries
to act responsible but has nothing to do against bolder-than-bold Blaire no
matter how much is at risk or how wrong, unknowingly to him, she actually is
even though she doesn't act like she should for her age.
Steamy? Like
a hot sauna! The attraction is like a fire that slowly and relentlessly roars
between them, and I felt it licking my own skin. I loved their poetic talk,
their naughty games, even food is an erotic, wonderful addition to this
provoking relationship. And I mean that word. Relationship. It's not only about
forbidden lust. It really is about the connection two people have that can't be
denied by social rules or blindness.
Blaire is
seeking for a man who truly sees her, someone who wants to spend time with her
and not just some stolen seconds that will forget her afterwards. There is
another character in the couple equation that really crept me out and falls in
that category.
The hot
passion the young girl and the young, but older man feel for each other is as
absorbing as their despair when things go wrong. I was devastated to read that
scene, and the aftermath that was so painful, gritty, and deeply surprising.
If they had
really made a mistake by giving in to their feelings, they certainly paid in
flesh afterwards!
One thing I
just could not understand at all is Blaire's reaction to something really
horrible that happens to her. Sorry, I know you have to live it to judge or
know how you will behave in those circumstances, but I can't relate. She's
digging her own grave. I can only assume that she's punishing herself over the
guilt she feels towards Caiden.
This novel
packs a powerful story with a lot of psychological turmoil. It takes a view on
relationships with a minor with rigor and respect, never wavering from the
depth of genuine feelings and how both partners end up victims of social rules
that disregard free will. Still, even if this couple's decision to risk it
hadn't been questionable, I need to say that I didn't forgive easily how they
behaved when their world was crumbling down. Don't take me wrong, it made for
really dramatic plot, but to me they betrayed what their relationship had stood
for. However, wounded, broken people do twisted things to cope.
Though I have
a feeling that all this twisted pain might come from a real source, and that
makes me sad and sorry that someone had to go through all that.
Anyway, Blaire
and Caiden really have a cathartic episode in their lives. The author spills
out her guts in words that truly get the reader with her urban poetry and her
hard but beautiful romance, and the scary parts of human beings that meet,
connect, and heal each other.
Even though I
couldn't accept parts of the story, it moved me and I found it sensual yet
utterly honest and worthwhile. I hope everyone gives it the chance it deserves.
About the Mastermind
Mia Storm is a hopeless romantic who is
always searching for her happy ending. Sometimes she’s forced to make one up.
When that happens, she’s thrilled to be able to share those stories with her
readers. She lives in California and spends much of her time in the sun with a
book in one hand and a mug of black coffee in the other, or hiking the trails
in Yosemite.
Connect with her online at MiaStormAuthor.blogspot.com , on
Twitter at @MiaStormAuthor, and on Facebook at www.facebook.com/MiaStormAuthor.
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Please, let me know if you read this book. I'd love to know your thoughts on this delicate issue.
