fatima's Reviews > A Gentleman in the Street

OKAY, this was an unexpected little surprise because I'm one of those people who nitpicks and simply cannot stand adult eroticas - not because I'm a prude, but because all of the fan fiction I've read has ruined every sex scene that a published author writes. Seriously. I find all of the sex scenes in published novels so cringey and unrealistic, which is SO WEIRD, BUT THAT'S BESIDES THE POINT OF THIS REVIEW.

This book was everything that I hate about adult eroticas done right. It's body positive, sex positive, racially diverse, devoid of kink shaming and slut shaming, and is just all around a very feel-good book in the whole sex aspect of the story. I really liked that it had a strong, classy yet sassy, successful, takes-no-shit woman of color as the protagonist. I loved Akira and although she was often a bit over the top and felt unrealistic to me, I really loved seeing the representation of an Asian woman in such a respected position of power.

I enjoyed this book but I didn't enjoy it as much as everyone else seemed to - although I love, love, loved the sex positive message, there was just too much sex and too much drama for my liking. I kind of wish the rest of the Campbell siblings had been more involved, because I loved all of their interactions when they were together, and I think that would've been a really great aspect of the story to explore a bit more. But this was still a FANTASTIC read and I thoroughly enjoyed it!