So much of my beef with the erotica genre is that truly there are only so many ways that you can write about sex before it all just seems so formulaic and boring. After the initial vocabulary shock wears off, you start to focus on the writing and the storyline, which are often trite and forgettable. The essence of erotica in enmeshed in fantasy, so when an author has an ability to not only combine the sexual aspect of the fantasy with a believable, albeit fantastical storyline, it really makes the writing stand apart from the Hustler-like tendencies of the genre. Come on, there has to be some aspect of surprise in order to keep the interest of the reader; even if things are getting hot and heavy and it’s only page 32. It’s all about the chase, the dance, the build-up of tension; if you eat a chocolate éclair everyday, it starts to loose it’s original appeal and it becomes no different than eating a piece of chicken or sugar-free pudding (thank you weight watchers). The point is to make it interesting (even if every other chapter is down-right smutty…not that I mind)!!!

If I am going to read a novel about fantasy I want to be swept away in the story, be able to loose myself in the novel and be able to be an actual part of the fantasy. Enter in Ms. O’Connor’s futuristic romance, or as I like to say steamy sci-fi, or SSF for short. Her stories are often centered on the need for humans to find an alternate planet that would sustain life but each story is different in its approach to that goal. I will put a bit of a surgeon general’s warning for some people as the last title I read, The Portal, our heroine ended up with three happily-ever after’s, rather than a plain vanilla one-man, one-woman show. It takes a lot of creative writing to make me happy that our main character has three lover’s at the end of the book and it despite my misgivings it actually worked. Maybe not a fair shake for the three male characters of the book but hey, this is fantasy, and like the Bunny Ranch, anything is possible!

The Portal
Alexis Conyers, an anthropologist and elite scientists are on a mission to find a New Earth. Undergoing animal DNA webbing to survive the 10 year long journey, they arrive to colonize New Earth and set up a Portal for instant teleportation. Civilized humanity becomes overshadowed by animal DNA, forcing Alexis and the others to use the Portal to teleport to safety. Emerging from the portal they discover Earth is not how they left it, welcome to Post-Apocalyptic hell with barren cities and waste lands. Nearly 1000 years have passed, old Earth is filled with warring mutants a mixture of lions and tigers and bears – oh my, humans have now become the hunted.

I was in sci-fi haven, mutants check, post apocalyptic world check, steamy scenes check check check. Who wouldn’t want 3 sexy males to fawn all over you? A little warning this book may or may not have sexy ménage scenes, a lot of alpha male growling, and plenty of steam.  You’ve been warned

Other Hot Books We Read and Liked by Kaitly O’Connor

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Exiled
Enslaved Book 1
When Night Falls

P.S. I can’t take credit for the title, my husband often refers to my books as “sci-fi sex books, or vampire sci-fi sex books” 

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What I find interesting about Erotica is it appeals to our silliest to most erotic fantasies. In the colloquial sense, it’s what I like to call Ladies porn – and I mean that in the fondest way possible. And why shouldn’t we be interested in sex?! We cloak ourselves in reading “romance”, a far more socially acceptable genre, but really, who doesn’t look for novels that have some grit, a bit more oomph! (please tell me I’m not the only one raising my hand) Let’s be honest, women can be just as sexual as men and if men can have slobbering fantasies over size 34 tripple D’s, why can’t I read about Viking warriors kidnapping women for bride auctioning, or humanoid alien species that need women to help repopulate the planet (Earth girls be warned).

Sex is enjoyable and we shouldn’t be afraid to live out our hedonistic fantasies through reading. Plus, what safer avenue can there be than through the anonymity of your imagination. It’s much cheaper and easier than trying to place crumpled one’s in the g-string of some plastic surgeon’s ‘frankanstienien’ creation, or worse, being featured on HBO’ Cathouse for your ‘I dream a genie’ fantasies played out with Air Force Amy. (yikes)!

What to Watch Out For

Reading erotica is a bit like going to Forever 21, all the covers look exciting, but you’ll have to “try on” a few authors in order to see what you like. Also, it is important to note that most of the publications on Ellora’s Cave are novellas or short stories, this means having to adjust your suspension of disbelief that characters can fall in love, have sex and wrap everything up all nice and tight in less than 150 pages.

Erotica is truly a personal preference. I typically like the shape shifter, time travel, comedy and futuristic/sci fi genres. Do be warned that Erotica is extremely graphic and you can be a bit taken aback by the detail involved with the sex scenes.

Some Authors You might Want to Try

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